His concern for her embarrassment is rather endearing, given his face is the one that's redder than a strawberry field in the middle of summer.

She still looks awfully confused, but she smiles in return, hiding her amusement behind her mug.

"I can't figure why; you two seem t'complement each other. An' y'obviously care a good deal for one another. It's not such a stretch."

If she's the first to ever think it, she'll eat her hat.