[don't make it sound like it was just his fault then, gosh

Ren doesn't look entirely surprised at that answer, but he looks like he's actually having to apply some serious effort to hold himself together for a moment before he just starts laughing.]

Where did you get that idea...? We're good friends, but even if we start at the very bottom of where I could start on that, they're both very...mmm, I suppose oblivious is the polite way to put it...

["Dense" or "unable to recognise romantic feelings if someone smacked them into their faces" being the less polite ways.]