Ah. That's entirely possible. He's not confident that he wouldn't be shoo'd right out of the kitchen if he offered to help under these circumstances, but she at least deserves to know there aren't any hurt feelings floating around out there.

"I'll see if I can stop her from going any more overboard with it than she already might have."

Unlikely, but he may as well try, right? Before he lets go of Kai completely, however, Shinji leans up once more to return that kiss, brushing a quick, soft one onto Kai's cheek. One more reassurance, one more sincere display of affection to really cement the idea that everything will be fine.

"Hopefully it won't take too much convincing."

He. Will see.