"You don't have to," Nanoha nuzzled the taller girl's neck, wetting Fate's skin with slightly-dampened cheeks. "I know, okay? ...and I do, too."

Right now, she could stay like this, with Fate, forever. Now that she'd said it; now that Fate had said yes, nothing could have ever dampened her mood in this moment. "We're... we're going to have to tell Vivio."