The touch on her shoulder made her shiver - which was stupid. It was just her shoulder! Not even her bare shoulder! But somehow it seemed like such an important thing for him. He'd barely brushed against her before, and now he was touching her. She thought, and couldn't seem to remember having seen him never touching anyone, really.
She moved a bit closer to him on the seat, and felt foolish doing it, but then her hand fell to her lap, then to his knee instead, as if she could anchor him that way. "Well, now we'll have other options. Aside from chess. To keep one another company with."