To Each His Own

Author's Note: As always, written for endlessfuture 50 themes at LJ. This one is nothing more than a long drabble - way over hundred, but not quite long enough to be anything else. Nonetheless, I hope it's enjoyable, as always. Please R&R!

Title: First Impressions
Genres: Romance
Pairings: Shinn/Rey
Word Count: 369
Rating: PG
Summary: FIRST IMPRESSIONS. (Gosh, it's so sad to have the same words for your TITLE, your THEME, and your SUMMARY.)

Shinn's first impressions of Rey had been rather... alright. That was the only word to say about it: alright, because Rey wasn't a person easily given to contact. Even after years of association, Rey wasn't an easy person to know, Shinn reflected, snuggling closer to the blonde boy. 'Rey?'

'Remember the first day we met?'

Rey smiled softly, and one hand went around Shinn's neck to bring him closer. 'Yes. I remember.'

They had been trainees, sitting in a classroom, and the teacher had told them to mingle, to make friends. Shinn had debated talking to Rey, but decided not to. He didn't know why, but Shinn instinctively felt that Rey wasn't a person who would easily make friends. People got the sense that he was an okay guy, but he wasn't the sort to be friendly, especially on a first day in an academy where they were all striving to make something of themselves, to distinguish themselves from the rest, to impress the teachers and prove to them that they could be the best.

So Shinn had abandoned the thought of socializing too much with him and begun to talk to Lunamaria, who was both lively and competitive and cheered him up almost effortlessly, simply with a smile, when he had started to think of his parents, Mayu, the reason why he was in ZAFT.

So Shinn didn't think about Rey till that night, when he found out that himself and Rey were in the same room – in other words, that he would have to live with the blond boy for the next three years at least. So that night, Shinn had turned over in bed to face Rey – already beginning his workaholic habits at the workstation. 'It's Rey, isn't it? Rey za Burrel.'

'Yes,' Rey had replied, at least taking his eyes off the screen to look at him, although his fingers never stopped moving at their rapid pace. 'And you're-'

'Shinn. Shinn Asuka.'

Rey had smiled at him, then. 'Yes. I know.'

And for no reason at all, Shinn had blushed, and Rey had smiled even more and turned back to his work. And there and then Shinn had revised his first impression of Rey upwards.

Author's Note: Okay, that was it. Please, R&R, especially if you liked it!