Riku hopped down of the counter and checked the timer and then noted it on his watch. He didn't want to accidently let the cake burn because they were looking for Tsuna for so long.
Yes it would be different than now! Because there would be kissing and groping and other barely publicly acceptable kinds of affection. In some ways, Gokudera just wanted his brother to be normal. This whole thing with Sora was weird. It had always been weird and he'd never realized HOW weird it was. "You really think that, don't you?" It was... nice to see someone to selfless, he supposed.