Kai's confusion just persisted as eyes fell on him. It was readily apparent enough that he did not actually understand what he was getting chastised for this time. He wasn't trying to be cute? What had he actually said that was bad?

He wasn't going to be the one cycling back to it though. Upsetting her was never on his list, even without her birthday. Having a knack for it was really something he could do without.

If nothing else, they'd established that this night was all hers. There wasn't any more need to hammer it home any more than that. So he just nodded along, shoving some more food in his mouth. "Mhmm."