At her words, he tightened his arms around her, his way say thank you, without saying it.
He felt her moving away a bit and then her soft lips on his cheek... funny how his face felt so hot so suddenly, he was blushing. Aw man, Nero had been taunting him for that already and he wasn't even aware of how accurate the taunting wa-- Why was he thinking about that right there? FOCUS!
He smiled, again, hopefully his cheeks wouldn't hurt later for the exercise... The fact was, it was going hard not to do it, with her around.
However, he had to say what he had to say. "Don't make promises you cannot keep..." His voice was calm. Maybe it was a bit cruel, but he knew, far too well it was impossible to assure that she wouldn't leave, even if she really meant it, and maybe she wasn't talking about that specifically, but maybe he wouldn't be able to find another moment to talk about it...