[He shakes his head at that immediately, expression softly affectionate. Honestly... trust Juniper to take everything like that on her shoulders, when they'd been dealing with so much and when Minato hadn't been any better at parsing through and acting on his feelings.]

You don't have anything to apologize for.

[It's definitely not her fault, and it isn't anything he wants her to feel bad for. After all:]

It just took us some time to come back to each other... but now we're both here.

[He pulls back enough to look at her properly, gently tipping her chin up if she allows it so he can meet her eyes.]

Of course it's okay. That's what I want too... definitely.

[With all of his heart.]