"Because it can put the warmest of smiles on your lips. It makes the nerves and slight embarrassment all worth it in the end" Because her safety and happiness were paramount in his world. Besides he was alone with Shionne now. So the only one to hear him wax poetic so clumsily (only in his biased opinion really) was Shionne herself and while she might be amused he knew those words also were quite flattering to receive. So really he had no reason to not say such things right to her face. Sometimes it might even fluster her into speechlessness and she had to turn around to hide the blush on her face for a second before remembering all the things they had seen of each other since getting married.