Noah grins back, unable to resist getting swept up in Eli's mood. "Oh I assure you, birdy, I can't forget."

He still doubts that normal Eli would agree—or rather, thinks that he would agree with Happy Eli's point, but maybe focus a little more on the sure, yeah, because they both made promises here. Normal Eli is careful with Noah in addition to being surprisingly reckless, whereas this Eli feels like... all recklessness. Like he'd say yes to anything, just because it's Noah.

"You've really never had a boyfriend or a girlfriend?" he asks, sounding curious. He'd always assumed... well. It would be different for Eli, wouldn't it?