Well, first of all sorry about all the waiting and stuff like that, I've been sort of busy. Work and stuff , you know how it is. Oh, thanks a ton to everyone who's reviewed. I really appreciate it, now, on with the story.
"Ikari? Shinji Ikari?
It was time to call attendance at school, and Shinji was nowhere to be found.
"I suppose he's not here then." The teacher then continued with the attendance.
The whole class had been there that day, with the exception of Shinji.
Rei, as always, sat at the edge of the room by her self, gazing through the window. The teacher never really bothered to talk to her about it, she got decent grades, so it wasn't really a big deal.
Kensuke and Touji sat in the center of the room, both having sly grins on their faces. Kensuke brought his camera to school, and he didn't plan on filming the teacher. He was holding the camera down near his knees, slowly moving it around the room to see if he could catch a shot up a girl's skirt.
"Let me take a look!" Touji went to grab the camera.
"No way!" Kensuke pulled it away from him, and the two began fighting over the camera.
"Listen Kensuke, if you don't give me that camera you're going to regret ever wearing glasses!"
Suddenly Touji felt a sharp pain in his ear, "Ow, ow, ow, ow," He looked behind him to see the class representative, Hikari.
She then snatched away the camera, releasing Touji's ear, "I don't know what you two were filming, but you can get this back at the end of the day. And you two better hope nothing perverted is on here."
"Great job, Touji." Kensuke sighed.
Hikari then placed the camera on the teachers desk, and made her way over to Asuka, "Hey Asuka, where's Shinji?"
"The lazy bum is still sleeping, and I was too busy to wake him up." Asuka said, brushing some hair out of her face.
"Oh." Hikari simply replied.
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Shinji had still been on the couch, having a pretty decent sleep. He was not in his room, so he had no alarm to wake him up. Finally, he felt himself begin to come back into reality. He went to open his eyes, but the light in the room was way too bright. He covered up his eyes, and went to roll over on what he thought was his bed. Unfortunately, the only thing next to him was an unforgiving drop onto a hard living room floor. He landed on his chest, his eyes tightly clenching closed in pain.
"Urgh…" He reached out his palms, and began pushing down on the ground and pushed himself up onto his knees. He looked over at the digital time flashing on the VCR in the room. The time read 9:35; he was well over an hour late for school.
"Oh no…" He stumbled to his feet, and began rushing around the house to find what he needed for school. He quickly put on his uniform, and grabbed his bag.
'Maybe I can get a ride from Misato.' He thought. He made his way over to her room, seeing her door cracked open a little bit. He slowly opened it the rest of the way, only to reveal some loud snoring and the form of a lump underneath a blanket.
"Mm Kaji, stop it, you know you can't touch me there with out me getting excited. Oh fine, maybe just once more. Mmm…" Misato contently slept, dreaming of…well, dreaming.
Shinji's eye twitched, slowly backing out of his guardian's room, and shut the door. "Well…I guess that a ride from Misato is out of the question.
He then made his way over to the kitchen, deciding that he would have enough time to get some breakfast. He was already late anyway, mind as well make the most of it, he just needed to be back before his test. Suddenly he heard the sound of a fridge door opening, and a certain warm water penguin came out. For some reason, it looked very agitated that morning.
"Oh, hey Pen Pen."
The penguin looked right into Shinji's eyes, he seemed to be staring Shinji down. Shinji just blinked, feeling a bit confused. Was a penguin trying to threaten him?
Pen Pen continued to stare Shinji down, until the boy finally gave up.
"I'm sorry?"
The penguin then waddled back to his fridge angrily.
"Wonder what was wrong with him?" Shinji then looked down at Pen Pen's food bowl, which had been empty, and must have been for some time now. "Oh." And so, he opened a can of tuna and dropped it into the bowl.
"Guess I'll be walking to school today." He picked up his backpack and made his way out of the door.
As he walked to school, he began thinking back into the previous day. He didn't know if what happened was a dream or reality, it was so out of blue and unlike Asuka. 'If it was a dream it sure as hell did feel real,' He thought to himself. The third child then looked up to the sky, admiring the clouds that floated above him.
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He finally made it to school, and entered his classroom. He could feel everyone staring at him as he made his entrance. "I'm sorry I'm late, I overslept" He brought himself to his seat, next to Kensuke and Touji.
Kensuke looked over to his friend, "Say Shinji, what held you up?" He fixed his glasses, talking in a quiet voice.
"What I just said held me up, I over slept…" Shinji's eyes carried around the room.
Touji then decided to butt in, "Psh, I'll bet you he's been getting lucky with Misato."
"That true Shinji?" Kensuke asked, both awaiting his response.
'Not with Misato…' Shinji thought. "No, that's not true."
"Yeah, sure it isn't." Touji grinned at Shinji, "lucky dog."
Shinji just sighed, looking up at the clock.
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It came time for lunch, and Shinji decided to make his way over to Asuka, "Hey Asuka, how come you didn't wake me up this morning?"
She turned her attention to him, crossing her arms, "Do I need a reason? I didn't feel like it, okay?"
"…Alright, oh about last night."
She cut him off, "What about last night?"
He picked up the hint, "Never mind."
"Hmph, Idiot." She then spun her heel, and walked away from him.
He stood dumbfounded, amazed at how her mood could swing so drastically. "Well, it was good while it lasted…"
Hikari then stepped in front of him, "Hey Shinji, don't forget you have to stay after school and help clean up today."
He nodded, and then went to eat his lunch.
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Class continued after lunch with pointless ramblings of the second impact. Shinji would rather have been watching paint dry then listen to this lecture.
The bell finally rang, and the whole class began to exit except for Shinji and Hikari. He began to walk up to the front of the room, accidentally bumping into Rei, causing her to drop her book.
"Oh, I'm sorry Rei, I didn't see where I was going." He then reached down, and grabbed her book, and kept a mental note to keep his eyes down to the ground, she was wearing a skirt after all. He then stood back up, handing her the book. "Sorry about that."
"It's fine." She said, and made her way past Shinji, out of the door.
"So, what's first?" Shinji looked over to Hikari.
"Hmm, well, start with the chalkboard and then grab the broom." Hikari began examining the desks for writing.
Shinji then made his way over to the chalkboard, and began erasing it. He snuck a glance back at Hikari. She had taken her pigtails out, and let her hair down.
"Looks good…" He blurted out unintentionally.
"What?" She looked up at him.
He blushed, not realizing he had said it, "Uhm…I meant your hair. I've never seen it down before. I just said it looks good."
"Oh…thank you." She looked down at the ground, and then back up into his eyes, "You're different than most guys Shinji. There's just something about you, and I don't think Asuka can see it."
Shinji was taken back by what he had heard; by no means did he think he was special in any way. If anything he was worse than everyone us. He didn't really know what to say to her to respond to that, so he just kept cleaning.
After a little while, she finally spoke up, "You can go now Shinji, all of the work is basically done."
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow then." He began making his way over to the exit until he was stopped.
"Shinji, wait." She walked up to him, leaned in, and planted a kiss on his cheek, "Thanks again…"
He brushed his finger tips against his cheek, feeling him self blush, "…No problem…"
He then slowly exited the room, and began to walk back home.
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