[He reached out hesitantly to grab her arm, face flushed from the bold action. God, he'd never let himself do that with her back home and it was strange to do it now.]

I...I only meant physically. I...dunno what's been going on here, but I doubt that it's been easy. That's all. I, uh, [he rubbed at his neck with his free hand, still unwilling to let go of her elbow] I wanna know what's happened though, Naoto, if you, uh, wanna tell me.