a/n- I searched 'Ibu Shinji" and came up with twenty eight fics. twenty seven in english. so I figured I'd better write Shinji some love. even if it's less that two hundred words. better than nothing, right?
"That Kamio Akira!" the first player howled, and his friend bursting into laughter. "Always waggling his head around like an idiot, listening to that stupid music of his!"
" 'I'm getting on the rhythm!'" The second player mimicked, barely hitting the ball back over the net due to his laughter. Or maybe just because of his skill. He didn't looked all that skilled, anyway.
"...'s not a very nice thing to say," Shinji mumbled, walking directly through their court. "He'd be angry if he found out, probably..."
"What did you say?!" the second player bellowed. "Who are you, anyway?"
Shinji paused, then continued down the stairs and off the street tennis courts. "...that was a weird question...who am I...that is the great mystery of humans after all...I'm not that much of a genius...alas, I do not know..."
The two players stared as the last sight of his bobbing blue head disappeared down the stairs. They shrugged, and continued their game.
"It was 40-15, right?"