Standard Disclaimer
Man summer is ending soon, everybody I know is asking me do things and I've no time for any of it. Wanted to visit somebody I know that moved away but time slipped by. Work is...well stupid but at least its not worse. So while I research for a larger story here is a dumb little comedy bit
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Crime and Punishment
Chapter – 1
When was this stupid volcano adventure of Misato's going to end? Ritsuko was all for a little out of the lab time, but this was the boring side of things. The capture was a failure, Unit-01 took heavy stress and pressure damage, pilots were…uh she didn't really check on them, and the important thing she had missed other work! Plus they took the A/C first when shutting the place down and she had sweat pouring out of every pore. What sick bastard considered a cool working environment non-essential! All about her people disassembled computers, moved furniture, or bundled cords, and Misato NEEDED to be here of course to oversee it.
"Has nothing to do with the fact that her kids are in the hospital for observation so she has nobody to do her work does it?" Ritsuko griped. Sitting in one of the few chairs left, Ritsuko was content to let the attention loving woman order around the peons and read reports. World moved on while they were at this doomed recovery mission, and despite what Misato ignored they'd have to go back to the real world eventually. Grabbing from the never-ending stack of reports that needed either Misato or her attention, Ritsuko seriously contemplated undoing a few buttons to let air in, but hot air in a tin box would only exasperate things.
Could she order one of the techs to fan her while she read and claim it was part of their job? Maya would have done it if she was here, but no the tasty little tech was back in Tokyo-3 in the icy command bridge…going to punish Maya for that. Misato barked orders at the team, Ritsuko wondered if she did that with Shinji at the apartment. Opening the next of the 'Read Immediately' files that came, "If everything is priority, nothing is. What idiot labels EVERYTHING read immediately. Last one was that the LCL tanks needed a stir, really important…" reading the first line of the file Ritsuko dropped the papers and they spilled over.
"Oh shit, this one is a bad one," Ritsuko's numb fingers opened and closed a few times before her brain rebooted. Collecting the papers, and actually reading them now, Ritsuko felt a good chill work up her spine which felt good despite the 'somebody done fucked up' news she was reading. Gendo wasn't going to like this, he hardly liked anything, but anything that went against the plan was extra hated. Maybe she could use this as a way to gain some points with him, Ritsuko was getting lonely and the older Ikari was the best man she had access to. Was that sad or awesome? Gendo was one of the most powerful men in the world, just he was her mom's age…back on track. Read! Misato was going to have to be briefed.
Pain exploded in Ritsuko's forehead and again the papers found the floor a good resting place. Misato laughed, cause she was a sadist pig that Ritsuko was going to have to punish. Gathering the scenario changing document, "What's got you so fixated, Rits? We're good to go, I've nothing else to do here, they can take care of the rest. Figured you'd want to get back to civilization." Handing over the stack that she didn't read any of, Misato's clothing clung to her and got quite the attention from the techs.
Spiking Misato's booze with some Spanish Fly and locking her in with Shinji, who would be more traumatized by that? Ritsuko debated the merits of it, but opted not to just in case it had positive results for both of them. Misato was odd enough to maybe not mind being with her ward that way. Peeling herself out of the chair, knowing she'd need a dozen cold showers to get the stink off, "We have a few things to discuss. But not until we're in your car, the A/C maxed, and this hellhole in the rearview mirror."
"You heard the woman guys, we are off. Takeda-kun, get in contact with me back on base and we'll have a celebratory bar outing for a job well done!" Misato yelled out to a round of cheers from the workers. Woman knew how to gain favor, and bouncing at them with sticky clothing while offering food and drink did wonders. Leaving the decommissioned oven, Misato tugged on her collar and moaned the moment they were out of view, "I hated that room so much. Going to find out who ordered the A/C removed first and have Unit-01 throw them into the volcano. Speaking of Unit-01, any news? Saw you reading all those reports."
Taking the stairs, the elevator was gone, Ritsuko's legs were not having a good day, "The armor will need replacing, substantial damage to tertiary systems, but should be repaired in about two weeks. Asuka is going to be released today, Ikari-kun will need a few more days observation due to not having a pressure suit. Lucky he didn't pass out or out right die from the stress." Glad he didn't, losing Unit-01 and 02 would be a bit harder to recover from, and the pilots were great distractions for Misato.
"Stupid kid scaring me like that. Going to have to find a fitting punishment for him. Think you can get some Spanish Fly and I can spike Asuka's soda and lock them in the apartment?" Misato snickered but the concern was on her face. Ritsuko knew Misato's profile, the whole mother-complex was on full display. At the start, Ritsuko suspected Misato of taking Ikari in for a career bump. But after the whole 'run away/quite' debacle ended Ritsuko saw the pair changed. They bonded somehow, both needed it, but it was a dangerous pair. She was a terrible trickster and he was just tailor made to be teased.
Reaching the bottom of the stairs, "I need to work out more, my legs hurt. And if you DID do that, we'd be able to test my theory that LCL acts as a birth-control. Been a pet theory of mine, those that are around it a lot don't have children. But would that be a punishment or a reward for them? You see how he looks at the other pilots, and all of Asuka's complaining can't be for real. You've read her psych profile." All the pilots were mentally challenged monsters that would make a therapist a mint on writing books about.
Using the fob to unlock the doors, the two women slide into the car, it was another stupid hot oven of a small box. But that changed quickly as Misato got the car going and dialed up the A/C to most fridged. "Yeah I see how she treats him at the apartment and read the report. At times I'm worried I'll walk in on them going at it…either killing or fucking each other. Shinji would never make the first move, why we have to spike Asuka's stuff. So what is this secret you've got?" Misato pulled out of her spot and started driving.
Changing the vents to get them to push down her shirt and up her sleeves, Ritsuko moaned a little to sensuously and got an eyebrow from Misato. "Sorry, just tired of being hot. Don't judge me," Ritsuko did feel a bit self-conscious at times, and having Misato of all people questioning her was not something Ritsuko would allow. Flipping through the papers, getting to the photo of the newest problem in Ritsuko's life, "We found the Forth-Child in one of the off campus checks."
"I thought those were all staged. That we kept all the candidates at Shinji's school!" Misato yelped out and swerved herself about the road. It wasn't a secret to the upper chain of command, the school the pilots attended were all potential pilot candidates. Ritsuko was just stunned that Misato actually read reports that weren't angel related. Honking and swearing at the lone car that she nearly hit, "Explain, how did this happen? And what will we even do with a Fourth Child right now?"
Actually looking at the photo of the newest pilot candidate, Ritsuko had to do a double take. That HAD to be photoshopped as no way a teenager had a frame like that! "I've a theory on how it happened. Since we were dealing with our little magma dive, I wasn't able to doctor the findings. The world knows about the Angels and they all want to be listed as part of the solution to saving the world. So they have these local tests, typically the local magi systems can find fault with them. From time to time an actual candidate is found and we log in and change things a little. But this is a very unusually good score, and got through since I was watching you dangle the pilots in magma," Ritsuko saw those figures and was left with doubt. They were good, to good, but hacking the test was impossible!
Speeding along at law breaking acceleration, Misato grumbled but the stress lines were lessening, "So what do we know about this new pilot? Guess we could use them as a backup in cases like this. Can't have Shinji piloting if he's under observation. When is Unit-03 and 04 due in from America?" Her hand went to lessen the arctic blast of the A/C but Ritsuko blocked that, it was freezing time.
"Location of scan was a prestigious school called Zashono Academy, odd to get tests from places like that. Money tends to deflect their children from doing anything, but guess somebody on their board was being patriotic. Candidates name is Misono Kirika and the rest is…missing? Strange, but the personal records for her end there. Will have to have Section-9 do some deep dive on her," Ritsuko was going to have somebody fired for this pisspoor report. Gendo was going to want to expel her soon to get back to the plan of using one of his son's friends as the lamb offered up to Unit-03.
