He blinked at her. "Oh, I didn't think you'd want me here," he said, and he sounded genuinely shocked, which he was. That she wanted him in the room, him specifically.
"Well, yes, I can stay. I need to change into something cleaner but I don't mind." He actually really looked at her for the first time since she'd changed, his embarrassment finally ebbing. "Ah.." he hesitated, torn between two directives, both earned from his sisters. "The shirt is on backwards," he said, again somewhat apologetic, not his usual by far.