Just the Two of Us.
Chapter 1 - It Wasn't Right
Shinji Ikari was not what you would call an outgoing kind of person, quite the opposite, in fact. He was a major introvert, who bottled up his emotions. He had been tormented all his life, 13 years in all, and it was no wonder he had turned out this way. He'd hardly ever had any friends, and always did what he was told. And that was what he was doing now. What he was told. He was delivering a NERV ID Card to his fellow Pilot, Rei Ayanami.
As he stumbled up the cluttered, untended pathway leading to Rei's apartment, he noticed that noone else lived in the area. He wasn't surprised. This area was supposedly evacuated a while ago. He wondered why she remained here. He made a mental note to ask her about it later.
He knocked on the door, and after a couple of minutes, since there was no answer, he entered, the door being suprisingly unlocked. When he entered the apartment, his first impression was this: untidy. There were clothes and used bandages scattered on the floor and the bed was dirty and unkempt. He saw a pair of glasses lying on the bare desk. I've never seen Rei wear glasses. He thought. He twiddled with them in his fingers, and unfortunately enough for him this was the time Rei chose to descend the stairs.
With only a towel on, she walked over to Shinji, and as usual, wearing her expressionless mask. Shinji gasped as he realised that she wasn't wearing anything. Instinctively, he made a run for the door, but he slipped on her unmentionables and fell onto her. Her towel slid off, and he was on top of her. He felt something warm in his hand. He yelped in shock when he realised it was her breast, and quickly moved his hand away.
"I'm sorry Ayanami, I never meant to.." He was blushing furiously now.
"Please get off me." Her voice was tinged with annoyance.
"Ahh, yes, of course."
"...Why are you here?"
"Umm..the card! Yes, uhhh, Ayanami, I was supposed to give you your new NERV ID."
"...Yes."
There ws a tone of finality in her voice, yet Shinji remained there.
"..is there anything else?"
"I was just wondering, why do you live in such a mess?"
"...I don't know. Should it be cleaner?"
"Well, yeah, I guess." He didn't understand. Why didn't she know such basic things?
".I am sorry."
"Don't be. I'll come over tomorrow to help you clean up."
"...Thank you."
"You're welcome."
With those last words still going through Rei's head, Shinji left her apartment, leaving her to ponder the words she had just heard. I've never said thank you to anyone before, she thought, Why though? She did not know. She would find out soon enough... _ ___ _ ____ (_ \ / /\ [\ ] [ __ (_ [ [ [ ] [\ ] (_ \/ / \ [ \] [___] (_ [__ [ [___] [ \]
As Shinji walked back to his home, he pondered the recent events. She seemed to show no care, even if he had seen her naked. She also didn't seem to notice his reaction. In a way, he was glad of it. He didn't need that. But he didn't realise why he said he'd promise to help clean the apartment. He cleaned enough at home. Oh well, a promise was a promise. He knew Misato wouldn't be home until late, so he decided against going home in the end, and decided to go over to Touji's. He needed to tell someone what happened. It was too weird to keep to himself. He called the apartment on his mobile and left a message saying he would be home late. Then he mde his way over to Touji's.
When he got there, Kensuke was there as well. They were good friends as well, but it was a surprise to see Kensuke away from the PC screen. Well, Mac screen. Kensuke thought Microsoft was the source of all evil, and so only used computers that didn't support Windows. Consequently, Touji found this an excellent way to annoy him, and jumped on the opportunity at every chance he got. Now was one of those chances. "I hate that guy, Mak Hiroshi is it? Why did he have to come back."
"Yeah, the Mac is back isn't it?"
"Oh stop it."
"Yeah, but look at all those features, all that software, the excellent specs."
"Seriously, you are bizarre."
"Hey look, there's Shinji. Hey dude!"
"Hi Shinji."
"Hey, I've got somethig to tell you two."
So Shinji launched into a long recount of what had just happened. When he had finished, the other two were in a daze, maybe they were daydreaming about, well, you know. Either way, it took them a few minutes to recover. When they had come back to reality, Touji was the first to say anything. "What the hell?"
" I know. It was really weird."
"So...there was no reaction."
"No. None at all."
