Right. No one was going anywhere. Kai kept his arms firmly around both of them as Kyoko held their faces. Ah... He made a particularly snotty sounding sniff (romantic), and mustered up a wobbly half-grin for them.

"We're here," he murmured to echo Shinji. "We're all right here." Back together, tied to one another with all these red threads and shining charms. "Sorry it took so long."