[ This time, Balthier wants to wrap his arms around David and kiss him on the head and not let him go. The thought of that leaves him more fluttery than the flirting or touching has.

He feels his mind writing and rewriting what he wants to say, weighing what's too revealing, and forces himself to just say what he's thinking. ]

That was a better answer than I expected. I like that you wanted to do something new but meaningful together. Maybe I shouldn't have talked through so much of it, though.