Swinging onto the road that would take them to Tokyo-3, Misato had the gall to not look at the road and nearly strike the guardrail. "Ok, pull the other one. When we got Asuka's file we knew how many times she wet the bed after her incident! I know when Shinji had his first wet-dream! We HAVE to have more on this Misono girl," Misato was oddly on the ball today, "Do we have a picture of her? She cute at least? Something I can tease Shinji-kun with?"
"We do on both counts. School report is here and its extensive, just nothing official. As for her attractiveness, I'm not a lesbian so I'm not the best person to ask this. But assuming there is some truth in this obviously altered photo, she'll make a splash at the school. Take a look," Ritsuko flashed Misato the photo of Kirika.
Blinking a few times, Misato actually slowed the car down and let out a long whistle. Taking the photo with one hand, Misato slowed the car even more to the point of actually going the speed limit. "This HAS to be fake, not possible a kid that age to be THAT big. So what DO we have on her from that school?" Misato handed the photo back. It showed a teenager that was quite tall, with flowing purple hair tied into a long ponytail, a bust that was just impossible! Taller than Misato, bigger bust than Misato, longer hair, and with a face that likely made many a teenager lose sleep.
Flipping through the extensive report from the school, Ritsuko's worries grew. "She likes to get in trouble it seems. A lot of reports of some club, Eiken, she's the president of causing a lot of mayhem for the academy, might be why they had the tests there, hoping she'd succeed and ship her off. We've a list of the other club members, they also scored higher than expected. The others would have been better it looks, less chaos, but can't beat her score. But this girl just seems to love causing mayhem based on the schools report on her. So hope you're ready for that," Ritsuko was going to have to look deeper into this herself. Gendo would want to know more, man she was fixated on that man right now. Was her life so sad and boring that a powerful older man was that interesting?
"So when will she be coming in? Best to get the others ready for her. Know where she'll be living?" Misato's tone was flat bordering on concerned. The other pilots were at least boring in regards to the rules, Rei did what she was told, Shinji could be goaded into anything to please Misato, and Asuka was a pill but at least didn't cause insane events. This Misono girl was a new problem to deal with. Turning to head towards the hospital and not the Geo-Front, Misato flinched when Ritsuko nudged her shoulder, "What, I want to go check on him, nothing wrong with that. That kid could have gotten seriously hurt, need to…fine I'll go later." Misato turned back to the main road with much reluctance.
Finding that page, Ritsuko had to stifle a laugh, guess the gods did find Misato's volcano stunt worthy of punishment and did the work for Ritsuko. "She's your new neighbor apparently. And she's already there. Guess her friends helped her move in while we were breaking down the site. So we're off to meet and greet. I'll have to get a test scheduled for all the pilots now so we can see how they actually stack up. Possible the tech they used was faulty, so we need a true reading. But we'll wait for Ikari-kun to be ready so we can get a full comparison," Ritsuko had to grab the handle of the door or she'd have pitched forward.
"It took me weeks to get into that place and she just got in? What she do? Bang the realtor or hack her way in or something? Life isn't fair. Well lets get this over with then," Misato was not happy. Ritsuko did remember the ordeal Misato went through to get an apartment, and she did wonder if at the end if Misato offered an extra service to get her place as she was getting despite. Ritsuko went over a few of the documented ordeals that the Eiken club was responsible for as they pair drove in, and the air in the car got heavy, this kid was different. Parking, Misato groaned a little as she got out, "I really hope those reports are exaggerated, or we might have to pull in some help to rope her in, assuming she even passes mustard as a pilot."
Bracing herself for the heat, Ritsuko was an ice-type if nobody knew, the scientist got out of the car and the wall of heat sucked the life out of her. "At least we can see the real girl and not the artists rendering of what you'd look like if you got implants and leg extensions," Ritsuko had to needle Misato on that front. Woman knew she was attractive, used it to get a few perks and goad people into work, and now if this girl was half of what the image was she'd have competition!
"Hey my hair is darker than hers, and there is such a thing as to much of a good thing. If that girl actually looked like that, going to have to have a special plugsuit for her to accommodate those things! They look at least 121 cm! I'm only about 90! That can't be possible for a teenager, unless she has a second spine to support that mass," Misato joined Ritsuko in a laugh. Finding boxes outside the unit to Misato's they rightly assumed where the new pilot candidate was, knocking on the door, "Misono-kun, hello this is your superior officer doing a wellness check, hello?"
The door opened and Ritsuko's eyes widened as she realized the photo was not a fake, this kid was a craven image! Oh and she was standing in naught but a towel over her shoulders, guess she shaves down below, "Oh hey! I was told you might show up! Just call me Kirika, I don't go for formal! Come on in, the A/C is great here!"
And that was how Misato and Ritsuko met the potential fourth child, Misato hand to be pushed into the apartment while Ritsuko had to keep her eyes from boggling out. Oh and she did a re-evaluation of her orientation, guess she was more bi than straight.
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Not being known as being a social butterfly, Shinji kept that tradition alive during the few days he had between his release from observation and return to school. He left the apartment to restock the apartment, it was running on empty and the others couldn't be bothered. When he did that, Shinji made sure that the noises he heard occasionally outside the apartment door were silent. Eventually he'd have to meet this new pilot, but he pushed off on that for as long as possible.
Asuka said the girl was an insipid and annoying pill at school. A loud and cloying woman that did anything for attention and couldn't possibly be pilot material. Asuka spoke a lot about Misono a lot, and in such glowing terms as 'bitch', 'slut', and other positive modifiers, standard Asuka stuff. Made Shinji want to avoid her, anybody that flashy would clash with his want to avoid most human interaction. It wouldn't last forever, he had to go to school today and finally meet this woman, but it left a growing anxiety.
With any luck this new pilot would be popular enough that she had friends already and wouldn't bother Shinji with forced attention. Asuka made it painfully clear he wasn't worthy of her attention, and if she didn't live with him she'd not bother dealing with him. Ayanami couldn't be bothered to care about non-Nerv things. Misato was keen on making his life a frustrating mess of teasing, attraction, no payoff, and low grade slavery. Needless to say his interactions with women weren't the best. Sadly his affection for all three of those women was quite high. Nobody said he was a smart kid, and emotions made fools of everybody.
With a deep breath, Shinji readied himself for the 'ugly and loud' new girl that Asuka whined about and stepped into the classroom. And like most things in his life he was disappointed. No new girl, no payoff for his anxiety, just another tease. A unique mixture of relief and disappointment. Making his way to the class representative, "Here are my printouts for the last few days. Do you have anything else for me? Asuka's been busy." A lie and cover, but the Class Rep was Asuka's friend so knew the deal.
"Oh, Ikari-kun, thanks. A-and yeah, you've been elected to give Misono-san a tour of the school after classes let out. It was decided a p-pilot should do it, and Ayanami and Asuka aren't able to so…" Hikari took the papers and quickly looked away. So more work was being pushed on Shinji while he was away, go figure. Ayanami would point out the restrooms, the exits, and be done. Asuka already let Shinji know of her opinion of this new person, and Shinji was sure Asuka was allergic to extra work.
Seeing Hikari giving him a few small side glances, Shinji made the intuitive leap and answered, "Sure thing. And sorry to bother you this morning. I'll do my best." When in doubt, accept the new task and flee. Hikari had to be bothered by him being there, why else would she avoid direct eye contact and fidget about! Escaping to his desk, his two buddies already chatting quite animatedly, he joined them and sat heavily into his creaky chair, "Hey guys. Did you guys vote for me to escort Misono-san around school?"
Waving at Shinji with his trademarked dopy grin, "Hey man! And yeah! Dude we HAD to. You won't believe this new girl. She's just…I don't know man but she's something else. Figured you would need a good break after missing out on the class trip. Got some souvenirs for you next time we hang out." Touji bounced on his seat making the metal bars grind and screech at octaves that made teeth rattle and skin crawl.
