I'm so sorry. Please let me know if I should rewrite...
Ain't that I'm worried 'bout. Don't much like bein' told what to do by these things.
[The stammering stays Mal a bit though. He's not one to go around kissing people. Well... women sure. He's happy to kiss them. But not when someone's forcing him to! But he's not cruel. And Aidan is really embarrassed and... Mal does have a protective side to him.
The barrier pushes against his back, shoving him closer to Aidan.]
Gorrammit. C'mere.
[Mal grabs the front of Aidan's shirt to pull the kid closer and roughly smashes his lips against the others. Almost the second they touch, a burst of confetti showers over them and the bot's gone. Mal pulls back and wipes his lips, looking a touch embarrassed under all the curmudgeonness.]