[ To his surprise, he doesn't hate it as much as he thought it would. Quite the opposite. Maybe the gesture - borne from another person's innocent desire to help him - comes a little pleasant. It's his inability to express that pleasant feeling that has him hiding behind a tough exterior, forcing himself to look nonchalant and unaffected. He has a hand on that cheek of his, but he's also turning away. ]

Even without you here, I'm certain I would have found my own way out. Kissing someone isn't the only way to increase oxytoxin, you know. I've heard that it's in some foods ...

[ Maybe?? His information isn't always 100% correct. Anyway, that's all moot because there's no way Rohan would be able to find those specific foods while bound up.

He's grateful, really. Just bad at showing it. ]