It still felt kind of weird, to be thanked for something like this. It felt like believing in him should have just been a baseline to follow, but... Well, Kai knew that wasn't the case didn't he. He'd low-key been in a state of disbelief this whole time over similar enough sentiments. Maybe someday these would be feelings that were normal.

Wouldn't that be wild?

Kai leaned down, gently bumping his head against Shinji's. "Yeah," he murmured. They were both really lucky. "Can't think of anywhere I'd rather be." Not now. Not after all of this.