Penelope closed her eyes for a moment as he leaned his head against hers. She felt him hold her a little tighter and she trailed her hand over his back. With everything there was for them to worry about, she took at least a little bit of comfort in his touch. She met his halfway as he kissed her again, relaxing against his lips. The knight tried to keep a bit of her guard up though. With her father so close by, she couldn't risk getting completely distracted by the thief like usual. 

As he pulled back and voiced his suggestion, Penelope shifted with uncertainty. There was a very high possibility that they wouldn't be able to get out of this mess. Her father refused to listen to her and was doing everything in his power to keep them apart. It would take a miracle for him to accept Crow or at the very least, stop trying to get between them. Though she was reluctant to leave the war early, she also didn't want to be forced to part from Crow and marry some other man.

"I will." she said with a decisive nod. Penelope reached to rest a hand on his cheek as looked at him affectionately. "I told you, I won't give you up easily. If it means leaving a bit sooner than planned, then that's what I'll do." she assured him before leaning in to press another kiss to his lips. This time she kissed him with a bit more passion, as if hoping that if her words didn't reassure him enough that her actions would. As she pulled back, she rested her head against his and fell silent for a moment. 

"We'll have to be extra careful though..." she mumbled with a frown. "If my father catches so much as a whiff of me planning to run off with you, I don't want to know what he'll do.." She shuddered at the thought of John reacting to such news. It made her press closer to the thief out of subconscious protectiveness.