It was far more of a reassurance than Blue would have admitted she might have been seeking. She glanced away for a moment, though the slight rosey hue that was blooming across her cheeks was hard to miss this close beside him.

"You're very sweet," she said with a light laugh before she smiled back at him again with all sincerity. "That actually means quite a bit to me, really." Blue brushed a bit of her hair back behind her ear, looking very comfortable as she looked out over the water despite how open she was being and the blush that was still sitting there.

"Even if it's just for a little bit... It's nice to be a bit more than just a passing background character in someone's life, I guess. Or I guess it's just nice to have at least a bit of the same impact as they had on you, even if it's not quite the same at all."