"I can't wait for this day to be over" Rei thought. It had been even longer since that fateful day she met Usopp, and he was starting to fade from her thoughts a little bit. The school bell rang and Rei got up to leave the ninja school house. "Wait, Rei!" Iruka said as Rei almost walked out the door. Rei turned around. "It's your day for garbage duty" Iruka reminded her. Re wondered why the school didn't just have the janitor do this. She took the garbage bag anyway and headed outside to the dumpsters. As she got closer, she noticed loud noises and shaking coming from inside the dumpster bin. "Damn kakashi, playing in the garbage again..." Rei thought. She lifted up the lid, and to her surprise, inside was Usopp, eating a banana someone must've thrown away. Rei's heart started beating at a million miles per hour. "Oh, Usopp!" Rei couldn't help but cry out. "Eh?" he asked lazily. "Do we know each other?" Those words cut through Rei's heart like a knife. "Is this what it is to love?" Rei thought to herself. "Uh... um... yes. We met once..." Rei's shaky voice trailed off. "Oh! I remember now, I walked around town with you once!" He said. "You... remember?" Rei's heart started heating fast again. "What was your name again?" He asked. "It's Rei... Ayanami, Rei." Rei suddenly had an idea. Usopp was eating food from the garbage, so he must be really struggling. She wondered how long he's had to live like this. The least she could do is to make some food for him, and take care of him, and ease his suffering at least a little bit. Rei gathered up courage and asked carefully, "Are you alright? I mean... I can give you better food, I'll make you anything you want... a grade A sirloin steak, anything..." Usopp frowned, "Tschh, look, I don't know how to put this lightly, but I'm not interested." "Wh-what?!" Rei thought, "I got rejected?!"