She doesn't laugh, but she is smiling when she looks down at the other tattoo, listening to Newt's story about it, listening to the way his voice sounds when he talks about his family. That's a thing she totally gets, the way he's talking about his family and the truth is, her aunt drives her completely nuts at the best of times, but Kate misses her a lot all at the same time. It's nice, hearing him talk about his family like that and she looks back up at him a moment later, watching him smile, the distant expression on his face like he's lost in a memory.

"I love you," she says without thinking and even though she's probably already said it half a dozen times tonight, she feels a flush spreading down her neck at the words. She isn't embarrassed to say it, it's more than that, it's that she likes saying it so much it sort of takes her by surprise. The touch of his fingers on the tattoo causes her to shiver and she looks down at it briefly. No one's ever paid it much mind, no one's ever touched it before except for herself and the guy who tattooed her, and it's weirdly sensitive, so close to her hipbone.

"Yeah, no slut tattoo," she says with a laugh, smiling at him. "I did try to talk my mom into clit rings, though, and she was having none of that."