"Honestly, that's how I've been calling you in my heart."
Best part is that it's totally the truth.
This girl, I'll give her a pass to suspend her answer for now ("thinking positively"), but I don't want to see her saying "yes" (or "no"
) only at the very end of this story. I understand the writing is having her do this on her end to slow down the progression of the romance (is dating too early some sort of crime in male-oriented romcoms?), because the male lead is going full tilt and almost throwing himself at her, when he's typically supposed to be the one slowing things down by being indecisive and cowardly. So now it's shifted to the other side where the female lead gets to be indecisive and timid instead. Yay.
Good thing she's adorable in this chapter. And she did not deny it being a date...