She's not sure how to answer, or even how to handle someone trying to lift her back up from the darkness. No one does this sort of thing for her. No one ever gets close enough to know these feelings exist in her in the first place. And the last time she tried letting someone in, she ended up ruining it by being selfish.

Is it okay for her to want this? Is it okay to be so close to someone again?

Exhaling a deep, shaking breath, she tightens her grip on Adia's hands again.

"I... think I would."