"...There must be something wrong with her."
"I wouldn't be surprised."
"Well, we might as well go inside, it's getting a bit cold."
So they went inside, but the discussion didn't stop.
"There was, one other thing I didn't say."
"...And...?"
"Well, when I fell on her, I touched her.."
"Uhhh..her what?"
"Her boob, Ok?"
"Shinji..you lucky bastard."
"Hey, I didn't get a chance to enjoy it, it was really awkward and all."
"Still, I can think of 5 guys who seriously envvy you."
"And there was something else."
"God Shinji, you need to start saying more."
"I know. But the thing is, she was smiling. At least, it looked like she was, it's hard to tell with Rei."
"So, you think she enjoyed it."
"Well, I don't know. I kind of hope so."
"..Are you saying that you like Rei?"
"I don't know. Maybe I do. But then, Hikari looks good as well.."
"You watch it Ikari." Everyone knew Touji's feelings for Hikari except Hikari. And everyone knew Hikari's feelings for Touji except Touji. Quite an irony really.
"Ok, but I don't know what to do. Should I tell her, or what?"
"No."
"Why the hell not?"
"Well, for starters, they don't react well to it. They can ignore you for weeks on end if you do."
"Yeah, but Rei isn't normal, is she?" Kensuke had decided to break his silence.
"I guess you have a point there. But still, I dunno Shinji."
"Ok, I won't tell her, but what the hell do I do?"
"I have no idea. Maybe wait for a bit, then see if she notices anything."
"I'll try it, but it's kinda hard to ignore."
"Well, if you'll look south...I think we guessed that."
Shinji did indeed look south, and realised they were telling the truth.
"Ummmm....I'll go now. It's getting late, and Misato might get worried."
"Can we come too?"
"Nah, you two might flood the apartment with drool, and we don't need that."
Touji and Kensuke groaned in unison. Shinji was getting better at this. They needed to step up their intensity. Shinji, meanwhile, was already walking back home, and thinking. Damn, they made it all seem so scary.Then, after a glance at his watch, the time was 9:00. Misato had been home for an hour now. He had better hurry.
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By the time he'd gotten back, Misato had had a bath, eaten dinner and was now watching TV.
"..I'm home Misato-san."
"Shinji-kun!"
Misato ran over to him and gave him a hug. It had been 2 days since he ran away. It looked like Misato wanted him there.
"Ummm," he gasped, "You're.choking.me."
"Oh, right."
She let go almost in an instant. Shinji's life had been saved.
"I've been waiting for you. I didn't feel like instant tonight."
Shinji sighed. It was going to be a long night.
By the time he had finished dinner and eaten it, it was 10:10. Misato had gone to bed. Obviously her day had tired her out. Shinji went to bed as well. He would have to go to school tomorrow. He gulped in fear. His first test would begin tomorrow. __ ___ __ ____ (_ \ / /\ [\ ] [ __ (_ [ [ [ ] [\ ] (_ \/ / \ [ \] [___] (_ [__ [ [___] [ \]
Shinji woke up at 5:00 a.m, pretty much because he was nervous. It was Monday, so it was his turn to clean the house. It was a gruelling task, made worse by Misato's habits. How she could be so messy eluded him.He fixed himself a quick breakfast (and one for Pen-Pen), had a bath and got dressed. He was done by 5:45. It left him ample time to clean the house, barely.
He was just about to leave when Misato stumbled out of her room and over to the fridge. He knew what was coming. He managed to block his ears just in time as Misato let out her ritual morning whoop. If Shinji hadn't blocked his ears, he might have been deaf by now.
"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Now that's the way to start the morning!" She said, after taking a large gulp of her morning Yebisu. Shinji managed to slip by unnoticed. He didn't want to face an alcohol-induced Misato on such a hard day.
Shinji rushed to school, hoping that Rei wasn't there. But, lo and behold, she was there, and as always, the only person there at this time. Shinji cursed himself. He knew she was always here early, how could that have slipped his mind? This is bad, he thought, Really bad.
Rei, however, didn't seem to acknowledge his entrance. Or, if she had, she didn't care. She continued to stare out of the window. Shinji decided against saying something, so he edged quietly out of the room.
