And those smiles were encouraging; those smiles were good. Gladio did feel a little twinge of worry that Nell might just be putting them on for his sake, but he knew she wouldn't do that with him. She knew that he wouldn't want her doing that for him, and they'd felt genuine, he was just...being here made him feel tense and worried, angry and sad, and all sorts of other things that were muddying his usual confidence and self-assurance.

And that lingering kiss definitely helped, his hand spreading across her back as he feel into it easily and did his part to make it linger as long as possible.

And there was nothing ingenuine about his own grin, either, once they parted from it.

"Don't need to tell me twice when Cup Noodle^TM is involved. Let's eat."