"Maybe one day you can stop feeling as if I'm some idiot who doesn't know what he wants and just settled for you, because he's aforementioned idiot. I like you for who you are and what we are together, not because I happened to run into you first." This was his reward. He suddenly felt like just running off, but since that wouldn't be very productive he simply sat up. He was tired and that wasn't really helping him with is emotional state here. "So. What were you doing tonight? I mostly just waited for you with dinner. Then I just waited without dinner."