"I've some video and pictures, but keeping them for after you see her for the first time. Pictures don't do this girl justice. But she is a new high seller. Asuka still outsells her, but Misono's only been here a few days! Oh and I have a few videos of the trip I'll send you. What did you do while we were gone?" Kensuke did pull his laptop out and ready it for viewing.
As Shinji went over the Nerv approved story of his actions, Kensuke showed a few pictures of the classes very fun trip. Misato made it painfully clear that Shinji couldn't let the population know he risked his life and Unit-01. People would get worried or afraid to learn how close they came to losing two of the three Eva's in one bout of human stupidity. So the official story was "Unit-01 caught the snapped cord before it sank below the magma and Shinji needed observation due to being that close to it without a suit." It would have been great to go on that trip, by what Shinji could see in the pictures, but such was his life. "You guys look like you had fun, was it?" he hoped it was, he wanted his friends to have a good time.
Slapping Shinji on the back, Touji let out a big ol' belly laugh, "Not going to lie it was great man. Hopefully next trip you can come with us. You won't believe what…" Touji and Kensuke then went on a small recount of the events, fictionalized and real where intermixed for Shinji to try and decide which was which.
After the stories were told, Shinji nervously looked about, "So where IS this new girl at? After what Asuka's been saying about her, I'm a bit intimidated to have to give her a tour." Of all the people to give a tour, why the one guy that really didn't want to interact with strangers?
"Oh yeah, likely she's talking with some of the teachers. Misono really is outgoing and likely is making some troubles. I think yesterday she was trying to get some sort of club setup and things got loud. I'll show you again after you meet her," Kensuke's glasses fogged over a little as his head wobbled.
Great, just great, so Asuka wasn't fibbing about this girl and she was trouble. Now he was going to have to spend time with her? Well it would only be for a little bit, right? He was a boring guy, and with how Kensuke and Touji were acting this girl was popular. Popular people don't tend to interact with boring people. Asuka again was living proof that popular students only tolerate the boring if necessary. She told him that on a daily basis. That he should be overjoyed that she spent extra time with him as she did. And he did, Shinji DID enjoy the time spent with Asuka outside of school, she was a different person when alone.
Sadly the great first meeting was not to be had that morning, Hikari eventually called for the students to stand and for classes to begin leaving the seat to Shinji's side empty. No explanation on where this mysterious girl was or if he'd still have to give her a tour. Not that Shinji complained, he just did his schoolwork, stealing a few glances at the window gazing Ayanami throughout the first half of classes. What did she think about while looking out that window, Shinji always wondered. What was Ayanami's opinion of this new pilot? Maybe he'd ask her if the extreme chance of naturally running into her alone happened.
Lunch was another case of letdown, Asuka had 'forgotten' her lunch so took Shinji's as payment for living with her. Kensuke let Shinji have a little of his lunch, but not a lot since Shinji wouldn't let him give away THAT much. After school he'd get something on the way home. Hikari did ruin Shinji's plans a bit with an explanation of the disappearance of the illusionary woman. She was in the office going over some issues with the transfer from her previous school to this one, Hikari didn't have the details. But he was still on the hook for the tour. He'd just have to wait in the room for her to arrive.
The second half of classes was more of the same, learning what he could and when distracted or bored look about the room. Shinji found Asuka a tempting target to think about. Attractive, smart, funny, and one-hundred percent sure she thought nothing of Shinji other than being a pet or tool. Some attention was better than none at all though. When classes did let out, Shinji helped those that had cleanup duty as he had nothing but time. Ayanami bolted immediately, Asuka hung about to talk with Hikari and then left without so much as a goodbye. So there he sat, alone in the classroom waiting.
"How long do I wait until I give up on this?" Shinji wondered as the sun kept moving. His stomach rumbled and ached, he had completed all his schoolwork, and just sat and waited. But he was asked to do this, they expected him to, and he hated to disappoint. After an hour of just waiting, putting his total wait time to about two hours, Shinji stood up and stretched. They didn't expect him to wait all day right? This girl had to have left already, forgotten about the tour. Slinging his satchel over his shoulder, Shinji headed out the door, and was promptly sent flying to the side, compliments of a heavy hit from a soft and plump missile. As he went sprawling Shinji saw he had just been hip checked.
Standing tall and proud over Shinji, a smile a milewide, the woman that just used her rump as a ramming device extended her hand down. "Hey sorry about being late, took a bit to clear up my transfer and get the club forms filled out," the woman bent further down when Shinji didn't immediately reach up for her. Her insanely proportioned body wiggled and jiggled in ways that was hypnotic in the size and girth of the waves. When Shinji finally did reach up, Misono grabbed his wrist and yanked him up as if he was made of feathers. Giving him a good once over, "You have nearly zero presence of character, good at hiding in a crowd I bet. Sign this."
"What is it?" Shinji asked confused as the sudden shift in reality. Now that he was standing, and her massive mammeries weren't blocking most of her face, Shinji found his breath was hard to collect. This woman was walking the razor thin line of being utterly beautiful and being garishly lewd. When she just grinned at him, a smirk that would be right at home on Asuka, Shinji felt a chill. Then she wrapped her arm around his neck and drew him close enough to her that his face pressed against her chest, warm and supple (and oh so confusing as to WHY this was happening). Trying to read the paper, it was a form of some type, he found a pen in his hand, "You are Misono-san right?"
Staring to walk, dragging him along with her and keeping his head firmly pressed against her left orb, "Don't worry about it. You're going to be the co-founder of the Tokyo-3 branch of Eiken. Need at least one other person, and that is you. And just call me Kirika, Shinji. We're going to be good friends! Now show me about this place! All the good places to sneak off and have some fun! Where have you taken the other pilots, you are the only rooster in the coop." She just kept tugging on Shinji's head, pressing his hear against her side.
"C-club? Sneak off, what are you?" Shinji was to flabbergasted to talk formally. In his panic he just did what he always did and complied with the request and wrote his name on the form. "D-don't you normally need three names?" Shinji stammered out. He wanted to fight, to resist, but the warm embrace was intoxicating, her smell was a lovely lavender that reminded Shinji of Misato…well a few things made Shinji think of Misato.
Using Shinji as either a walking aid to keep herself from pitching forward, or to antagonize the poor kid, Kirika kept Shinji lodged where she wanted him. "We did need a third, got Ayanami to sign it, well I forged her name, but who is going to ask her about it? So now we've all we need to have the side branch of Eiken. And yeah sneak off, where else can you fondle and grope to your hearts content. Then again this school is woefully lacking in sizes. But we'll work with what we have," Kirika's tone never once waved in confidence or joy, she was having a ball.
Where could he touch her to give him leverage to get free of her grasp without it being 'a bad touch'? Shinji didn't know, but he couldn't free himself by just tugged on her arm as she had an iron grip on him. Submitting to the fluffy torture, Shinji did his best to give the tour. The classrooms first, he did his best to not react to her comments about make-out spots, cafeteria and club rooms (they were far enough away to make A LOT of sound she quipped), the gym was pointed at and quickly fled from less she want to see the storage rooms. On the Misato teasing scale Kirika was in the upper percentiles that Misato only got when she was extra-specially drunk and oft didn't remember what she said.
"So this music room is already in use it seems, that kid knows a good pair when he sees them. You know Minamoto-kun? She could be a good member of the club," Kirika shut the door after peeking in. The scene inside had been a rather chesty girl sitting atop a thankfully clothed boy. Kirika's interest was enough to get Shinji to slip from her grasp and make his escape.
Heading down the stairs, careful to not fall, Shinji had to collect himself fast. His heart was beating far to fast and hard, this girl was talking about things Shinji didn't have defenses for. Turning his eyes up the stairs, "No I don't know either of them, upper-classmen don't talk to lessers. I heard some rumors about Minamoto-san, but I don't believe them. People like to spread dumb rumors about popular kids to take them down. I don't believe in doing that. Oh be careful on the stairs here they…"
They are thinner and prone to be slick. With her vision obstructed thanks to what a perverse god blessed her with, Kirika didn't notice the change and wasn't the type to wait and listen. Kirika slipped on a step and with her forward mass pitched forward down the stairs. A yelp that was to cute for the situation was all she said as she was launched.
