"Yeah. I mean, it's important to you, right? And if you ever got injured, I could help you with it. Plus..." Heiji fussed a little with a blade of grass beside him. The interaction would also be rather intimate, and Heiji found that he wanted that part just as much. He wanted to feel Snake's fair, perfect skin under his fingertips for a little bit longer.

"...I wanna be closer to you."