[Even blushing he still found it in him to laugh about it. He could even imagine it, stopping each other and producing ring boxes, boggling at each other...]

Oh my god, I can see it:

"After you, Kanji-kun-"

"Nah, I think you should go first, after you-"

"Did we both write letters?"

"I had a friggin' script prepared when practicing in front of the mirror got way too embarrassing!"