If Dennis has been red before he knew he was crimson now. He was mortified. This was worse then if she'd outright said she didn't like him. So she'd said she'd kiss him, and she'd done it out of pity hadn't she? All the while liking another boy?
Was he really so pathetic that she'd offer kisses in the hopes of sparing his feelings?
No, she wasn't pushing him away but he was mortified now. He'd never felt so low in his life. He tried to hide it, tried hard to stuff it down and act normally, "Well," he spoke very carefully, "I think you should be with him... if you promised not to hurt him."