[Shivers, just a little, at the words and the touch that draws out an exhale that feels closer to relief, some of the tension in his shoulders easing as he leans into him.]
Yeah. [He isn't afraid of it anymore, and there's a quiet, still kind of sad but certain confidence in affirming this fact.] Yeah, I did.
[Is he clinging? Yes. He doesn't care. Too spent both emotionally and physically to care about anything else but Shiro in this moment, the tone to his voice still carrying certainty but dropping to something more vulnerable too.] I had to get you back.