[ Mikazuki doesn't pull himself away even when she loosens her embrace with him, he can only at this time, look down at her, lips turned up into another smile, and it's something that he manages at this point out of habit, almost close to how he was able to do so easily earlier in the weeks before everything took a nosedive. ]

I don't fault you for it, not at all in the slightest, so it is alright. I understand how you feel.

[ ... He really does. He doesn't want her to feel ashamed for how she feels, when they're going through things like this together. ]

I'll stay as long as you need me to.