The touch is nice and he doesn't pull away but he doesn't reach for him either. He still feels a little nauseous and his head still hurts but at least he's up and on his feet. He does learn further against the tree though, resting his head against the trunk.

"You live with him don't you?" He turned to look at Byleth, seeing that similar worry in his eyes again. There had to be some truth to his words but he couldn't help but still hated that he was being loved only because of how he looked. Speaking to the other Dimitri had proven to him how different they were and yet Byleth was treating them as if they were the same entity. It hurt.

"How can you say you care about me when we hardly know each other?" He averted his eyes at that, not able to look into the beautiful mint pupils. "I do feel a pull to you myself but I know nothing of you."