"I think it goes more smoothly than this for most people when you tell them you have feelings for them."

Definitely give that a while. If he did that now, she might actually slap him. And she honestly had never really wanted to hit him. Shake him a bit maybe after he climbed up her wall that first time, but not hit.

Oh, she wished he hadn't said he was expecting a big declaration. She hadn't actually thought that he might have been expecting that. "No, I... No, I'm not asking you to go."