CHAPTER _
The next day at school the teacher began to call the role after making them rise and bow before him, this teacher was a substitute and he was strangely marking the role three times today, it was now the third time he had marked it just before lunch time.
"Let's see Ayanami is absent again today.so is Mr. Aida." he trailed off and Shinji turned around to face Toji.
"Hey what's up with Kensuke?" he asked and Toji rocked back on his chair with his feet up on the table.
"He went to new Yokosuka to see a battle ship or something" Toji shrugged as if not interested. "A ship called Myoko or something like that is in port"
The bell rung and Toji grabbed his lunch smiling greedily at it whilst talking alone to himself.
"Lunch time, lunch time.this is the single best thing about school" Toji heard Asuka scream out and looked over at Shinji where Asuka was leaning over him as if she was going to kill him.
"What!" She screamed at him slamming her hands down on the school desk. "What d you mean you didn't make our lunches for the day!" she asked furiously.
"I.I didn't have time to cook last night, I had too much homework" she said sincerely.
"And that is your excuse for making ME starve?" she snapped an inch from his face.
"Oh ho the newly weds are fighting" Toji stirred, and both Asuka and Shinji went bright red in their faces.
"OH SHUT UP!" the both snapped in unison while the whole class laughed.
"Hey I have some money we could split and you two could just pay me back later," Ma suggested and Asuka smiled.
"See Shinji, at least we have a friend who is PREPARED!" she said storming off and Mia giggled a little bit.
"I have enough if you are hungry too Shinji" Mia stated and he felt his insides knot up.
"Oh, I'll be right thanks anyway Mia" Shinji answered and she shrugged heading over to where Asuka was.
* * * * *
The end of school bell rang at 3 o'clock and everyone was excited to just be leaving and getting home to relax.
Asuka was close to sprinting out the door just to get away but she had to wait for Mia who was packing her things at a normal rate.
"Mia," Asuka whined. "Hurry up before."
"Hey Shinji can I walk home with you guys?" Toji asked smirking maliciously at Asuka who groaned.
"Sure" Shinji answered as they all walked out together.
"So where did the name the three stooges come from?" Mia asked.
"The three of them, Kensuke, Toji and Shinji are all stupid idiots so they are known as stooges" Asuka answered as Mia turned around to see Toji kind of looking up at the sky as if hiding something. She turned back and continued talking to Asuka about the other day.
"It was creepy piloting unit 01" Mia said as Toji and Shinji started eavesdropping.
"What do you mean?" Asuka asked. "Aside from the fact that you Rei and Shinji said that the Eva's smell like their pilots" Asuka rolled her eyes as she said that.
"No, it was just like strange memories tried to get into your head, things that you don't know about but feel like deja vu. Like seeing something after you have just woken up" Mia answered and Asuka linked arms with her.
"It is just because Shinji is weird. If you had of done the experiment in my Eva, it would have been fine" Asuka supposed. "What was it like inside the angel?" Asuka asked quietly.
"Um, it was strange, all that I could se and hear was like white noise, it was probably like an empty dream" Mia answered and Asuka nodded.
"You know even if you hadn't held on to Shinji he would have made it out," Asuka said stating the obvious.
"I know, I at first thought that I could just simply pull him out, however I was wrong.where were you?" Mia asked and Asuka felt awkward.
"It got under me and I had to climb up a building. Misato ordered us to retreat. Even wonder girl didn't want to" Asuka told and Mia nodded.
"I have to move out tomorrow. Will you help me?" Mia asked Asuka and she was suddenly excited.
"Of course, your like my best friend, I couldn't just chuck a party on your leaving without helping get rid of you" she joked.
"Wow you Eva pilots are weird" Toji said rolling his eyes and Shinji realized that he and Mia had both experienced the same thing whilst they were inside the angel. .
* * * * *
"Everything is going so quickly, I am moving out today. I can't believe it has been 3 weeks already" Mia whispered to Asuka and Asuka frowned.
"Great an extra dosage of Shinji" she moaned as the bell rang for lunch.
"YEAH! LUNCH TIME!" Toji shouted rocking back on his chair as the P. A system turned on.
"Toji Suzahara, please report to the principal's office immediately" the office lady's voice stated.
