Even looking at her now, it's the same feeling Togusa had when he saw her at the date, when that very first text had come in from Souji with her name on it. It's a childish, giddy elation, quiet in his heart. The feeling soothes his anger at Retrospec. It doesn't forgive it. But how can he hold on to anger at a time like this?

"That you can just forgive me like that," he smiles when he raises his head again. "If it happens again, I know better, I'll return, I'll stay. Because- you were still you."

His smile turns a little shyer. "I've still enjoyed your company these last few months. Even if it felt like something was missing." To be there for her, in whatever form it actually took. That was what he admitted to Mariko, wasn't it? What he really wanted.