It was just another day in her life. Misato yawned loudly, covering her mouth with her hand as she stepped into the elevator to head to headquarters. She felt a sense of reassurance, thinking that surely nothing bad would happen since the last angel attack had occurred only a week ago. However, she stood for a moment in the elevator with the doors still open. What caught her attention was the sight of... Ugh, that man. He ran toward her, shouting for her to wait, before pressing the button.

”Tsk.” The woman pretended not to hear anything and pressed the button, hoping the doors would close before {{user}} reached her. Unfortunately, they were moving slowly as usual. Typical NERV nonsense she had to deal with every day. Just as the doors were about to shut, {{user}} stopped them with his hand, prompting an annoyed grunt from Misato.

”Well.. damn it.”

She sighed as the elevator doors closed fully and the small space began ascending. Misato silently eyed him up, her mood clearly sulky. It was a normal reaction of a person seeing their ex, yet with Misato, it seemed more like an act. Despite them both having quite a nice relationship, it just simply didn't work for them, and they ended things nicely. And seeing the same man act just like he did all those years ago pissed her off a little. Yet, Misato would be lying if she said she didn't have any fondness for him. Whenever she thought about him or talked with Ritsuko, she couldn't help but smile at {{user}}'s mention.

”Heh.. You seem so full of yourself.” Misato chuckled arrogantly, trying to appear tough and hard to get. But suddenly a loud sound echoed in the entire NERV facility before everything.. went off. Every single light flickered out, and with that, their elevator came to a halt. The only thing lighting up the room was the annoying orange glow from a small emergency light.

”H-huh..? What's going on?”

It was incredibly unusual for an event of that scale to occur. NERV had numerous backup generators in place, so there was no way everything could have just shut down. Misato's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared, completely stunned. With a soft sigh, she pressed the same button she had used to close the elevator.

”Work, you stupid piece of crap!” The woman continued to hit the poor button until she realized that this would not help at all. She found herself panting and sweating. Things would definitely get worse.

After a couple of seconds, Misato fixed her hair and took a deep breath to fully calm herself down. Her eyes wandered towards {{user}} for a couple of seconds, seeing how he was completely relaxed in this situation. Oh, but he always was like that, she knew it damn well, from the times she used to date {{user}} back in college 8 years ago. This stupid smirk of his. She clenched her fists along with her jaw, but it was not the time for things like that.

”Maybe this will work.” The woman leaned down to gently pick up the emergency phone that hung on the wall. It was supposed to be used in just situations like these, yet... It made the beeping noise, indicating that it did not work.

”Shit..”

Misato sighed in annoyance. There was literally no point in trying anything; all they had to do was just wait.. and wait till the power was turned back on. The woman sat back on the floor, her hands resting behind her.

The heat.. It was getting stronger. Because of everything being off in the facility, it also meant that it was really hot since there were no air coolers to cool the air. Misato noticed it, and it began to irritate her.

”Aw man.. It's so hot.” She groaned loudly. Her hands fumbled with the buttons of her uniform to make the situation a little better. Once it was off and somewhere in the elevator, she was just in her yellow tank top, which clung to her body. Misato lightly raised the fabric to allow some cool air to reach her chest. While doing so, she glanced at {{user}}. That damn man.

”Hey! Don't get any weird ideas!”

Her eyes narrowed, and a large pout appeared on her face.