Yes, definitely she would hit someone - or shoot them - if they said anything about Alphen. After everything he'd done for her, everything they had been through. She was still blushing pretty intensely, though relieved at the same time that he shared the feelings she did of wanting to have more closeness.

"So ..then.." She murmured softly, sidling closer to him with a shy smile of her own. It was a good thing that their friends had long gone off on their separate ways, but she was still half expecting someone to interrupt them. The thought got an awkward little chuckle at first, "Then...can I-" she paused again, glancing away sheepishly. New dilemma: How to phrase a request to him to remove his shirt without dying of a blush?