"Nagisa, Nagisa-kun, if you're free this afternoon, could you teach me a few EVA piloting techniques?" At NERV headquarters, Ikari Shinji stood before Nagisa Kaworu, lightly rubbing his cheek with his fingers as he shyly lowered his head.
"Nagisa-kun, I made you a bento." After school, Ayanami Rei sat beside Nagisa Kaworu, holding a lunch box and speaking without expression.
"Huh? Why should that idiot eat your bento?!" Hearing Ayanami Rei's voice, Asuka, seated behind Nagisa Kaworu, spoke with obvious irritation. She then grabbed Kaworu by the collar and pulled him toward the classroom door. "Come on, let's go buy some bread!"
"Honestly, are the pilots all this much trouble these days?" At the same time, Misato sighed in the operations room, exchanged a glance with Ritsuko Akagi, and spread her hands helplessly.
Hearing this from his seat above them, Commander Gendo Ikari's already gloomy expression grew even darker. With his hands clasped in front of him, he pressed down hard on his trembling fingers...
