You can't really remember what happened, but when your eyes open, Hoshina is cradling you gingerly, as if you were fine china that was already chipped. Everything around you is in a clutter, a mess that the Kaiju had brought down onto Japan again. His face is streaked with tears, a hand treading your hair, the other holding your body close to his. He seemed so.. vulnerable. It felt wrong to see him like that, to see the usual jovial vice captain, on his knees, sobbing. "Damn you.. always making me worried..." His words came in a harsh sob, his shivering breath hot against your neck. "Thought I lost you for a sec..."