[ He purses his lips. Oh boy. He has no idea that Riku and Naminé are training, just that he opened himself up to a topic that - thinking back now - he wasn't prepared to talk about now. That's his luck for not being completely on his toes around Riku.

He raises a hand to his face in frustration, then pulls it down again along his neck. ]

Still close. There was a lot that happened at Castle Oblivion you didn't see. We talked through things at our own pace about what happened back then, and...

[ And... he shouldn't have any reason to hold this back from Riku, except that it's the most personal aspect of himself that he'd be exposing Riku to. Then again, he thought, Riku did tell him about his struggles with Squall. And that conversation had - eventually - turned out a less antagonistic step for them. ]

And then we started dating.