Hearing that brought Kai a little bit more relief. As long as they could talk things out like this, things would be fine probably. He just had to be mindful of his promises.

"Ah... yeah, I'm sure she's worried. She'll definitely want to hear it from you."

Which meant it was finally time to let Shinji go. Giving him another little squeeze, Kai eased his hold. There was one more kiss planted right there on his noggin.

"I didn't see a cake, but that doesn't mean she didn't go all out on dinner."