"No, you wouldn't," Soubi replied confidently into Ritsuka's hair. "Because you are a very strong person and even if something happened to me, you would continue on. But you don't have to worry about that, because I'm not going to let anything take me away from you and leave you all alone."

The fighter pulled away just enough to glance around and step them both to the side as a zombie ambled past without seeing them. No way he wanted either of them to find out what might happen if they accidentally touched one.