Yeah this sounds right to me too. They want an answer, not a gesture open to interpretation.

"Daisies never tell" feels like the sort of response you give when someone is splashing out on a friend, acting like they're a couple perhaps but never saying it and certainly not outwardly committing to it. I can open doors for you, take you out, buy you flowers (daisies), but if I don't say or act like we're dating, are we?