[Ugh, it's awful that he feels like bolting. He won't, since this has been sitting around for three months and he's getting tired of it.

But holy shit actually confronting this?]

Y-yeaaah....

[Give him a moment, Dirk. He's trying not to come up with something along the lines of, "I choose you, Dirk!" That'd just be silly.]

Um...ugh, this is harder than it looks. [Jake takes a deep breath.] Wouldyougooutwithmeasmorethanfriends?

[His face is practically glowing.]

I-I mean...that's saying you're still interested and haven't moved on to bigger and better people, ahaha...ha....