"You are afraid."
"..What?"
"You're afraid of me."
"No, no I'm not."
"Yes..you are."
"..I guess so."
"Why?"
"..Well, don't you care about yesterday?"
"No. Should I?"
"Yes, I mean, I saw you naked, it's not..well, normal."
"I don't understand."
"..Listen, I'll come over this afternoon and we'll talk about it some more then? Right now I have something to do."
"..Ok."
So Shinji hastily left. The truth was, he had nothing to do. He just wanted to get away from it for a bit. He went off to the normal spot where he, Touji and Kensuke hung.
Touji was already there. He was also the one who had chosen the spot. We knew why. It gave a perfect view of where Hikari normally sat. How predictable. It was on a roof of one of the older school buildings, and so was been easier to get to and from. Shinji panted as he climbed up there. He was glad it wasn't any harder. It was hard enough as it was. Touji was lost in thought when Shinji eventually reached the top, so he didn't notice his presence. "Uhhh, hi."
"Oh, hey Shinji."
Touji seemed, distant today. Different to his usual self. Something must have been wrong.
"Is anything wrong Touji?"
"I was just thinking, maybe I should tell Hikari how I feel."
Shinji sighed. It was pretty much all that was on his mind now.
"It goes against everything you told me last night."
"True. But, well I dunno."
"Neither do I. Hey, I talked to Rei this morning."
"Yeah, and how'd it go?"
"A bit scary really."
"Awww, is poor wittle Shinji scared of evil Rei?"
"Hey, it was you that made it seem weird."
"Yeah, I guess."
"Anyway, I'm still going over there to help out."
"Still? Seriously, you're getting stranger and stranger every day. First, you get an excellent chance and don't take it. Now, you go ahead with something that you completely don't want to do. I mean, it's a bit weird, isn't it?"
"Yeah, but...I dunno."
"Very bad karma dudes."
Kensuke had decided to come up, earlier than usual. This time he wasn't late to school.
"Since when were you a tree-hugger?"
"Since I met this girl online last night."
Kensuke met a girl. That was odd.
"So, do you actually know anything about her?"
"No. Other than she has the Internet and hates violence."
"Ooooooooooohhhh, that makes you want to date her."
"Shut up, at least I have th guts to ask mine out."
"Well, let's hope she's not a whore."
"Damn you, you always make things scarier than they should be."
"Hey, it's easy and it's fun."
"Whatever dude."
The bell rang. Reluctantly, all three of them trudged off to class. Well, climbed down, then trudged off to class. They were on the roof, after all. __ ___ __ ____ (_ \ / /\ [\ ] [ __ (_ [ [ [ ] [\ ] (_ \/ / \ [ \] [___] (_ [__ [ [___] [ \]
Hikari Horaki was, as usual, struggling to keep the class quiet. Eventually she just gave up and went to take her seat. Hikari was the Class Representative, and saw it her duty to make Sensei's life easier. She also saw it her duty to welcome each student into the room every day. And she would succeed with every person, except for Ayanami Rei. This didn't really trouble her. Rei never knew what was going on. She probably didn't know everyone else was welcomed anyway, so it didn't bother her. What did bother her however, was that Ikari, Aida and Suzuhara had decided to show up late.
"Where the hell have you 3 been? Sensei is almost here!"
"Ummm, emphasis on the 'almost' there Class Rep. We're still here in good timing"
"That doesn't matter. You're late."
In reality, Hikari didn't care they were late, it was that she had screwed up her custom of welcoming everyone.
"I'm sorry, Horaki-san."
"At least one of you can apologise. Now take your seats."
Shinji was the one who had apologised. He seemed at ease with Suzuhara and Aida, but seemed unable to talk to anyone else. It was weird to see. Well, at least he'd made some friends.
At this point Sensei entered the building. Hikari, being the excellent Class Rep she was, made them all bow to the teacher, then he began his daily rant on Second Impact. Hikari had been asked by a lot of people to get him to say something else for once. By now most students didn't think they'd get into university at this rate.
