[He's patient while she digs several holes for herself. It's fine, he can wait. It's probably a good thing he chose to just call her instead of going for video. She can't see the way his eyebrows knit together. ]

...But I don't want to pretend it didn't happen.

[Good job, this is going great. Wow, why did he think he could actually have this conversation? Is he crazy?]

I-I mean. I don't know.

[He exhales, suddenly very unsure. He has no idea what he's doing. This isn't like his awkward flirting with Cass. This is different and it's terrifying.]

It's complicated. Everything is complicated and weird and I... uh, I don't really know how to deal with it? Emotions are hard. I've not- not really done this before.