He stood perfectly still as she spoke, but when she was finished he stepped up behind her, hooking his arms lightly around her waist...and she'd feel his tail curling around her right angle.

"You said, a few minutes ago, you never asked me to do all those things I talked about. You know, the scary stuff. Taxes." He is smiling a little as he talks. "But you have said you want me to marry you...and I know I'm kind of a flake half the time, but..."

A little pause, drawing in a breath, "if I marry you, don't I have to do those things?"

His voice doesn't have that 'gotcha' sound to it, he's...literally asking if there's some other way for it to work.