Chapter 07: The morning after
Misato awoke his a headache the size of Tokio-3. She remember weakly last evening´s party
and walking with Kaji through the night. And she remembered to have kissed him - or had
he kissed her?
With still closed eyes she groped hectically the space next to her to find out if she was
alone. Nobody was laying by her side.
Finally she managed to open her eyes. Light fell through the window in blinding brightness.
She rolled over to the other side, saw that she was still in her underwear,
reached out for her clothes that were laying on the floor next to the bed.
"Coffee, I need coffee... and a beer..."
***
When she left her bedroom she nearly stumbled over Kensuke who laid rolled up on on the
doorstep. Carefully she moved over him. In the middle of the room a snoring Touji laid
while Kaji was on the couch, legs dangling over the elbow-rest.
Misato smiled by the thought that he hadn´t exploited the situation. Then she looked at
the dinnertable, saw the empty beer cans. Paralysed she stopped.
"My god... I gave them alcohol... If anything has happened I will loose my head..."
She walked down the corridor, decided to look after Shinji first.
Shinji laid on his bed, Rei next to and partly atop of him, head on his chest, hand on
his shoulder, while he kept her embraced. Next to the bed Rei´s nightie laid.
Misato had to grab the doorframe to keep her balance while giving a loud startled wail...
Rei moved her lips without talking and pulled the blanket over her head. She was used to
noise.
Shinji opened his eyes.
"Mi-Misato, it´s not like..."
"No?!"
Out of the opposing room Asuka came.
"Why are you shouting so loud...? Argh! You... you perverts! That´s really obscene!"
Shinji felt the urge to pull the blanked over his head, too, hoping not to be seen if he
was unable to see anybody. Alas, Rei had clutched the edge of the blanket.
"Eh, what´s going on?"
Touji came dragging his feet from the livingroom.
"These... these... these two..." Asuka grumbled while turning toward him.
Touji screamed and stepped back.
"Argh! A redhaired demon!"
"Have you gone over the edge?" Misato screamed, her headache had grown meanwhile the size
of Japan. Then she also saw what had happened to Asuka. The redhaired girl had white make-up
on the face, black horns were painted on her forehead and a goatie on her chin with additional
´decorations´ all over the face.
"Asuka..."
"What?"
"Go to the bathroom and wash your face."
"Why? What´s up?"
She ran into the bathroom, looked into the mirror and screamed angryly. The next moment
she was already back, pushed Touji aside, squeezed around Misato and grabbed the blanked.
"Wondergirl, you did this!"
Forceful she pulled at the blanked, had to gasp her air when seeing the naked Rei.
Rei gave a protesting ´Hrmpf!´
Misato put a hand before Touji´s eyes and pushed him back when he tried to follow Asuka.
"Back to the livingroom, Suzuhara!"
"Yes, Ma´am."
She drew a deep breath, noticing with a ray of hope that Shinji was still wearing his
shorts.
"Asuka, go and get me the phone."
"Misato..."
"I will not discuss now. Go and get the damned phone!"
"Yes..."
She sat down on the edge of the bed after placing the blanket again over Rei who was
still snuggling up to Shinji.
"Well... what did happen here?"
"Nothing", Shinji hurried to explain.
"Nothing? This does not look like ´nothing´"
"Misato..."
"No... no words..." She turned to Rei. "So, young Miss, what do you have to say?"
"Soryu was snorring."
"Agh..."
Asuka come back, not looking at Shinji or Rei, just giving Misato the phone and leaving
again.
Misato entered Ritsuko´s number, a moment later NERV´s head scientist answered.
"Ritsuko, it´s me. Come to my apartment immediatly... Yes, it is important."
She ended the connection.
"Shinji, put something on and wait in the livingroom. Rei, you stay here."
***
Akagi came about ten minutes later and entered Shinji´s room.
Meanwhile the others had also awakened. Asuka was in her romm, not wishing to be within
the same room with all the perverts as she said. Kaji sat comfortably on the couch, Shinji
sat next to him like a piece of misfortune, while Touji and Kensuke took turns
trying to have him spill the beans or telling him with recognition what kind so sly dog
he was.
