[The kiss was too brief for Vinnie to think about how to react to it - he just stared back in stunned silence at the strange bit of deja vu that just happened. It wasn't the first time Bulba had kissed him, but they were in a dream that time - that was different. It was different because...

No, more to the point at hand. Bulba wanted a relationship with him. The kind that involved kissing. Vinnie could only respond to that prospect with monumental disbelief.

He wasn't like Kirby. He didn't smile the way Kirby did, or have any of his infectious innocence. As far as he saw it, he was mostly just a massive source of worry half the time.

So there was a long pause that eventually ended with Vinnie looking very lost.]

But... why?