[Light brushes his thumb over the back of Teru's hand. The act feels more natural than it would have a year ago when he was under constant scrutiny. Now it's a different kind of scrutiny - one that doesn't have a solution as simple as writing a name. But he doesn't have a choice but to bear with it anyway.]

I'll leave that up to you. You theoretically know what's around campus better than I do, after all.

[A pause.]

We don't have to keep holding hands all the way to wherever we're going. I just wanted to try it... for once.