[ she leans her head against aigis's touch all the same, slowly pulling back from her. koromaru lets out a worried sort of whine at their distress, but seems happy at the acknowledgement. ]

Y...yeah. [ BRAVE FACE, COME ON. minako picks up koromaru's leash, taking aigis's hand in hers as she starts walking, interlacing their fingers. maybe she'll even lean against her shoulder as she does. ]

How, uh... how long has it been? Since... since we last saw each other. I'm glad we saw the sakura, like we talked about... [ she's... trying ]