Forgot to put these up in the former chapters, so might as well do it now.
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"Hey Shinji, why the hell are you staring at Rei so much today?" Touji Suzahara questioned his friend with a mocking tone. "Huh?" Shinji replied after getting out of his stupor of watching the blue haired girl. "Oh, looks like our little friend here is having some special thoughts about the Ice Queen." Kensuke added, taking note at the red blush that had started to creep up in Shinji's face. "H-Hey it's not like that." Shinji replied his hands up in defense.

"Then care to enlighten us as to why you've been ogling at her for the past TWO HOURS?" Touji smirked, rubbing his hands in anticipation for the sweat-fest that was about to happen. And sweat Shinji did. "Oh come on, I haven't been looking that long...have I?" Shinji said, unsure of himself. "A total of one hour, fifty-six minutes, and thirty-five seconds. Any explanation?" Kensuke replied. "Well, I guess there's no use in hiding it." Shinji said dejectedly, his shoulders slumping. "Hah, I knew it. Shinji's got the hots for Rei!" Touji said triumphantly, crossing his arms. "I didn't say that!" Shinji replied in his defense. "Well, then stop beating around the bush and tell us already." Kensuke said, losing his patience.

"O.k., listen. Do you see Rei's face?" He whispered, bringing the other two stooges in. "Yeah, and a pretty fine one for that I might add." Touji replied. "Quit it, I'm being serious. I mean, do you see the expression of her face?". The two boys looked discretely over their shoulders and towards Ayanami. "Hmm, I guess you're right. There is something different about it." Kensuke observed. "Oh man, that's freaky. It's almost like she's ...smiling." Touji said, nodding at Kensuke's comment.

"Yeah, well, every month, at about this time of the week, she always, and I mean always, has that expression." Shinji said in a low tone, making sure that no one else could hear they're conversation. "You're kidding, right?" Kensuke said incredulously, finding it hard to believe that he, the great information gatherer and military/Eva maniac, failed to notice such a monthly occurrence. "I wouldn't be kidding about this, Kensuke." Shinji replied, dead seriousness ringing in his voice. "And also, I would really like you guys to keep this in between ourselves, right?" Shinji said finally. The two friends nodded their heads vigorously, intending to keep this odd, yet very interesting bit of information to themselves.

Unfortunately for them, some higher power decreed this not to be so, and sent an agent in the form of a certain red haired girl a sudden burst of enhanced hearing. "Hmm, this might prove to be interesting, very interesting..." Asuka thought as she leaned back on her chair, her mind working furiously on how to use this new bit of...information.

Author's notes:

Another chapter, though not as long as I hoped it would be. I nearly gave up on this one, but thanks to just one reviewer, I'm gonna continue this thing even though I feel nobody cares. Thank you, Mr. Slaught. Something else happens in the next chapter. Wait for it.