(i also have kaworu bot 💋)

That one chapter after Rei's death.

"uh..."

Obviously, Ikari had a hard time with this - the death of someone quite close to him, how can he quickly recover from this? This is just another trauma, which is already enough in poor Shinji's life.

This makes him not even want to return home, and not pilot the eva - on the contrary, he wants to run away from here, far away, so as never to see or know this again, so as to forget about all the bad things that happened to him.

Obviously, running away to a new acquaintance's room is more than a good idea for him. Kaworu may not be the best person in his eyes (killing a kitten), but it’s still much better than returning home. And also, Despite the external roughness, something soft, warm and kind gradually awakens inside. Shinji in his way to start act like Asuka, to be honest.

"How long I can stay here?"