[Not for the first time even today, she wishes she could see his eyes more clearly. It feels like that was the wrong answer, but she doesn't know what else she could have told him. She rolls onto her side and drapes an arm across his chest. It knocks her Evoker off her lap where she'd laid it, but that's okay, no one's going to make a grab for it up here.

Not for the first time, she wishes Shinji were here so she could ask him if this is what it was like for him. Is this why he was always pushing people away? It doesn't feel like that's what she's doing, but...

Besides! He said it would be fun! She's probably overthinking it.]

I thought you were asking me on a date when you messaged me earlier, [she teases instead, trying to find her more stable, lighthearted ground.] Maybe next time, it'll be me asking you out somewhere.