When Shinji entered her room, Misato was standing, expression coldly angry. "Pilot Ikari," she said.
Shinji swallowed hard. She almost never called him that. Oh, she was really ticked. His heart sank, and he grew cold. He started to speak, to explain, then decided against it. He saluted. "Captain Katsuragi."
"Pilot Ikari, as your commanding officer, what you choose to do in your off-duty hours isn't normally my concern. But as your legal guardian, it is my concern, and if you break regulations or your actions affect your unit's combat readiness it becomes my concern." Her voice was clear, hard, and full of cold anger. "There are no regulations against you being involved romantically with Pilot Soryu; she is your equal in rank. But in case it slipped your mind, she is a woman. She can have children." She let that sink in, and when Shinji started to protest, she cut him off. "She already told me what happened, and that's the only reason you're not both in the stockade." Of course, that statement was a definite exaggeration at the least, but from Shinji's expression, it made the needed impression. "I won't try to forbid your relationship, it wouldn't help. I'm not that far out of my teen years. But I am forbidding intercourse between you two for the next week, until Asuka can get a contraceptive implant and it can take effect. We only have three pilots," she almost yelled. "We cannot risk losing even one to any avoidable danger. Am I entirely clear on this point, Pilot Ikari?"
He swallowed hard. New confidence or no, the captain had made it very clear that he and Asuka could have very, very put a lot more at risk that just their individual futures. He saluted again. "Entirely clear, sir!"
She nodded sharply. "Good. Pilot Ikari, you are dismissed."
Shinji left, with a distinct feeling of having dodged a bullet.
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