The teasing made his cheeks flush out of emabarassment. "Now that you mention it...I am boggled about getting her a gift. For now all I can do is get those silly snacks and cook- but I will figure something out one day! Don't tell her I said that to you though-!" He giggled at the end, like sharing a secret of utmost importance.

"Now, onto my primary reasons for inviting you here..."

He leaned away from the railing to go to one of his potted plants and picks an unassuming pot which at first glance only seems to have a polished teal-coloured ceramic-style resin body. Straightening up, he holds out the pot for her. "Ta-da!"

There's a small LED screen mounted at the centre of one of the faces that look like:

(－ω－) zzZ

There's a small flower sprout poking from the soil already, closed before the emoticon on the screen shifts to a different expression:

(o ω－) z??

"Oh uh...it's sleeping," he mutters quietly as the pixel art shifts back to closing its eyes. "I didn't think it would have been that sensitive..."