So I don't have much experience with sex or sexual relationships due to some circumstances in life I went through, and the very few I did were usually negative. I do however have definitely have sexual desires and a pretty decent libido that I've always wanted to find someone safe and caring to explore with. This guy I'm seeing now is someone with a fair amount of experience, and is very open about preferences and desires and the like. He knows about my own lack of experience, and has been very patient with my pace and boundaries.
It's been great and has helped me become comfortable and more open about sexual aspects. He has asked about sexual desires in the past, and I would honestly tell him I wasn't sure yet what I would like, and ask him about his instead. He told me he understood and would share things he would enjoy, and tells me that there's no rush for anything, that I can take as much time as I need to figure things out.
Recently though, I was thinking about some things I may enjoy, and some of them were pretty vanilla, even not very sexual initially (but definitely would lead to it, don't get me wrong!) I broached the subject while we were texting each other throughout the day, and after telling me something he'd like to try with me sometime, he asked if there was anything I had in mind. I told him about one of my desires, and was not expecting his answer. "Oh, haha. That's… adorable."
I immediately felt self conscious, and now I don't even want to give any more thought about this desire, much less trying it with him, so I just dropped it and didn't say anything else about it. I haven't seen him since but we are meeting for a date and sleeping over in a couple of days. I'm not really willing to talk about it (I know communication is important, I'm just not feeling up for it yet), but have a feeling he may just bring it up himself since this is the first time I've shared something like this with him. What would you suggest I say/do?