He hadn't expected the kiss and it made him feel both better and worse. Coraline's body didn't flinch from it, and it felt good, safe, to know Adam would look out for him, her, them...

It also felt bad to get a kiss intended for Coraline and to be told to be good, for more reasons than he could even think through because he was too busy collapsing on the bed and burying his face in the pillow and trying not to cry.

It took him a few minutes to pull it together enough to go into Coraline's room, but by the time he did, he felt a lot better, and ready to do some exploring.