[ In theory, Kazu wants to say it won't bother him. What they feel for each other shouldn't change regardless of other encounters, and he knows Val isn't going to fuck off to greener pastures if things get difficult. They're past that. But there's the theory and there's practice -- he hasn't had any of the latter. ]

Right now it's worry.

[ What if he's jealous, or possessive, or selfish? Part of him, the part that's been told throughout his life that he's not good enough, is scared of screwing things up and the more complicated things are the more likely it seems.

How the hell does he explain that to Val? ]

...this is a lot of new things at once for me. I trust you. I just don't know how I'll handle it.