Traditions have their place, [ He doesn't care about them. ] but trapping two people and pressuring them into a kiss would just make things awkward between them later.

[ That's just his opinion, though, as someone who would certainly feel awkward after being pressured into kissing someone he doesn't particularly know or like that way. Speaking of feeling pressured, that urge is still there. He has the option of continuing to ignore it by throwing himself into more distractions, or ... figuring out what, exactly, is going on, and if he's the only affected one. The more he thinks about it, the more sense it makes to figure things out. ]

Do you feel anything strange in the air?