[is he surprised she bit him? no. absolutely not. he just rolls his eyes, tugging on her hair immediately after with his own bit of teasing.]

I was afraid of being too happy. Like it would jinx it, or it would be too much for you. I didn't know if I could handle it myself either.

[being happy is more complicated than he imagined. he never knew how to let himself do that before! but it's nice to talk about it now.]

Getting a house with you would make me very, very happy.