[ His moment of embarrassment had gone along with that unfortunate conversation, allowing him to keep his posture completely straight, eyes calmly seeking out hers. ]

Nothing that would have made me choose his statement over yours, and besides, it isn't exactly my place to ask.

[ It really wasn't, and he felt like an intruder, attempting to force the confirmation out of her. Especially considering the discomfort made apparent by the redness that continued to spread all over the girl's face, a sign that earnt a worried frown before she even said anything. ]

... What he did, was imply that there might have been— [ With that, he shakes his head, as if to let her know once more how he didn't consider it to be anything more than a mere joke. There is no reason to think otherwise.

Right? ]

—something going on between you two.