There's a small pang of regret when his hands finally leave her, but Kyoko doesn't move. She won't chase the touch, as much reassurance as it had lent to this delicate moment. They're both fine now anyway, right? They're fine. It's fine.

A small, hesitant smile even warms her face as she meets Shinji's eyes again. "Ah... thank goodness." That he's okay with her knowing, and that he hadn't been bearing this all totally alone until now. Kaito's a good person to lean on, isn't he? A bit of the weight on Kyoko's heart eases.

"I won't make you talk about things you don't want to," she promises easily, because it's true; it would have been fine if the shadows hanging over Shinji had remained a mystery to her forever--she wouldn't have pried. "But really... really, thank goodness."