Rei, caressed the name on Ikari's nape and the one's on the sleeping child.
It startled her a little.
Then she dismissed the thought.
The worlds may end tomorrow, why waste a good worry.
She then sensed something was approaching, a vehicle of sorts. The motor screeched like a scratches from a black board.
She rolled her eyes and sighed.
That must be the professor.
She hurried towards the door, almost slipping as she stepped on the drips from the sealing. She notes to remind her father later.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"REI! REI!"
Rei opens the door with an agitating look.
"…"
"…"
The two stared at each other.
A man on his forties, stood almost out of breath, dark black eyes and graying hair. A simple sweatshirt, jeans and sandals was all he was wearing and behind him a little miniature pincher was trotting around, smelling the area like all little dogs do.
Wuffles barked a little, trailing after the professor and made his presence known by peeing at the porch.
Rei massaged her temple and pulled Fuyutsuki inside.
"What's so important that I, me the professor had to wake up and come here."
Looking a little embarrassed. "I'll clean up his mess later."
Rei nodded and made a tired gesture, pointing at the couch.
Fuyutsuki, surprised ran towards the couch, but slipped on the drip.
Rei giggled and decided to look for the mop her mother keeps on the kitchen closet.
The professor rubbed his muttons, and slowly crawled to the couch, and noticed, someone was sleeping… the better word was barely alive breathing.
He was a professor all right, but not the medicinal kind, something that he decided to learn after this incident.
A cold hand presses on his shoulder, it didn't startle him though, he knew it was Rei's.
"The first aid kit is over there."
"I'm… I'm not so good with medicine Rei. I think you called the wrong person, where are your parents anyway?"
Rei shrugged her shoulders.
She instinctively placed her ear near the boy's heart.
It was beating steadily, but she didn't know if that was a good thing or not. But decided to clean out the wound with some alcohol and put bandages over them.
The boy cringes at pain and makes a rasping breath as he wakes up abruptly.
"Ikari." Rei whispers.
The professor was on his butt, gaping.
Wuffles hid behind the two.
The boy looks at them both, almost calmly.
Then burst out. "You kicked me." Point's his lady like finger at the Rei.
She just shrugged.
"It had to be done." She says calmly.
"Oh it had to be done… It had to be done… why did it had to be done?" he asks?
Fuyutsuki decides to make himself useful by moping the drips and Wuffle's mark.
"Kids these days. What are we to do?"
Elsewhere
Three friends walk rode unto there bikes. They we're bmx, all of which were colored grey except for one that was fiery red.
"He went this way." The red head declared.
The other two nodded in agreement.
Kids these days.
To be continued