Leaving us on a cliffhanger, eh?
Though I feel like the next chapter will just be explained away as him being drowsy due to the whole illness thing. He's gonna pin her down and then fall on top of her, asleep, or something similar to that. I mean, it is kind of cliche, but personally I like cliches in my books. The author could have also used an even worse of cliche, like imagine saying that monologue to yourself, only to find out your small boy crush has been awake this whole time! So, the author could have used an even more common cliche.