Since being reunited with Calvin, Cole has relaxed considerably and seems to be in better spirits, able to focus on being with his date and appreciating the decorations and admiring all of the beautiful masks (while trying to ignore the magically distorted faces beneath). His gaze follows Calvin's when he looks out at their classmates and he's about to say that he doesn't like dancing...but he isn't certain that's true anymore. He'd asked Rafael for lessons shortly before the masquerade and learned the basics during one long morning lesson. It hadn't been bad like he'd expected and it had all come to him fairly easily. Rafael had said he was a quick student and, while it hadn't been rewarding or romantic like the older boy had claimed it could be...he supposed that it wouldn't be when he was with someone that he barely knew.

After a long moment of watching, he looks back at Calvin. "I think I'll like it better with you," he says simply. He's about to ask if he wants to dance, but he probably does. Why else would he have mentioned it? So, instead, he just offers Calvin one of his hands.