He could have done nothing, part of his brain did hint that the fall would be cushioned, but Shinji acted on his base wants. Rushing up the stairs in an intercept course, Shinji caught a face full of Kirika's assets, wrapped his arms around her, and halted her momentum…for a few moments. Once the danger had passed, and his adrenaline wore off the two fell the last step to the ground. Kirika was saved from any injury thanks to Shinji and her natural protection. Sitting on his chest, she was freakishly light for her size, she caressed his face, "Good boy, that one actually did scare me! You are just like him."
For a moment Shinji saw through the expert mask of emotion and saw a glimpse of raw emotion from Kirika. It was loneliness, and didn't take a genius to realize why. 'Just like him', she had or has a significant other!? Duh idiot! Of course a person like this would have a boyfriend! And she was forced to Tokyo-3 and away from them! So she was sad, putting on airs to mask it. The small flame of emotion that Shinji felt growing, thanks to her positive attitude, openness, and 'womanly charm' he tried to douse it. Adding another secret crush to his list of two…well two-point-five if Misato was included was a bad idea. But maybe he could help Kirika get along while away from this guy of hers. "You alright? C-could you get off?" Shinji wasn't really comfortable being under a woman like this.
Standup up, Kirika didn't mind letting Shinji learn she didn't believe in undergarments. "I'm just fine, Shinji. I think I'm going to be very good here. Now lets go get some food, I'm starved! Then you can help me unpack, just let me know what clothing you steal so I can get it cleaned once you're done," Kirika yanked Shinji off the ground again and led him off into the world. She kept him close again, those that saw them pointed and scoffed, Kirika didn't notice or care. Shinji was far to overwhelmed to notice much other than her softness and heat. Oh and the strong fight of flight instinct triggering, but he was already trapped.
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Misato wasn't necessarily avoiding the new girl, but she wasn't going out of her way to see her either. Her life was busy, lots of forms to fill out, lots of reports to read, and her private time was full of Yebisu, teasing, and lounging around to maximize her mental health. So she didn't really have time to visit her neighbor and talk with the girl, had nothing to do with the new reports she was getting. Girl had been at the school for little over a week now and Misato already got two reports of disciplinary reports. Staging an obscene recruitment drive and indecent exposure. Add into the mix Section-2 reports that Kirika tended to hip check Shinji on a daily basis, often several times in one day. A talk was needed.
"Is that Misono-kun's plugsuit? That is a rather unique color scheme isn't it? Yellow, green, with hints of purple? Not a very pleasing mixture if you ask me," Maya poked the sealed package in Misato's grasp. Heading towards the changing room, Maya was going to help with the first official new group sync test. They pushed the originally planned test back a few days to get Kirika's suit made, took a bit of extra time to get something fitting.
Agreeing with Maya that the new colors reminded Misato of the aftereffects of a night of heavy drinking, Misato kept secret on that fact. Hoisting it up, Misato did her best to sound positive, "Yup this is the newest Child's suit. And I don't chose the colors, don't know who really does. But from what Ritsuko said, they had to make some customizations to accommodate Kirika's ample frame. I'll drop these off for her, you head up to tell Ritsuko we're on our way. Want to have a little pep talk with our latest Child, give her a what's-what of these tests." Misato gave Maya a little head wave hoping she took the hint.
Losing a bit of her smile, Maya nodded in acknowledgement, "Guess I have to wait a bit longer to see this new child. With how Akagi-sempai talks about her, I'm not sure what I expect to see. Anything else you want me to tell her?"
"Try to make this test quick, if she can. Shinji-kun's still on the mend so we don't need to overtax him," Misato fibbed. She just wanted to go home and this was the last thing she needed to do. Shinji wouldn't mind going home early, right? Just meant more time to cook and relax, so she was doing him a favor! With a wave, the two women parted ways as Maya headed to the test chamber and Misato the changing room. Standing outside the room, Misato heard voices and spied just a little.
Asuka's voice was powered by the moisture in the air, "You know you don't have to just stand around naked like that. Why not wait for Misato or whoever she sends with your suit, or are you WANTING us to see you like that?" Guess Asuka wasn't enjoying the open culture of the Japanese again. One would have thought the hot springs visit would have enlightened her to how the Japanese felt about things.
"Oh I do want you to see, and I want to see all of you. Why don't you get your skinny butt over here Shinji? They're perky but fairly small, and Ayanami is just darling. How many times have you groped them?" Kirika called out loudly for all to hear.
Misato heard Shinji make unintelligible sounds, he was to far away to be heard well, but Misato did hear Rei answer and that confused a lot! But as much as it would be fun to hear Shinji try to talk his way out of Rei's 'once', if Asuka got to angry things would get bad. Clapping her hands as she walked into the room, Misato saw Kirika hovering over Asuka, "Hey kids, sorry to cut this talk short, but we do have a test for the day. Kirika here is your suit, Asuka we talked about how nudity in bathing areas before. She is just…" Misato didn't really know, as Kirika was clearly oogling both Rei and Asuka so the general statement didn't fit.
"Misato you need to reign her in, this girl is out of control. Do you know what she's doing at school? What trouble she's getting that Idiot into? If she fails her test can we get rid of her?" Asuka roughly pointed her finger at the bouncing goddess of lewd. Taking the sealed package from Misato's hand, Asuka tore it open and hurled it at Kirika before stomping off.
Rei casually gathered up the discarded plastic wrap and tossed it in the trash, "With only three Evas, what is her purpose? A replacement for one of us?" Rei's head tilted just a little to the side, her eyes subtly fixated on the screen separating the male and female side of the changing room.
Waving off Rei's concern, or Misato's perceived concern, "He's not going anywhere. Kirika is just a backup in case of injury or illness until we get one of the American units. Now get going so I can give her 'the talk'." Misato tried smiling at Rei, ease the worry (if it existed) about Shinji leaving again. Of the three current pilots, if Misato HAD to replace one it would be Shinji. Not because he was important to her, not at all, nope that wasn't it…he was just to soft. Despite being the most reliable pilot. "You're not hiding over there are you Shinji, trying to sneak a peek at the newest pilot are you? I want to have a private talk with her," Misato called out after Rei left.
"I asked him to stay, show me the way to the changing area," Kirika held the suit by the arms and examined it, "So how do I put this on?" Pulling at the decompressed collar, it stretched enough and flopped about making squeaky rubbery sounds.
Not really knowing herself, Misato never put a suit on or saw how it was, but couldn't let the girl know that. "Just slide into it, it was made custom for you, all the suits have to be skintight…so yours might be a bit snug in places. Shinji go wait outside in the hall for her, and we'll talk about Ayanami and your little liaison that you never told me about later!" Misato called out and heard a yelp and a scuffle behind the curtain. Watching As Kirika sat on the bench and slide her long and toned legs into the mouth of the suit. "So how are you getting along at school? Getting some reports about a club and some troubles you're getting Shinji-kun into," Misato didn't mind if Kirika did dumb things, but dragging Shinji in was bad.
"He's my second in command, he has to be with me as we increase our ranks. Can't just be people I find attractive, have to get some for him too. Though I think he's got a thing for Red or Blue. Who do you think he fancies?" Kirika wiggled and stretched into the suit. Watching the latex fill in and grow and a small sexual thrill to it, added to it was Kirika's small yelps and moans as the suit touched in places. Sliding her arms in, "Or do you think he has a thing for purple?"
That caused Misato a moment of pause as for a moment Misato wasn't sure who Kirika was talking about. Being a teaser herself however, Misato recovered from the quip quickly, "With the amount of time Asuka says you two spend together, he just might have a thing for purple. But if you're just playing with him, well we don't NEED a backup. He needs friends, but he doesn't need trouble. Want to talk about the reports I've gotten about this club and you're disciplinary notes?" Misato wasn't used to the pilots playing mind games with her, but this girl had the air of a trickster. Had to gauge the strength of a possible opponent or you risk underestimating.
