Gnawing her lip slightly, Tatum kept her face tucked close against Mackenzie's. She could have sworn her heart stopped for just a moment when those three words left the other girl's mouth. She thought to question how she meant them exactly, but she felt she already knew. "I l-love you too, okay? We'll d-do this, we can d-do all this shit together," she whispered back quietly, hoping Hunter couldn't over hear them. She just needed the blonde to know.

She had been content with the circles being rubbed onto her back, and she frowned a little when the blonde let her go and straightened up. It bothered her immensely to see Mack tensing up, closing herself off all over again, and Tatum felt a distinct wave of dislike for Hunter washing over her. She kept her back turned to the taller girl, gripping Mack's hands gently as her own were taken, tangling their fingers together again and stroking her thumbs against her. She just had to be strong and be there for Mack, whatever was going to happen next.

Hunter frowned slightly at the less than pleasant greeting, but she held her ground, hands still in her pockets and her shoulders dropping a bit as she tried to shrug it off. "Well, I kinda wanna talk, I guess?" she suggested absently, trying to be as casual as she could be about it. She couldn't just go and admit that she really wanted to talk, and to apologize about not grabbing Kate sooner before things had went to shit. She had managed to calm the older woman down, and had handed her off to Kia for the time being.

Glancing over her shoulder and down the hall for a moment, Hunter returned her attention to Mackenzie again. "If your uh, lady friend there will let you go for a few.."