[ Idle wonderings over which songs he wants to play while they dance are brushed aside as Loki 'smoothly' covers a cough with a longer gulp of his drink. He wipes his chin with the back of a hand, eyeing Jim over a lopsided smile with a hint of embarrassment that he can at least laugh at in hindsight. ]

Oh, well. Before Billy or Tony, you must have known I was besotted with you. That was how I missed you at first, before we became actual friends.