"Somebody has to keep eyes on him or he'd vanish in the crowd, I know the type. Fun to be around, but I'm sure he has a thing for one of yo-them," Kirika changed her wording and gave Misato a small eye raise. Struggling to get her chest into the depressurized chest area, she actually muttered a few frustration sounds. "Hey can you help me get my hair out of this thing? As for the school, they'll learn to give up soon, Zashono did and they're a hoity-toity place. And they're really just prudes, all I was doing was wear a bikini and try and recruit people," Kirika flexed her fingers and tried to put her melons into the proper spots.
Now that first statement Misato agreed with, Shinji would vanish if not watched. Kid hated crowds, would gladly just fade away if given a chance. Not sold on Kirika yet, but Misato was warming to her a little, as long as the girl didn't take things TO far. Pulling the hair that got stuck into the suit out, Misato was amazed the length of it, just went on and on. Once she got it out, "Just tone it down alright? Pilots are held to a different standard. You get in trouble is on you, get him in trouble is on me. Keep things peaceful we'll get along fine. Now any questions about the test?"
Hitting the sealing button on her wrist, Kirika panicked a moment as the suit pressurized and clung directly to her skin. Checking herself out as best she could, swaying and wobbling as she tried to see her front and back simultaneously, "I should have had Kyoko make something like this! Dansuke would have loved it! As for the test, I just do what I did during the school test right? Relax and all that?" Standing up, Kirika spun about and Misato swore she felt wind coming off of those swinging objects of mass destruction.
Two names to have special section look into, this girl had secrets that Misato wasn't used to teenagers having. Putting a hand on Kirika's shoulder, nearly getting smacked in the face with the girl's hair, "Essentially. As Ritsuko says it, you're opening your mind to the Eva, so you can commune with it and get it to move. The plug you'll be in will simulate that. Just do your best." Misato almost asked about the people Kirika mentioned, but best not to pry to obviously.
"Say, you don't talk about Asuka like you do Shinji," Kirika didn't say anything else but the question was there. The two, prodded by Misato headed towards the exit of changing room. With her Amazonian height, they were nearly eye to eye as Kirika's latex clad feet slapped on the ground loudly.
Guess talking about not getting Shinji into trouble, and her comments about him would bring up that observation, but Misato didn't like it. Peeking around the corner and seeing Shinji dutifully standing there as asked, she squeezed Kirika's shoulder to stop her. "I've been living with him longer and he is more open about needing people. Asuka has her reasons, not going to tell you. If you want to know ask her. I worry about both of them, care for both of them, but Asuka makes her lines clear. Best you know that about her and don't push to hard, we need pilots to get along," Misato warned but ended with a smile.
"Duly noted, but I'll see what I can do about that. Maybe she would like to join the club," Kirika slipped out of Misato's grasp. Moving much akin to a greased viper, Misato watched the woman silently dash down the hallway. Before Misato could say anything, Kirika launched her behind at Shinji's unaware frame and collided with him sending the lad flying. "You waited for me! Hoping I wouldn't know how to seal this and get a good peek? You just have to ask and I'd gladly show you!" Kirika did not sound to be lying and was quite genuine.
Ok, that hit must have been hard as Misato saw Shinji's body launch after it! Before she could go to help though, Kirika had him up and was strangling his head against her latex clad mound and the smile on her face was earnest. What was going on in that teenager's head, Misato wasn't sure yet, but she was at least friendly with Shinji. If Shinji didn't need friends Misato would have said something, but right now she would allow this oddity to continue. "Shinji-kun please escort your Amazon to the testing room and help her get into her plug, don't go wondering off to test the durability of that suit," Misato bet the chest part would tear easy, appeared to be hanging on for dear life.
"If he wants to help reset me in this bra he can, but I'll have to help him get into his cup," Kirika headed off dragging the purple faced Shinji with her. Shinji just let himself get dragged, and that did make Misato worry. A strong personality was a good thing if the ends were good, but if Kirika failed out as a pilot or started advocating Shinji not go along with Nerv's wanting there could be problems.
If he got attached to this new girl and she was shipped back to her old school, that would just be another brick in the wall of his mental complexes. Well a backup didn't need to be the best, just able to get an Eva to move. Making her way to the testing station, Misato found Ritsuko and Maya waiting with two distinctly different emotional stages. "Well at least Maya is in a good mood today, what is wrong with you?" Misato got to her place behind the two actual workers.
Spinning in her chair, clipping Misato's knees with the armrest, Ritsuko kicked one leg over the other, "Still no usable info is what is wrong with me. At times I think we employ only idiots! How can they not get info on one girl? Aside from that things with the commander are…tense. We weren't expecting the Fourth Child so soon. How is her suit fitting by the way, they had to take some liberties with the base design."
"Took her a bit to get in, and seeing it sealed leaves nearly nothing to the imagination. Though I bet the support of it is better than…" Misato paused. She had seen Kirika's clothing tossed by a locker when she got in. Did she see any underwear? No, just her old schools uniform. Over thinking it, girl likely put her delicates inside her top or something. "Anyway, had the talk with her about not causing issues at school if she can help it. Maintain the image and all that stuff," Misato kept the private chat out of things.
It took a few minutes longer than it should have for Shinji and Kirika to get to the plugs, and Asuka was there to complain at them when they did. Shinji was red faced, Misato could only imagine what this strange girl said to him to get such a reaction, hell maybe she just kept smacking him in the face with her chest! The lad did the gentlemanly thing of helping the girl into the plug, getting a scowl and off comment from Asuka about 'he never helped her', and Rei did tilt her head as she watched.
Misato noticed Maya's eyes were focused on the latest addition, really getting in there with that view. Snapping her fingers before Maya's eyes before the tech started to drool, "Ibuki-kun are we ready to start, or did you want to stay here all day?" Misato could relate, this Kirika was not a naturally occurring person, something was off about her but Misato couldn't place what it was. The teasing comments continued for the first half of the test, but Ritsuko eventually cut the comms to force focus. The results weren't what Misato was expecting, the school test was amazing, this one was far less. A usable backup sure, but just barely. Maybe it was just beginners luck or stage fright?
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Finishing drying her hair, Asuka shook her head to get the locks to fall as she liked. With the bimbo now about, she had to put forth a little more effort in being top dog. When her rivals were mostly shorter than her, and less developed it was effortless. Now a mutant woman, seriously she was to tall with gobs of fat on her chest, was playing on the idiocy of the boys to gather a following. Thankfully the girls saw Misono as the attention seeking ball of crazy she was. If only Shinji could realize how he was being lead by the prick, or the annoyance failed out of Nerv things would go back to normal.
Leaving the bathroom in a cloud of steam, Asuka readied herself for the ongoing battle of the bulge. Over a week since the first sync test proved Misono could sync, if only barely, Asuka was trying to enlighten Shinji to his stupidity. Girl was using him, she used everybody, and just because she acting a slut he did what she wanted! "Shinji, you have my breakfast ready yet? Misato sleeping in?" Asuka liked those mornings. When Misato was gone, Asuka got to monopolize Shinji's time with her wants. Wait did she hear talking?
"You really are a good cook, we should have a stall or something to attract new members! Galko seems the type that might be swayed by it. Think you could do it?" that energetic voice couldn't be denied. Rushing into the room, her socks sliding on the cleaned and polished tiles, Asuka floated into the wall thanks to the lack of friction. Standing at Shinji's side, a banana in hand, Kirika watched him closely.
Shinji just continued to concentrate on his task, Asuka had requested pancakes with sausage links, and he was finishing off. Taking the first of the breakfast cakes off the griddle, "We' get into trouble again for having a booth when outside of festival times. If we can find a place that will let us for free, and you do the talking, I'd help." Of course he would, idiot didn't realize this woman was just using him for that stupid club! Adding the sausage links that were on a plate with an oil absorbing paper, "Oh done with your shower, Asuka? And yeah, I put the hang-over medicine in Misato's room. She's out cold."
