[if anything could actually get Allen to relax a little, it's actually checking after his welfare. it's true this was all very sudden and he wasn't sure what he was going to do, but the fact that Rin does pause, does check with him, has what tension might have been in him to bleed out.

but then he recalls what Akira and he talked about and just. kind of. smiles. it's not the best kind of smiles, but it's not a bad one, either.]

There's... maybe a couple of things to discuss before anything happens, if you're willing to wait a bit.

I just don't want you to be making any decisions before knowing them, is all.