[He doesn't even really get a moment to properly answer that before the other kisses his hand, the gesture catching him a little by surprise. But he recovers quickly enough, knowing that Rei is possibly trying to purposefully illicit some sort of reaction.

Maybe he had been paying more attention than he let on, or he's simply jumping to a logical conclusion. Neither would be surprising, really.]

That's corRECT. Fortunately there does not seem to be too much insistence on anything too extREME, but the locals are clearly very comfortable with all levels of physical relatIONS.