[Under any other circumstances he'd tease her about the blush. As it is, he still has trouble keeping the grin off his face as he shakes his head.]

Not by much, I promise. I don't want us to get separated if I lose your hand somehow. Besides, this way you can yell at me while we go instead of needing to save your breath for running.

[Two chocobos with one green, two monsters with one spell or some such metaphor. Of course, if she doesn't want to, they can forget all about this, but...]