[He can't help but feel a little tingle go down his spine when she takes his arm, but as they step outside he feels her stiffen suddenly with unease and he tries to give her a reassuring smile.]

It's not uncommon but doesn't tend to happen without some kind of pretense or reason. I was attacked by a giant mantis because I was foolish enough to go running off into the forest at night to save someone who was being attacked.