Anthony smiled for a moment. "You're overthinking this, Elijah," he said, looping an arm around him to hold him. "I mean—there's really nothing bad that could happen. If you do something 'wrong' then I'll correct you, we'll move on, everyone's happy." He understood why Elijah was hesitant and nervous and didn't want to force anything on him, but also wanted him to understand that this wasn't as big of a deal as he was making it out to be.