Suggestion
"I got distracted… I wanted to give you my answer. But you're right. My pride was preventing me from doing that. I feel like a clown. I kept on talking about grand things like marrying all of you and us working together to make that happen… However, now that you presented me with this… I started having doubts."
Once our lips parted, words came out naturally from my mouth. It's the answer I arrived at as soon as my head cleared up.
Upon hearing it, a meaningful smile appeared on Mizuki's lips followed by a fit of giggles. With her arms encircling to my back, she whispered to my ear, "Stop overthinking and focus on our goal."