"What," he teases, "that I'm an obnoxious little shit? Because I don't think we're going to have much luck keeping that one under wraps."

But the pleased little smile lurking at the corners of his mouth (and faintly audible in his voice) suggests he understood the real meaning.

Tony doesn't really think Obie loves him the way he thinks of love. Because if he did, the whole assassination thing would never have gotten off the ground. But if Tony didn't believe there was something more going on there than creepy sexual fixation, they wouldn't be here right now. And it's starting to look like he called that one right.