He seemed relieved to hear that she blamed his attacker rather than him. Of course he had no reason to think she would have blamed him anyway, but this was Steve, the King of Pessimism, here.

His face turned a lovely shade of pink as Miku reacted to what might be the corniest thing he'd ever said. Crazy cat eyes or no, Steve always looked the same when he was sheepish. "Well- well, you are," he retorted. "And I never did get you a birthday present, so it'll be for that, too."