[She knows why. Because if she kisses him, she'll never be able to stop -- and she knows it must be true for him as well. And no matter how right it would feel in one sense, in another it would be entirely wrong. Lacus would never allow herself to kiss Kira unless it was with her full heart behind it and she can't give him that right now.]
[Which is why it would be cruel for her to say the words that she is so close to speaking.]
[Instead she reaches up, brushing his cheek with her fingertips and then turning to rest her ear on his shoulder, looking out at the sea.] Then, where else would you like to go together?