Or you could say: "That's why I want you to be my main dish for tonight." Strightfoward ? Yes. Weird ? Definitely.
U-Umm... it's not that I hate you or anything... but... um... this is the first time someone's said something like that to me, so... well... Eh... wh, what are you saying all of a sudden! I, I'm not... I'm not cute at all, and I'm still so new at all this...