Sister, Sister...
A NightRanger/Gainax Fanworks Production
Disclaimer: I don not own Evangelion, or any other copyrighted material in this work of fiction. Hell, I don't even own the DVDs!
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It was a relatively normal day for one Ikari Shinji, 3rd Child and EVA pilot. First to awaken, first to wash, first to the kitchen...
"You are two minutes and eighteen seconds later than yesterday, Shinji."
...That's where things were most definitely not normal. The enigmatic young woman had only turned up a week ago wandering around what was left of the 40th District, near where fellow pilot Ayanami Rei had once lived. How she had gotten there, nobody knew.
Even so, the entity known as Kosmos simply didn't want to go away. And Shinji's conscience wouldn't allow him to ignore another's distress.
"Ohaiyo Kosmos-san," he said as he began breakfast for his roommates. Things had been cramped enough with just himself, Misato, and Asuka. Then Rei had been forced to move in when Unit-01's massacre of the MP Series had pulverized her apartment block. The addition of the blue-haired android pushed the little apartment to near its limit.
By now, Shinji had resigned himself to making space for himself in a corner of the living room; Rei and Kosmos were taking up his old room, as Asuka's room was simply too full of the German pilot's stuff for anyone else to bunk with. Not even Kosmos had wanted to share Misato's room, something about alcoholic content in the atmosphere and fuel/air munitions.
It had taken nearly a half an hour for Shinji to talk a drunken Misato out of trying to shoot the older bluehead.
Another big issue that arose had been that Kosmos looked young enough to still be in public school. The logistical part of the dilemma was overcome easily enough, but the next problem was a bit more significant; namely her behavior. If anything, Kosmos was even more literal than Rei. Up to and including modes of dress and propriety.
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"GAAH! K-Kosmos-san!"
"I am not entirely familiar with this particular garment."
Working desperately to keep himself from freezing, poor Shinji answered as best he could. "T-that's a b-b-bra, Kosmos-san."
Dainty fingers pulled at a strap, making Shinji swallow dryly. Even Misato's lingerie didn't fit perfectly. "I am unfamiliar with its function Shinji."
"I-i-it's f-for s-s-support, K-Kosmos-san," said the heavily blushing Shinji. "N-now can you please get out?"
"I require the mirror, Shinji."
"But I'm in the bath!"
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Blushing faintly at the memory, Shinji shook his head; no-one had gotten any peace that day. After that, Shinji had spent the next week and a half drilling everything he knew about polite behavior into the android. Rei had provided some greatly appreciated assistance. "Is there anything specific that you wanted?" Kosmos appeared to think for a moment. "I believe…steamed rice with sauce would be most beneficial." "Alright," said Shinji, shrugging.
Just how Kosmos was able to ingest food was beyond him; all he knew was that she could.
Having started the rice, the boy began preparing some vegetarian tofu for the second blue-haired girl of the apartment and a large helping of bacon and eggs for his other roomates.
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"Ohaiyo, onee-san."
Puzzled, Kosmos cocked her head slightly to the side. "I am an android; it is impossible for me to be related to you."
"I am simply attempting to 'act naturally', onee-san," said Rei, a towel over her shoulders. "Shinji-kun say there will be fewer questions about your presence that way." Rei sat down at the table next to her erstwhile 'older sister' as she watched the one male of the house work diligently away in the kitchenette. "Oh, ohaiyo Aya...Rei-san, I didn't see you there," said aforementioned male as he balanced the platters of rice and tofu. "I only just finished my shower, Shinji-kun." Indeed, the oversized blue sweater Rei used as pajamas served adequately for early morning attire (it had taken Shinji a week to get Rei to put on clothes at night).
"Do either of you know if Asuka is up yet?"
Kosmos shook her head. "Unlikely. My sensors detected a human female entering the apartment at 0229 this morning. She seemed...agitated."
Both Shinji and Rei nodded knowingly; they had both overheard Horaki Hikari talking about the blind date her older sister had set up for the redhead. They could only wonder as to the condition the poor man had been left in, as stressed was the understatement of the century for Asuka.
Kosmos had been perfectly willing to translate Asuka's tirade after her first meeting with the android. Shinji told her not to bother; he had a pretty good idea of what most of it was.
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At this point, Shinji was half out of his mind. First was Asuka ragging on him for the bacon being thirty seconds overdone, then getting Kosmos to accept the idea of attending public school. Then came the discovery that it was his school that she would be attending, 'tho she would be in the senior's wing. And for the final act, last but not least...
"Buttons are supposed to allow adjustment, Shinji...kun." "T-t-that's not the point, Kosmos-san."
The fact that the school uniforms tended to be either too loose or too tight, particularly in the chest area.
"...but you're not supposed to have them completely undone!" Kosmos simply looked at the boy. "Then would you do them for me?"
"I think you broke Shinji-kun, onee-san."