There'd just been the fear (from where??) that maybe Kyoko would have slipped away from him. Science could probably very easily be conducted without actually sitting together. In fact, science probably would have worked better if they were sitting separately! An extremely disagreeable idea, that one.

That pretty blush was just the balm his desires needed. "Yeah." She did need to be with him. Just, y'know, all wrapped up in his arms. Getting cozy. All that. They could do that and be still, right? Sure. "Okay."

Off to somewhere to sit then. Kai led her closely along, but it soon became apparent that there was a choice to make. The comfortable, tried-and-true couch was always there for them to depend on. A prime cuddle spot. There was another spot down the hall though, her room beckoning all those prospects of the menacing that had been put on hold.