Being lifted up was just an unnecessary reminder of how small Ryuutaro actually was, but it wasn't like he wouldn't already be constantly reminded of it, so that in the end he didn't even pay attention to it. Least of all now.

This was more like it... better than the annoyed look Hayato gave other people, better then the weird state of the last two days, better than seeing him fight and bleed.. just better.
And no matter how exaggerated it might be, right now there couldn't be much better to start to make up for the past days.

Ryuutaro smiled, pleased to see that it came a bit easier to him again. "That's good to hear. I'm glad."