Shinji was, like everyone else, now accustomed to this daily event, and so, like everyone else, logged onto the school chat. He wasn't up to a whole class discussion, like everyday, so he opted to have a private discussion waith Kensuke.
Hey Kensuke, what's going on?
Nothing much, I guess trying to tune out Sensei's boring rant, yet again.
Same here. That, and thinking.
What the hell about?
Rei.
Oh, I get it.
No, not in that way. I was thinking why she never talks to anyone.
I don't know. When you weren't here, she had no friends then either. She's bizarre.
I guess it. And I still have to go over there this afternoon.
Well, maybe you'll get lucky and she'll be in the shower again..^_^
No thanks. I'm freaked enough as it is.
Well, if I were you I'd take it.
Yeah, and maybe you're Net buddy isn't some acne-infested freak.
Harsh. Still, I think I would.
Whatever Kensuke. I doubt you would. She looked at you once, and you wouldn't come out from under your desk for the rest of the day.
Can you say 'exaggeration'?
Yes, and I can spell it too.
We're getting literal here, aren't we?
Yeah, we are. Hey, the bell's about to ring.
Yeah, you're right. Well, see you in a bit.
Yeah, see you.
And then, Shinji disconnected. But, words were still being typed:
God Shinji, you're really weird, you know that?
Well, that summarised it well.
The End
Author's Notes: OK, so I'm back from a long absence of typing. Anyway, as you can guess, this will be a Rei/Shinji fic, hopefully it won't turn into a bastardised clone like there are a heap of out there. Anyway, these things will be longer eventually, but for now I'm content with making short things that be churned out fast. Coincidentally, this also contains my first ASCII, also a very bad one. I'll try and use a new one each chapter as well, and get better at it. And you probably noticed how Shinji seemed quite a bit more outgoing than he is in the series, especially in the chatroom. I wanted this, because a fanfic should be based on how you want it to be, and I don't like introverted spinless weaklings in stories thankyou very much. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this miniature chapter, and tune back in soon for another exciting instalment in Just the Two of Us!!!
P.S: I just looked at the ASCII, and it doesn't work, damn you fanfiction.net server! But I'm leaving it there, so you'll just have to handle it, sorry.
Shinji Ikari was not what you would call an outgoing kind of person, quite the opposite, in fact. He was a major introvert, who bottled up his emotions. He had been tormented all his life, 13 years in all, and it was no wonder he had turned out this way. He'd hardly ever had any friends, and always did what he was told. And that was what he was doing now. What he was told. He was delivering a NERV ID Card to his fellow Pilot, Rei Ayanami.
As he stumbled up the cluttered, untended pathway leading to Rei's apartment, he noticed that noone else lived in the area. He wasn't surprised. This area was supposedly evacuated a while ago. He wondered why she remained here. He made a mental note to ask her about it later.
He knocked on the door, and after a couple of minutes, since there was no answer, he entered, the door being suprisingly unlocked. When he entered the apartment, his first impression was this: untidy. There were clothes and used bandages scattered on the floor and the bed was dirty and unkempt. He saw a pair of glasses lying on the bare desk. I've never seen Rei wear glasses. He thought. He twiddled with them in his fingers, and unfortunately enough for him this was the time Rei chose to descend the stairs.
With only a towel on, she walked over to Shinji, and as usual, wearing her expressionless mask. Shinji gasped as he realised that she wasn't wearing anything. Instinctively, he made a run for the door, but he slipped on her unmentionables and fell onto her. Her towel slid off, and he was on top of her. He felt something warm in his hand. He yelped in shock when he realised it was her breast, and quickly moved his hand away.
"I'm sorry Ayanami, I never meant to.." He was blushing furiously now.
"Please get off me." Her voice was tinged with annoyance.
"Ahh, yes, of course."
"...Why are you here?"
"Umm..the card! Yes, uhhh, Ayanami, I was supposed to give you your new NERV ID."
"...Yes."
There ws a tone of finality in her voice, yet Shinji remained there.
"..is there anything else?"
"I was just wondering, why do you live in such a mess?"
"...I don't know. Should it be cleaner?"
"Well, yeah, I guess." He didn't understand. Why didn't she know such basic things?
".I am sorry."
