The laugh that bubbled up would have no doubt been just as loud as Tyb's exclamation and so Elsie bit her lip in order to prevent it from escaping. She nearly rolled her eyes at his protests, but couldn't take him seriously. He knew he was loud, it was one of the things she admired about him. To be that confident and self-assured so as not to worry about what other people were thinking of you; it must have been some level of freeing, really.

She watched him carefully, so close together in the quiet, the roar of the party just a dull hum on the other side of the door almost forgotten. This was far more her speed and she knew that; he knew that and he also certainly knew how to make her heart skip a beat without trying. They didn't get these moments often, so few and far between, but the driving force between trying to make them work wasn't something they brought up often. Elsie knew, obviously she knew how he felt, otherwise they would never find themselves in situations like this, but it was nice to hear it aloud every now and then.

"Oh you could, hmm?" She breathed out, meaning it to sound far more teasing than breathless, but Elsie was not exactly very good at being coy when needed. She had an idea as to what he might be thinking, and that thought still gave her butterflies and made her breath catch in her throat.