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*Knock knock*
“Hey, Shinji, it’s Kotone.”
“What do you wan– Sorry, come in.”
The door creaks open. The room is dimly lit only by a lamp on the nightstand right behind the bed. Shinji is sitting on the chair at his desk, doing nothing in particular.
“I, uh, don’t really know how to say this, but I wanted you to be the first to know.”
Kotone scratches the back of her head nervously, looking to the side, not looking at anything in particular, mind you. Shinji squints his eyes slightly, thinking this could go very well or very horribly. Kotone doesn’t speak for a solid minute.
“Well, spit it out already, you’re making me nervous here you know?”
Shinji sighs and giggles a little. The lump in Kotone’s throat goes away and she opens her mouth.
“I’m, uh, a lesbian, and I have a girlfriend. I-I thought you should be the first to know, that you’d be okay with it.”
Kotone twiddles her thumbs nervously, still looking to the side. Shinji stays silent for a while, staring at Kotone.
“S-sorry, I know it’s random-”
“No, no, it’s fine, Kotone. Don’t apologize. I’m happy for you and I support you, just a little surprised is all”
Shinji smiles as Kotone has a sigh of relief, looking a little less nervous than before.
“Who is it, if I may ask? Your girlfriend, I mean.”
Kotone blushes as she begins to think about her girlfriend.
“You probably don’t know her, Saori Hasegawa, a second-year at Gekkoukan. She’s a transfer student from overseas, she’s very shy, so she gets bullied a lot by other students. I stood up for her once and it slowly blossomed from there.”
Shinji smiles and Kotone smiles back.
“I’m glad, Kotone. Truly. That’s wonderful to hear.”
“Thank you, Shinji. I had a feeling you would be okay with it, but I was still so nervous.”
Kotone giggles.
“By the way, do you know if Akihiko or Mitsuru would be, uh, okay with it?”
Shinji shrugs and looks up.
“Can’t say. Though I’m pretty sure Akihiko would be fine with it. Mitsuru is, well, you know her upbringing. She’s a good person but I doubt she has much knowledge on this kinda stuff.”
Kotone nods.
“Ah, I see. Thank you, I think I want to tell everyone at some point but I don’t know, it’s scary.”
Kotone looks down, contemplating.
“A-anyway, thank you, Shinji. It felt good to finally tell someone.”
Kotone blushes.
“No worries, Kotone. If you need an ear to bend again just let me know.”
Kotone begins heading out of the room and bows.
“Thank you, again, Shinji.”
Kotone exits the room and shuts the door behind her. Shinji gets up and lies down on the bed with a smile on his face as her drifts to sleep .