Ah, she's done it now. For a moment, Kyoko just looks at Shinji, tense and miserable.

But if she's already let him figure out this much, well... maybe the best option is to just go with it. Admitting this is still better than getting to the heart of the matter. This would be easier to salvage, right? And maybe it'll be enough to dissuade Shinji from asking any more.

"... There's no way it wouldn't. Even if you didn't hate me for it... nothing would be the same anymore." Kyoko swallows thickly, but both the cough and the jitters have been soothed for now. "I... don't wanna do anything that would hurt you, and I don't want anything to change, so... can't you let me be selfish this time?"