"Huh?" Toji said sitting properly.
"What have you done this time?" Kensuke asked and Toji shrugged.
"I don't know" Toji said getting up and leaving the room. Kensuke and Shinji walked outside where fresh air was blowing in a small breeze.
"How was our trip to new Yokosuka?" Shinji asked.
"Way cool, speaking of which, I picked up some disturbing information" Kensuke began as Mia walked outside stopping in the door. Both Shinji and Kensuke were staring out over the balcony and she was unnoticed.
"Eva unit 04?" Shinji inquired.
"Yeah, the one they built in America. It has been completed hasn't it?" Kensuke asked.
"I don't know" Shinji stuttered.
"I know it is classified but please tell me something," Kensuke basically begged.
"But I really don't know!" Shinji said again.
"Haven't you heard the rumor of the activation test?" Kensuke asked.
"No I haven't" Shinji answered almost confused himself.
"Then the pilot hasn't been chosen yet right?" Kensuke asked almost as if he was planning something in his mind.
"How would I know?" Shinji asked and Mia continued listening on as if invisible to them.
"Misato could choose me for the position!" Kensuke jumped up. "Shinji would you ask her for me? I really want to be an Eva pilot!" he said begging on his knees and Mia giggled silently.
"I don't know if she could or not" Shinji answered and Mia walked over to them.
"I don't think she can, it is Ritsuko's job isn't it?" Mia asked and Kensuke went back to pleading with Shinji.
"Can you asked Misato to ask Ritsuko then?" he asked and Shinji half nodded. "Oh did you hear the story that unit 05 was lost?"
"You really dot know?" he asked astonished.
"I knew" Mia added. "Didn't it disappear along with the entire seventh branch?" Mia said and Kensuke nodded.
"Why didn't I know?" Shinji asked her.
"Do you watch the new headlines?" Mia smirked and he shook his head.
"But why didn't Misato tell me anything?" Shinji wondered aloud.
"Well she is busy" Mia suggested and he stared into open space.
"Hasn't Toji come back yet?" Kensuke asked looking around to find that he hadn't returned. "Weird"
Mia put her clothes in the last box and sighed.
"That's all of it then" she said almost hesitant to leave the comfort of her family away from home.
"You're acting as if you are moving really far away," Asuka said picking up the photo of Mia and her mother. "Is this your mother?"
"Yeah" Mia answered quietly as if ashamed.
"What's wrong? You don't sound.you know." Asuka was lost for the correct word.
"I have had a lot of problems at home. Many that can't be explained in a nice way" Mia answered and Asuka nodded.
"I know what you mean," she answered.
"What?" Mia asked suddenly intrigued.
"What can I say my past is bad as well?" Asuka said handing her the picture.
"Asuka, you know if you want to tell me I will listen and not judge you by it" Mia said sympathetically.
"Why do you have to move?" Asuka said hugging her. "Why can't Shinji move?" she asked satirically.
"I mean it too," Mia said and Asuka nodded.
"How the hell are we going to get that piano up the stairs?" she asked laughing as Misato walked in.
"Oh my god are you leaving now Mia?" she asked and Mia nodded.
"It has been two weeks, I already feel that I have worn out my welcome and do not want to put you out with me being an extra body in here" Mia answered and Misato shook her head.
"You are not a problem, and you will be coming here for dinner every week too" Misato ordered and Mia smiled.
"Thanks Misato" she said carrying one of the boxes to the elevator and using it to hold the door open. They loaded the elevator up with all of Mia's things and took it up a floor before unloading it into her new home.
It was a lot smaller than Misato's home and was only one bedroom, one bathroom and a kitchen/ lounge room. Her bedroom was in the far right corner that had only enough room for a bed and a few belongings. Her bathroom was a fair size with just a bath toilet and sink. The kitchen was in the far left corner with a breakfast bar to eat at and the TV was next to the door with a brown sofa in front of it. She was able to fit her piano between the breakfast bar and the lounge snugly.
"Hmm I guess it is now home sweet home." Mia said half-heartedly and Asuka nodded.
"Well unfortunately I had better go back home. I guess I will see you later" Asuka said and Mia nodded.
