[Likewise, there's a feeling of liberation for him, as well, and perhaps for a moment a deep melancholy that he can't place - but why should this fill him with longing or feel relief, when, yes, this has always been the case]
[Drags him back in for another kiss, regardless, smiling as he does so, slow and lingering and paying little attention to anyone who might be nearby, and laughing a bit as he draws back] In one form or another.