[his heart aches with the trembling and tears, but he pulls takuto close and holds him tightly, all the way he'd want to be held if he was sad.]

If it comes to that and you cannot go, then I will go for you. And if she has been hurt by them, we will find a way to bring her back. Were you not the one who insisted on never giving up on a friend? That there is no such thing as an impossibility?

[if you can yell at him for doing the only thing he could with shinji, then like hell are you gonna sit here talking about being unable to help yako.]