[The silence is uncomfortable and awkward, but in the end it's still the best thing they can do at the moment. Just like she's fighting her own confusion, Sanji's busy biting back his natural response. It's physically exhausting, trying to quell that flood of romantic declarations that threaten to spill out from his mouth but somehow he manages A smoke would be great right now, but he can't even allow himself that much. Not now. Not yet.
Needless to say the breaking of silence takes him by surprise, and it takes a moment to catch up with what she's actually saying.]
Hn?
[He should say no. Make up an excuse and put some distance between them for a while. But of course, being a stupid pirate...]