[It's okay, he figured out what she meant. And those five minutes aren't up, so he says as much.]

Hey, don't worry about it--I get it. Well...not as much with the crushes, I've only ever had two of those, heh.

But...I didn't think you'd feel that way about me, either. I wasn't ever even really sure why France did, really, even though he told me why all the time-- [he hadn't meant to bring up France again, but, well...it was relevant to the line of thought.]

I mean, we're both pretty screwed up, we're really just hopeless. But even so...you're pretty great. If there's nothing really obvious stopping them [like with, say, Lust or that Phoenix guy, who are the only two of her crushes he actually knows about] then I don't know why anyone you liked wouldn't.

[Her worst and all, as far as he's concerned. He stops then, embarrassed again, and hesitates before biting the bullet and flopping down to lie next to her and muttering a quieter admission.]

I should've realized what it was sooner, with how much I was missing you being around.