Chapter #3
Disclaimer: I don't own Eva!
Thanks to PhantomR for pre-reading. Now, please, R&R!
Shinji was walking back home, or what passed as home, when he noticed Rei slightly ahead of him. No one was around, so Shinji took his chance.
"Uh... Rei, um... I have a question I wanted to ask you."
"Yes, what is it Shinji?"
"Um, well... what... what was that thing that my EVA made?" . Rei just looked at him as if a person had asked her what was the thing that the lungs did when they inflate and deflate.
"You mean they have not told you?" which came out more like a statement than a question.
"Well, no"
"It's called an AT-field. All of the Evas can produce them. Its... it's like a force field that comes from inside the EVA. I believe it has something to do with telepathy. You just need to concentrate on making it, and your EVA will."
"Rei, I... I really liked talking to you," Shinji had realized that they
were just about in front of his apartment complex and moving closer to
his door, "maybe we could... go somewhere... or do something... or, or, how
about we do our homework together? We got out of school, but there's
still so much homework..." Shinji noticed that she had her school bag
with her, "We could... do our homework in my room, and its... it's a lot
closer than your apartment."
"Yes, Shinji, I would like that."
'What?' Shinji thought, 'did she just say what I think she said?'
Several hours later, Shinji was feeling very happy. They had finished with their homework quickly, which amazed Shinji, he was sure it was because of Rei, and Shinji was trying to make idle conversation at first, but he was having about as much luck as a person would have with a brick wall. After several failed attempts, Shinji finally got her to start acting close to what he considered normal, but was still quite emotionless. Shinji finally got off the subject of the soccer game earlier and the fated encounter in the locker room when he decided to take a drastic and completely illogical step.
"Uh... Rei?"
Rei was sitting on the floor amongst various pieces of homework and seemed to be a little happy, which was somewhat of a momentous occasion on Shinji's part. Not the fact of having a happy girl in his room or even a girl at all in his room, Misato filled in those spots nicely, but the fact that Rei was showing even a little bit of cheerfulness. "Yes Shinji?" she replied.
"I really liked this, maybe we could... could do this more often. I was also wondering... um..." Shinji began searching his room for anything that could aid him in his quest and noticed the poster on his wall of the new movie 'Neo Gundam', "would you... like to... um... go see a movie tomorrow? It will be the week end after all, and ... um... we won't have any homework. So..."
"Yes Shinji, I would like to see a movie with you." Shinji began to
jubilate, when it was abruptly halted by what he saw next. It wasn't
the fact that every time Rei leaned back to her book bag that Shinji
could see her panties; he had gotten over that little scene early on
with a tremendous amount of will power. Once more he would need that
amount of will power not to start crying tears of joy over what he
considered one of the most beautiful sights of his young life. Rei had
more than a slight smile on her face. It wasn't very large, but you
didn't need to be looking closely to notice it either.
"Well... I'd better take you home then," Shinji noticed the time and knew if Misato caught them, he would never hear the end of it. Rei shook her head then said, "It's quite alright Shinji, I can make it home by myself." As she made her way to the door, Shinji quickly grabbed her by the wrist which triggered an instant blush from both parties, "Please, Rei let me take you home"
Rei had given in to Shinji and now found herself standing in front of her door facing Shinji. Rei had never expected something like this to happen and was completely unprepared for anything that had happened since they left. Now she was the most unprepared. Shinji had seen plenty of teen and normal romance movies and series' to last him for eternity, and was expecting Rei to act the way he had seen all of the girls in those films acted. But she just stood there, emotionless as she normally was at school and at NERV. Shinji had spent the trip over preparing for this part, but suddenly all of his cleverly laid plans had either fallen apart already or decided to leave his mind at this point. Shinji knew he had to do something, she was just standing there and he had come the entire way. 'Do something Shinji! You can't leave her standing out here forever!' Shinji screamed to himself. 'Calm down Shinji, just keep your cool.' Shinji then visibly let out a sigh of relief. But his dilemma still had not left. He saw her shiver a little and then realized himself how cold the night had gotten. While Shinji was debating over what to do, he noticed that Rei had opened her door and decided he had to do something now or never. Just as Rei turned around to face Shinji, he quickly hugged her and backed off, wondering what came over him.
"Um... well... I'll see you tomorrow. Is 2'O Clock okay?" Rei stood there astonished at what had transpired, then snapped out of it and said, "Y... yes, Shinji."
Shinji began to nod profusely and then took off as fast as he could without running toward his apartment. Rei stood there gazing out at the night sky, trying to piece together the events that had taken place. Then she turned back to her apartment and walked in, still awestruck at the sudden turn of events.
