[Quiet for a moment, BECAUSE HE SEES THAT SADNESS. And brushes his fingers gently through his hair, waiting until he's done talking to cup the back of his head lightly and dip him back so he can wash the soap from his hair, taking longer than strictly necessary just so he can massage his fingers into his scalp absently as he washes away the shampoo, but does eventually right him again.]
[And makes a face once he's brought him back upright] If no one else notices it, then everyone else is a bigger idiot than even you. [Rolls his eyes] And I'm not biased. For all your talk of my ego, yours is actually ridiculous... and I shouldn't be encouraging it. But... hmph. Swooning indeed. If anyone around here had any taste or sense, they wouldn't be so quick to dismiss you.
[Torn because HMPH EVERYONE SHOULD LOVE YOU YOU'RE GREAT and yet NO ONE SHOULD LOVE YOU BECAUSE DAMN IT NO YOU'RE HIS. :| ............ >_>]