Nothing moves in the batch of flowers for a long moment, Ryoji curled around on himself as he listens. He doesn't like the sound of Kai's laugh, because this laugh isn't like the real one. Kai's hurting too, and he doesn't get it. Why would Kai have pushed him away if it would hurt the both of them?

There's a shifting noise again and Ryoji's poking back out, completely leaving the safety of the plants to look up at Kai. He's not flying up to his face, nor into his arms, just... sitting there on the ground in front of him. Dragons don't have facial expressions in the way humans do, but they do have body language. And even now, this little dragon is pulled in on itself, sad and almost afraid.