Shinji walked into the apartment oblivious of everything while beaming with joy like he had just won the lottery. Then he noticed that he wasn't alone when he stepped on an empty beer can on the floor.
"Uh... Mi... Misato?" Shinji questioned cautiously as he peeked into the kitchen. Sitting at the table was Misato and Pen-Pen, her pet penguin. They were having a staring contest as far as Shinji could see, and it seemed like Pen-Pen was winning, until Misato broke the silence.
"Hey, Shinji! So, you trying to get in good with the First Child huh? How far have you gone?"
"What? It's nothing like that! Really! We were just doing our homework!" exclaimed Shinji, "Wait... how did you know?"
"Well, Shinji, not only did I see you walking with Rei," 'Damn! I knew that car looked familiar!' thought Shinji, "but I have spies!" said Misato as she pointed to Pen-Pen which quickly prompted Shinji to begin starring at Pen-Pen.
Shinji immediately began to blush. "Um... well... hey Misato, I was wondering if Rei could..." But Shinji was cut off by Misato, "Nope, even if we went through the paper work to get her to stay here, it just wouldn't work."
'How did she know what I was going to ask?' Shinji thought, "Oh yea? Why not?"
"Because, Shinji, there just wouldn't be enough room."
"What do you mean? We have an entirely separate room that no one is
using. So how can we not have enough room?"
"Once the Second Child gets here there won't be any free space."
'Second Child? Well, I guess if I'm the Third and Rei is the First there would have to be a second' "Wait, Misato, there's plenty of extra space even with the Second Child..."
"Don't even think that I or anyone would let you two share a room."
"That's not what I meant!" Shinji exclaimed, "Besides, Rei can share a room with the Second Child, unless the Second Child is a guy."
"Actually your right, the Second is a girl and she will be arriving from NERV-Germany two days from now, although we'll have to meet her by flying out to sea." Misato grumbled, "So you better get to sleep."
"Wait! If she is coming in two days how would me getting to sleep early help me two days from now?"
"Don't argue with your commanding officer," smirked Misato, "Just get to sleep, and no fantasies about the First and Second Children!"
"What's that supposed to mean?!" said Shinji as he sulked to his room thinking about Rei, what was going to happen tomorrow, and the mysterious Second Child before drifting off to sleep.
End Chapter #3
Disclaimer: I don't own Eva!
Thanks to PhantomR for pre-reading. Now, please, R&R!
Shinji was walking back home, or what passed as home, when he noticed Rei slightly ahead of him. No one was around, so Shinji took his chance.
"Uh... Rei, um... I have a question I wanted to ask you."
"Yes, what is it Shinji?"
"Um, well... what... what was that thing that my EVA made?" . Rei just looked at him as if a person had asked her what was the thing that the lungs did when they inflate and deflate.
"You mean they have not told you?" which came out more like a statement than a question.
"Well, no"
"It's called an AT-field. All of the Evas can produce them. Its... it's like a force field that comes from inside the EVA. I believe it has something to do with telepathy. You just need to concentrate on making it, and your EVA will."
"Rei, I... I really liked talking to you," Shinji had realized that they
were just about in front of his apartment complex and moving closer to
his door, "maybe we could... go somewhere... or do something... or, or, how
about we do our homework together? We got out of school, but there's
still so much homework..." Shinji noticed that she had her school bag
with her, "We could... do our homework in my room, and its... it's a lot
closer than your apartment."
"Yes, Shinji, I would like that."
'What?' Shinji thought, 'did she just say what I think she said?'
Several hours later, Shinji was feeling very happy. They had finished with their homework quickly, which amazed Shinji, he was sure it was because of Rei, and Shinji was trying to make idle conversation at first, but he was having about as much luck as a person would have with a brick wall. After several failed attempts, Shinji finally got her to start acting close to what he considered normal, but was still quite emotionless. Shinji finally got off the subject of the soccer game earlier and the fated encounter in the locker room when he decided to take a drastic and completely illogical step.
"Uh... Rei?"
Rei was sitting on the floor amongst various pieces of homework and seemed to be a little happy, which was somewhat of a momentous occasion on Shinji's part. Not the fact of having a happy girl in his room or even a girl at all in his room, Misato filled in those spots nicely, but the fact that Rei was showing even a little bit of cheerfulness. "Yes Shinji?" she replied.
"I really liked this, maybe we could... could do this more often. I was also wondering... um..." Shinji began searching his room for anything that could aid him in his quest and noticed the poster on his wall of the new movie 'Neo Gundam', "would you... like to... um... go see a movie tomorrow? It will be the week end after all, and ... um... we won't have any homework. So..."
