It's auspiciously sunny on the forth day of the sixth month called Duna. Winter has ended in some parts of Kokoro Island, and it's now early-spring. The temperatures are increasingly hot, but on this day it's somewhat chilly.
Near the beach of Kokoro Island, where palm trees swing on about, a couple decided to rest there. The girl lies on the boy's lap; wheras, the boy caresses her long blue hair.
Everything is peaceful, until the girl asks:
"Shinji-kun, can I ask you a question?"
The young man brings his gaze to her, and removes his hair from her pretty face.
"Go on."
"Although, your poems and songs are lame. These days, you don't compose some for me, or even tell me jokes. Why is that?"
"Ah...uh."
Shinji moves his mouth slightly. Thinking back to why he did those things, a smug smile appears on his face.
"You see those fish dancing in the ocean?"
Although her gaze is focused on Shinji's chin, she nods. Who cares about fish when your man is the most beautiful site in the world?
"When you catch one of them, you don't feed it any more bait. Instead, you eat it silently. I don't need to tell you who is the fish, right?"
Lila mumbles on her lips, as fury penetrates her bones. When she is one step away from biting Shinji's hand, he confesses:
"That's the joke I have today."
The young girl is caught in between two things: cry and laughter. Shinji has a way to make her feel emotions she never did before.
"I ha..."
Not giving her time to finish her words, the man in the scholar robe pastes his lips on hers. Forthwith, Lila's mind goes past all the galaxies of the universe. However, she didn't stay in space any longer, as Shinji pulls back his head.
"Don't say things you don't mean."
Shinji said equanimously, his deep voice ringing in Lila's ear like a melodic, electronic, dance song.
Meanwhile, Shinji's hand rovers around Lila's leg, as he kisses her again, before whispering: "It's fantastic, you know?"
Lila is caught in the moment: her green eyes blinking in a flustered sentiment. Shinji is an amateur in romance; him touching her makes her body quiver slightly —his hand has the best grip and pressure.
'Please do this more often!'
With a red blush on her face, she asks, "What is?"
"I think about you all the time and all the things I want to say to you. However, when I see you... I mean, when I see you, I tend to run out of words. All the questions, all the dirty little things that form in my mind, vanish."
"Even my assembly of elders fuse into one, when you're around."
"Assembly of Elders?"
Lila's voice carried a lot of curiosity on these words. However, she didn't get any answer right then, as Shinji begins to devour her lips again, his hands moving a few centimeters into her robes.
'He is sad... does that make him more intimate? Or It's just today?...'
Shinji's voice cuts through her thoughts:
"When I was young, I didn't have any friends, so, to make up for it, I made the Assembly of Elders in my mind. It's just me, using my different personalities to talk to myself and make time pass by."
Lila stays silent, placing her hand on his face. It's gloomy, but something is holding back his tears.
She knows his past is twisted; when she asked about it a few days before, she got something like:
"I had my first kill when I was 7. I went to those who bullied me by day, and bur their houses at night."
Or.
"I'd spread false rumors about a person; people would eventually gang up on them for their behavior. Well... most of the time, the Tama-Artists did the job for me."
Or.
"I would wait for them to turn around, and stone them to death. No head is too thick for a brick, right?"
She told him to reflect on his actions, and swore to never say such things to their unborn children... part of her said he was right, but such behavior can't be passed on.
In the end, she gave it time. However, now that he is saying something related to his past, she feels downhearted —she doesn't want to see him like this. What makes it worse is that she is the one who suggested that they should open up to each other.
A tear escapes her left eye, forcing herself to change the topic: "Tell me honestly... what does your Tama do?"
Shinji's face takes a 180 degree shift in expression. Looking at Lila, a chuckle escapes his thin lips.
"As the second Villain Rehabilitator..."
"Damn it."
Lila unexpectedly cursed, prompting him to stop. With a vexed look, she explains.
"My crazy brother calls himself that."
"Oh!"
Shinji looks at her with intrigue in his hazel eyes.
"It seems like my brother-in-law is someone I know."
Lila feels weak all over her body, she wants to cry for always running into these kinds of men. But deep down, she knew it was blatant, since every male, except those at the top, likes the First Tama-Artist —it's the only story with a male protagonist, after all.
Seeing Lila's gloomy expression, Shinji kisses her cherry lips to make her feel better. She wants to kiss him more, but his lips are gone within a minute.
With a blissful face, he says:
"What my Tama does is related to something the First Tama-Artist spoke about, so pay close attention."
Lila wants to scream that stop and kiss me more, but the young man is already into explaining.
"Truth has is that, before the universe we live in there was nothing, not even Life, Chaos, or Darkness. However, this nothing gave birth to something, which is called LIGHT, that is the fabric matter that makes the universe we live in. After the coming of LIGHT, Wisdom came from it, and later gave birth to Design. Thereafter, Origin matters were created from LIGHT and Wisdom, before Life —the last Origin matter."
Lila stops listening and starts playing with his hand. She doesn't want to think of the times her crazy brother forced education into her.
—Why?! Why?!... I hate my life! I can't believe my Shinji is one of them! Then again, they share the same birthmark...
"Everything that exist is matter, even dirt and fire. However, the true and strong matter are close to LIGHT, the fabric matter."
"My initial Tama can be said to be a present from the Fabric Matter itself, since it can create any form of matter I desire, which is not an Origin Matter. Since matter is in anything, I basically can make anything I want, this includes, even lifeless human bodies."
"Thr only downside is that what I make has to come from any part of my body."
"Since, I don't have a name for it, do you have any suggestions, my ignorant wife?"
"Huh?"
Lila is stunned by being called wife, and asks:
"Repeat what you just say."
A vein pops up on Shinji's forehead.
"I don't need that breathing technique you promised. Relaxing is the best way to absorb Rei from an Origin matter. Also, I can make my own Rei."
Lila is left speechless; before she could ask anything, Shinji opens his mouth. In the next second, a huge concentration of red Rei shoots from him with a gentle whoosh, before vanishing into the atmosphere.
She blinks a few times, sensing the Rei in his primordial space already nearing hers.
—What monster did I create?
'He is just like my elder brother!'
—This is bad!