Rylee visibly relaxed from Charlie's touch. He caught on to her own reluctance to give too much information away and his hand caught Charlie's before she pulled it back, giving her his own reassuring squeeze.
"We met when we started High School and Charlie hung out at my house a lot," Rylee commented, his eyes still on Charlie's figure until he realized he was talking to Cat and should properly look at her. Turning his gaze to Charlie's friend he smiled shyly. "We were always together. My parents kind of adopted her. Well, I think they would have if they could." He glanced at Charlie again and smiled before adding, "Best friends since we were kids."
Rylee grabbed his chop sticks and attempted to eat his food again, fairing much better this time around, but waited to finish chewing before he turned to Cat again. "Have you been here long?"