"Don't be. I'll come over tomorrow to help you clean up."
"...Thank you."
"You're welcome."
With those last words still going through Rei's head, Shinji left her apartment, leaving her to ponder the words she had just heard. I've never said thank you to anyone before, she thought, Why though? She did not know. She would find out soon enough... _ ___ _ ____ (_ \ / /\ [\ ] [ __ (_ [ [ [ ] [\ ] (_ \/ / \ [ \] [___] (_ [__ [ [___] [ \]
As Shinji walked back to his home, he pondered the recent events. She seemed to show no care, even if he had seen her naked. She also didn't seem to notice his reaction. In a way, he was glad of it. He didn't need that. But he didn't realise why he said he'd promise to help clean the apartment. He cleaned enough at home. Oh well, a promise was a promise. He knew Misato wouldn't be home until late, so he decided against going home in the end, and decided to go over to Touji's. He needed to tell someone what happened. It was too weird to keep to himself. He called the apartment on his mobile and left a message saying he would be home late. Then he mde his way over to Touji's.
When he got there, Kensuke was there as well. They were good friends as well, but it was a surprise to see Kensuke away from the PC screen. Well, Mac screen. Kensuke thought Microsoft was the source of all evil, and so only used computers that didn't support Windows. Consequently, Touji found this an excellent way to annoy him, and jumped on the opportunity at every chance he got. Now was one of those chances. "I hate that guy, Mak Hiroshi is it? Why did he have to come back."
"Yeah, the Mac is back isn't it?"
"Oh stop it."
"Yeah, but look at all those features, all that software, the excellent specs."
"Seriously, you are bizarre."
"Hey look, there's Shinji. Hey dude!"
"Hi Shinji."
"Hey, I've got somethig to tell you two."
So Shinji launched into a long recount of what had just happened. When he had finished, the other two were in a daze, maybe they were daydreaming about, well, you know. Either way, it took them a few minutes to recover. When they had come back to reality, Touji was the first to say anything. "What the hell?"
" I know. It was really weird."
"So...there was no reaction."
"No. None at all."
"...There must be something wrong with her."
"I wouldn't be surprised."
"Well, we might as well go inside, it's getting a bit cold."
So they went inside, but the discussion didn't stop.
"There was, one other thing I didn't say."
"...And...?"
"Well, when I fell on her, I touched her.."
"Uhhh..her what?"
"Her boob, Ok?"
"Shinji..you lucky bastard."
"Hey, I didn't get a chance to enjoy it, it was really awkward and all."
"Still, I can think of 5 guys who seriously envvy you."
"And there was something else."
"God Shinji, you need to start saying more."
"I know. But the thing is, she was smiling. At least, it looked like she was, it's hard to tell with Rei."
"So, you think she enjoyed it."
"Well, I don't know. I kind of hope so."
"..Are you saying that you like Rei?"
"I don't know. Maybe I do. But then, Hikari looks good as well.."
"You watch it Ikari." Everyone knew Touji's feelings for Hikari except Hikari. And everyone knew Hikari's feelings for Touji except Touji. Quite an irony really.
"Ok, but I don't know what to do. Should I tell her, or what?"
"No."
"Why the hell not?"
"Well, for starters, they don't react well to it. They can ignore you for weeks on end if you do."
"Yeah, but Rei isn't normal, is she?" Kensuke had decided to break his silence.
"I guess you have a point there. But still, I dunno Shinji."
"Ok, I won't tell her, but what the hell do I do?"
"I have no idea. Maybe wait for a bit, then see if she notices anything."
"I'll try it, but it's kinda hard to ignore."
"Well, if you'll look south...I think we guessed that."
Shinji did indeed look south, and realised they were telling the truth.
"Ummmm....I'll go now. It's getting late, and Misato might get worried."
"Can we come too?"
"Nah, you two might flood the apartment with drool, and we don't need that."
Touji and Kensuke groaned in unison. Shinji was getting better at this. They needed to step up their intensity. Shinji, meanwhile, was already walking back home, and thinking. Damn, they made it all seem so scary.Then, after a glance at his watch, the time was 9:00. Misato had been home for an hour now. He had better hurry.
