[He is very much okay with still holding her hand. He slides his fingers between hers, giving her hand a little squeeze. This is actually fine.]

And let you miss out on a chance to traumatise me for the rest of my days? Pfft, nah.

[And, you know, the awkward kissing attempts. Those too. He leads her towards the carnival games, dropping his voice to a conspiring whisper. ]

Anyway. See the basket toss over there? It's figuring out how to use kinetic energy to your advantage. If you aim for the middle, all that energy is still in the ball, so it comes right back out. But if you hit it just on the top of the rim, that gets rid of it all and the ball will land right in the middle of the basket.