I would like to know where we stand as well, but I cannot answer for you. And you cannot answer for me.

[He closes his eyes, sighing heavily as he attempts to gather his thoughts. Something tells him that if he didn't care for her as much as he did that this sort of conversation might be easier. But then it would also be unnecessary.]

I would like to... be with you. Dating is a possibility, but I'm not sure that I would be any good at any informal association. I'm what Noctis would like to say as picky. I prefer precise, but it ends up being the same thing at the end of the day.