[ Oh no, now she's blushing, too, why did he have to be so mushy - but she's smiling, too, in a way that isn't at his expense. Was she...actually flattered, then? That he thought those things about her?

It seems impossible. She's so out of his league, he still couldn't believe she'd given him her phone number in the first place. He'd still thought it was maybe only because she'd felt sorry about the whole air hockey incident, but now...

She's still blushing!! ]

H-hey, I'm just calling it like it is! [ He laughs nervously, but it's genuine, too. ] I've never met anyone like you before. So I just, uh...wanted you to know.

[ And then, he lifts a finger to the corner of his eye, where there's still a light scab from where the air hockey puck had hit him. ]

Air hockey tactics aside.