The room had fallen into complete silence, neither of the vaizard knowing what to say and afraid of bringing up a topic that might upset one another. Quick glances were exchanged as their eyes darted around the room, trying to look anywhere but at their company. Finally unable to tolerate the noiselessness, Hiyori was the first to speak.
"Would you just say it already?!" she shouted, glaring at the stunned Shinji.
"Say what?" he asked, playing dumb, a stupid move. Her fingers twitched as she longed to slap him around with her flip flop. Just this simple familiar action--even if she could do little more than imagine it--slowly relieved a tiny bit of the tension. He smiled at this, a genuine smile seen by few.
"You're doing it wrong" she grumbled.
"What?"
"You're smiling wrong!"
"What the hell! How am I smiling wrong?!"
"You've got that 'nice guy' smile, not that 'I know something you don't know' one you usually have."
"Don't like it? Don't look" he sighed, noogieing her. In seconds flat she grabbed his arm and flung him across the room.
"Don't touch my hair" she growled threateningly, "Ever."
Lips slowly curling into the 'I know something you don't know' smirk, he held up a thin red ribbon. Locks of blonde flowed down across the left side of Hiyori's face, freed from the hair ribbon that bound them.
"You bastard..." She began pulling the IV from her arm, jumping out of the bed to attack. Like a lion on a gazelle, she pounced on him, the force of the impact sending them toppling to the floor.
Inconveniently timed as always, Karin and Yuzu came in to check on their patient. For a second they stared down at the two blondes, unsure of what to do.
"Uh…this is a bad time…" Karin stated, covering Yuzu's eyes and backing out of the room.
Too startled by the unexpected visit, neither had noticed the awkward position they were in, Hiyori straddling Shinji.
