NOT HELPING HIS BLUSH, or his embarrassment. "I promise, I can and will focus properly during sparring." Hopefully that she was a pretty girl, and in fact his girlfriend, would not be a distraction.

"And--any double meaning aside--you can try and pin me." Blue-eyes meeting hers in challenge. She honestly hadn't really seen him at his best, not that he would necessarily be bringing all he was capable of to a spar. She'd seen some of it, but all of what he could do.