He settled in close, arms wrapped tightly around the other nation. "The Queen almost took me from you, Liet. She did take me, and like, who knows if it might happen again? If she'd let me escape next time? I don't... If something like that happened again, I wouldn't want to leave with regrets, you know? I... I like, wouldn't want to be taken away from you, knowing I let fear keep me from being as close to you as I could have. Not again. Please..."