[That grin is indeed way too proud to be legal, and Jack is sure to pay it back with a justified frown of his own. More indignant about the whole surprised aspect, it's true--though that's more because it's the easiest reaction to summon up, something fairly familiar and reasonable when he doesn't think on it too much.]
[Because thinking on it just make it more strange, makes it uncertain and still--difficult, to really wrap his head around (the whole one person thing is still quite fresh in memory), even after a day gone by to process it. Thinking about it like that still rings up the distinct feeling that there must be some kind of mistake here, some kind of--fluke, because there's no way a guy like Zelos could--could he--?]
[But thinking about it like the whole kissing gesture is just part of an elaborate sort of humor doesn't really work, either, doesn't really fit, because Zelos always seems to do do a lot of odd touchy things that make people react, but kissing...]
[He's truly terrible at this, as one of Jack's thoughts remarks wryly. Not that lack of experience is particularly new, but it's never bothered him quite this much before, because this is kind of important to figure out and--]
No, it didn't. [Lies, blatant lies, but Jack'll hold onto them anyway, because he's still got some pride left on him; he pulls his head out of its ducking, straightening so as to better be properly indignant.] It's just--doing that out of nowhere, like--
[Oh, look and him stepping away and spinning around like that. Like he hadn't been battered up enough to look as if he'd been tossed under a steam roller just hours before. Jack doesn't know whether to feel pleased or relieved or supremely irritated about that, and so all three of those blend together into an expression of their own, because he can practically feel all that beaming going on there, even when the guy has his back turned.]
And why's that? [The question's out before Jack even completely realizes it, and it's only after the words are out that he realizes just how weighty the inquiry might be after all. Pretty direct, anyway, in a way that he'd been actually trying to avoid since yesterday, in a way that has too much potential to go awry, but...well, can't take that back now. So he leaves it at that, after a moment's hesitation, swinging his staff over his shoulder and taking a step back himself as he watches Zelos a bit uncertainly.]
AWKWARDNESS FOREVER AND EVER......
[Because thinking on it just make it more strange, makes it uncertain and still--difficult, to really wrap his head around (the whole one person thing is still quite fresh in memory), even after a day gone by to process it. Thinking about it like that still rings up the distinct feeling that there must be some kind of mistake here, some kind of--fluke, because there's no way a guy like Zelos could--could he--?]
[But thinking about it like the whole kissing gesture is just part of an elaborate sort of humor doesn't really work, either, doesn't really fit, because Zelos always seems to do do a lot of odd touchy things that make people react, but kissing...]
[He's truly terrible at this, as one of Jack's thoughts remarks wryly. Not that lack of experience is particularly new, but it's never bothered him quite this much before, because this is kind of important to figure out and--]
No, it didn't. [Lies, blatant lies, but Jack'll hold onto them anyway, because he's still got some pride left on him; he pulls his head out of its ducking, straightening so as to better be properly indignant.] It's just--doing that out of nowhere, like--
[Oh, look and him stepping away and spinning around like that. Like he hadn't been battered up enough to look as if he'd been tossed under a steam roller just hours before. Jack doesn't know whether to feel pleased or relieved or supremely irritated about that, and so all three of those blend together into an expression of their own, because he can practically feel all that beaming going on there, even when the guy has his back turned.]
And why's that? [The question's out before Jack even completely realizes it, and it's only after the words are out that he realizes just how weighty the inquiry might be after all. Pretty direct, anyway, in a way that he'd been actually trying to avoid since yesterday, in a way that has too much potential to go awry, but...well, can't take that back now. So he leaves it at that, after a moment's hesitation, swinging his staff over his shoulder and taking a step back himself as he watches Zelos a bit uncertainly.]