His face was turning red and he was trying so hard to hide it. The fidgeting on his feet was too intense to be relaxed even as he tried to play it off as if he was nonchalant about the whole thing.

"Oh, y-yeah, I get that a lot." No he didn't. He just didn't know what else to say as he rubbed his neck a bit and glanced away. But there was definitely something else he could address. He became completely serious suddenly.

"Was Noct being rude to you?!" He completely missed the 'dad' bit, because this was Noct. Noct was too young to be a dad. "I can make him apologize!"