"What got into you today?" Shinji Ikari asked, referring to the girl's surprise attack.
"It was a strategy. It doesn't seem to be working, so I'll have to use plan B," Six said in distress.
"Plan B?"
"A younger boy hit on Chang at school today."
"Doesn't someone confess to her almost every day?"
"But she always turns them down politely with very formal social pleasantries."
"Because she thinks they'd be too pitiful if she didn't give them a proper answer. She told me that."
"Unexpectedly calm. A total failure!"
"So what kind of reaction are you trying to get out of me, anyway?" Shinji Ikari chuckled.
"It's all right. There's still plan C?"
"What is it?"
"I can't say."
"Not even to me? Are you keeping secrets from me, Six?"
"Ugh, but Trowa said..."
"It looks like I'm not as important to Six as Trowa is." Shinji Ikari let out a sigh, pretending to be hurt.
At that, Six seemed to make up her mind and immediately reassured him:
"Of course you are! Then I'll tell only you, but don't tell anyone you heard it from me."
She didn't want to see Shinji Ikari unhappy, but she didn't want to betray the sisters she had lived with for years, either.
It was undoubtedly agonizing. Although her soul had made its decision in a second, she still struggled with it.
"All right, I'll keep your secret." Shinji Ikari took the girl into his arms, lowering her guard.
"Okay. I'm taking you to the dorms, but everyone decided this together. It's not just my responsibility... I want to play a game. Do you have time?"
Led by the girl, Shinji Ikari arrived, deep in thought, at the dormitory area, which was relatively deserted during working hours.
They walked down the corridor,