"What is she doing here? Not content to ruining his life at school and Nerv you have to invade our home now?" Asuka had her arms crossed and glared at the intruder. Stomping up to Shinji, another noise complaint from the down-stairs neighbor incoming, Asuka took her plate from his prone hands. Brow beating him until he crumbled, good he realized what she was saying, she went to the table. Not finding syrup on the table, "You forgot the maple syrup idiot. If you were paying attention to what you were doing and not listening to Misono come up with ways to get you expelled I'd have…"
Setting the bottle down next to Asuka with a smirk, Kirika waggled her syrup covered banana at her. Waiting for Shinji to turn to see her, Kirika then put most of the banana into her mouth and pulled it out sans-syrup, she licked the remaining off her lips. Moving just enough as she spoke to make waves, "I was invited over. Haven't had chance to get groceries. But if you don't want us to eat with you, lets go to my place and eat there. Taking this though, need my sugar." Taking the bottle after Asuka applied a woefully small amount of syrup, she recoated her banana.
"I did invite her, didn't know you didn't want company this morning. We'll go, leave your plate in the sink and I'll clean it later," Shinji hurried over to Kirika and the pair left. Shinji paused a moment to feed Pen-Pen, and then they left. Asuka heard their muffled talking until the door shut.
Squeezing her fork hard enough she bent it a little, Asuka vibrated with frustration! How could he leave with her?! Was it because he saw her deep threat a fucking piece of fruit? Was Shinji THAT perverted!? Asuka told the girls at school he was, but knew he was a wet rat that wouldn't do anything! Hell she teased him during the first week of cohabitation! He hadn't done a thing! And now this big titted freak shows up and he follows the Pied Piper of hip street? "And now my pancakes are dry, this is getting out of hand!" Asuka was not enjoying the ruination of her day! She did eat her food, but she didn't enjoy it as much as she wanted!
Alone with the stupid bird, instead of watching early morning television and teasing Shinji a little Asuka just paced the apartment. How did he get through to Shinji? Boys were led by their crotch, and Asuka was not going to lower herself to Misono's level of depravity! Just have to wait the bitch to mess up or drop him, it wouldn't take long. Hell she was liking banging somebody already and would be expelled from school and the pilot core. Gathering her stuff, guess she'd leave early, "Nothing else to do now anyway."
"Well we should get going, get talking to the potential recruits as they walk…if you wanted to join you could just ask you know," Kirika waved at Asuka as she shut the door. With Shinji roped around next to her, Kirika was stretching the confines of the official school outfit. Snuggling Shinji closer, his face plastered to her side, she wiggled her fingers.
If she went back inside it was admitting defeat, and Asuka would not lose to this woman! So she just started walking, "I figured you two would still be doing whatever it is you do alone. You that desperate for attention that you'll let this…girl drag you along by the neck?" Asuka had to be careful with her words, hit to hard and he'd defend Misono as she'd play the victim. Better to go psychological and make him realize the reality of things. He was just a tool for Misono! There was no reason a girl of that design would ever care about a boring little boy like him!
His arms moving about in pinwheels, not wanting to touch Kirika, Shinji tugged at Kirika's arm to no result. Gasping a little, his neck was pinched a bit, "Just trying to help. Until we get somebody new in the club to replace me, I might as well help. Not like I have anything else to do." Kirika jerked Shinji closer to her so he didn't see Asuka flinch at that little comment.
"Yeah, I guess you didn't have anything of importance. Well I'll leave you two to talk about your little club," Asuka actually felt hurt. Hurrying off before Kirika could capitalize on her moment of weakness, Asuka didn't stay to hear anything Shinji tried to counter with. Nothing else to do? Did their little morning ritual mean nothing to that stupid prick? When he got dropped by this floozy, Asuka wasn't going to help pick up the pieces! The morning heat wasn't that bad, no humidity yet just a low dry heat.
Getting to the school well before most of the other students, Asuka just leaned by the window and watched. Eventually some of her sycophants came and Asuka put her face of complacency back on. They talked about banal things Asuka didn't care about, fashion/junk food/boys, but she played along. Eventually Aoi pointed out the window, "Hey what are they doing out there? Who is that girl with Kirika?" Asuka would never do what that girl wanted, so didn't like HER fan using Misono's preferred name.
For a moment Asuka's excitement was peaked with the idea Misono already dropped Shinji for a pretty face for her stupid club. Misono's fixation on girls did leave Asuka wondering if maybe just maybe the Amazon was a lesbian, but then why the constant snuggling with Shinji? When Asuka saw the girl in question, she snorted and had to cover her mouth. How? How in the span of three weeks did Misono get so close to Shinji to get him to wear a wig and girl's uniform? Guys flocked about the Eiken recruitment drive. Guess Misono was not wanting guys as Asuka watched the flyers get pitched after they got chased away by a teacher.
"What is that girl's problem with authority?" Hikari agreed with Asuka. Then again Hikari was a rules monger and rough task-master, Asuka approved of that most of the time. Now that the show was over, the quartet of girls found chairs and sat as they waited the drudgery of school to start, "Where is Ikari-kun? Either he comes to school with her or you and he isn't here? She isn't playing around with him is she? She is awfully clingy."
Sakura, the second of the two mostly harmless flunkies, leaned back with a raised eyebrow, "You pay a lot of attention to him, Class Rep?" Elbowing Aoi in the side with a giggle, they did love good gossip, and boy/girl gossip was the most prevalent.
Not wanting to go down that rabbit hole, not now at least, Asuka waved off the talk, "He had some trash to take out, guess he got sidetracked or something. Anyway did anything happen from Misono's last stupid event?" The event in question was a squirt gun challenge in the school…wearing white shirts…girl wanted a wet t-shirt contest in the school! It didn't last long, and both Shinji and Misono were pulled to the office for a talk, nobody knew the outcome as Shinji never mentioned it.
"Oh, due to a technicality the only thing that is happening is the school is making a rule that students can't do that. Guess they never considered the possibility so there wasn't a rule against it," Hikari actually laughed at the stupidity of that. Who would have thought the school wouldn't have a rule about gross perversity? Maybe the teacher that talked to Misono got off on seeing the floozy in a wet shirt. Rumors were spreading that Misono didn't use underwear, Asuka was even asked about it! Next test, Asuka was going to find out.
Thankfully Asuka's diversion shifted attention away from Hikari's attention to Shinji's school attendance. Back to the stupid things the two-member Eiken club was up to, and the fact they were escalating their tactics. When Shinji and Misono arrive, Asuka gave Shinji a hard stare and fluffed her hair at him which resulted in him scuttling off to his little club of losers. Misono wasn't with him, likely off committing sex crimes with girls in the attempt to seduce them into joining that stupid club.
When the purple Amazon did arrive, to the insipid gossip of the boys, she swayed right over to her co-conspirator. Sitting on Shinji's desk, skirt high enough to show the captive boy more than he should see, "Got a few prospects! Still holding out for Galko and Chizuru, but that Gremory girl has a lot of potential. Maybe we can merge our clubs together. Hey boys, how you two doing."
As much as Asuka hated it, Misono did bring energy to the room that hardly existed before. It was a pain that the energy was directed at a flash-in-the-pan idiot, but at least it wasn't the depression that Tokyo-3 typically had. Hikari eventually did tone down the room and get class started. Asuka listened as best as her attention would allow, so not much. Once the droning sheep started talking about 'life before', Asuka just zoned out. Watching the class, most were paying some level of attention…but of course the Amazon and the Invisible Simp were not paying attention. Misono was throwing small notes at Shinji most of the morning.
"Save me a seat alright, I have to get my lunch from Shinji," Asuka cut off anything Hikari could have said. Grabbing Shinji and dragging him off before the vixen could do the same, Asuka just had to have a few words after this mornings latest show of how far Shinji would let himself be dragged. Once in a nice and semi-private plate, hard to find when students went everywhere, Asuka pulled the whole body press to wall, leaning over with an arm against the wall. "So what do you want to say Nadia? New hobby?" Asuka just went right for the throat.
