Today is just determined to be incredibly stupid in any way it can.

But, make it up to him...? Because of those unspoken implications? And the entirely ruined mood? Another bit of color rises to Shinji's cheeks, but that promise is what gets his frown to soften up just a tiny bit. He loosens up his hold on Kai's hand, so he can instead move both hands up to cup the other's cheeks. Time for that face to become a sandwich.

"I'm not worried about that." It's not like either of them owes the other anything, especially when everything had been unspoken in the first place. More than that, he wouldn't expect Kai to leave him high and dry on purpose in any situation, let alone something like this.