It's different now, when she isn't quite so upset and he presses a kiss to her head all the same. It's a little distracting, actually, but in such an unexpectedly nice way all she can do is curl in a little closer to him.

"You are." And she hopes he always stays because now that she knows how much she can rely on him, how easy it can be to trust him, how good it feels to be this close to him, she doesn't think she can go back to being alone. "And so am I, and a few people who have no idea what they're talking about will never be able to change that."