Even half-expecting Joshua to appear out of nothing, Spike isn't prepared enough not to flinch back as his mind struggles to catch up to him suddenly being beside them. For once he may have preferred a laugh to the unnaturally subdued reaction that follows. Maybe.

Then again, it's pretty late. Joshua wouldn't be the only one feeling tired.

Spike attempts to reestablish their distance when Lucrezia calls him (and his pillow arms) out. Vaguely, he thought he may be able to slip back to the car while they were preoccupied. -- It's not even that he's afraid or embarrassed, or that Joshua's next move is impossible to guess. Something else makes them so much easier to handle individually.

"I guess I wasn't needed after all." He smiles as a belated means of playing up a joke he isn't even in on. Most people would ask about the tiger, but he likes to think he's smarter than that.