The protest that had formed on his lips at being grabbed and swung round so abruptly died pretty much as soon as he realised it was Bill, although he was helped by the fact that suddenly Bill was kissing him, and he couldn't have protested anyway. De was aware he was being kissed, it was kind of hard not to be.

"What was that for?" he managed to say, after a moment, pulling away from Bill. It also wasn't that being kissed by Bill was anything of a new experience either, it had just been a long time since Bill had interacted with him like that.