His goddamn scruffy excuse for a beard tingles when Jedao lets go of him, and even when he brings a hand up to rub his face-- fuck, he can still feel the way Jedao's fingers were wrapped around his jawbone. The way he asked that stupid little 'will you do that?' is rattling around in his brain.

He finally remembers to stand up straight then, and immediately stumbles slightly as he overbalances. His face is still very red and he is pretty sure it's gonna stay that way until the Wolf changes colour again.

"I-I-- uhm. I- don't know how many surprises we've got left in that jackass-in-the-box, he's- kinda running low? Not like there's much that's surprising after, uh- going to town on an entire library just to get one guy to notice you. Maybe next time he'll just get into Harvard like a normal girl."