[The thing is. Shinji does prefer to be alone when he's in a brooding mood like he has been. It's easier than being around people, who try to be comforting, when he doesn't tend to believe he deserves any such thing.
There's an uncomfortable feeling, too, that runs down his spine at the comment about how company would be nice, because his kneejerk reaction is still that he's unpleasant to be around and they should find someone better if that's what they're after. But he can't actually bring himself to say it, because the irony is he's trapped himself in his own dumbass awkwardness, where being asked to be left alone to stress-bake in peace is about a thousand times more embarrassing than having been caught baking in the first place.]
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There's an uncomfortable feeling, too, that runs down his spine at the comment about how company would be nice, because his kneejerk reaction is still that he's unpleasant to be around and they should find someone better if that's what they're after. But he can't actually bring himself to say it, because the irony is he's trapped himself in his own dumbass awkwardness, where being asked to be left alone to stress-bake in peace is about a thousand times more embarrassing than having been caught baking in the first place.]
...It's fine. Do whatever you want.
[Sorry for the thugdere up in here, Lion.]