Just ask. It sounds less improbable coming from Sadie, and it leaves him a chance to breathe before joking lightly, “So...don’t overthink it is what I’m hearing.”

Maybe for once he can let the right time come rather than trying to plan everything.

Blush or not, Benjiro leans back a little further so that he can see her face once more with his smile refreshed if shy. He chuckles once, “You know, I had all these questions to ask, and now I can’t think of a single one.”