Kai can get that comfort, at least. Shinji isn't going anywhere without him, even if there are still very pressing matters to attend to. At the inn, he'd said... that was smart on Kyoko's part - Shinji hadn't even considered checking there after he'd figured it was off-limits for him for the time being.

They can't stick around here while Kyoko's stil missing, though. Even as he tightens his hold on Kai, nobody is going to slip out of reach now, he urgently rasps out, "We have to go find her." Before she gives up hope on them, before she thinks she's truly alone here.