Squirming a bit at the gross abuse of intimidation, Shinji looked at everything but Asuka's face. Squeaking out, "It just sort of happened! I kept saying no, that I wouldn't do it, but then she pulled out the wig and put it on, and…she was so fast in changing my clothing I had no idea it happened until she had me standing there! I didn't do anything but stand there and take the forms." Head down, feet wiggling on the ground, the image of innocence actually hit Asuka hard enough she pulled away a bit.
"So she forced you to do it, and you're still hanging out with her? Either you liked what she did, or you didn't. So what is it?" Asuka had to get a solid answer. Just why was this idiot being such a punching bag for Misono? It couldn't just be because she hugged him and rubbed his head against her chest right? Of the boys in the class, Shinji was the one that Asuka figured wouldn't be as lead by the groin! He lived with Misato, an arguably attractive woman who got drunk all the time! Shinji could do so much with Misato if he wanted, but didn't! So what was the issue with this stupid new girl!
Shaking his head, Shinji just sort of shrugged, his typical non-committal answer. When Asuka didn't pull away, demanding more of an answer, he sighed heavily. Finally looked at Asuka, she took a step back at that, "I did not like it. But it wasn't that bad. Embarrassing yeah, but so was the leotard we wore during the dancing, and our friends saw that! And I know why you're asking this, why am I going this far for her? Its because she's lonely. All her friends are back at her old school, her boyfriend is there, and…"
"What?!" Asuka's yelp cut Shinji off and caused him to shush her less other people notice them. They DID look quite amorous to the unknowing observer. Not wanting to give others the impression she had feelings for this little boy, she totally didn't, she whispered, "She has a boyfriend and she still grinds your face against her cans? Are you sure?" A small fear of Asuka's was Mizono actually had feelings for Shinji, never saw her so flirtatious with other guys, just a fixation on busty girls.
Slipping away from Asuka, she was quite close to him, Shinji circled around to be more in the hallway and not blocked by a locker. Spying down the halls to insure nobody eavesdropped, "She didn't notice she slipped. Basically she said I remind her of 'him', and for her to slip at all is extremely rare. So it HAS to be somebody important to her. And being alone in a new school, Nerv stuff on her mind, I just want to be there if she needs somebody. A little embarrassment is an easy thing to pay. Once the club gets members, her old friends contact her, she'll forget about me and things wi…"
"There you guys are! Hey Shinji lets go eat on the roof!" Kirika stood over the fallen Shinji. Using her massive hips, Kirika booty-slammed the timid pilot to the ground. Standing over him, so if those rumors were true Shinji was getting an eyeful, Kirika turned to her self-imposed rival, "Want to come with us? You're a little small, but we do have open spaces in the club if you want."
Leaving the two to their delusions, Asuka was thrown for a loop. Idiot was going through all this stupid shit because Misono was lonely? He would go that far wouldn't he, Shinji did a lot for the apartment so this wasn't that far out of his wheelhouse. And he knew she was going to drop him? Kid really needed somebody to help him, but what Shinji said…maybe it wasn't a boyfriend or it was 'the one that got away' and she was aiming for a nice replacement?
Those thoughts pervaded Asuka's mind until the fire alarm system went off and sprayed everybody with water. And who did it? Well it was the president of the Eiken club who accidentally triggered it, totally accidental. This shit was escalating and Asuka was going to get Misato to do something!
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Shinji knew the talk was going to come, it was inevitable, but that didn't mean he was excited about it. The issues at school, the delays with sync tests, and the rare meal disruption were adding up and any deviance from the norm got addressed. Misato was a simple creature that ran on revenge, Yebisu, and teasing. Take away one of those and the whole system started to fall apart. Kirika was actively pecking away at two of the three public cores of Misato's life. Shinji suspected Misato had private needs, he had heard sounds, but he tried to keep such thoughts private for shower time. Wash away the evidence.
"So you're going to eat over there tonight? Something I have to be worried about?" Misato sat at the table with can in hand. Lounging in her 'relaxing cloths' which Touji would have made a mess if he saw, Misato was going for her 'coy' routine. While Shinji knew Misato was a tactical genius when it came to Angels, he also knew she thought she was a subtle genius at mental manipulation. Bless her for that, he let her have it. Gently setting the can down with a tink of metal on wood, "Should I be worried about what you two will be doing? Kids move fast and she's been here for about a month now."
Separating the meal into four equal portions, then taking some of his and putting it in Misato's, Shinji readied himself for the chore ahead. Doing his best to keep his voice level, "Asuka doesn't like it when Kirika-san eats over here, so rather than make it awkward for all of us I'm making it easy. And no, you don't have to worry. Kirika-san teases a bit, but I'm still pretty sure she has a boyfriend from her old school." Easier to think that with the vague allusions to a guy she dropped on rare occasions. How could she NOT have a significant other, with Kirika's fixation on women Shinji did wonder if she was playing for a different league.
Making a non-committal grunt, Misato picked Pen-Pen up and put the lucky bird on her lap and hugged him softly. "You got a point with Asuka. Getting tired of the constant questions about when Kirika is being kicked off the roster. She's getting better, but those initial scores had to be faulty," Misato let her annoyance known in her gruff admittance. Shinji had gleamed that Kirika's first sync scores were stellar, but now were barely above minimum. Another drink, a can crush, but the can missed the toss to the can and clattered on the ground, "We did get a little info on her friends, and there was one boy in the mix. So…what are you getting out of this?"
"What do you mean?" Shinji panicked a little. Sealing the containers that would ferry Kirika and his supper from apartment to apartment, Shinji dreaded Misato's line of question. He didn't really know why he was going along with Kirika's schemes. Yes he wanted to ease the girl's loneliness, but he was going further than he normally would for a person.
"Asuka said she saw you in a dress and wig a few days ago. Friends just don't humiliate themselves like that. Same day the fire system at the school mysteriously was triggered. Shinji…Kirika is a troublemaker and she'll drag you down with her. Nerv is considering bring in somebody to help tone her down, bring her in line. You stand with her, you'll be in the crosshairs. So…what are you getting out of this? I see her at Nerv with you. She's a very handsy person, keeps you close…you sure she has a boyfriend 'from another school' and you're not heading over there for a little slap and tickle?" Misato didn't have her typical jovial tone when alluding to such things with Shinji.
Taking the plates of food for Misato and Asuka to the table, Shinji's stomach was full flip-flopping. Misato knew of Kirika's friends? There WAS a guy in them? Knowing a thing and believing a thing were different things. "Of course she told you about that," Shinji hoped Asuka would keep the little cross-dress a secret, "It was embarrassing yes. But not the worst thing in the world." Pulling another Yebisu from the fridge, thinking better he grabbed two, and gave them to Misato. When she took them, and then grabbed his wrist, he knew he had to give more info. With great reluctance, "She's nice to me. Doesn't berate me and mock me. We do fun things, even if some I'd not do without the push. But NO it isn't what you're thinking."
Misato held on a little, locking Shinji's gaze and evaluated his face more than his words, "I'll believe it for now. Have enough footage of her stalking girls at your school. But maybe you SHOULD try and get a bit more from her. Turn about fair play and all." Misato winked at that and let Shinji go.
"I'll be back. I think she wants to go out and get a few things for the club after we eat," Shinji blushed hard. Gathering the two containers, Shinji hurried off so he wouldn't have to face Asuka. She couldn't let him just have a thing without causing issues. Nobody else at school knew of his little incident with long hair and falsies, so Asuka had to be the one that told Misato. And he wasn't oblivious to the tension at the breakfast table the few times Kirika came over, hence he was leaving now. Asuka did not like having her home invaded, so Shinji was doing what he could. Images of Kirika and her love of cylindrical food popped into his mind with Misato's words…cold water…father in a speedo…suppress the urge to vomit.
