Kai made a broken sound against the other boy's shoulder. It wasn't a sob though. Strangely enough, it seemed more like a... laugh? A laugh. Kai had laughed at that. "God, I sound like such a sad sack," he muttered into Shinji's shirt.

That didn't stop him from giving Shinji a warm squeeze though. Don't think he didn't appreciate it.

He tilt his head, just a little, not enough to really disrupt that soothing brush through his hair. It was just to murmur low and soft in Shinji's ear, "Thank you."