"I didn't mean --" Rikku stopped short, hoping he couldn't see her blushing in the night air. "That sounded wrong. I'm sorry? That, uh ..."

Snuggling in was perfect, right about now. He had good instincts for that sort of thing. She was going to hold on.

"Just because ... someone's better off that way, doesn't give me the right to put them there," she said carefully. "I mean, then I'm no better. Right?"