[She nods in response, very glad for that. She liked their friendship and would hate anything to change, and the way he was treating this made the big knot of nerves inside her ease up considerably.
She closes the gap between them for him, moving away after a few seconds to make sure the barrier would be gone.
Though while he's leaning, her arms go around his neck before he can go too far and she buries her face in his shoulder. Crying, give her a minute. That went to show how comfortable she was around him already.]