"Indeed it has been, honourable Peony", Gianluca answered, bowing a little while unintentionally blushing about the peck. He just isn't used to that custom of greeting someone with a light kiss.

"I see, you set up a pretty nice festivity here. I'm normally not too fond of big parties, but I really hope to maybe get to know some more interesting people and have a good time. For what I can see here, I'm pretty sure, that this will be made possible by you", he explained while looking into his counterpart's eyes.
"I hope that you'll get to enjoy this here too, even if you have to keep to your code of conduct and seriousness", he said, smiling at her and friendly patting on her arm, which he immediately regretted, because he didn't know fully yet, if there would be something existing already like a "friendship" between the two heads of state.
He mumbled an almost soundless "Sorry", just in case, before seeing, what she'd answer.