[ Loki's nose wrinkles as he wraps his head around that reasoning. ]

But I am not beholden to either of you. Neither of you, lovely as you are, own me, nor can anyone tell me what or who I am free to want.

[ He leans down and swerves at the last moment, dropping an icy peck on Josh's cheek. ]

If you are not interested, that's another matter entirely. Our friendship will not suffer. I'll let you think about it, amid the rest of ... all of this, going on around us. I realise it's a lot.

[ Loki backs off, hands up like he was caught with his hands in the cookie jar. ]