She sighed. This was a fight she was going to always lose, she could tell - and it wasn't even a fight, per se. But Alphen's stubborn insistence on defending her... was not actually something she wanted to change anyway.

At the last though, she felt herself blush, catching her breath slightly. "I think.. Zephyr was the one to do that, more than me. YOu always were the one to reach out, and I always tried keeping a distance from ..everyone." But then he ended up being the one that made her want to get closer to people - to him in particular.