Then it is a very good thing that the situation is not reversed.

[Alucard's tone is warm. It'd be painfully awkward, he knows that much. He'd probably hide or become distant for a few days in order to make sense of his own emotions.

But that's not the case. Which helps. As does Hilda's hand, which he gently squeezes back.]

I...think your not trying anything is a factor in this. It let things happen naturally and under my own steam. Not that it makes things any less awkward for you now.

[It's good, knowing that the expectation of a dramatic true love is not limited to himself. He wants to ask about Hilda's, but all in good time. Besides, maybe there's something in her last statement.

Worth trying.]

Maybe that's all we do. Be friends who sometimes sit around and kiss each other. Nothing more elaborate or defined or exacting than that.