Huh? No, no, it's not about Alice. ...Is there something weird I should be feeling toward her...?

[No, never mind that. He shakes his head to dismiss the thought and tries to get back on track.]

It's um... it's got to do with you. It's nothing bad! I... don't think it is, but I guess you could see it as bad.

[...oh wait, this kind of sounds like...]

Shit, I still wanna be friends and everything! I'm not trying to ditch you or anything like that! I-It's just... I think I might... Shit, this is way harder to say than I thought it'd be...

[okay so clearly the solution here is to go about this in a really round-about way!!!]

...C-Can I... Can I kiss you at midnight!?

[well hopefully no one's home to hear that because he'll just die of embarrassment]