Sadie basks in the small but constant physical touches, savouring it and the comfort it gives, an excellent shield to the weirdness that is her new ears being moved. She could not have predicted Ben's reaction to the admittance of her plans to become clean.

"Ben!" She whispers louder than it was before, ears upright in shock and eyes wide, slitted pupils locked onto his face.

"I-you! Just because I'm telling my parents about me doesn't mean you have to too. There is no pressure you okay? I love you too much to do that."