I made a joke about the peacock and he responded by cocking his head slightly in response to my remark about it. "However, I think you're pretty."
"Does this mean that we're back in business?" I had enquired. My intuition had already provided me with the answer, but I believe that we both needed to hear it from him as well. "Do you think you'd be interested in being my boyfriend?" says the author.
"I'm prepared to give it a shot and see what happens," he said.