She rested her hands on her knees, laughing at his accusation of her strong head, and held onto the wall for support. Her arm would give her trouble, her back maybe too, but there was too much adrenaline pumping through her for either injury to make much of a difference. Him standing was a surprise to her, however, she assumed he was just trying to see how far she’d gotten without getting kill. She grunted lightly and pushed herself back into a standing position, opening her mouth to make a witty come back only, to her surprise, be pushed, stumbling back, by Arc’s bone crushing embrace. She stood in shock for a moment before she wrapped her arms around him, hugging him back tightly. She rested her head on his shoulder and sighed out in relief, ignoring the pain that his embrace had ignited.<br/><br/><i>“But don’t you ever do a fool thing like that again, you hear me? You’re too important to me now.”<br/>
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“You’re too important to me now.”</i><br/><br/>Important.<br/><br/>She repeated his words over and over in her head, almost in disbelief that they had come from his mouth. Not a day ago, he was cold, emotionless, and more detached from anything other than survival than she’d seen in anyone. Hearing him say this made her heart beat faster, and a small smile to form on her face. She hadn’t been important to anyone in a long, long time. She had been fighting with herself over these past hours on whether or not she actually saw something in him that she hadn’t seen in others, or if she was just happy he hasn’t killed her. But she knows now, she knows that he’s important to her, and she’s important to him. It all...fit. She swallowed thickly, nodding.<br/><br/>“You can’t bet I wouldn’t do anything to keep you alive, though. You’re important to me, too,” she says quietly, still keeping her arms wrapped around him. She knew they were wasting time to get back to his home, but she didn’t care, she could stay here for as long as needed. She let her body relax, finally letting any previous tension to melt away into his embrace. Everything she felt was confusing her, but she knew she’d figure it out in the end, so for now, she’s stay here, wrapped in his arms as he was in hers. Besides, she almost died, she could deal with some affection.<br/><br/>“We should probably get goin,” she mumbles against his shoulder, sighing deeply. All of the doubt in her mind faded away, her path was clear, at least...she thinks.