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By the time he'd gotten back, Misato had had a bath, eaten dinner and was now watching TV.
"..I'm home Misato-san."
"Shinji-kun!"
Misato ran over to him and gave him a hug. It had been 2 days since he ran away. It looked like Misato wanted him there.
"Ummm," he gasped, "You're.choking.me."
"Oh, right."
She let go almost in an instant. Shinji's life had been saved.
"I've been waiting for you. I didn't feel like instant tonight."
Shinji sighed. It was going to be a long night.
By the time he had finished dinner and eaten it, it was 10:10. Misato had gone to bed. Obviously her day had tired her out. Shinji went to bed as well. He would have to go to school tomorrow. He gulped in fear. His first test would begin tomorrow. __ ___ __ ____ (_ \ / /\ [\ ] [ __ (_ [ [ [ ] [\ ] (_ \/ / \ [ \] [___] (_ [__ [ [___] [ \]
Shinji woke up at 5:00 a.m, pretty much because he was nervous. It was Monday, so it was his turn to clean the house. It was a gruelling task, made worse by Misato's habits. How she could be so messy eluded him.He fixed himself a quick breakfast (and one for Pen-Pen), had a bath and got dressed. He was done by 5:45. It left him ample time to clean the house, barely.
He was just about to leave when Misato stumbled out of her room and over to the fridge. He knew what was coming. He managed to block his ears just in time as Misato let out her ritual morning whoop. If Shinji hadn't blocked his ears, he might have been deaf by now.
"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Now that's the way to start the morning!" She said, after taking a large gulp of her morning Yebisu. Shinji managed to slip by unnoticed. He didn't want to face an alcohol-induced Misato on such a hard day.
Shinji rushed to school, hoping that Rei wasn't there. But, lo and behold, she was there, and as always, the only person there at this time. Shinji cursed himself. He knew she was always here early, how could that have slipped his mind? This is bad, he thought, Really bad.
Rei, however, didn't seem to acknowledge his entrance. Or, if she had, she didn't care. She continued to stare out of the window. Shinji decided against saying something, so he edged quietly out of the room.
"You are afraid."
"..What?"
"You're afraid of me."
"No, no I'm not."
"Yes..you are."
"..I guess so."
"Why?"
"..Well, don't you care about yesterday?"
"No. Should I?"
"Yes, I mean, I saw you naked, it's not..well, normal."
"I don't understand."
"..Listen, I'll come over this afternoon and we'll talk about it some more then? Right now I have something to do."
"..Ok."
So Shinji hastily left. The truth was, he had nothing to do. He just wanted to get away from it for a bit. He went off to the normal spot where he, Touji and Kensuke hung.
Touji was already there. He was also the one who had chosen the spot. We knew why. It gave a perfect view of where Hikari normally sat. How predictable. It was on a roof of one of the older school buildings, and so was been easier to get to and from. Shinji panted as he climbed up there. He was glad it wasn't any harder. It was hard enough as it was. Touji was lost in thought when Shinji eventually reached the top, so he didn't notice his presence. "Uhhh, hi."
"Oh, hey Shinji."
Touji seemed, distant today. Different to his usual self. Something must have been wrong.
"Is anything wrong Touji?"
"I was just thinking, maybe I should tell Hikari how I feel."
Shinji sighed. It was pretty much all that was on his mind now.
"It goes against everything you told me last night."
"True. But, well I dunno."
"Neither do I. Hey, I talked to Rei this morning."
"Yeah, and how'd it go?"
"A bit scary really."
"Awww, is poor wittle Shinji scared of evil Rei?"
"Hey, it was you that made it seem weird."
"Yeah, I guess."
"Anyway, I'm still going over there to help out."
"Still? Seriously, you're getting stranger and stranger every day. First, you get an excellent chance and don't take it. Now, you go ahead with something that you completely don't want to do. I mean, it's a bit weird, isn't it?"
"Yeah, but...I dunno."
"Very bad karma dudes."
Kensuke had decided to come up, earlier than usual. This time he wasn't late to school.
"Since when were you a tree-hugger?"
"Since I met this girl online last night."
Kensuke met a girl. That was odd.
