Well, that's a noise he's filing away for later under a header of 'cause this more'.

The good news is that the kiss is just what he needs, and hey, he doesn't need to get his hands in Balthier's hair at the moment. Not when his hands can move instead to grip Balthier's shoulders and hold him close. Maybe he's holding on too hard, but he doubts it.

Besides, it's not like he needed to hold Balthier's hair when the man is already so close and silencing David in his own way.