[ When she sets down the sword and faces him, he takes in the gratitude in her expression and feels his chest grow tight. He listens to her and when she asks him, when she clarifies, that he's not going anywhere he knows he needs to make it clear he isn't. Because he's not. He already knows this.

He reaches out a hand, skimming his fingers lightly down her forearm before taking her hand in his own and squeezing it gently. ]

'Course not. Even after this, you go back to the US and I go back to Japan, I still plan to talk to you all the time. I'm about to graduate and go to university, I'll study hard and go to one close to you, I think.

[ He has some dreams and Wednesday fits into all of them now. He really would do anything to stay by her side. ]

I just... really like you. [ He ducks his head with a smile, laughs lightly. ] Like, a lot.