[ Ah, geeze, he's bad at comforting people... he wants to reassure her that she wasn't stupid, and that there probably were less reasons on that list than she thought, but the words won't come out.

At least it didn't seem to bother her too much, maybe. Those thoughts aside, he manages to return the smile. ]

Haaa, you'll be waiting a while, I bet! I actually asked a guy-friend about it, you know? When I thought you liked me, about love and dating... [ He laughs about it now that it no longer applied and thus wasn't too embarrassing to think about. ]

But okay, only if you tell me when you do too.