"You swear you can keep this a secret, right?" Newt asks as they walk, shoving his hands in his pockets so he can avoid wringing them like he really wants to right now. It's not like he thinks Mindy's going to run off and spill every detail of this encounter to Kate but hey, Mindy might run off and spill every detail of this encounter to Kate. "And I'm not proposing yet, I don't know when it's going to happen. Just that it's, y'know, a thing I will do in the future."

He sighs, shaking his head because even thinking about that M word--marriage--is incredibly daunting even for someone who's totally done rock star monster beating. He stops in front of the coffee shop that's just a few stores down and turns to her, his expression entirely sincere. "Be straight with me, okay? I know she loves me, I do, it's not like I'm wishy-washy on that subject. And I know this question is like, totally not even answerable, but do you think she'd say yes? I mean, am I a yes-able kind of guy?"