At the same time Ritsuko finished examining Rei.
"What they two of them did, it hasn´t come to the last."
Misato finally could breath again normally.
"What did happen anyway? Did you have a party?"
"Eh, well, some victory celebration, but just a very little."
"And you did fill up Rei here with beer?"
"I... no... yes, but just a little bit..."
"Misato, you don´t know how lucky you are. Alcohol absolutly doesn´t agree with her.
Her body is unable to digest it, as well as she is unable to digest animal fets. You
could have poison her."
Misato turned white as chalk.
"I didn´t know..."
"Don´t you read my medical report? Shinji for example reacts allergic to almonds."
"I thought... Rei has a constitution like a draft horse, and..."
"I won´t tell anyone, since the situation is under controll."
"Thanks, Ritsuko."
"I am not doing this for you but for Rei. Commander Ikari would come here personally to
drag her away and throw her again into this hole of an apartment he dumped her years
ago."
"Thank you, Doctor Akagi" Rei said softly sitting on the bed rolled into the blanket.
Ritsuko blinked.
"No problem, Rei. But you will keep your hands away from beer or other alcoholical drinks,
do you understand?"
"Yes."
"That´s an order, coming from NERV´s leading medical officer - and you know that these
orders are standing above all other."
"Yes."
"Good. And now... Why did you climb into Shinji´s bed?"
"Soryu was snorring."
"Hm." Akagi looked at Misato. "That reminds me of our time at the university. I sometimes
wished for a place to vanish to, too, when my roomie came home drunken."
Misato turned red, lowered her eyes.
Rei giggled softly.
Ritsuko frowned at the bluthaired girl.
"Sorry."
"No, Rei, it´s okay. If we suppress our feelings to much they might overbear us one day.
Balance is important but a human must be able to laugh or cry... What are your feelings
for Shinji?"
"I... like him."
"Like a brother? Like a comrade-in-arms? A fellow lodger? A friend?"
"No... more..."
"I see..." Ritsuko sighed. "Misato, has Shinji already been given... you know... the talk?"
Misato twitched.
"I... I think not... on the other hand... today..."
"Normally this is a father´s job, alas, I have problems imagining that he has time for
something like this. You should do it."
"Yes." Misato smiled as if she had biten into a citrus. "I guess that´s part of the job."
"I will explain it to Rei."
"Thanks."
"Yes. Hm, I have no idea if the two were too drunk to do anything, if Shinji didn´t wish
to abuse the situation or if he is simply to shy..."
"Shinji is reliable, he just doesn´t want to perceive it himself this way."
"Good. Maybe you should go to your other guest."
***
Touji and Kensuke were sent home by Misato with friendly but determined words.
Both were in agreement that Shinji must have the special something, because of having a
naked girl in his bed even if really nothing had happened between him and Rei.
Kaji had left the apartment, too, sat in his car and laughed. After some thinking he
decided to prevent Shinji´s father from getting the news, even if he would have loved to
see the expression on Gendo Ikari´s face.
Asaka sat on her bed and planned her revenge...
***
After Ritsuko had left, too, Misato told Rei to get dressed and went into the kitchen
without looking at Shinji, to grab a beer from the frigde.
She just had started opening the can when she stopped and lifted the can before her eyes.
"Shinji..."
"Yes, Misato?"
His voice was very nervous.
"Come and help me."
She opened the can and poured the beer into the sink.
"Misato, what..."
"Without this stuff I would have never had the idea you could also have a sip. So...
Away with it!"
"And you?"
She smiled.
"I will try to survive with coffee, could you do some?"
"Yes, Misato."
He smiled, too.
"Shinji, howmuch did you dring?"
"Nothing."
She wasn´t surprised.
"I´m sorry to have screamed at you."
"Uhm..."
"I will have to explain you some things... about men... and women..."
*gulp*
***
"The memory of last night is blurred... I remember his hand stroking my hair... his heartbeat...
warm... I think his lips have touched my forehead... it was... pleasent..."
