Shinji laid in bed looking at the ceiling listing to his SDAT. He looked at his alarm clock, noticing it was now about 2:00 freaking a.m. he sighed and closed his eyes, only to be greeted by the sight of his dead mother. He opened his eyes, not wanting to see that image, but wanting to sleep. He hoped that not every night would be like this. He tried again but this time, he saw his mother, but she wasn't smiling, she was screaming in terror as the Eva absorbed her. He let out a cry at this sight, but then stifled his voice, hoping against hope that Misato hadn't heard. But, to his fear, she had. She heard him, through two walls, and the thick blanket she had. She got up almost immediately and ran to his room, fearing the worst. But she saw that he had been having a nightmare, and calmed down, but not for long. "Shinji, are you alright" she said. "Yeah, I guess so, misato." He replied. She walked over to him and gave him a hug. He broke down right about then, remembering enough of his mother to know she always used to hug him when he had bad dreams. "Shhhhhh, its okay" misato said, trying her hardest to comfort him. She laid him back down, and when he turned away from her, she laid down beside him. She put her arm around his shoulder in a comforting way, and she tried to sleep once again. After a while, the both slept.

Morning came again, and the alarm went off for shinji's life to begin. He got up, and then he realized it was a little bit difficult to move, and that's about the time he freaked out. "MISATO!!WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY BED!!!?" And that also about the time he remembered last night. "Oh man! Do you have to yell?" misato said, still groggy. "Gomen" Shingi said blushing. Misato got up and left for the kitchen. Shinji got up and headed for the bathroom. 'Well, at least kensuke and toji will have another thing to be jealous at' Shingi mused to himself. He got into the shower and washed up. He was still so freaking tired. He dried off, but left his hair wet. He went to his room and got dressed. He went to the kitchen to make breakfast before misato got the chance. He ate what he made, then made lunch for himself. As he left he heard misato yell out as the first beer of the day was now inside her.

Shinji walked to school, thinking about the events that had transpired the previous night. He had hoped to meet up with kensuke and toji, but they had not waited for him. so he continued walking, alone, down the street. He had been walking around a corner, when he bumped into rei. Well crashed into was more accurate. "R.rei?" he said, still dazed from the impact. Rei was on the ground, looking like she was more than dazed. Shinji went up to her to ask if she needed help. "Rei, are you okay" Shingi asked softly. She mumbled something, but shinji couldn't understand what it was. He asked again "are you okay?" only louder. She answered "late for school". Shinji looked at his watch "gah! Your right!" he shook her awake and helped her up. "We have to go!" he said before taking off down the street. She followed swiftly.

They managed to arrive before the class started. Thankfully. They both took they're seats and begun listing to the mindless drivel coming from the sensei's mouth. At lunch, shinji went to go eat with his friends, the stooges, which he seemed rather proud to be a part of. He wondered if he should tell them about last night, but decided against it. "Hey guys, what's new?"Shinji said. "Not much" was the answer he got from both of them. He sat down and ate lunch with them, until a certain fragile looking girl approached them. "ikari, I wish to talk to you after classes have ended