On The Dangerous Side of Things

Shinji watched as Avian's demeanor had changed in the split second it took her to comprehend what he had said. She had become way more nervous than before. With his eyebrow held high, Shinji grasped her hand softly as one should when shaking hands with a girl of any age. He looked into her eye and smiled as he moved his neck side to side stretching it. Upon letting go of her hand, she began to say something. She started off her sentence but then paused seemingly to think about it. Still with a smile on his face, Shinji awaited her response.

"Birds?" he thought to himself. "That's not TOO bad. Is that the full extent of your ability though?" He asked her still focused on her one eye. While he waited for her next response, hoping she wouldn't be as nervous as she was before, he noticed how her ivory white hair accents her eye color making it pop out. To him it was cute but he would never admit it as he was never good with girls anyways.

As Shinji got his response from the extremely awkward girl, he noticed that she was trying to get out of the conversation. it was rather obvious that she was uncomfortable and that was not a problem with Shinji since he knew how it felt. But hey, it happens. She moved her foot while answering the question though and told him that it was all she could do. Shinji smirked at the fact that she was obviously lying. One could easily tell from the way she said it as well as her body language.

Soon after this, there was a little rustling in the bushes nearby. Shinji only looked over slightly to see what it was, but apparently Avian was already ahead of the game. "My little screech owl!" she yelled while putting a smile on her face. Shinji's smirk only grew wider and into a smile at the sight of this. he was a little surprised that she would do this though considering what had saw of her up until now. But alas, he knew that it was getting way too late for him to be out and his pain was relieved just enough for him to limp back to his dorm. Of course he wouldn't leave without giving notice to him leaving first. it's rude to just walk off from anyone.

"Umm, hey!" He yelled out so that she would be able to hear him. "I have somewhere to be tomorrow morning. I will be leaving for my dorm soon." Shinji said as he leaned himself against the building awaiting her notice.

"Well, alright then." Shinji said as he turned around and limped away. "I guess I'll see ya around." He said under his breath as his left foot jumbled under his right. Opening the door, Shinji didn't look back as he knew he longed for his bed and a good night's sleep even though he had to be back at the roof in the morning so he can't sleep in. Even with his want for sleeping in, he still knew that he wanted to figure out Hal's second ability now more than ever since it was a fascinating thing to do. Maybe he would see Avian around the academy again, maybe not. Who knows, but either way, Shinji was tired and he could here his bed calling him.