The kisses do more to convince him than the words, and they have the added bonus of being distracting. And it's OK,'now she's said that. He's not going to keep asking. She's showing him she's alright, and that's good enough for him.

He presses for a deeper kiss, and the hand on her leg moves upwards to start stroking between them, nice and easy, just like they started off that night by the campfire. That had been good. He's really bloody hoping this'll be better. He's told her it will be enough times, he'll feel stupid if he's wrong.