[YOU TOTALLY NEED SOMEONE LOOKING AFTER YOU, but instead of pointing that out, she just lays a hand on his arm for a moment.]

Try not to consider yourself less important than other things around me, all right?

[Now. There happens to be a few things nearby that she needs on her list, so she grabs those and sets them in her basket. That's one more item down; she'll just cross that out on the list before she derps out and wonders if she forgot it or something.]

Besides, I wouldn't call it "looking after you". Maybe... "checking up on you" instead.