[ He wants to kiss you too, the urge becoming very strong when Shouto exhales so quietly and opens his eyes, but Allen smiles very softly instead and tucks it and the thrill of slight butterflies aside. He's long-used to tucking his wants aside to not be acted on nor thought about, not that he's ever had to really struggle with this kind of want before either. Not that he has any reason to hold back from kissing him in general now, but the seriousness of the conversation makes him resist.

But he looks forward to kissing him later. A lot.

But the question makes him hesitate for a moment, the smile slipping as he considers how -- very obvious that is. And yet, ]

I... hadn't thought about that before. [ Shifting a little restlessly for a second at being caught without a good answer for something he probably should have one for, shouldn't he, he shakes his head lightly. ]

Before-- The last thing I remembered before I woke up here.. I'd been trying to retrace my master's footsteps to find out what he'd known.