oob: shinji and kippei - akira is dead?

Kippei was cleaning up the kitchen, getting ready for dinner, keeping an ear out for Akira coming back. Shinji was in the living room, he thought, and Akira was out running or something. Whenever he came back they could eat--Shinji had cooked, which was why Kippei was cleaning up. But if Akira was much later, it was going to be cold before they ate it. He told himself he wasn't worried, yet. Moving to the doorway, he glanced in at Shinji and smiled faintly--he looked like a sexy cat, all sprawled out on the floor, and Kippei couldn't tell from here if he was doing something, reading maybe or just dozing, but it made a very nice picture anyway.

He opened his mouth, hesitating briefly as he tried to decide whether to risk waking Shinji up if he was dozing off to ask him if Akira had called or anything--and Kippei was pretty sure that he hadn't, so maybe he should let Shinji be instead of betraying his disquiet in so obvious a way. The question became a moot point when there was a knock at the door. Kippei turned his head, frowning a bit. Not Akira, then. But they weren't expecting anyone else...