"Guess so"
The next day at school the teacher began to call the role after making them rise and bow before him, this teacher was a substitute and he was strangely marking the role three times today, it was now the third time he had marked it just before lunch time.
"Let's see Ayanami is absent again today.so is Mr. Aida." he trailed off and Shinji turned around to face Toji.
"Hey what's up with Kensuke?" he asked and Toji rocked back on his chair with his feet up on the table.
"He went to new Yokosuka to see a battle ship or something" Toji shrugged as if not interested. "A ship called Myoko or something like that is in port"
The bell rung and Toji grabbed his lunch smiling greedily at it whilst talking alone to himself.
"Lunch time, lunch time.this is the single best thing about school" Toji heard Asuka scream out and looked over at Shinji where Asuka was leaning over him as if she was going to kill him.
"What!" She screamed at him slamming her hands down on the school desk. "What d you mean you didn't make our lunches for the day!" she asked furiously.
"I.I didn't have time to cook last night, I had too much homework" she said sincerely.
"And that is your excuse for making ME starve?" she snapped an inch from his face.
"Oh ho the newly weds are fighting" Toji stirred, and both Asuka and Shinji went bright red in their faces.
"OH SHUT UP!" the both snapped in unison while the whole class laughed.
"Hey I have some money we could split and you two could just pay me back later," Ma suggested and Asuka smiled.
"See Shinji, at least we have a friend who is PREPARED!" she said storming off and Mia giggled a little bit.
"I have enough if you are hungry too Shinji" Mia stated and he felt his insides knot up.
"Oh, I'll be right thanks anyway Mia" Shinji answered and she shrugged heading over to where Asuka was.
* * * * *
The end of school bell rang at 3 o'clock and everyone was excited to just be leaving and getting home to relax.
Asuka was close to sprinting out the door just to get away but she had to wait for Mia who was packing her things at a normal rate.
"Mia," Asuka whined. "Hurry up before."
"Hey Shinji can I walk home with you guys?" Toji asked smirking maliciously at Asuka who groaned.
"Sure" Shinji answered as they all walked out together.
"So where did the name the three stooges come from?" Mia asked.
"The three of them, Kensuke, Toji and Shinji are all stupid idiots so they are known as stooges" Asuka answered as Mia turned around to see Toji kind of looking up at the sky as if hiding something. She turned back and continued talking to Asuka about the other day.
"It was creepy piloting unit 01" Mia said as Toji and Shinji started eavesdropping.
"What do you mean?" Asuka asked. "Aside from the fact that you Rei and Shinji said that the Eva's smell like their pilots" Asuka rolled her eyes as she said that.
"No, it was just like strange memories tried to get into your head, things that you don't know about but feel like deja vu. Like seeing something after you have just woken up" Mia answered and Asuka linked arms with her.
"It is just because Shinji is weird. If you had of done the experiment in my Eva, it would have been fine" Asuka supposed. "What was it like inside the angel?" Asuka asked quietly.
"Um, it was strange, all that I could se and hear was like white noise, it was probably like an empty dream" Mia answered and Asuka nodded.
"You know even if you hadn't held on to Shinji he would have made it out," Asuka said stating the obvious.
"I know, I at first thought that I could just simply pull him out, however I was wrong.where were you?" Mia asked and Asuka felt awkward.
"It got under me and I had to climb up a building. Misato ordered us to retreat. Even wonder girl didn't want to" Asuka told and Mia nodded.
"I have to move out tomorrow. Will you help me?" Mia asked Asuka and she was suddenly excited.
"Of course, your like my best friend, I couldn't just chuck a party on your leaving without helping get rid of you" she joked.
"Wow you Eva pilots are weird" Toji said rolling his eyes and Shinji realized that he and Mia had both experienced the same thing whilst they were inside the angel. .
* * * * *
"Everything is going so quickly, I am moving out today. I can't believe it has been 3 weeks already" Mia whispered to Asuka and Asuka frowned.
"Great an extra dosage of Shinji" she moaned as the bell rang for lunch.
"YEAH! LUNCH TIME!" Toji shouted rocking back on his chair as the P. A system turned on.
"Toji Suzahara, please report to the principal's office immediately" the office lady's voice stated.
