Now grinning at her admission of liking him, Leroy leaned forward and kissed her gently. His hands at her back pulled her in closer and he hugged her for a long moment before pulling back and continuing to grin at her. "You're not forcing me into anything, dummy. You probably couldn't force me to do anything even if you tried to. I'm much too strong for you to push me around," he told her, wiggling his eyebrows.