[His brow creases at her reassurances, still quietly fretting over possible bruised lips or him accidentally biting her somehow, despite the evidence to the contrary. If she said she was fine, she was fine, but of course he was going to worry...
She notices his close proximity the same moment he does, and it's a knee-jerk reaction to want to pull away, his own face flaming a bright red as the realization hits. But... something stills him somehow, keeping him glued to this spot, with his arm draped protectively around her waist and his fingers nearly ghosting her lips. Maybe it was the cute pink that was coloring her face, or the lingering need to keep her close after the headache of this ordeal, but now he didn't want to let her go...
His heartbeat was practically reverberating between them, deafening in his ears, and what she says doesn't register until a couple seconds later.]
A-Ah-- yeah, I guess it is.
[It's said almost distractedly, his attention more caught on the girl in front of him than the situation they just got themselves out of. The bat was out of the picture now, but he didn't want to let the memories of their holidays together be tainted by the awkwardness brought by that thing. And he didn't want that to be the case for their kisses, either.
Leaning in carefully, to give Sakura an opportunity to pull back if she wanted to, his eyes glance at her questioningly.]
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She notices his close proximity the same moment he does, and it's a knee-jerk reaction to want to pull away, his own face flaming a bright red as the realization hits. But... something stills him somehow, keeping him glued to this spot, with his arm draped protectively around her waist and his fingers nearly ghosting her lips. Maybe it was the cute pink that was coloring her face, or the lingering need to keep her close after the headache of this ordeal, but now he didn't want to let her go...
His heartbeat was practically reverberating between them, deafening in his ears, and what she says doesn't register until a couple seconds later.]
A-Ah-- yeah, I guess it is.
[It's said almost distractedly, his attention more caught on the girl in front of him than the situation they just got themselves out of. The bat was out of the picture now, but he didn't want to let the memories of their holidays together be tainted by the awkwardness brought by that thing. And he didn't want that to be the case for their kisses, either.
Leaning in carefully, to give Sakura an opportunity to pull back if she wanted to, his eyes glance at her questioningly.]
Can I...?