Chapter 3: Breakfast at Shinji's
By: lynx
------6:00 in the morning: dining table------
Asuka took a seat beside Misato, Rei sat beside Shinji.
"Bon Appetite!!!" They all said in chorus, all except for Rei, who just bowed her head in front of the table. After that, they all started to eat. Everyone had something on their minds...
(Shit!!!!! This story is gonna make Kaji laugh his guts out!!!!)
(I hope that hell does not break loose upon this table)
(Shit... me and her... feel the same...)
(The eggs are half-cooked)
They all kept silent at the table... all the way...
--------30 minutes later...--------
Rei was the first one who stood up from the table, her bowl was clean.
"Thank you, pilot Ikari..." Rei said in gratitude as she picked up her bag and made her way to the door. Shinji then stood up from his seat and went after Rei. Misato started giggling and left the table. Asuka scratched her head.
"Rei!! Wait!" Shinji called the girl as he approached her.
"What is it, Pilot Ikari?" The blue-head asked.
"Can I... walk you home... If it's okay with you... I mean, it would be rather rude to just show up beside you and say nothing... you know what I mean... you see, so I did... otherwise... you see... umm soooo... I mean... can I?" The blushing Shinji asked Rei.
"Okay..." Rei replied.
"I wanted to ask you something..." Rei added.
"Huh?... What is it?"
"I did what you had advised me... I approached Major Katsuragi..." Rei said, as she looked at the road ahead of them.
"What did Misato say?"
"She said a funny sounding phrase that I had trouble to fathom."
"What did it sound like?"
"Hhhhhhhhh..."
"Hhhhhhhahahahahahahahahahaha..." Rei answered with much less enthusiasm unlike the way Misato showed her.
"Ohhhhh... I see." Shinji said, scratching his head.
"What does that phrase mean?"
"Oh! That... ummm... it's not actually a phrase, you see... look at it as something people say when they find something... funny." The boy answered.
"Something that people say when they classify something as amusing..." Rei said.
"Uhhhhhh... yeah. Something like that."
"I see... So Major Katsuragi found my current disposition amusing."
"Binggo."
"Binggo?"
"Uhhhhhh... let me rephrase that. Uhhhhh... yes."
"What does this 'Binggo' mean?"
"Oh! That... "
(Man is this girl full of it!)
"From what I see... Rei... You have trouble understanding informal conversations."
"I do?"
"Yes."
"You always talk in a 'formal' manner." Shinji said, using his fingers to emphasize the word.
"What are you doing with your fingers?"
"Uhhhhh..."
(Sheeesh)
"Ummmm... You know..."
"I don't"
(Grrrrrrrr....)
"Let's continue this some other time."
"Okay." Thus, this long and a bit irritating chitchat between the two was cut-off. The two then split ways, Shinji went back and Rei went back to her apartment.
----------Misato's Apartment-------
"What the hell was that!!!!!?????" Shinji angrily asked Misato while she was watching TV.
"What was what?" Misato asked, playing dumb.
"Don't play dumb with me!" Shinji said.
"Play what?" Misato asked again, trying to keep up.
"Grrrrr... UHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Shinji groaned in anger as he left the room and headed towards his room. A few minutes after Shinji left the room, Misato took a sip out of the can of beer she was drinking, then Asuka came into the room.
"Can we talk?"
"About what?"
"About what you said to Rei."
(Huh?????????)
"About what?"
"Don't play dumb with me!"
"Play what?"
"Grrrrr... UHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Asuka had suffered the same fate as Shinji, they both fell into the evil hands of Misato. A few minutes after Asuka left the room, Misato, who was now content with what was happening, Gave out a contented sigh, breathed in, held it there for a few seconds, then let it all loose.
"I love pissing people off!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" Misato laughed in glee, careless of what their neighbors would think, even more careless of what Shinji and Asuka would think.
"BWAHAHAHAHA!!! GYAHAHAHAHAH!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" She kept on. A few minutes after she started laughing, Shinji and Asuka came down and looked at the crazy woman on the couch.
"The beer has gotten into her brain..." Shinji said, just standing in front of the insanity in front of him.
"I say it was aliens..." Asuka said, watching the madness.
"Whatever it was, it hit her hard... really hard." Shinji concluded before going back to his room. It took a while before the insane laughing ceased. After that, Misato then slouched back on the couch and went back to drinking.
