She frowned slightly. He didn't like them. She had thought they would be nice, but it was like he had drawn a wall around himself suddenly. It was maddening, to see him opening up to her, letting her thing that maybe, just maybe, there was a tiny chance that he really liked her... and then he'd go all quiet and withdrawn.
"Hmmph." She leaned over, sudden and impulsive and tapped him lightly on the nose. "Stop that. I don't like it."