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She smiles fondly at him, turning her head to kiss his hand. There was probably no way to change his mind on the matter, but it was worth trying, at least.

“That may be, but I’m your friend, and I was trying to help. As your friend, I should have recognized you were uncomfortable and let the subject drop. It’s not like it wasn’t obvious you were getting nervous. I pushed too far.”

That made him smile a little and he lifted a finer to gently brush it over her cheek in kind, opening his eyes again.

“It’s really okay. I can’t be so sheltered all the time, right? How else will I learn…?” He wanted to learn everything. He needed to know these things. “And besides… You even said he wanted to. I got upset over nothing.”