~<em>Splinter with Saki at a table</em>~<br/><br/>As Saki told him it might be better if he just headed back over to the others Splinter glanced towards John, swallowing nervously as he now caught his eyes. And what he saw wasn't a good sign. John was frowning and his body language was stiff. The two of them stared at each other a while. And as usual Splinter was the first one to cave under the gaze and look away. He knew he was gonna get hell for this later tonight.<br/><br/>His gaze found the floor as he shook his head. "N... No... I.. I wanna... s... s... stay." It was true and most of all he had wanted to speak those words out loud and clear, but they only came out as a low stuttering. His gaze went back over Saki shortly but the sight only made him want to jump the boy then and there and he looked away again. He shook his head once more as Saki apologized for his behavior. "Don't... don't be... sorry... I...I...I..." He wanted to tell him that he would've done the same but the words just didn't wanna come out.<br/><br/>He heard as Saki pulled his vest back up but he couldn't look, cause then he would just want to rip that vest right off of him. his fingers clenched tight in his lap. Feeling his heart pound hard in his chest and feeling his own hard on pressing almost painfully against his pants. He needed to do something. But what? He began to look around the room for an option of some kind.