She couldn't miss that sniffle, try as she might not to eavesdrop. Oh no. She was definitely intruding too much now, but leaving would surely only give Shinji something else to feel bad about. Could she just make herself tiny in this corner and vanish? What she really wanted was to hold him, but...

But Kaito caught her eye. That... didn't feel like he was telling her to leave. Kyoko bit her lip, and stared down at her hands. If she was going to try to comfort him at all, now was probably the moment, right?

Quietly, she slipped across the space between them to sink down beside Shinji. Carefully, she rested a hand on his back below Kaito's. "It sucks," she agreed, her voice small. "It really, really sucks... but I'm so glad you're with me."