"Shouldn't be too hard to do," he says, turning his hand so he can hold hers instead.

A little contact is clearly not enough right now.

Besides, they've already gotten past the potentially-awkward-we-haven't-had-any-physical-contact portion of their relationship.

"You're right, though. It wasn't exactly common-place for this sort of thing to happen. For me, especially. I ... wasn't like everyone else."