[ He coughs a little into his fist, clearing his throat.

(You'd think after all this time of them being an official couple, he'd be over the novelty of it all.

He's not, though. And he probably won't be, for a while yet. Boyish wonder is part of his charm.) ]

She's... a private kind of person. I, uh. I mean, yeah, we're together, but, like, I don't know that I've ever heard her call herself my girlfriend aloud, is all.

[ A pause. Then, ]

She seriously said that to you, though?