Crystal frowned when Irina sat up in the hospital bed, noticing the slight pain on Irina's face just from moving a bit. She sat down beside the woman, sighing as Irina placed a hand on her shoulder. Irina seemed to be in a good mood, and honestly that kind of annoyed The Princess, beaming up at her like that. Crystal knew this would happen eventually, she had tried to tell Irina back then, but Irina wanted to be a knight so badly that she was willing to die for her. It made no sense, but Crystal couldn't even try to understand what went through that head of her's.
"Mmm..." She smiled and nodded softly to her protector, unsure what to say to the woman. Crystal resisted making eye contact with Irina, keeping her eyes on her lap or just on anything that wasn't Irina. She really couldn't bare to look at Irina's face, but that didn't really matter now... The lady knight pulled her into an embrace, their faces were side by side, and everything from the waist up was pressed against Irina's battered body. Her face burned red, the whisper, the closeness of their bodies was really overwhelming, yet it felt...nice. Crystal inhaled Irina's scent, it smelled minty from all of the ointment and herbs they put on her, but she quite liked it. Pressing her lips gently against the spot by Irina's earlobe, a gentle, discreet kiss. Would Irina even notice? She closed her eyes for a few seconds, about how long her lips were touching Irina's skin.
A small smile crossed her lips as she pulled away and whispered back, "I'm not so easily broken..." Crystal lifted up from the embrace and for once, studied Irina's bruised face. Still beautiful... A familiar smirk played on her lips and a devious glint in her eyes as she contemplated attempting something more bold. Instead, she caressed along Irina's jaw line with her fingertips. "You should be glad I got you back in time. Argo was having quite the fit." She said in a somewhat teasing tone, though still a mere whisper.
Of course Crystal didn't mention anything about her own worrying or fits... That would be too embarrassing, but surely Irina knew by now that Crystal didn't like to discuss her feelings.