[Yes, he can see the interest. Those ears are hella expressive.]

I don't know about the thing I bit, but there's cakes that are supposed to make fireworks go off if you touch the person who is effectively your soulmate. Seems impossible to me. I mean, you can't even make that happen, and whether soulmates exist or not is a whole other question entirely.

[Babbling. It's something he does when he's embarrassed. ANd given he hadn't said anything about something sexy, and he's blushing, it might not be hard to guess over that]