[ There was another pause, as Kyoko debated that, and considered her words. ]

I... don't think I want to be kept a secret or anything, though. [ That would surely feel worse than this tickle of anxious nerves. ] And I don't want to keep you--or you and Shinji--a secret either. But what we have, right now it's still... it feels kinda delicate. [ Like she could break it easily, or like she could break easily. ] If somebody asked me to explain it, I don't know if I'd be able to do it properly, so... I think, for now, I don't want to be surprised by outsiders knowing about us.