To make it fair, he was a little nervous, hence the rambling. Funny because in his mind his thoughts were going a helluva lot faster than his vocal rambling.

Seeing the pain and betrayal on her face, he felt like a complete ass. She had every right to feel the way she did. But as far as Squall was aware, there wasn't really anything going on between them. He didn't have the time to devote to a relationship. Not when he had to watch over all of Garden with the Headmaster, and even if the Headmaster had married and Matron was his wife, Squall himself didn't have the time to deal with a relationship and what came with that on top of everything else, the emotions, hurt feelings.

He didn't want to have to deal with the raw emotions and the complications it brought around.

All he knew was that they'd shared a kiss on the balcony right after Ultimecia's defeat and they had spent most of the evening on the balcony together just looking at the stars and trying to spot shooting ones, while Garden moved. They'd never talked about furthering anything, they had never put anything into cement.

"What else do you want me to say?" He stared at her, already bracing himself for what was to come next, warily watching her.