He made a startled noise when she moved, then instinctively put his arm around her shoulders to steady her. There was absolutely no logistical reason for his other hand going to her knee, however.

"Relationship," Glitch agreed, and offered a somewhat wondering smile. This faded as he considered reasons, the things that made for the weird and awkward stuff that he wanted so badly to ignore.

"I just..." He closed his eyes to concentrate, and his fingers glided idly down her shin. "None of it matters, not to us, but - I'm sorry, I can't help worrying. About what they'd think. You're young and beautiful and and I'm...we're very unconventional." He opened his eyes again, and the hand that had made its way to her ankle went to his head. "Stupid. Why didn't they take my uptight social hangups while they were at it?"