He didn't want to get into it now. It was too weird, and frankly he was happy to leave it at a slip of the tongue. Obviously, she hadn't meant to call him cute. Duh. That would be silly. It was simply an accident.
"Pft." He snorted again and shook his head, "No I wasn't." He wasn't explaining and he hadn't been looking at her like she'd grown an extra head. Right.