Misato awoke his a headache the size of Tokio-3. She remember weakly last evening´s party
and walking with Kaji through the night. And she remembered to have kissed him - or had
he kissed her?
With still closed eyes she groped hectically the space next to her to find out if she was
alone. Nobody was laying by her side.
Finally she managed to open her eyes. Light fell through the window in blinding brightness.
She rolled over to the other side, saw that she was still in her underwear,
reached out for her clothes that were laying on the floor next to the bed.
"Coffee, I need coffee... and a beer..."
***
When she left her bedroom she nearly stumbled over Kensuke who laid rolled up on on the
doorstep. Carefully she moved over him. In the middle of the room a snoring Touji laid
while Kaji was on the couch, legs dangling over the elbow-rest.
Misato smiled by the thought that he hadn´t exploited the situation. Then she looked at
the dinnertable, saw the empty beer cans. Paralysed she stopped.
"My god... I gave them alcohol... If anything has happened I will loose my head..."
She walked down the corridor, decided to look after Shinji first.
Shinji laid on his bed, Rei next to and partly atop of him, head on his chest, hand on
his shoulder, while he kept her embraced. Next to the bed Rei´s nightie laid.
Misato had to grab the doorframe to keep her balance while giving a loud startled wail...
Rei moved her lips without talking and pulled the blanket over her head. She was used to
noise.
Shinji opened his eyes.
"Mi-Misato, it´s not like..."
"No?!"
Out of the opposing room Asuka came.
"Why are you shouting so loud...? Argh! You... you perverts! That´s really obscene!"
Shinji felt the urge to pull the blanked over his head, too, hoping not to be seen if he
was unable to see anybody. Alas, Rei had clutched the edge of the blanket.
"Eh, what´s going on?"
Touji came dragging his feet from the livingroom.
"These... these... these two..." Asuka grumbled while turning toward him.
Touji screamed and stepped back.
"Argh! A redhaired demon!"
"Have you gone over the edge?" Misato screamed, her headache had grown meanwhile the size
of Japan. Then she also saw what had happened to Asuka. The redhaired girl had white make-up
on the face, black horns were painted on her forehead and a goatie on her chin with additional
´decorations´ all over the face.
"Asuka..."
"What?"
"Go to the bathroom and wash your face."
"Why? What´s up?"
She ran into the bathroom, looked into the mirror and screamed angryly. The next moment
she was already back, pushed Touji aside, squeezed around Misato and grabbed the blanked.
"Wondergirl, you did this!"
Forceful she pulled at the blanked, had to gasp her air when seeing the naked Rei.
Rei gave a protesting ´Hrmpf!´
Misato put a hand before Touji´s eyes and pushed him back when he tried to follow Asuka.
"Back to the livingroom, Suzuhara!"
"Yes, Ma´am."
She drew a deep breath, noticing with a ray of hope that Shinji was still wearing his
shorts.
"Asuka, go and get me the phone."
"Misato..."
"I will not discuss now. Go and get the damned phone!"
"Yes..."
She sat down on the edge of the bed after placing the blanket again over Rei who was
still snuggling up to Shinji.
"Well... what did happen here?"
"Nothing", Shinji hurried to explain.
"Nothing? This does not look like ´nothing´"
"Misato..."
"No... no words..." She turned to Rei. "So, young Miss, what do you have to say?"
"Soryu was snorring."
"Agh..."
Asuka come back, not looking at Shinji or Rei, just giving Misato the phone and leaving
again.
Misato entered Ritsuko´s number, a moment later NERV´s head scientist answered.
"Ritsuko, it´s me. Come to my apartment immediatly... Yes, it is important."
She ended the connection.
"Shinji, put something on and wait in the livingroom. Rei, you stay here."
***
Akagi came about ten minutes later and entered Shinji´s room.
Meanwhile the others had also awakened. Asuka was in her romm, not wishing to be within
the same room with all the perverts as she said. Kaji sat comfortably on the couch, Shinji
sat next to him like a piece of misfortune, while Touji and Kensuke took turns
trying to have him spill the beans or telling him with recognition what kind so sly dog
he was.
