It tickles a little, like it always does, and Neil squirms and giggles, which is embarrassing but not enough for him to tell Caleb to stop. He looks over his shoulder at Caleb and smiles, a little sheepishly.

That's when he catches the slight pink in his cheeks, the smile, that his pupils are just a little wide. Neil scoots back on the couch, just a little, closer to Caleb.