"Yeah, well, I'd be way less entertaining if I wasn't," he said into Riku's hair. He was still a moment, resting his chin on Riku's crown, and then he pulled back and took his face in both hands again, grinning. "Admit it: you'd be bored."

He released his face and went back to his noodles, not wanting to make Riku uncomfortable. He'd said his piece, it had been received positively, and that was enough. Lea wasn't particularly ashamed of the fact that he was, in most cases, a little too sentimental for his own good, but inflicting it on others was something to be done in moderation.

"Eat your noodles before they get cold, dude," he said, standing up and spinning his chair around with his foot so he could sit backwards in it, still facing Riku instead of the table. "I promise that's the end of my being a sap for the day, okay?"