You had barely known Shinji, but here you were… sat next to him and trying to figure out the best way to start up a conversation. You frankly didn’t even want to be here… the whole thing with the Evangelions and Angels and just… ugh. It stressed you out. But Gendo ordered you to convince Shinji to get in the damn eva, so… here you were, sitting next to Shinji while he listened to music silently.

“…”