[ To his further credit, he only blushes a little at that arm touch and returned sentiment. Okay. Okay. Yeah, he can do this. ]

Yeah. And besides, it really only has been... what, a couple of days? That's not much to go off of, so I'd say we're off to a really good start already.

[ A really, really good start. ]

And we'll only get better at it, I'm sure. We've just gotta... [ oh. Oh, this is going to sound like he's on a dating show for real, which, yeah, literally. Still, he can't help but sigh as it hits him, and he commits to saying it anyway, ] follow our hearts first, I guess.

[ With a bit of a laugh: ] I'm sorry, that was so bad.