Another strange day.

Chapter 5

See earlier chapters for disclaimers.

As Ai stood up see showed Shinji and everybody else her panties when she stretched. Shinji blushed and his nose started to bleed. Hikari blushed and quickly turned around. Misato just took another drink of beer thinking, "She's going to fit right in.", but Asuka was the first to react.

"Oh no you don't! You're not going to go anywhere near Shinji's bedroom unless somebody is with you! I'm not going to let you spoil Shinji before I do!" Asuka quickly put her hand to her mouth realizing what she just said. She looked around at everybody to see if anyone had heard her. Nobody seemed to have noticed. "Thank god" Asuka thought until she looked at Ai. Ai was looking at Asuka with a sly grin on her face and a twinkle in her eye.

Asuka ran over to where Ai was standing, grabbed her hand, and pulled her into her room. Everybody just sat there and looked down the hall in the direction where Asuka and Ai disappeared.

"I wonder what that was all about?" Hikari said turning to look at Misato and Shinji.

"I don't know but I think it will be interesting around here for awhile. Don't you think so Shinji?"

All Shinji could do was look at Misato and say "uhhhhhh…"

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"Just what do you think you were doing out there showing off like that?" Asuka asked once she got Ai alone in her room.

"Showing off like what?" replied Ai. "Oh you mean the panties, I was just having a little fun with my Shinji. I didn't think it would bother anybody. He does live with two women after all."

"Maybe so, but neither myself or Misato go around showing our underwear to him. If he has seen us like that it has been an accident! Moreover, why are you always saying your Shinji? It's not like you own him or anything."

"No I don't own him but he is my boyfriend. He did bring me home after all. Besides, he's not your boyfriend. Or is he? That must be what you meant when you said your not going to let anybody spoil him before you do?"

"What are you talking about? I never said anything like that!"

" Yes you did. Right before you pulled me in here, you said you are going to spoil Shinji first. That must be it. You're in love with Shinji right?"

"No I don't love that dummerkopf baka!" Asuka said with a blush on her face. It's just sometimes even when I'm always yelling at him he is still nice to me, and I don't understand why. Anyway, you need to get dressed so Shinji doesn't have a heart attack.

"Well, I would but all of my clothes are in Shinji's room."

"Here, you can borrow a pair of my shorts for right now. Just don't forget to give them back. Also, about what I said earlier, don't say anything, ok?

"Why don't you want me to say anything to Shinji?"

"Look, I just don't want you to say anything until I get my feelings sorted out. Ok?"

As Asuka and Ai started to leave Asuka's room, they both heard Shinji's door close. "Good", Asuka thought, "I won't have to try to explain what we were doing with Shinji around.

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Shinji went back to his room to try to go back to sleep. As hard as he tried sleep just would not come. All he could think about was the feeling of Ai's breasts touching his back and the way she had put her arms around him. It was like she was trying to protect him from Misato and Asuka. But there was something else bothering him too. At that moment in time, he just could not put his finger on it, but he knew it was something somebody said.

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As Asuka and Ai walked, back into the living room and dining area Misato was the first one to react.

"Why did you run off like that Asuka? And why did you pull Ai along with you?

"I just needed to talk to her alone for a minute, is that ok Misato?"

"Well whatever. I'm going to bed sense I just got home. Goodnight all." And with that, Misato proceeded to head for her bedroom picking up another can of beer while going in that direction.

Asuka, Hikari, and Ai were now alone in the living room. Hikari was the first one to speak.

"Well what do we do now?"

"I know." Asuka said, "lets go shopping. Ai, you said all of your clothes are in Shinji's room. Are they in a suitcase or something?"

"No, all I have with me is what I was wearing when Shinji brought me home."

"This is perfect Hikari! We can take Ai and get her some more clothes."

So, off they went the three of them going shopping. Which of coarse is what Asuka would have done even if Ai were not there. Nothing like spending some money to relieve stresses and anger.

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Ai found herself following Asuka and Hikari to Tokyo 3's biggest shopping mall. As they walked through the doors, Asuka pointed to a store and said, "That is where we are going to start." It was a clothing store called The Wild Button. The slogan under the name said, From mild to wild we have it all. And they weren't kidding either. This store has antique clothing from before second impact to the newest fashions.

Hikari looked at Asuka and asked "are you sure about this store? I haven't seen it before."

"This is a big chain store Hikari." Asuka said, "There was one close to where I lived back in Germany. It's a great store. This is where I got the yellow sun dress I like so much from."

"Well then let's go" Ai said grabbing Asuka and Hikari's arms and pulling them into the store.

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About an hour after lying down, Shinji decided to get up and get something to eat. As he entered the front of the apartment, he noticed that the girls were gone. "Good" he thought, "I don't have to talk to Asuka or Ai right now. It would be to weird."

Shinji was fixing himself some soba noodles and green tea while he was thinking about what happened earlier. "That was odd for Ai to show everybody her panties but I kinda expected something like that from a girl like her, but why did Asuka act like she did?" "Why did she pull Ai out of here like she did?"

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As Asuka, Ai, and Hikari walked into the store Asuka turned to Ai and asked "You do have some money with you, don't you?"

Ai stopped and said, "No I don't have any with me. I guess we might as well forget this and go back home."

"No we're not going back home." Asuka said. "I'll tell you what" she continued, "I'll pay for what you need Ai, and then I'll get Shinji to pay me back."

"You feeling ok today Asuka?" Hikari asked. Asuka just looked at her.

"I'll pay you back myself." Ai replied. "Please don't get Shinji involved."

"He already is involved, besides it will be fun getting him to pay me back." Asuka said with a gleam in her eye.

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Shinji just had one of the worse cold chills ever go down his back.

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Asuka, Ai, and Hikari have been trying on clothes for about an hour. Asuka has already picked out two dresses, a pair of jeans, and some lightweight shorts. Hikari has a lightweight cotton shirt and a pair of jeans. Ai has picked up some jeans and tee shirts when she realized all the underwear she had was what she had on. She headed over to that section of the store when something caught her attention. Hanging on a display at the end of an isle was an evening dress. Ai went over to look at it more closely. It was dark blue with a white trim around the bottom hem. Strapless and it hung to just above the knees. It also had white trim around the top that came down in cress cross between the breast and back around the body. Ai looked at it and though "I bet Asuka would really look good in this. If she would get this Shinji wouldn't be able to take his eyes off her. Now if I can only convince her to buy it."

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A/N: Sorry everybody for the slow update. Many things have changed for me since I put chapter 4 up. New job, new shift, and not much time to think about how and where I want to take this story. So you know I have not abandoned this story.

I also need to say thanks to everybody who have taken time to read this story. I will try my best to update sooner.