Oh, dear — this was rather awkward.

"Was it obvious?" he asked, cheeks flushing. It hadn't been obvious to him, but somehow Sayid seemed to have picked up on it, from across the room or wherever he had been at the time. Who else had noticed? Had they made any assumptions about whether he returned the feelings? Or assumptions about his eligibility, for that matter, or his general willingness to engage with marriageable young women? The last thing he wanted was a repeat of that conversation.

"I think I must have embarrassed her terribly," he admitted fretfully to his friend.