"She's gone mad." Shinji said to himself as he listened to his SDAT.
"Crazy bitch..." Asuka said, lying down on her bed. Therefore, the apartment was silent again.
---------8:15, Rei's apartment------
(Is my disposition... amusing?) Rei thought to herself, as she lay on her bed, which was in a messy apartment room.
(Why would someone use the name of a non-existent dog to express agreement?)
(Why were his cheeks red?)
(Why am I asking myself these difficult questions?)
(What is this I am feeling?)
(More importantly... What was pilot Ikari doing with his fingers that time?) Rei kept on, staring at the ceiling. Rei started thinking about what Shinji told her a while ago, to her, it was as if she was told she was incomplete. This thought kept her awake all night, just the thought of lacking something made her very worried. However, being the smart blue-head girl in the series, she found a way.
"I shall ask guidance from pilot Ikari. I am positive he can help me." She said, as she closed her eyes and tried to sleep (Even though it was already late in the morning).
-------1:00 p.m., Misato's apartment------
Asuka lay on her bed, recalling her dream. She could not figure out the 'thing' she had. A few minutes later, she decided to go back to the insane woman.
-------1:06 p.m.----
"Can we talk?" Asuka asked the purple-haired woman.
"What is it?" Misato asked back, looking more normal. Misato then offered Asuka a seat beside her, which she silently took.
"I had a dream." She said.
"Go on..." Misato said, finding difficulty to suppress the excitement within her.
"It was about..."
"Shinji?"
"What!!!!??? H-h-h-h-h-how did you know?" The younger girl said in shock.
"You weren't yourself at breakfast, you didn't even mock the guy."
"Oh, I see."
"So, what happened to the dream?"
"Well...Shinji asked me out."
"Did you say yes?"
"I found myself blabbering strange things to myself, I felt a strange, hot sensation within me. It was the first time I felt it, it's hard to explain it."
"But did you say yes?"
"Everything changed before I was able to answer, I found myself calling out his name, shouting out loud. I felt incredible sadness as I saw his figure about to disappear into the midst of the darkness I was in."
"My chest ached so hard, I couldn't breathe. Before the dream ended, a hot feeling shot through me."
"So then, what happened?"
"I reached out my arm to grab him and screamed out one last time. Then I noticed I was awake. A few moments later, he shows up in front of me, he said I called for him. But I sent him away."
"Is that it?"
"No. It's just that, I still feel the heat of what I experienced in the dream."
"Just like..."
"Rei." Asuka finished, beating Misato to the name.
"So you heard..."
"But, just like what happened to Rei, I'm going to have to deny you of any useful information."
"That's unfair."
"But I am unfair, sweatie. You'll have to figure out that by yourself." Misato said, putting the discussion to an end. Asuka, who was very much aggravated, left Misato and went to Shinji's room.
-------1:40 p.m., Shinji's room----
Shinji was oblivious to the real world as he lay on his bed, thinking in his parallel universe, listening to music, when Asuka entered.
"You could at least knock, madam." Shinji said, noticing the other living organism in his quarters.
"Baka..." Asuka lightly said.
"What was that?" Shinji said, turning over to look at her as she left the room, slowly closing the door to his room.
"What was that all about?" He asked himself, scratching his head. Asuka leaned on the wall that enclosed Shinji's room, trying to disregard what she was feeling, with no avail, it was just too strong to put aside.
"Time to go." Shinji said, after changing from his uniform to a white shirt and denim jeans. As he left his room, he was thinking about Rei, about what he said to her. He did not even notice the troubled redhead standing just outside his room.
------2:00 p.m., living room------
"I'm going back to the meadow." Shinji told Misato, who seemed to pay no attention to him.
"Oh. Sure. sure, go on, have a good time at school." She said, proving her ignorance. After that, Shinji left the house and started his way to the meadow. A few minutes after that, Asuka came down, wearing red fitted shirt and a short (very short) skirt and told Misato she was going out, she was met with the same reply. After the go signal, Asuka left the apartment in a hurry and started out on her short trip.
------2:15 p.m., meadow-----
Shinji was a bit tired from his trip, but it was worth it. He could feel the wind playfully glide through his hair as he watched the clear afternoon sky show its splendor upon him. This was Shinji's paradise, his refuge from his distress, his stronghold. He then started to look for the place where he fell asleep, but to his surprise, he found a familiar-looking girl, lying on the same spot where he had slept.