Knocking on the door to Kirika's, Shinji had to keep the flutters down. Misato confirmed the existence of the mystery guy, part of the original Eiken club. Just enjoy the ride while it lasted, she'd eventually let another guy into the new club and he'd be phased out for a more attractive/fun model. The door opened but it wasn't the smirking and overly confident Kirika standing before him, no she was smiling but it was softer…weaker? "Oh yeah you are here! Was wondering if I'd have to wander about for food like old times. You spoil me, could get to like that," Kirika stepped to the side and let Shinji in.
"Had a talk with Misato-san. Asuka told her about the cross-dressing and fire alarm," Shinji felt no reason to not tell her. Misato was going to do something soon, so might as well give fore warning. The den of the amazon was odd to take in. The layout was identical to his apartment, but the placement furniture, smells, and state of cleanliness made it different enough be unsettling. Hearing the door shut, the realization he was alone with a girl, at her place, with nobody else around struck. Holding the containers up, "W-where did you want to eat? Still need to go for a few…things after?" She was acting different.
Sitting on the couch, she had no other chairs, she patted the cushion next to her, "Haven't gotten around to setting up the kitchen, been eating at your place or about town. And change of plans…staying in. So lets dine!" The television was on, a camcorder connected to it, and a few cans and bottles of soda and tea were strewn about the small coffee table. "Want to see some antics from the old club? I've recorded a whole bunch of them!"
Seeing she had some takeout chopsticks on the table, Shinji hoped they weren't used as he sat down. It wasn't even a moment before she scooped him closer to her with an arm drag. He had wanted to resist, but her heat was intoxicating and she smelled lovely! "I could help you set things up if you want. As for videos, I'd watch them if you want to show them. But are you feeling alright?" Shinji had to ask. Seeing her lacking her usual energy was disconcerting.
"I'm great! Asuka being a snitch aside. Got some great news today in the mail, got me feeling all nostalgic and proud! OOoh this smells good!" Kirika was just a bit to forced. Tossing the tops of both containers to the table, she grabbed the chopsticks and handed some to Shinji. "Used, but you don't mind," she even kissed them before she letting go of them. Kicking her feet up on the table, "Oh feel free to have any of the open or closed cans. I've no cooties," she wiggled and that had Shinji slide even closer to her. When she wanted so exuded weight, when she wanted to be light she was a featherweight. "Lets get started!" Kirika turned the video on.
Eating and watching the videos, Shinji was amazed at what he saw. A lot of the videos were shot guerilla style, hidden in various places, the voice behind the camera was Kirika's and she did a good job as camera woman. Many of the videos focused on a guy, nearly all of them, and Shinji felt a growing jealousy about that guy. Lucky jerk, why wasn't he here now with her? Something was bothering her, even Shinji could tell that! But Shinji did start noticing something else, with Kirika always filming she was never the girl with the guy, Densuke if Shinji heard right. Many of the videos was Densuke and a buxom woman with red hair and a very demure attitude.
As they watched, Kirika would narrate to Shinji about what was going on, and once food was gone she wrapped her arm around his neck and nestled his head against her chest. Not all of the videos were of Densuke and Chiharu (Kirika did try to name the actors in her movies when Shinji asked). Some were of great club outings, a water-park challenge, mud wrestling, artificial snow sports, cooking challenges, and many more events with the whole club. With each video Kirika would laugh, talk about the girls on screen and hold Shinji a bit tighter. Names didn't stick in Shinji's mind, he was to wrapped up in the warmth and softness of being held.
Most of the girls in the videos were quite large in the chest, even the shorter girl. But there was a svelte woman in a Chinese dress, a girl in a lab coat, and more. These were Kirika's friends, the people she had to leave to be here, they seemed just as crazy as Kirika was and they were all smiling. Good people, insane, but good people. No wonder Kirika missed them. Taking a sneaky peek at Kirika during a switch in video, Shinji saw raw and powerful joy on her face, pride wrapped in something else. "They seem like fun people," Shinji wound have liked to know them.
"They are! Glad the club is in good hands! And when we merge our club with the original it'll be even better!" Kirika turned off the camera. Likely more existed but she was done reminiscing for now. Pulling out her phone, Kirika flipped through photos, not bothering to hide what she was looking through. Pictures of Rias-san, Galko-san, Chizuru, a teacher named Mizuho, and others all in various states of undress, but finally she got to another picture. Holding it out for Shinji to see, it was "Densuke finally asked Chiharu out. So proud of both of them. She was from an only girl school for so long was worried she'd never accept, and he was so fun to watch squirm!"
The picture was taken by an unknown third party, but it was the pair hugging in faux wedding attire with a banner over their head stating proudly Densuke + Chiharu. Shinji alternated from the picture and Kirika, but felt almost betrayed by it! "But…I thought he and you…are you alright with this? With all those videos, how you mentioned him from time to…you're here and…" Shinji's mind was whirling with so many questions and confused emotions!
"Won't lie, I had a soft spot for him, why I pushed him so hard. Both of them look so cute together. If he didn't go for her and did fall for me, well I'd not have pushed him away. Same with you! Got to find which of those girls you like you're finally going to commit too," Kirika's hand slid from shoulder to waist. Tickling his side, she pushed him onto his back on the couch, hovering over him.
A trick, she was trying to shift the conversation away from Shinji's question to something else! And while the vision before him was lovely, and lewd with the swinging distractions, but Shinji was an expert at shifting attention. Gently reaching up and touching her cheek with the back of his hand, "Are you really alright with that?" It took all his courage to make that small connection, but the month of being her companion and plaything, he was willing to go outside his comfort zone, if only a little. "Did you like him…DO you like him?" Shinji had to know.
"I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for those two," Kirika sniffed hard and squeezed her eyes shut for a moment. Shaking her head, she sat up, kneeling on the couch, "Never mind that. I'm glad for them, lets leave it at that. Now what do you want to do? You said you'd help set up my kitchen," Kirika quickly left the room.
Laying on that couch, confused on many layers, Shinji just let himself calm down a little. After his heartrate was back under control, and his standing problem subsided, Shinji slid off the couch and wandered to the kitchen. Finding Kirika with a popsicle his problem threatened to peek back up, but sheer willpower kept things tranquil. She really REALLY liked a certain type of food. Trying to keep his mind out of the gutter, "So any of the applications being considered?" Shinji found the dinette set box and started opening. The instructions for putting it together was vague and just a bit of pictures, a Lego set basically.
The popsicle going from new to just a stick in a few moments, Kirika assisted in deboxing the components. "A few, the guys are all out. They don't have the spark we need for the club. Girls however, they're all seemingly a perfect fit! Any of them catch your eye? Think you'd be a better fit for Rias than that guy that is sniffing around her. Maybe get our illustrious third member to show up a bit, she watches you a lot when you're not paying attention," Kirika set out all the pieces along with the components for it.
"Not really…thinking about that stuff," Shinji was even more aware of Kirika's presence around him. Seeing her vulnerable for that moment, learning about the new couple among her friends, well that subconscious crush was now blazing. She hip checked him as he knelt over the table bits and bobs, he actually laughed. Guess he was getting used to the constant assault from her, as it didn't hurt, just stunned. Tongue thick though, speaking was never his best skill, "W-hat should the club do now? Can't just be the two of us forever right?"
Shifting the conversation away from couples and dating, Kirika quickly recovered her jovial attitude and the pair put together a shoddy table that fell apart two days later when Kirika leaned to heavily on it. But they had fun doing such a silly little task, Shinji felt his affection and attraction grow, and Kirika…well nobody would ever be able to fully know what she was thinking.
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Notes
First half of this odd little idea, which sprang from the discord server AND some rather obvious gelbooru images of Shinji and Kirika. Next part will get started part way through next chapter. Don't plan on this being 'to long' just a nice lil comedy bit with a hint of lime (likely more than a hint).
Was going to have it go 'faster' but felt it could simmer just a bit longer.
Hope ya enjoyed
Later
Mercaba