Asuka is sitting with Hikari eating the bento Shinji made her for lunch when Hikari bursts out laughing.
"Care to let me in on the joke?"
Hikari points at the chopsticks that Asuka just removed from her mouth, "You ran out of food several minutes ago".
Asuka looks down at the bento box that has been picked clean to the last grain of rice. "Argh!" She turns and throws her chopsticks over at the back of Shinji's head, "Dummkopf, stop chatting up Rei and finish eating already". Not being particularly aerodynamic, and thrown in irritation, the chopsticks fall short and fail to gain Shinji's attention.
She turns back to Hikari, "The synchronisation issues have gotten worse since he got back. We had to brush our teeth together this morning!" She sighs in frustration, "At least we can touch each other sometimes now."
Hikari fails to smother a grin and looks at Asuka
"What? You! I did not mean it that way!" She attempts to suppress the blush by explaining "You know it hurts, even accidental contact. And two of us by that tiny sink it was ridiculously difficult to avoid bumping into each other."
"Is the kitchen sink not functional, Asuka?" asks Rei deadpan from behind her.
Asuka buries her face in her hands.
"Apparently the issue extends to borrowing his wife" teases Hikari
Asuka whips around and threatens her with the chopsticks Rei has just dropped into her hand...
"I do not need to be borrowed, Horaki-san. Asuka has my permission to request me whenever she wants me".
Hikari ignores the feeble chopstick threat and grins at her friend, not needing to add anything to that.