Well, would it be obvious to people that didn't know him well enough, or would it just come across as him simply being bold, energetic and a little impulsive in his ideas? Or in the case of Ioder, would the awkwardness of it being a simple favor of respect ever show itself? Is it Zelos' nature to hide that, or would Ioder ever be able to pick up on the fact tha Zelos has more reason behind this friendship than just being friends?

The man is full of facades - what he projects and what he really intends can be two different things without it being "bad". Just trying to hear your processing.