Despite your protests for him to take a break due to his exhaustion that he's attempting to mask, his persistence was far too great.

Overly insistent to impress your parents just so they'd approved of him for you, regardless how onerous it may be, he'd venture it nonetheless.

He'd beamed to you whenever he'd caught on your worried guise, reassuring you with his buoyant mood.

"It's fine! I'm not even sweating, see? Besides there's nothing's wrong with me impressing your parents, yeah?"