Anything he might need? Kai blinked at that. He thought they'd covered things pretty well? It wasn't like he needed very much at all, and Shinji was just very good at meeting all of those without doing anything differently from his usual patterns. Telling him why he was upset when he could was just established so what? Else?

Anything he needed from him. Kai peered down at him, but the only clue he was getting was just how vibrantly crimson those cheeks had gotten. It felt like he was on the cusp of understanding, but that was in an untapped realm of potential that Kai's thoughts wandered near only sometimes in the depths of night. So that wasn't it.

"What wouldn't I be getting?"