[Episode 131961] [Episode 131961]It had taken a surprisingly long time to gather and box all of Rei’s things from her apartment. Not because there was a lot of them, but rather because they had wanted to ‘say’ goodbye to her old place in the traditional fashion that young couples have practiced since the dawn of time. Then of course a shower was needed, and soap and cold water were involved, taking up even more time.
So all in all several hours had passed before they had managed to get everything to her new apartment.
It was a nice place, almost identical to Misato’s, with the exception of only having one fridge and no flightless, warm water adapted, avian with a drinking problem on site. Rei had already considered the possibility of getting one, but had failed to find one on Eva-Bay. She had decided to correct that deficiency later, when she had more time.
Shinji’s current predicament was a direct result of Rei’s attempt to teach him a proper ‘poker face’.
It had taken very little time to put her things away and discover what the apartment had been furnished with. An enviable entertainment center with the latest in movies and music had provided a brief distraction, before Rei had found a deck of playing cards in a box marked ‘games’.
Remarking on how easy it was for others to read him, she had suggested a little poker practice would be good training. As an added incentive she had decided it would be strip poker. Whom the incentive was for she had carefully not said.
Shivering a little, not that it was cold in Rei’s new apartment, he just felt a little cold because he was only wearing a pair of socks and his undershirt, as he studied her for ‘tells’.
The only tells he got from watching her had little to do with cards, but a lot to do with poke’er. Body language says a lot when the person in question is down to socks and two pairs of underwear.
Most of their clothes were in a pile on the table. Shinji was no where near as skilled as Rei in poker. His ability to hold a poker face was poor and her grasp of the rules and odds far exceeded his own, however he had the devil’s own luck when it came to cards. Straights and flushes came to his hand more often then not.
“And why exactly are you wearing my boxers as a hat?”
“It is traditional. In all of the videos I have observed with this activity, wearing the underwear of the chosen partner of the opposite sex as headgear was acknowledged as a signal that they intended to have sex with them later.”
Looking into her eyes he could see a flicker of desire slip past her attempts at concealing her feelings. A rather moot point since he could literally feel her yearning to be in his arms once more.
Shinji’s attempts to hide his reactions were about as successful as usual. Even if he had been wearing his boxers it was doubtful she would have missed it.
Shinji carefully studied his cards. Three kings and a pair of aces had him feeling very comfortable.
“We will have to expedite this game if at all possible.”
Shinji glanced up from his cards, “Why?”
“We have sync and medical tests in three hours.”
“But it only takes fifteen minutes to get from here to… I fold.”
Dropping their cards, Rei has a pair of threes, they quickly stood and stripped. Rei however kept his boxers.
“You win.”
“As do you.”
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