[ Both of his hands go up to his neck as he sighs. That used to be all he wanted, then all he hated, being compared to Riku. Now Riku's joking about it. His mouth quirks up on one side, though... because it was kind of funny. A little. That he's being so overly-cautious around Riku he'd end up literally mirroring some of Riku's own habits back at him. He's gotten so much calmer and straight-forward with most people... but then something like this happens around Riku himself. ]

Too late to take it back, I guess.

[ He lets one hand fall. ]

... So what do you want to do?

[ Even if those scars do look pretty bad to his eyes, he still thinks it would be worse to force Riku into something. ]

I could try just touching them and see if the Cure combo works again.