Asuka: I get impatient, you know that. I want my warm baka-Shinji. It's a good think you always get up before anyone else, too. We don't want to get caught, do we?
Shinji: I still feel a little bad hiding us from everyone, Asuka. We can't even go out on a weekend on a normal date or anything, and I'd really like to do that.
Asuka: I know. But if Misato found out, she'd make us stop doing this. 'We're too young!' or some other excuse, like we're not soldiers who could die any day.
Shinji: I still feel a little bad hiding us from everyone, Asuka. We can't even go out on a weekend on a normal date or anything, and I'd really like to do that.
Asuka: I know. But if Misato found out, she'd make us stop doing this. 'We're too young!' or some other excuse, like we're not soldiers who could die any day.
— Advice and Trust, Prologue
One of the things they’d talked about was the need to hide. Second Impact had slightly weakened Japan’s general taboo on same-sex couples, but it hadn’t gone away entirely, and most gay couples learned to be very quiet about it. Ritsuko had assured Maya she didn’t care about that. But Ritsuko herself knew far too much about Commander Ikari’s Scenario, and if he ever got wind of the fact Ritsuko was no longer playing on his team (Maya had laughed at that), there was a good chance he’d have them both killed (She hadn’t laughed at that. She’d gone pale.). So they had to give no public sign they were... together.
— Advice and Trust, Chapter 9
Shinji and Asuka shared their feelings for each other under the Obon Festival's fireworks. It seems that Misato and Kaji did the same, too. Even though Asuka now admits to herself and Shinji that she's in love with him, she tries not to tell anybody else, much to his surprise. Nevertheless, when they're alone, she's a totally different person...
Is she afraid of showing everybody how she feels for Shinji? Does she want to prove to Shinji that she loves him by giving him what she keeps from other people?
Is she afraid of showing everybody how she feels for Shinji? Does she want to prove to Shinji that she loves him by giving him what she keeps from other people?
— The Child of Love, Prologue to Chapter 6
Lost in her worries, she failed to notice someone entering the room, sneaking up to her and suddenly embracing her from behind; encircling her arms with his own.
She tensed up noticeably as she felt the touch, even though (or maybe just because) she knew exactly who the stranger was.
"Hey," the intruder whispered and gave her a small peck on the cheek. "You're alright? You're kinda..."
"Shinji, what the heck are you doing here?" she fizzed nervously, not turning around.
"Wha- what do you mean?" the surprised Third Children uttered dumbfounded, "I just wanted to see..."
"What if someone sees us like this?"
"Rei has already left and I doubt she has seen me," he assured, now more confident. "Besides, who would dare to enter the domain of the great Asuka Langley I..." He stopped, as they both tensed at his mistake. "...Soryu while she's changing."
"Baka, this is NERV we're talking about," she scolded. "You know they have security cams everywhere."
He raised an eyebrow at her somewhat exaggerated theory. "In the girls' locker room?"
"I wouldn't be surprised," Asuka huffed in his embrace. "I bet these old perverts are ogling the screens every time we're getting dressed."
"I think you're getting paranoid," he chuckled a bit before leaning forward again. "But I admit they can be kinda persisting. So...?"
"So, to keep up our cover, I guess you give me no choice but to respond to this situation like I would have back then..." she declared calmly.
She tensed up noticeably as she felt the touch, even though (or maybe just because) she knew exactly who the stranger was.
"Hey," the intruder whispered and gave her a small peck on the cheek. "You're alright? You're kinda..."
"Shinji, what the heck are you doing here?" she fizzed nervously, not turning around.
"Wha- what do you mean?" the surprised Third Children uttered dumbfounded, "I just wanted to see..."
"What if someone sees us like this?"
"Rei has already left and I doubt she has seen me," he assured, now more confident. "Besides, who would dare to enter the domain of the great Asuka Langley I..." He stopped, as they both tensed at his mistake. "...Soryu while she's changing."
"Baka, this is NERV we're talking about," she scolded. "You know they have security cams everywhere."
He raised an eyebrow at her somewhat exaggerated theory. "In the girls' locker room?"
"I wouldn't be surprised," Asuka huffed in his embrace. "I bet these old perverts are ogling the screens every time we're getting dressed."
"I think you're getting paranoid," he chuckled a bit before leaning forward again. "But I admit they can be kinda persisting. So...?"
"So, to keep up our cover, I guess you give me no choice but to respond to this situation like I would have back then..." she declared calmly.
Soji: Are we allowed to be sleeping together? Or is that a secret?
Narek: Very much the latter.
Soji: Is everything Romulans do a secret?
Narek: Ooh, I'm not at liberty to divulge that.
Narek: Very much the latter.
Soji: Is everything Romulans do a secret?
Narek: Ooh, I'm not at liberty to divulge that.
— Star Trek: Picard, "Maps and Legends"
Milo: Really! Nobody would have to find out.
Liam: So let me get this straight. No more grabbing on me in public.
Milo: Yep!
Liam: No more... staring at me... with those exceptionally blue eyes.
Milo: Is that a compliment?
Liam: No more snogging me in public lavatories?
Milo: Definitely. Unless you want me to. ♥
Liam: So let me get this straight. No more grabbing on me in public.
Milo: Yep!
Liam: No more... staring at me... with those exceptionally blue eyes.
Milo: Is that a compliment?
Liam: No more snogging me in public lavatories?
Milo: Definitely. Unless you want me to. ♥
Oh, call me by your name
Tell me you love me in private
Call me by your name
I do not care if you lyin
Tell me you love me in private
Call me by your name
I do not care if you lyin
—Lil Nas X, Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
It's a little secret, just the Robinsons' affair
Most of all, you've got to hide it from the kids
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
It's a little secret, just the Robinsons' affair
Most of all, you've got to hide it from the kids
—Simon & Garfunkel, Mrs. Robinson
"I don't want anything like that, Mbang. I don't want you to tell the others and cause a fuss. I want only us to know about this relationship, only us can feel it."
Melani to Bambang, Mimpi Metropolitan
Katarina: I will slay you where you stand! (whispering) Dinner, tonight?
Garen: You shall fall on your folly! (whispering) Meet me at the south docks after dark.
Garen: You shall fall on your folly! (whispering) Meet me at the south docks after dark.
