[ It's only fair that she doesn't know what she's answering, because he's not sure what it is he's asking. Never was good with the ambiguous but being with Helix taught him that sometimes you just have to deal with not knowing what you are and right now he has no idea whatsoever. All he knows is that she makes him feel like everything will be okay and he needs that more than ever, needs someone he can hug and curl up to at night and protect. Someone who needs him, always, not just when there's a baseball match or a tag-team battle on some zombie shooter. He's nothing without Helix but maybe he can be at least something with Euphie.
Just not a couple. Not yet and maybe not ever, definitely not before he knows for sure that he likes kissing her just because it's her and not because she's there, because he's lonely or sad or projects his grief onto the only person around who can fill the void. He hasn't told her any lies but maybe he's lying to himself from sheer exhaustion and desperation. He just doesn't know but he knows that there's a huge swell of relief at her answer, like everything really will be alright and he'll be able to sleep again, able to do anything again and since when is he this needy? ]
...Thank you. [ Muffled in a breath against her shoulder, he wraps his arms a little tighter around her. Like a drowning man to driftwood. ]