...Oh no. She's being cute. How is he supposed to resist her charm now that she was, well, a girl? And how did she have it down so easily, this girlish charm thing? Chili stared at her with wide eyes, his fists balled up tight.

"Y-Yeah! You've got a point!" he exclaimed. He wasn't smiling - he just looked shocked at her proposal and her cuteness. "But- But- What if people start being creepy at you?! I'll beat 'em up, I'll beat them for sure! Nobody's gonna touch you!!!"

And now, Chili was suddenly protective and passionate. Cress's charm worked, clearly.