Well, you see, he'd forgotten that Shinji had ever asked because the day was just a day. There really wasn't a point in remembering it! He was used to nothing, so he expected nothing, and was now realizing (once again) that maybe he was an idiot. It certainly felt like his face was probably doing something stupid, somewhere between trying to smile but mostly looking really baffled. The surprise... was a resounding success??

They had wanted to do something nice for his sorry ass. What was he supposed to do about that!

Flustered to brand new levels of flustering, Kai quickly grabbed another bite of the katsu (that had been made! for him!?) and aggressively shoved it in his mouth.

"It's--!" Very hot. "Really delicious!"