SSC (Ep 28): "Why must it be looking up or looking down at each other? Shouldn't the best love be seeing each other at the same level?"
After LYA told him her concerns about them when they get older. Right now he admires her because she is 9-10 steps ahead of him so she is more mature, rational and has a life plan. What happens when he is in his 30s and she in her40s...what if he ultimately wants someone who will admire and look up to him...