"Yes Shinji, I would like to see a movie with you." Shinji began to
jubilate, when it was abruptly halted by what he saw next. It wasn't
the fact that every time Rei leaned back to her book bag that Shinji
could see her panties; he had gotten over that little scene early on
with a tremendous amount of will power. Once more he would need that
amount of will power not to start crying tears of joy over what he
considered one of the most beautiful sights of his young life. Rei had
more than a slight smile on her face. It wasn't very large, but you
didn't need to be looking closely to notice it either.
"Well... I'd better take you home then," Shinji noticed the time and knew if Misato caught them, he would never hear the end of it. Rei shook her head then said, "It's quite alright Shinji, I can make it home by myself." As she made her way to the door, Shinji quickly grabbed her by the wrist which triggered an instant blush from both parties, "Please, Rei let me take you home"
Rei had given in to Shinji and now found herself standing in front of her door facing Shinji. Rei had never expected something like this to happen and was completely unprepared for anything that had happened since they left. Now she was the most unprepared. Shinji had seen plenty of teen and normal romance movies and series' to last him for eternity, and was expecting Rei to act the way he had seen all of the girls in those films acted. But she just stood there, emotionless as she normally was at school and at NERV. Shinji had spent the trip over preparing for this part, but suddenly all of his cleverly laid plans had either fallen apart already or decided to leave his mind at this point. Shinji knew he had to do something, she was just standing there and he had come the entire way. 'Do something Shinji! You can't leave her standing out here forever!' Shinji screamed to himself. 'Calm down Shinji, just keep your cool.' Shinji then visibly let out a sigh of relief. But his dilemma still had not left. He saw her shiver a little and then realized himself how cold the night had gotten. While Shinji was debating over what to do, he noticed that Rei had opened her door and decided he had to do something now or never. Just as Rei turned around to face Shinji, he quickly hugged her and backed off, wondering what came over him.
"Um... well... I'll see you tomorrow. Is 2'O Clock okay?" Rei stood there astonished at what had transpired, then snapped out of it and said, "Y... yes, Shinji."
Shinji began to nod profusely and then took off as fast as he could without running toward his apartment. Rei stood there gazing out at the night sky, trying to piece together the events that had taken place. Then she turned back to her apartment and walked in, still awestruck at the sudden turn of events.
Shinji walked into the apartment oblivious of everything while beaming with joy like he had just won the lottery. Then he noticed that he wasn't alone when he stepped on an empty beer can on the floor.
"Uh... Mi... Misato?" Shinji questioned cautiously as he peeked into the kitchen. Sitting at the table was Misato and Pen-Pen, her pet penguin. They were having a staring contest as far as Shinji could see, and it seemed like Pen-Pen was winning, until Misato broke the silence.
"Hey, Shinji! So, you trying to get in good with the First Child huh? How far have you gone?"
"What? It's nothing like that! Really! We were just doing our homework!" exclaimed Shinji, "Wait... how did you know?"
"Well, Shinji, not only did I see you walking with Rei," 'Damn! I knew that car looked familiar!' thought Shinji, "but I have spies!" said Misato as she pointed to Pen-Pen which quickly prompted Shinji to begin starring at Pen-Pen.
Shinji immediately began to blush. "Um... well... hey Misato, I was wondering if Rei could..." But Shinji was cut off by Misato, "Nope, even if we went through the paper work to get her to stay here, it just wouldn't work."
'How did she know what I was going to ask?' Shinji thought, "Oh yea? Why not?"
"Because, Shinji, there just wouldn't be enough room."
"What do you mean? We have an entirely separate room that no one is
using. So how can we not have enough room?"
"Once the Second Child gets here there won't be any free space."
'Second Child? Well, I guess if I'm the Third and Rei is the First there would have to be a second' "Wait, Misato, there's plenty of extra space even with the Second Child..."
"Don't even think that I or anyone would let you two share a room."
"That's not what I meant!" Shinji exclaimed, "Besides, Rei can share a room with the Second Child, unless the Second Child is a guy."
"Actually your right, the Second is a girl and she will be arriving from NERV-Germany two days from now, although we'll have to meet her by flying out to sea." Misato grumbled, "So you better get to sleep."
"Wait! If she is coming in two days how would me getting to sleep early help me two days from now?"
"Don't argue with your commanding officer," smirked Misato, "Just get to sleep, and no fantasies about the First and Second Children!"
"What's that supposed to mean?!" said Shinji as he sulked to his room thinking about Rei, what was going to happen tomorrow, and the mysterious Second Child before drifting off to sleep.
End Chapter #3