"So, do you actually know anything about her?"
"No. Other than she has the Internet and hates violence."
"Ooooooooooohhhh, that makes you want to date her."
"Shut up, at least I have th guts to ask mine out."
"Well, let's hope she's not a whore."
"Damn you, you always make things scarier than they should be."
"Hey, it's easy and it's fun."
"Whatever dude."
The bell rang. Reluctantly, all three of them trudged off to class. Well, climbed down, then trudged off to class. They were on the roof, after all. __ ___ __ ____ (_ \ / /\ [\ ] [ __ (_ [ [ [ ] [\ ] (_ \/ / \ [ \] [___] (_ [__ [ [___] [ \]
Hikari Horaki was, as usual, struggling to keep the class quiet. Eventually she just gave up and went to take her seat. Hikari was the Class Representative, and saw it her duty to make Sensei's life easier. She also saw it her duty to welcome each student into the room every day. And she would succeed with every person, except for Ayanami Rei. This didn't really trouble her. Rei never knew what was going on. She probably didn't know everyone else was welcomed anyway, so it didn't bother her. What did bother her however, was that Ikari, Aida and Suzuhara had decided to show up late.
"Where the hell have you 3 been? Sensei is almost here!"
"Ummm, emphasis on the 'almost' there Class Rep. We're still here in good timing"
"That doesn't matter. You're late."
In reality, Hikari didn't care they were late, it was that she had screwed up her custom of welcoming everyone.
"I'm sorry, Horaki-san."
"At least one of you can apologise. Now take your seats."
Shinji was the one who had apologised. He seemed at ease with Suzuhara and Aida, but seemed unable to talk to anyone else. It was weird to see. Well, at least he'd made some friends.
At this point Sensei entered the building. Hikari, being the excellent Class Rep she was, made them all bow to the teacher, then he began his daily rant on Second Impact. Hikari had been asked by a lot of people to get him to say something else for once. By now most students didn't think they'd get into university at this rate.
Shinji was, like everyone else, now accustomed to this daily event, and so, like everyone else, logged onto the school chat. He wasn't up to a whole class discussion, like everyday, so he opted to have a private discussion waith Kensuke.
Hey Kensuke, what's going on?
Nothing much, I guess trying to tune out Sensei's boring rant, yet again.
Same here. That, and thinking.
What the hell about?
Rei.
Oh, I get it.
No, not in that way. I was thinking why she never talks to anyone.
I don't know. When you weren't here, she had no friends then either. She's bizarre.
I guess it. And I still have to go over there this afternoon.
Well, maybe you'll get lucky and she'll be in the shower again..^_^
No thanks. I'm freaked enough as it is.
Well, if I were you I'd take it.
Yeah, and maybe you're Net buddy isn't some acne-infested freak.
Harsh. Still, I think I would.
Whatever Kensuke. I doubt you would. She looked at you once, and you wouldn't come out from under your desk for the rest of the day.
Can you say 'exaggeration'?
Yes, and I can spell it too.
We're getting literal here, aren't we?
Yeah, we are. Hey, the bell's about to ring.
Yeah, you're right. Well, see you in a bit.
Yeah, see you.
And then, Shinji disconnected. But, words were still being typed:
God Shinji, you're really weird, you know that?
Well, that summarised it well.
The End
Author's Notes: OK, so I'm back from a long absence of typing. Anyway, as you can guess, this will be a Rei/Shinji fic, hopefully it won't turn into a bastardised clone like there are a heap of out there. Anyway, these things will be longer eventually, but for now I'm content with making short things that be churned out fast. Coincidentally, this also contains my first ASCII, also a very bad one. I'll try and use a new one each chapter as well, and get better at it. And you probably noticed how Shinji seemed quite a bit more outgoing than he is in the series, especially in the chatroom. I wanted this, because a fanfic should be based on how you want it to be, and I don't like introverted spinless weaklings in stories thankyou very much. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this miniature chapter, and tune back in soon for another exciting instalment in Just the Two of Us!!!
P.S: I just looked at the ASCII, and it doesn't work, damn you fanfiction.net server! But I'm leaving it there, so you'll just have to handle it, sorry.
