Gonou shakes his head, pressing his face into Jedao's hair.

"No-- you did," he murmurs, taking a deep breath. "I just needed someone to understand why it bothered me."

Without having to put it into words. He still isn't sure what he'd say if he did have to put it into words; he knows he's going to have to talk to Jon again, but he's glad it's not just yet.

"Also I wanted to hold you," he adds, wryly self-conscious.