[Immediately a blush lights up his face, as he realizes wht he just said. A hand comes to rub the nape of his neck and he looks away, stammering for an explanation.]

Well, we, uh... We aren't really datin, I just call it dating and we sort of wanna date, but aren't yet... Not officially...

[They're not. Not yet at least. They're currently in t he limbo that's between the awareness of mutual attraction and dating, because neither of them wants to rush it. Except he has no idea how to explain it to Adela, without sounding stupid. But what she says next chases out any need to explain for the moment, as his face brightens even more and he lets out a scandaled, embarrassed cry.]

No we didn't!

[He scowls and looks away, crossing his arms at his chest, but it looks more like he's hugging himself, than anything else.]

It's not like that.

[Except it is, just not yet.]