[His smile goes softer as he squeezes his hand back, kissing him in return, just as gentle and just as soft.]
... Then it's a good thing you keep finding me, huh?
[It comes out a little softer than maybe he meant to, maybe aiming for something a little more joking, but... it's also the truth. You always find him. And he means what he said-- he never feels safer than when he knows Keith is there with him.]
I'm glad you did what you needed to do. And I'm... glad I'm so important to you. [He goes quieter on that first part, maybe still, despite it all, a thread of disbelief-- not one he's about to question, but one he's grateful for all the same as he smiles at him, gentle.] And I'm glad you're coming back to me.