He sighed again, that had come out utterly wrong. He turned his head a little so that he was looking at Spike, though a little lopsided. "Spike, I like you" he said softly. "and I liked... it" he blushed. "I just... I didn't mean that" he wasn't very good at talking about important things and he really had no idea what he was trying to say here. "I... you know, I didn't want you to stop talking to me because of it"