"Well," Hakkai says, very matter of fact despite the slight reddening of his own ears, "it's not as if I'm going to be offended that you think we're hot, Eiffel. I like the idea of the three of us together myself. I just, ah..."

He retreats to phrasing borrowed from Jedao, who is much better at talking about this sort of thing.

"... I want to make sure it's not something you like better as a fantasy than a reality."