He blinked, not even realizing he'd done that. But now that he thought about it this was...pretty true. That was something he'd been doing hadn't it. Riley thought about it a bit, distracted only a moment by the warm kiss that he was given.

"...you're not someone who hurt me. But after the way Baiyi and Xie treated me and how they threw me away sometimes I just...I'm just so grateful to have people like you who value me. And I just want to share how much it means so I thank you. I guess I'm just... I'm saying that I'm so happy to be valued and loved by you more than anything else," he explained quietly, trying to really put his feelings to words now that he was actually realizing what they were.