It didn't even occur to Rogue to wonder if that kiss broke what held them there. She was too caught up in what she was feeling to think to check. She received that kiss as comfort, and felt it as a pulse of attraction that ran through where his lips had touched all the way down her spine.

Closing her eyes, she exhaled quietly, "I know."

Rogue didn't seek to grab her hand away, and she rallied strength to do what had to be done, to focus in the moment and think past her pounding heart. "Your shield's up?"