[ He blinks at her, his expression turning moreso into surprise before he ducks his head, shaking it. ]

No, it's-- no, it's okay, I know you wouldn't-- I'm not really... I'm too young...

[ He laughs, a kind of pfft, dismissing the idea, even if he's embarrassed. Even if he would like to look down at his metal fish now and pretend to know a way to fiddle with it that makes it look like he knows what he's doing with it.

How about he twists its tail fin some more? Yeah! ]

It's a friend date-- dinner. Friend dinner. I have those. With my friends. All the time.