Chapter 12: The Acquaintance with Leigh

It's another cloudless, sunny day. Shinji lay on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, but the smile on his lips kept overflowing. Why, you ask? Do you still need to ask? If you can live in the same ward as Leigh, do you think he will laugh? I guess I'll laugh when I dream about it. Although the two of them have basically fallen asleep in the past few days, they can occasionally say a word or two to Rei, and Shinji will be happy.

Hula, the door to the ward was opened.

"Shinji-kun, I've come to see you. Huh? Leigh is here, too. "It's Misato with a smile on her face. A red standard military uniform sets off Miri's fiery figure to the fullest. "Looks like you're in good spirits. It's almost all restored, right? Misato put down the fruit basket in her hand and smiled at Shinji and Rei.

"Ah, it's Miss Misato, thank you for coming to see me, I'm much better." Aotian also replied with a smile on his face, and shook his arm to show that he was healthy. Reiya replied calmly, "Hello, Katsuragi Nisa, I'm fine, thank you for your concern." "I have to say more. The medical environment here is really good. In the previous life, there would be fractures when Aotian did the task, and the broken bones would never be good for a month or two, but here it was only a week, and the bones were basically connected, only some unrecovered muscle and bone tissue.

Misato wasn't too surprised to hear Shinji's answer, she was surprised that Rei next to Shinji actually spoke, and actually said words like thank you! Although the contact time was not long, Misato had only heard three words from Rei's mouth, "Yes." Got it. It was the first time Leigh had spoken so much to herself. Could it be that she was changed because she was in the same ward as Shinji? That's too fast, right?

"Okay, okay, I know you're healthy, put your arms down," Misato retracted her surprised expression, and at the same time hurriedly stopped Shinji from playing treasure, for fear that he would injure his arm that had just improved again.

"It's great to see you so energetic, come, reward you with an apple." Misato smiled at Shinji and threw a red apple over.

"Well, thank you, Miss Misato." Shinji took the apple and was about to take a bite of it, but then he thought of a bunch of Li, and then turned to the girl next to him with some embarrassment and whispered. "Liz, you can eat one too." As he spoke, he picked up a plate from the medicine cabinet next to him, and took out an apple from the fruit basket. The girl's cheeks were slightly red, and she made a soft voice. "Hmm."

"Li...... Actually shy? "Misato was so shocked by what she saw in front of her that she almost dropped her jaw to the ground, how long has it been? One week? A young man who has just arrived can make Lei, who is known as an iceberg, speak, and he will be shy. According to the information she knew, Rei would only have a faint smile and more words when facing Commander Yuandu Ikari, and the young man in front of her completely broke her common sense.

"Huh? What do you say Miss Miri. Aoten asked as she heard Misato's whispered mutter.

"Ahh No, nothing. Hey, hey, hey......" Misato hurriedly waved his hand to signal that he hadn't spoken.

Shinji saw that Misato looked a little strange, so he had to shrug his shoulders slightly and continue with the movements on his hands. I don't know where Shinji found the tearing night. With his right hand, he gently pressed the tip of the night-tearing apple against the apple, and his left hand spun rapidly. The apple's red skin was taken off like a garment, revealing the white and chubby flesh inside. Immediately after, Shinji pulled a few more sword flowers, and the whole apple instantly turned into pieces. Fall on the plate. The whole process takes less than a minute. Finally, Shinji took out two toothpicks. Inserted it on the apple and handed it to Leigh on the side.

Rei didn't say anything, and after taking the apples, she ate them piece by piece, her cheeks became even redder, and she looked very charming. Misato, who was sitting next to Shinji, widened her eyes on the side, and her mouth was still open in surprise after watching Shinji peel the apple. "Shinji-kun, what are you doing with a dagger in the hospital?" Instead of being surprised by Shinji's process of peeling apples, Misato struggled with where his dagger was hidden.

As for how the dagger appeared, it started before Shinji came to NERV, because every time Shinji bought something, he had to take out stacks of UN coins from that necklace, and it would be very troublesome for others to see it, so he went to the bank. A portion of the money was deposited in it. I got a credit card. And there is a lot of space in the necklace that has been liberated. Shinji put in some of the things he often uses, including Tearing the Night and Breaking the Sky. I remember that Yeyue once said that this necklace has other uses, so I think it is this storage function. It is said that a lot of money has been saved, but in fact, it is not much, and it is only a small mountain. There seem to be several of these hills in there. It can be seen how generous Yeyue was when she gave Aotian this necklace at that time.

At this time, Shinji was smiling with a sunny face. "Well. Don't worry about this kind of trivial matter, Miss Misato will eat one too. With that, he waved the dagger again, and it wasn't long before another chubby white apple was handed to Misato.

Misato didn't ask much either. I took the white apple and took a big bite.

a.tfield――

Hula. The door to the ward opened again.

