Misato's been hoping for a room mate for a long time. Before Shinji arrived, her work friends when seeing Shinji;s picture commented on how much they looked alike. Misato always fancied being a big sister to a little brother when she was growing up. Now was her chance, but it was wearing thin with Shinji. And she was beginning to think that Shinji didn't appreciate her efforts.

"Isn't that good?" said Misato thinking that her efforts would win world acclaim. "Do you want to be alone for a while?" was her comeback.

"You can fill out an application to live with my Father --- as far as I care." replied Shinji. You'll have to provide for your own emotional comfort through. Father has never once given me even the time of day for that matter.

"Well ... moody today aren't we, Ha Ha ..." said Misato. "Don't think that I'm trying to be your mother." " Like I said, I think you'll find it agreeable if you give it a chance." she said not noticing Shinji boiling at the thought.

"Will you please SHUT UP!!" says Shinji. "You're the one who's afraid of commitment!" he says in a huff. It's going to take 4 seconds for this to register with Misato and when it does Shinji is going on a "ride".

"Hay, what did I say wrong ..." she didn't expect this; she really is concerned about Shinji. "I'm just trying to help your problem ... " she says a little embarrassed.

"Whatever problem you think I have, it's none of your business!" Shinji shouts at her; big mistake!

"You ... You Twerp!" says Misato; she's mad now. " ... So you think I'm insincere or something ... you just wait there ..." she says and unbelts her PDC. Very quickly she pokes-up Ritsuko's number, her apartment number. Ritsuko is still at NERV but Misato is mad and making a ruse to scare Shinji. However, she forgot that Ritsuko has a web-forwarder to her belt personal digital communicator (PDC). Hearing the mid-tone [beep beep] and Ritsuko's voice almost spoils the ruse but she keeps her cool and continues, hoping for double-double talk not to give her away.

"Waaa .... ?" says Shinji but choking on the word.

Shinji has yet to see Misato angry, really angry ... But he didn't expect this.

Misato wasn't about to be talked down to by a 14 year old boy, let alone out maneuvered. Keeping the high security clearance limited, even prohibited her from having friends or close associates outside of NERV. Dating was a big problem for single women and men for the matter; security and job regulations prohibited it for the most part. And besides, most of the single men were geeks or jerks, or both. Perhaps she was thinking six years in advance ... She grabbed her belt communications link and punched up Ritsuko.

"Ah. Ritsuko?" says Misato. "Yea. It's me. Ahem."

"Mr. Shinji, you know the one, I'm taking him to my `mansion' to show him where he'll be living while at NERV, ... if that's OK by you, per instructions and all that." Misato says into the communicator.

"What?" says Shinji. His heart rate is going up fast.

Shinji's sweating bullets.

Misato

"Everything's OK." Misato says while veins pop out on her forehead, she's really mad. "... Really." "Ha ... you know how cranky children get if you don't feed them once in a while. See ye..."

[beep] Misato closed the connection as fast as possible.

"Wait a minute Katsuragi!!" she shouts into the communicator. "What the hell are you talking about!?"

Ritsuko only heard the last of the message since it was on auto-transfer while she finished a spec. checkout with one of the control officers. She's clearly pissed. Katsuragi is up to something!