The pumpkin pastry thing was, as it turned out, quite tasty. It was also quite messy, leaving little orange-ish crumbs everywhere.
He tried to brush the mess from his shirt, not noticing until he was almost done that he was apparently putting on a show for someone. When he did notice her, he stopped just long enough to shrug an embarrassed little shrug and go back to trying to rid himself of the crumbs.