Open Finished Balancing Act

The conversation continued with the blunt reply that Hal had given about his control. There was nothing bad about his reply but for some reason it sounded slightly different than the rest of his replies. In Shinji's own opinion, it seemed to be filled with less emotion and with a higher intention of getting this part of the conversation over with. "Well this may seem weird but umm...I want to propose something..." Shinji said as he looked down to the ground. He thought of how he would put it without making it sound weird. There was a high doubt that Hal would accept but it was still worth a try.

Finishing his thought process Shinji began to speak. "I was thinking, because it'll benefit us both in the long run, why don't I help you with figuring out the full or at least better control of that second ability of yours?" Shinji began as he looked Hal in the face. His left eye brow was raised but the rest of his fast was blank. "Let me explain." Shinji quickly yelped before Hal could have any time to reply. "You want, or may need, to figure out the full extent of this second ability, right? And it obviously has something to do with electricity and I have a surplus of it. I believe that together we could ring it out of you. Plus it'll be doing me a favor by letting me figure out my own way to counter act something like this so it doesn't happen to me in the future, not just with you but with anything with the same effect." Shinji stopped and took a long deep breath that would aid him in his recovery from talking so much all at once.

Taking his hands from his pockets and cupping them together, Shinji glanced at the sky and then back at Hal. He waited for his new acquaintance's reply. Shinji had never reached out to someone in such a way nor has he suggested any thing like this so, to him, it was very nerve wracking. He had no idea what Hal was going to reply so he waited anxiously for what could be a disappointment as well as an embarrassment or what could be a huge success in his social development.

Hal raised his brow to what shinji had proposed to him. He seemed to be slightly interested If anything. But Shinji couldn't tell if he was up for it or not. The anticipation that shinji had felt was great considering the fact that he had never done this before in his life. He never really needed to. "Sounds good, I guess" Hal finally said. This was like music to his ears as the relief that he felt was even greater than that of his previous anticipation.

"Great, but if you don't have a clue then that should be our first priority. Should be easy enough with two minds at work, right?" Shinji said as he looked back into the sky. The sky wasn't dark just yet but the Orange and red that appeared in the sky was beautiful to see at this point. Still looking above him, Shinji continued. "If it's not too much to ask, would you mind starting tomorrow or something? As of now, I would like to go to the roof and try something dangerous but help to myself." Shinjuku didn't explain exactly what it was he wanted to do because Hal may have tried to talk him out of it. Hopefully Gal was up for doing it tomorrow or sometime later.

"Oh no, tomorrow should be perfect. I have absolutely nothing to do. I assume you are free as well. Where do you propose we meet tomorrow, and when for that matter?" Shinji replied whilerhe was ringing his hands. Soon after replying, Shinjuku realized that he used a word in his last sentence that he shouldn't have. 'Dangerous'. That probably will have given away the objective that Shinji had. It was nothing harmful to anyone but himself if he was to fail. Shinji smiled a little as he was beginning to talk. Thus was just meant to be a gesture of reassurance so that Hal doesn't think anything too bad was going to happen. "It'll be fine. No one will be hurt and nothing will get destroyed. Plus it'll be a slight gain for me and my abilities if I do this. Well, it'll be a gain if my theory is correct."

Stopping at the end off that small explanation, Shinji looked around only to see that a few new people had trafficked into the courtyard. They seemed to be the people that like being outside at night. "I mean it is a beautiful setting especially in the courtyard but I would prefer the roof rather than the court yard." Shinjuku stated within his thoughts as he continued to look around.

"It wont get to the point where I die, Jeez." Shinji said as he face palmed. Leaving his hand on his forehead, Shinji kept on listening to what Hal was saying. "10 will be perfect. Though, I may be there before that time. I always felt it necessary to show up early so that any last minute things that I may have forgotten can be handled. But that's just me." Shinji released his hand from his head as he noticed the sky darkening faster than he could have thought possible. He had never seen such a great looking sky before, not just at dusk but at night and morning as well. "We might as well meet on the roof. It's more secluded and we will have less distractions. If that's fine with you of course."

"When was the last time I had ever seen something like this, ever?" Shinji thought as he looked back up to the sky. Shifting his weight to his left leg after moving it back behind his right, he leaned back for a better view of the sky. He would most likely continue the ending of this conversation while looking upward like this. He loved the view and figured that he would soak it all in once he gets to the roof and before he does his little 'experiment'. Maybe that one girl, Cytus, will be there again. He wondered if she would but it didn't bother him too much. he enjoyed her company.

Still staring at the sky and all of it's beauty, Shinji was listening to what Hal had to say. It's not that he wasn't paying any attention to him since he was looking at the sky, it was more like he was taking in his fill of the beauty that amazed him with every glance that he took while talking to Hal. One could call it multitasking in a way but most would call it rude. Shinji understood how rude this probably was but he was always just so overwhelmingly attracted to the sky and the secrets that it held beyond it.

As Hal repeated the information for the both of them for when and where they would meet, Shinji only nodded his head slightly to confirm. He didn't mean for it to seem like he was uninterested, especially since he was the one to offer to meet up in the first place, but apparently to Hal he did seem that way. "Are you actually paying attention?" Hal said, showing a little irritated. Shinji looked down from the sky slowly. His eyes slowly shifting from the sky to Hal's face. Upon setting his sight on Hal, he said "Oh I heard everything. I was just looking at one of my favorite sights. Sorry for my rude behavior at this point." Shinji's face was now straight and stern. he knew that their conversation had ended and he needed to be a little more serious for his own training on the roof. He would need to be rather focused on what he was doing in order to do this.

"Well then, I guess that's it. i will see you then." Shinji said as he began to walk towards the entrance to the academy. He walked a little faster than he would usually though. Not because he was in a hurry but because he had something on his mind and he wasn't trying to let his concentration go. He turned his head to the right slightly as he walked exclaiming to Hal, "Don't be late!" Truth is, Shinji was actually excited to help Hal. He wanted to know what hid inside of him. Shinji loved exploring new things and this one would be pretty new to him since he has never encountered someone with powers other than himself.