"Huh? Ritsuko? What are you doing here? Misato looked back in the direction of the door, and it was Ritsuko Akagi.

"Ahh Are you coming to see Shinji? I'm here to take Leigh for a physical check-up. If it's okay, she'll be discharged tomorrow. Leigh, come with me. ”

"Yes." Rei didn't say anything, put down the plate in her hand, and her pretty face regained the cold expression she had been. It's just that his eyes gently glanced at Shinji's location with a little reluctance. was pushed out of the ward by Ritsuko Akagi and the nurse.

After Rei left, only Shinji and Misato were left in the entire ward.

"Hee-hee." Misato said to Shinji with a wicked smile. "Na, Shinji-kun, I just heard you ask Rei Ayanami to do it...... Leigh, right? It's so affectionate. How did you get so familiar with it so quickly? As he spoke, he touched Shinji's shoulder with his elbow. The eyes were filled with the smell of gossip.

"Well, that was a week ago." Shinji put down the apple in his hand and crossed his hands behind his head. Lying on the pillow fell into memories.

It was one night a week ago. Moonlight sprinkled every corner of the ward. After the operation, Shinji woke up slightly, looking at the sleeping girl next to him, Shinji couldn't help but be obsessed with it. I just wanted to reach out and touch the girl's quiet face, but I accidentally touched the cabinet next to it, and a small plastic cup on it fell to the ground.

The plastic cup that fell to the ground made only a crisp sound, and Shinji grabbed it in his hand. The whole room was quiet again.

"Huh." Although the voice was small, the girl woke up from her sleep.

Oops, it still woke her up, and Shinji hurriedly stood up and sat back on his hospital bed.

"You are?" Seeing the unfamiliar face next to her, the girl spoke. A soft voice reached Shinji's ears. Shinji who listened to it was confused.

"Ahh......h That, you're awake, Ayana. Sorry for the noise. My name is Shinji Ikari, just call me Shinji. After that, Shinji put on his signature smile again.

Rei Ayanami paused for a moment, looked at the name board on the wall, and understood why the boy in front of her knew his name.

After calming down for a while, I remembered what happened in the real field that day, and then I regained my original calm appearance. Said to Shinji with a slight sù. "Shinji-kun Ikari. Can you answer me a question? ”

"Huh?" Shinji was slightly surprised. Liz shouldn't know me at this time, right? What will you ask me?

"Is that okay?" Looking at Shinji in a daze. Leigh asked again, as if she was asking a very important question.

"Hmm. Absolutely. Faced with Rei's angelic appearance, Shinji didn't dare to refuse.

"That day, the day in the real yàn field. Why did you save me? ”

"Why did I save you? Well...... Why? Shinji said secretly in his heart. Why? Seems to be instinctive, right? I can't say that I saw you fourteen years ago, because I wanted to be by your side and not let you get hurt, so I saved you. That's.

"That...... I don't know. Shinji thought for a moment and gave an answer.

"Huh?" The girl obviously didn't understand what the young man in front of her meant.

"Yes. Because I see you in danger. The body rushed out unconsciously. But I can't figure out why. Intuition and instinct. Ha...... Ha ha. "Faced with Leigh's question. Shinji scratched the back of his head and gave the answer with a wry smile.

Seeing Shinji's silly smile, Rei's ruby-like eyes flickered, and she only whispered her answer when she got Shinji's answer. "I see, thank you. Ikari-kun. ”

"Huh. Just call me Shinji. As he spoke, he put that sunny smile on his face again. So, please give me a lot of advice in the future, Ayana-san. ”

"Leigh." A soft voice came.

"Huh?" Shinji was stunned.

"Just call me Rei, too, Shinji-kun." Leigh said softly again. At this time, Rina's quiet and lovely cheeks were slightly red. It is as attractive as a freshly ripe peach. His eyes also glanced to the side, and his ruby eyes were full of shyness.

Under the moonlight, the quiet ward seemed to be covered with a veil of tenderness because of the smiles of the teenagers and girls. The whole room brightens up as a result.

"Well, that's about it." Shinji, who woke up from his memories, smiled and lay on the bed with his eyes closed, as if he wanted to go back to the scene of that day again.

"Haha. I didn't expect Shinji to have such a clever means to save the beauty of the hero. Misato laughed gossipily. Say, don't you like our Li-chan? Well? Haha, say it, my sister will match you. As she spoke, Misato winked at Shinji, her hand still rubbing Shinji's hair.

"What. Miss Misato. Shinji, who was told to be thoughtful, also blushed slightly. It was just a physical instinct. ”

"Haha. Blushing, oh Shin~" Misato continued to tease Shinji. His fingers also lightly touched Shinji's cheek, which was red from shyness.

"Where, where is it? It's sunset......"

Under the sunset, the originally quiet ward seemed more energetic because of the fight between the two people.