“I will always protect you!”
From Ren :)
(From the prompt here.)
There is a swooping in Reina's chest that feels like that weightless split second between tripping and landing face-first on the ground, and she feels her expression soften to something far more vulnerable than she'd like. She turns her face away so that Ren doesn't see the moment of fragility.
Reina gives a breathy chuckle, weak and faintly wet. "Heh. Ren, that's... you're making me blush, come on now."
(She hates the way her lip trembles, the way she has to blink several times to keep everything in.)
Still looking away, she reaches over and rests her hand atop Ren's own, giving it a light squeeze. It sounds...nice, the idea of being protected; she hopes it never comes to that, but it'd be nice. To not feel like she has to go it alone.