At the same time Ritsuko finished examining Rei.
"What they two of them did, it hasn´t come to the last."
Misato finally could breath again normally.
"What did happen anyway? Did you have a party?"
"Eh, well, some victory celebration, but just a very little."
"And you did fill up Rei here with beer?"
"I... no... yes, but just a little bit..."
"Misato, you don´t know how lucky you are. Alcohol absolutly doesn´t agree with her.
Her body is unable to digest it, as well as she is unable to digest animal fets. You
could have poison her."
Misato turned white as chalk.
"I didn´t know..."
"Don´t you read my medical report? Shinji for example reacts allergic to almonds."
"I thought... Rei has a constitution like a draft horse, and..."
"I won´t tell anyone, since the situation is under controll."
"Thanks, Ritsuko."
"I am not doing this for you but for Rei. Commander Ikari would come here personally to
drag her away and throw her again into this hole of an apartment he dumped her years
ago."
"Thank you, Doctor Akagi" Rei said softly sitting on the bed rolled into the blanket.
Ritsuko blinked.
"No problem, Rei. But you will keep your hands away from beer or other alcoholical drinks,
do you understand?"
"Yes."
"That´s an order, coming from NERV´s leading medical officer - and you know that these
orders are standing above all other."
"Yes."
"Good. And now... Why did you climb into Shinji´s bed?"
"Soryu was snorring."
"Hm." Akagi looked at Misato. "That reminds me of our time at the university. I sometimes
wished for a place to vanish to, too, when my roomie came home drunken."
Misato turned red, lowered her eyes.
Rei giggled softly.
Ritsuko frowned at the bluthaired girl.
"Sorry."
"No, Rei, it´s okay. If we suppress our feelings to much they might overbear us one day.
Balance is important but a human must be able to laugh or cry... What are your feelings
for Shinji?"
"I... like him."
"Like a brother? Like a comrade-in-arms? A fellow lodger? A friend?"
"No... more..."
"I see..." Ritsuko sighed. "Misato, has Shinji already been given... you know... the talk?"
Misato twitched.
"I... I think not... on the other hand... today..."
"Normally this is a father´s job, alas, I have problems imagining that he has time for
something like this. You should do it."
"Yes." Misato smiled as if she had biten into a citrus. "I guess that´s part of the job."
"I will explain it to Rei."
"Thanks."
"Yes. Hm, I have no idea if the two were too drunk to do anything, if Shinji didn´t wish
to abuse the situation or if he is simply to shy..."
"Shinji is reliable, he just doesn´t want to perceive it himself this way."
"Good. Maybe you should go to your other guest."
***
Touji and Kensuke were sent home by Misato with friendly but determined words.
Both were in agreement that Shinji must have the special something, because of having a
naked girl in his bed even if really nothing had happened between him and Rei.
Kaji had left the apartment, too, sat in his car and laughed. After some thinking he
decided to prevent Shinji´s father from getting the news, even if he would have loved to
see the expression on Gendo Ikari´s face.
Asaka sat on her bed and planned her revenge...
***
After Ritsuko had left, too, Misato told Rei to get dressed and went into the kitchen
without looking at Shinji, to grab a beer from the frigde.
She just had started opening the can when she stopped and lifted the can before her eyes.
"Shinji..."
"Yes, Misato?"
His voice was very nervous.
"Come and help me."
She opened the can and poured the beer into the sink.
"Misato, what..."
"Without this stuff I would have never had the idea you could also have a sip. So...
Away with it!"
"And you?"
She smiled.
"I will try to survive with coffee, could you do some?"
"Yes, Misato."
He smiled, too.
"Shinji, howmuch did you dring?"
"Nothing."
She wasn´t surprised.
"I´m sorry to have screamed at you."
"Uhm..."
"I will have to explain you some things... about men... and women..."
*gulp*
***
"The memory of last night is blurred... I remember his hand stroking my hair... his heartbeat...
warm... I think his lips have touched my forehead... it was... pleasent..."
