For the most part he stayed quiet, letting Reno ramble an interjecting now an again when Reno asked a direct question. It was oddly comfortable. The occasionally sad looks didn't go unnoticed, and Maki wondered just what would have caused it, but he never had the nerve to ask, and by the time he thought of saying anything Reno was moving on to the next new thing. It was that flighty nature that made Makishima think of Reno as a bird. Perhaps a cardinal? He had to wonder if that wasn't a bad omen or not. After all Maki did consider himself to be a spider and where could a spider and a bird ever live happily? Though he supposed it was better than a bird and a fish, but fish couldn't ride bikes.

He squeezed Reno's hand, making a quiet noise of ascent that he too was glad Reno had chosen to come to wintery England rather than some nice warm beach. "Good luck for me, sho." He blushed and looked away, muttering the words rather than saying them outright. Really he was happy about this as silly as it sounded. Reno's description of the whole things wasn't inaccurate. It had been rather like a lightning strike, and Maki still found himself completely blown away by Reno's energy. He wondered if he'd ever get used to it.