[ He's a romantic at heart, he thinks. Because he doesn't know if he likes the idea of that for him. It seems kind of... sad. Like, maybe it's because he could only see himself marrying someone he committed himself to so fully that they were his entire world. ]

Same. But...I hardly think that anything that happens around me at home would be normal here. So it's probably a bad comparison, anyway.

[ He still smiled, though - head tilted in her direction. ]

I think... [ He pauses ] I like that we get to pick who we spend our time with like this. To me it means that you made the choice to go out with me.

[ That's the point he was getting at, he thinks. ]

And that means a lot to me.