He reaches over and takes the other's hand carefully, doing his best to breathe calmly. "I do worry about you. For multiple reasons. And you're good at making me happy." Their earlier... adventure... was proof enough of that. "So you know that's a lie, schatzi."

There's a slight frown on Casper's face - it's always irritating to be lied to, even if he knows that Shang Beida doesn't mean to hurt him. "I want you to be happy, too. I want to hold you and kiss you and do anything that makes you happy. Even if it scares me a little, I... I know you would never want to hurt me." The older man's seen Casper have an episode or two already. If he hasn't run away yet... maybe he really will stay.

"I don't... the only person I really want to hurt is Caspian, but he's not part of the group anymore. The rest of them... I would care if they got hurt, even if they didn't care if I got hurt." Even Red, whose devotion to Communism was so serious that he and Casper got into fights about it. ... It's a little ironic now considering where Shang Beida is from. "Like, I could say that my mother doesn't deserve to rule her realm anymore but I would stop someone if they tried to overthrow her."

It's... it's actually painful and difficult to try to even think about going against them.