That caused him to look down, all of a sudden rather nervous. If she was nervous and said it was important than, it couldn't be good now could it? She would just, tell him to stop, that they were better friends then anything else and he would be crushed, and left to figure out how to go on and...

Well he should answer her first before he got ahead of himself. "Very well then, lead the way, darling." He can't help how choked up he sounds however.