--------End of Chapter 3--------
------6:00 in the morning: dining table------
Asuka took a seat beside Misato, Rei sat beside Shinji.
"Bon Appetite!!!" They all said in chorus, all except for Rei, who just bowed her head in front of the table. After that, they all started to eat. Everyone had something on their minds...
(Shit!!!!! This story is gonna make Kaji laugh his guts out!!!!)
(I hope that hell does not break loose upon this table)
(Shit... me and her... feel the same...)
(The eggs are half-cooked)
They all kept silent at the table... all the way...
--------30 minutes later...--------
Rei was the first one who stood up from the table, her bowl was clean.
"Thank you, pilot Ikari..." Rei said in gratitude as she picked up her bag and made her way to the door. Shinji then stood up from his seat and went after Rei. Misato started giggling and left the table. Asuka scratched her head.
"Rei!! Wait!" Shinji called the girl as he approached her.
"What is it, Pilot Ikari?" The blue-head asked.
"Can I... walk you home... If it's okay with you... I mean, it would be rather rude to just show up beside you and say nothing... you know what I mean... you see, so I did... otherwise... you see... umm soooo... I mean... can I?" The blushing Shinji asked Rei.
"Okay..." Rei replied.
"I wanted to ask you something..." Rei added.
"Huh?... What is it?"
"I did what you had advised me... I approached Major Katsuragi..." Rei said, as she looked at the road ahead of them.
"What did Misato say?"
"She said a funny sounding phrase that I had trouble to fathom."
"What did it sound like?"
"Hhhhhhhhh..."
"Hhhhhhhahahahahahahahahahaha..." Rei answered with much less enthusiasm unlike the way Misato showed her.
"Ohhhhh... I see." Shinji said, scratching his head.
"What does that phrase mean?"
"Oh! That... ummm... it's not actually a phrase, you see... look at it as something people say when they find something... funny." The boy answered.
"Something that people say when they classify something as amusing..." Rei said.
"Uhhhhhh... yeah. Something like that."
"I see... So Major Katsuragi found my current disposition amusing."
"Binggo."
"Binggo?"
"Uhhhhhh... let me rephrase that. Uhhhhh... yes."
"What does this 'Binggo' mean?"
"Oh! That... "
(Man is this girl full of it!)
"From what I see... Rei... You have trouble understanding informal conversations."
"I do?"
"Yes."
"You always talk in a 'formal' manner." Shinji said, using his fingers to emphasize the word.
"What are you doing with your fingers?"
"Uhhhhh..."
(Sheeesh)
"Ummmm... You know..."
"I don't"
(Grrrrrrrr....)
"Let's continue this some other time."
"Okay." Thus, this long and a bit irritating chitchat between the two was cut-off. The two then split ways, Shinji went back and Rei went back to her apartment.
----------Misato's Apartment-------
"What the hell was that!!!!!?????" Shinji angrily asked Misato while she was watching TV.
"What was what?" Misato asked, playing dumb.
"Don't play dumb with me!" Shinji said.
"Play what?" Misato asked again, trying to keep up.
"Grrrrr... UHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Shinji groaned in anger as he left the room and headed towards his room. A few minutes after Shinji left the room, Misato took a sip out of the can of beer she was drinking, then Asuka came into the room.
"Can we talk?"
"About what?"
"About what you said to Rei."
(Huh?????????)
"About what?"
"Don't play dumb with me!"
"Play what?"
"Grrrrr... UHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Asuka had suffered the same fate as Shinji, they both fell into the evil hands of Misato. A few minutes after Asuka left the room, Misato, who was now content with what was happening, Gave out a contented sigh, breathed in, held it there for a few seconds, then let it all loose.
"I love pissing people off!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" Misato laughed in glee, careless of what their neighbors would think, even more careless of what Shinji and Asuka would think.
"BWAHAHAHAHA!!! GYAHAHAHAHAH!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" She kept on. A few minutes after she started laughing, Shinji and Asuka came down and looked at the crazy woman on the couch.
"The beer has gotten into her brain..." Shinji said, just standing in front of the insanity in front of him.
"I say it was aliens..." Asuka said, watching the madness.
"Whatever it was, it hit her hard... really hard." Shinji concluded before going back to his room. It took a while before the insane laughing ceased. After that, Misato then slouched back on the couch and went back to drinking.
"She's gone mad." Shinji said to himself as he listened to his SDAT.
