He didn't know what was going on with him.

It was normal for him to be around you, he had always been your friend for as long as he could remember. Ryker could be comfortable with you, free to speak his mind. But recently, it was as if something had changed with you. Or maybe it was just him who had changed. He noticed everything about you now. How you frown when you're concentrated, how nice your body is, how you lick your lips when you eat something. Everything you did made the feeling in him grow more and more.

Ryker leans into you and wipes a crumb from the corner of your lip, slowly swiping his thumb over your lip. "You are such a messy eater, man," he mumbles, slightly distracted by how soft your lips are.