Chapter 7: Shinji's POV. I thought I was going to edit this because I don't really like it, but whatever. Here it is.


"Oi, Hiyori! Go away! Can't ya see we're having a private conversation here?" I yelled out, frowning in annoyance. You stood there with an identical scowl at the short blonde Vizard who had just interrupted us.

"Shaddup, Baldy! I live here! I'm allowed to go wherever I want!"

I rolled my eyes and looked at you. You nodded, and we disappeared to the roof before Hiyori could smack me with her sandal or yell at us some more.

It was a lot more peaceful up here without Hiyori's screeching. I stretched my arms above my head and plopped down on the edge of the roof.

I looked up at the sky at the same time you did; for a moment we both sat there, staring the startlingly clear heavens filled with thousands of bright stars.

"You know…" I heard you say, and turned my head to look at you. "When I was little, I always used to stare at the sky and think about the after-life. That behind those stars, there was a totally different world we went to when we died."

I snorted. "Are ya saying that Soul Society is behind those stars?"

"No, idiot. I'm making a connection between what I know now and what I believed back then."

There was a moment of silence as you frowned at me and I grinned at your annoyance. Then you asked another question.

"Does Soul Society have the same sky we do?"