He blinks in surprise, both that she would admit to such a fault and that she would admit it to him and there is, perhaps equally surprisingly, an answering slight flush on the tops of his cheeks, like such a thing has flustered him more than all of the innuendo and over the top flirting he seems to be fond of.

"Perhaps not a conversation for breakfast in the main hall, but I'd be honored if you'd join me after dinner tonight?" he doesn't say in private, but the tone seems to imply it. For once, he seems perfectly serious and not the jovial flirt she's used to, which does more than anything he could say to both show that he means what he said about anything at all and that he takes such a request seriously.