"I am nothing if not a creature of habit!" Kuon cheerfully replied to Takuto's comment about sensing a pattern in her. She can't help it, she can only spare so much thought to modulating and adjusting the way she talks - at least he finds it endearing. That's a load off her shoulders.

She didn't flinch or balk at the second attempt at combing fingers through her hair.

Stay with me.

He wants her. He wants her around, and not even for her technical abilities. Though that probably sweetens the pot, this is different from how they first met.

She wants him too. Finally someone she fits with, who isn't disturbed by her. The first time since her parents died. The first time someone wanted to look after her well-being since EMMA.

"Let's do it. Let's look after each other. No taking it back when you're sober!"