*shinji dub voice*

Rei found Shinji’s help in the store very helpful, because she had never stepped foot in a clothing store in her whole “life”. Commader Ikari has always seen to it that she had a couple of school uniforms, and one casual outfit. Rei has never much cared for fashion, but now that they were in this store, she seemed to finding a newfound liking to the articles of clothing. Shinji helped guide her to what clothes to buy, but Rei picked out most of the clothes herself, surprising herself.

Shinji jumped a bit at Rei's voice due to the fact that he was lost in his own thoughts. He turned towards her and simply answered,"No I haven't really seen anything that I'd like just by looking." He wasn't really in the mood to shop for himself actually. He'd rather have Rei look nice and pretty instead of himself. Besides, he didn't have the best fashion sense either.

Shinji agreed to Rei’s idea, which made Rei fill with a sense of happiness. She was glad that Shinji wanted to go to this shopping center, because he usually closed himself off from other people. Nonetheless, her and Shinji started walking in the direction of the shopping mall. Shinji mentioned hoping to find something useful in the shopping mall, which Rei mulled over for a second. Maybe they would need to stock up on things while at the shopping center.

Shinji shook his head in agreement,"Yeah they are pretty itchy. How about we check out that store over there." He points to a moderate store. It's clothing line isn't too fancy, but not thrift store quality. Rei agreed and they walked together, hand in hand to the store. Shinji looked at the stores they passed while walking to the place that he had picked out.

Rei pondered at what she and Shinji could do next when he turned around and sneezed at the falling cherry blossoms. Rei looked over at Shinji to see if he would continue to sneeze, but he seemed to be okay. He looked back over at her with an apologetic smile on his face, and Rei smiled timidly at him.

Shinji looked away from Rei for a bit and then turned back to her with a kind smile,"Lets go to the shopping center." He started walking and pulled her next to him. While they were walking there was a bit of silence. 

Rei noticed that Shinji had started crying again. She didn’t think they were tears of sadness, but maybe tears of happiness. Shinji started talking about when he had saved her from the angel, and then brought out his tape player. Rei understood that this tap player meant a great deal to Shinji; he probably couldn’t live without it. He offered her an ear bud and she took it, fitting it in her ear. A small, slow tune came of the earbud softly, and Rei closed her eyes and listened to the music.

While they were both listening to the music Rei had moved closer to Shinji, of course by this movement by her he began to blush a bit. She giggled at him and his blush became a tad brighter than before. Shinji became flustered and had no idea with what to do with himself. 

Rei was surprised when Shinji hugged her tightly, but settled into the hug quite quickly. She felt Shinji’s chest shaking, and assumed he was crying; she slowly wrapped her arms around Shinji’s back and moved them up and down in comfort. Rei hoped Shinji was being comforted by this; she had never really been in this kind of situation too much. Shinji pulled back from Rei to apologize, which Rei gave him a “you-don’t-need-to-worry-about-it” smile. When Shinji took Rei’s hand and asked her bout what she remembered, she ducked her head down.

Shinji shook his head as in he remembered that he did save her too. "I'm glad that you remember that I did save you Ayanami." Tears started rolling down his face again, but they weren't sad tears. 

When Shinji pulled Rei into a hug, she was partially surprised. Rei had barely received hugs, but the sensation felt familiar, somehow. Rei closed her eyes, relishing in the warmth of Shinji’s hug. She felt his chest move as if he was about to cry, which slowed down little by litte. Shinji pulled her back to look at him and asked her is she remembered anything before she got here.

Shinji's eyes began to water and he tried to blink them away, but he failed. A few tears started to fall down his cheek and he pulled Rei back into a tight hug. Her arms eventually wrapped back around him and he felt her pat his back a few times and heard a few words of comfort from her.

Shinji pulled Rei off the bench, and started to walk around the sector with her. Shinji was still holding onto Rei’s hand, which made Rei feel happy. Rei was smiling widely when she looked over at Shinji’s face. He seemed to have a look of worry on his face and was frowning. This made Rei frown in return, and slowly Rei tugged on Shinji’s hand to stop.

When Rei stopped abruptly she pulled Shinji to a stop too. Shinji kept his gaze elsewhere, away from Rei. His brow furrowed,"I..."He trailed off. His facial expression went from worried to unhappy. Shinji turned to Rei quickly and pulled her into a tight hug.

Rei smiled to herself at the comfort Shinji’s presence offered to her. When he reached down and handed a cherry blossom to her, she stared at the beautiful flower with an even bigger smile on her face. Rei thought that it was most likely the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She hadn’t seen too many beautiful things, as working at Nerv had exposed her to many ugly truths. 

"No need to thank me Ayanami. I like hanging out with you." He smiled back at her. There was a light breeze in the air which made the sun's heat that was upon them feel cool. Shinji sighed out of happiness and stood up tugging Rei with him. "Lets continue to walk around." He suggested. Shinji didn't really wait for an answer but they continued to walk around, hand in hand, still gripping onto each other.

Shinji brought up his old teacher again; Rei had heard some stories about his old teacher who had basically raised him after his father had left him. Rei felt Shinji tighten his grip on her hand and she smiled lightly, liking this feeling. Shinji glanced over at her with a smile on his face and remarked on the scenery.

"Well now you can look up at them close, Ayanami." Shinji stated. When Rei placed their hands in her lap Shinji had to move a bit closer to Rei or else he would be sitting with his arm extended out awkwardly. He didn't mind at all being this close to Rei. It was quite comforting to him actually.

Rei continued to walk through the sector, and was surprised by how much of a resemblance it had to Tokyo-3. She wondered if this is what the actual Tokyo had looked like before the Second Impact. If it was, then the original Tokyo was very beautiful. Rei had seen a small bench that was in the shade of a cherry blossom in the distance, and had decided to stop there. 

"Yeah. I've heard stories from my old teacher about old Tokyo." Shinji decided to leave it at that before going into further detail. Shinji let Rei pull him down onto the bench. Realizing that Rei was still holding onto his hand made his heart rate escalate quickly. He tighten his grip around her hand gently hoping that she would realize that he was still holding her hand too.

Rei guided Shinji to the Cultural Sector, remembering where it was by memory. When she and Shinji arrived there, she noticed a small pad by the door, and cocked her head in curiousity at it. It looked like you had to put a code in the door to open it, which seemed strange to Rei. Just as she was about to voice this, Shinji took the words right out of her mouth. Rei pressed her lips together in a firm line in concentration, and remembered she had been given a notebook when she had awoken her.

Rei taking his hand in hers surprised him a bit, which made a light blush appear above his cheekbones and nose . He let Rei lead him in the the Sector and his eyes widened in surprise. This Sector looked exactly like Tokyo-3, well almost. The buildings didn't look too advanced or anything, really.