And Ryuutaro still didn't like touches, but this time he didn't do anything about it. This one time he was -at least close to- okay with accepting it.

As Chrome entered he immediately turned to face her, eyeing her warily. Even if his encounters with Mukuro didn't go above any very brief contact, the resemblance was really hard to miss.
And then she spoke and all Ryuutaro could do was empathize. His fan opened immediately.
"Fate's path isn't always to be properly seen at first. Only all of the pieces add up to the greater picture in the end."
Which was to say that every part was needed, even if it didn't feel like a part at first. He just had a little too much experience in telling people things that could as well have been written in a fortune-cookie.