He didn't hesitate in returning her second hug, his arms wrapping tightly around her, one hand going to cradle her head against him in a comforting manner. There was a part of him that didn't want to let her go, an underlying fear that she would disappear into a thousand flecks of pixels the moment that he stepped back.

"I'll always find you," he said gently. No world had ever kept them apart for long and no world ever would, as far as he was concerned. He placed a kiss on the top of her head, trying not to look too put out when she pulled back again.

Which was easy to do when she said those words, his mind immediately preoccupied by one of his last talks with his family. And what's your job? ... To be a high school student... His head hung back as he let out a groan.

"My dad's gonna kill me."