[That's all Kaworu needs to know. The most important thing, right now, is to get to Shinji-kun swiftly.
He finds Shinji's rover soon (but not soon enough, it feels), and the first thing he wants to do, upon seeing his dearest friend, is to take him into his arms and hold him very tightly. He's ashamed of himself, though. Even as he draws in closer, close enough to see Shinji's beautiful and beloved face, he's ashamed of himself for being gone, and not for the first time. He keeps his hands to himself, then, and, inhaling, stops a few feet away.]
Ikari Shinji-kun—
[His voice is void of breath; he doesn't exhale. He's holding oxygen inside of himself like a punishment, though it does nothing to his body.]
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He finds Shinji's rover soon (but not soon enough, it feels), and the first thing he wants to do, upon seeing his dearest friend, is to take him into his arms and hold him very tightly. He's ashamed of himself, though. Even as he draws in closer, close enough to see Shinji's beautiful and beloved face, he's ashamed of himself for being gone, and not for the first time. He keeps his hands to himself, then, and, inhaling, stops a few feet away.]
Ikari Shinji-kun—
[His voice is void of breath; he doesn't exhale. He's holding oxygen inside of himself like a punishment, though it does nothing to his body.]