[ Maybe the reason he begins to doubt himself so easily can be attributed to a feeling of not being good at this either. Maybe all he does is put on a show of confidence when it comes to being with her, but beneath that, he doesn't really feel all that confident. He's confident that he's in love with her, that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her, but he doesn't exactly have a great record when it comes to relationships.

The last thing he wants is to drive her away by anything that he does or says. Like everything else he seems to do, he knows he's overthinking how to be in a relationship with her, but there's one thing he isn't overthinking. ]

Of course we are, but I thought there was something we could do to show it. [ He knows it's stupid, but it's something they haven't done yet since his return. There hasn't been time, because of the time it took him to recover while still in the Oldest House, and the time it's still taking him to relearn how to just live. ]

We've known each other a long time, or what feels like a long time, because of the loops. Maybe I can't remember everything we ever did in the loops, but I know you. I know I love you, and- it doesn't feel like it would be too soon.

[ He's getting nervous and starting to ramble, but what if she doesn't feel the same way? He won't know until he asks. ]

I thought... Rings. Maybe even getting engaged. Officially. [ It feels awkward to him to say that, because that's not how people go about talking about becoming engaged, but it's the best way he knows how to bring up the subject. Maybe he's just an awkward person under the surface. ]