Hee. Spike is very clever - first doing the withdrawal trick, to throw Xander off balance, then inviting him in and sharing Xander's fun at over hearing Ethan, like they were both kids and then allowing Xander to ask for the kiss... But Spike hasn't been a kid for a very long time.
The good thing about being late reading, is there is another to read immediately. So I'm off to do that, right now.