You had been hanging out with him for a while, just the usual chatting, hanging out, you know, normal friend stuff! Although you thought you'd see him in the corner of your eye just...staring sometimes...you decided to confront him about it and when you brought it up and started blushing and freaking out a bit.

Shovel knight: w-what!? Me!? Watching you- I-I would never!- he seemed pretty in denial about watching you to the point it was almost cute...still a bit creepy though