[ groot looks happy. something warms inside of peter's chest. it's probably hunger. ]

Oh, man. [ peter could cry, he honestly could. groot wished him a pie. a pie to replace the one he had asked originally for himself. ] Thanks, Groot. You didn't have to. I mean, yeah, you did steal my pie, and I was really looking forward to it — and it's kind of disgusting you licked it, but I could just cut around it.

[ he actually wipes his hand underneath his eye. he could feel a twitch coming on. reaching for the knife and fork, he doesn't dig in just yet. ] Thanks, buddy. You're the best. [ he sings lightly: ] Better than all the rest.

[ guess who's been listening to the radio for songs that'd come out after yondu took him? this dude. ]