He cleared his throat and blinked a few times, vision swimming and his chest tight. It was one thing to suspect a girl was in love with him, or have a girl think she was in love with him when really she just liked the way he fucked her or she wanted the badge of being the one to change him. He didn't think Elspeth was like that in anyway. He'd had someone that'd loved him, and he hadn't even known it. Had this happened before? Were there other people that loved him?
"Oh. Uh. Fine, yeah," he said and smiled. "Just thinking about how nice all of this was going to be."