[ Richie nods even though he's not 100% sure where to go with this. ]

So. What if... What if we take off the 'just friends' restriction, huh? We don't have to make the call now, but we can maybe do some...real dates? Tell other people we are 'figuring it out'? It's really, profoundly, none of the their business. But I mean. If...If that sounds good, we could maybe start there? Check in after a bit and see if we keep it going?