"Huh?" Toji said sitting properly.
"What have you done this time?" Kensuke asked and Toji shrugged.
"I don't know" Toji said getting up and leaving the room. Kensuke and Shinji walked outside where fresh air was blowing in a small breeze.
"How was our trip to new Yokosuka?" Shinji asked.
"Way cool, speaking of which, I picked up some disturbing information" Kensuke began as Mia walked outside stopping in the door. Both Shinji and Kensuke were staring out over the balcony and she was unnoticed.
"Eva unit 04?" Shinji inquired.
"Yeah, the one they built in America. It has been completed hasn't it?" Kensuke asked.
"I don't know" Shinji stuttered.
"I know it is classified but please tell me something," Kensuke basically begged.
"But I really don't know!" Shinji said again.
"Haven't you heard the rumor of the activation test?" Kensuke asked.
"No I haven't" Shinji answered almost confused himself.
"Then the pilot hasn't been chosen yet right?" Kensuke asked almost as if he was planning something in his mind.
"How would I know?" Shinji asked and Mia continued listening on as if invisible to them.
"Misato could choose me for the position!" Kensuke jumped up. "Shinji would you ask her for me? I really want to be an Eva pilot!" he said begging on his knees and Mia giggled silently.
"I don't know if she could or not" Shinji answered and Mia walked over to them.
"I don't think she can, it is Ritsuko's job isn't it?" Mia asked and Kensuke went back to pleading with Shinji.
"Can you asked Misato to ask Ritsuko then?" he asked and Shinji half nodded. "Oh did you hear the story that unit 05 was lost?"
"You really dot know?" he asked astonished.
"I knew" Mia added. "Didn't it disappear along with the entire seventh branch?" Mia said and Kensuke nodded.
"Why didn't I know?" Shinji asked her.
"Do you watch the new headlines?" Mia smirked and he shook his head.
"But why didn't Misato tell me anything?" Shinji wondered aloud.
"Well she is busy" Mia suggested and he stared into open space.
"Hasn't Toji come back yet?" Kensuke asked looking around to find that he hadn't returned. "Weird"
Mia put her clothes in the last box and sighed.
"That's all of it then" she said almost hesitant to leave the comfort of her family away from home.
"You're acting as if you are moving really far away," Asuka said picking up the photo of Mia and her mother. "Is this your mother?"
"Yeah" Mia answered quietly as if ashamed.
"What's wrong? You don't sound.you know." Asuka was lost for the correct word.
"I have had a lot of problems at home. Many that can't be explained in a nice way" Mia answered and Asuka nodded.
"I know what you mean," she answered.
"What?" Mia asked suddenly intrigued.
"What can I say my past is bad as well?" Asuka said handing her the picture.
"Asuka, you know if you want to tell me I will listen and not judge you by it" Mia said sympathetically.
"Why do you have to move?" Asuka said hugging her. "Why can't Shinji move?" she asked satirically.
"I mean it too," Mia said and Asuka nodded.
"How the hell are we going to get that piano up the stairs?" she asked laughing as Misato walked in.
"Oh my god are you leaving now Mia?" she asked and Mia nodded.
"It has been two weeks, I already feel that I have worn out my welcome and do not want to put you out with me being an extra body in here" Mia answered and Misato shook her head.
"You are not a problem, and you will be coming here for dinner every week too" Misato ordered and Mia smiled.
"Thanks Misato" she said carrying one of the boxes to the elevator and using it to hold the door open. They loaded the elevator up with all of Mia's things and took it up a floor before unloading it into her new home.
It was a lot smaller than Misato's home and was only one bedroom, one bathroom and a kitchen/ lounge room. Her bedroom was in the far right corner that had only enough room for a bed and a few belongings. Her bathroom was a fair size with just a bath toilet and sink. The kitchen was in the far left corner with a breakfast bar to eat at and the TV was next to the door with a brown sofa in front of it. She was able to fit her piano between the breakfast bar and the lounge snugly.
"Hmm I guess it is now home sweet home." Mia said half-heartedly and Asuka nodded.
"Well unfortunately I had better go back home. I guess I will see you later" Asuka said and Mia nodded.
"Guess so"