"Crazy bitch..." Asuka said, lying down on her bed. Therefore, the apartment was silent again.
---------8:15, Rei's apartment------
(Is my disposition... amusing?) Rei thought to herself, as she lay on her bed, which was in a messy apartment room.
(Why would someone use the name of a non-existent dog to express agreement?)
(Why were his cheeks red?)
(Why am I asking myself these difficult questions?)
(What is this I am feeling?)
(More importantly... What was pilot Ikari doing with his fingers that time?) Rei kept on, staring at the ceiling. Rei started thinking about what Shinji told her a while ago, to her, it was as if she was told she was incomplete. This thought kept her awake all night, just the thought of lacking something made her very worried. However, being the smart blue-head girl in the series, she found a way.
"I shall ask guidance from pilot Ikari. I am positive he can help me." She said, as she closed her eyes and tried to sleep (Even though it was already late in the morning).
-------1:00 p.m., Misato's apartment------
Asuka lay on her bed, recalling her dream. She could not figure out the 'thing' she had. A few minutes later, she decided to go back to the insane woman.
-------1:06 p.m.----
"Can we talk?" Asuka asked the purple-haired woman.
"What is it?" Misato asked back, looking more normal. Misato then offered Asuka a seat beside her, which she silently took.
"I had a dream." She said.
"Go on..." Misato said, finding difficulty to suppress the excitement within her.
"It was about..."
"Shinji?"
"What!!!!??? H-h-h-h-h-how did you know?" The younger girl said in shock.
"You weren't yourself at breakfast, you didn't even mock the guy."
"Oh, I see."
"So, what happened to the dream?"
"Well...Shinji asked me out."
"Did you say yes?"
"I found myself blabbering strange things to myself, I felt a strange, hot sensation within me. It was the first time I felt it, it's hard to explain it."
"But did you say yes?"
"Everything changed before I was able to answer, I found myself calling out his name, shouting out loud. I felt incredible sadness as I saw his figure about to disappear into the midst of the darkness I was in."
"My chest ached so hard, I couldn't breathe. Before the dream ended, a hot feeling shot through me."
"So then, what happened?"
"I reached out my arm to grab him and screamed out one last time. Then I noticed I was awake. A few moments later, he shows up in front of me, he said I called for him. But I sent him away."
"Is that it?"
"No. It's just that, I still feel the heat of what I experienced in the dream."
"Just like..."
"Rei." Asuka finished, beating Misato to the name.
"So you heard..."
"But, just like what happened to Rei, I'm going to have to deny you of any useful information."
"That's unfair."
"But I am unfair, sweatie. You'll have to figure out that by yourself." Misato said, putting the discussion to an end. Asuka, who was very much aggravated, left Misato and went to Shinji's room.
-------1:40 p.m., Shinji's room----
Shinji was oblivious to the real world as he lay on his bed, thinking in his parallel universe, listening to music, when Asuka entered.
"You could at least knock, madam." Shinji said, noticing the other living organism in his quarters.
"Baka..." Asuka lightly said.
"What was that?" Shinji said, turning over to look at her as she left the room, slowly closing the door to his room.
"What was that all about?" He asked himself, scratching his head. Asuka leaned on the wall that enclosed Shinji's room, trying to disregard what she was feeling, with no avail, it was just too strong to put aside.
"Time to go." Shinji said, after changing from his uniform to a white shirt and denim jeans. As he left his room, he was thinking about Rei, about what he said to her. He did not even notice the troubled redhead standing just outside his room.
------2:00 p.m., living room------
"I'm going back to the meadow." Shinji told Misato, who seemed to pay no attention to him.
"Oh. Sure. sure, go on, have a good time at school." She said, proving her ignorance. After that, Shinji left the house and started his way to the meadow. A few minutes after that, Asuka came down, wearing red fitted shirt and a short (very short) skirt and told Misato she was going out, she was met with the same reply. After the go signal, Asuka left the apartment in a hurry and started out on her short trip.
------2:15 p.m., meadow-----
Shinji was a bit tired from his trip, but it was worth it. He could feel the wind playfully glide through his hair as he watched the clear afternoon sky show its splendor upon him. This was Shinji's paradise, his refuge from his distress, his stronghold. He then started to look for the place where he fell asleep, but to his surprise, he found a familiar-looking girl, lying on the same spot where he had slept.
--------End of Chapter 3--------