Penelope remained tense, unsure how Crow would respond. She had made mistakes in the past with her judgement but none of them had ever been quite as poor as this. As she felt his hand trail over her shoulders, she managed to relax them slightly under his touch. At his words, her gaze softened a bit, relieved to find out that he didn't blame her for what had happened.  The knight was glad he didn't hold any resentment towards her for it. Though she herself had never blamed him for a similar situation had happened with Rikki in the past when they were all together, Penelope felt like all of Cedric's talk should have been clue enough to her to move away from him sooner.

A small smile managed to find its way onto her lips as he assured her that he still trusted her and that nothing had changed. She turned to face him more directly. The knight nearly felt overwhelmed by the urge to wrap her arms around him. However, even in her upset state she managed to keep a clear enough head to not do anything that would cause for unwanted attention. So instead, she settle for a touch to his arm, that hopefully just seemed playful to an outsiders view. She wasn't sure if anyone was keeping tabs on them at the moment—she hadn't checked her surroundings since he had reached her side—but assumed it was still best to play it safe despite how she longed to close the distance between them and take comfort in his embrace.

"I love you too. It just.. feel like I should have paid more attention in order to stop it and I didn't want you getting hurt because I messed up." she murmured in response. She shook her head and frowned. "I let him get away with getting close to me that I would have preferred during our dance. That should have been the first warning sign alone. Not to mention everything else." Penelope sighed and raked a hand through her hair. "Gods I can't stand not being able to just say I'm already spoken for."

"Penelope? Penelope?" 

In the distance, the knight heard the familiar voice of Dimia calling her name and that could only mean one thing. Still feeling flustered and confused, she let out a groan. "Oh gods don't tell me it's already time... Not now.." she whimpered.