[He couldn't help laughing at her words.]

Haha! Raging Romantic? No! No, not at all. There's not much that would be called 'raging' about me and certainly not that aspect. But you're rigjht. I've cared about her that way for a long time. Since before coming here. Though, I'm glad I wasn't too overt about it. It would have been weird to find out people had guessed before I was able to say anything.