No, I... [f- fff] That isn't something you need to apologize for.
[Reaches out, briefly, to touch his arm. But pulls it back quickly enough when he realizes that, once again, he fails at being appropriate.]
The way... people feel can't be controlled like that. But, even so... you have to know that I can't return feelings like that. [can't. shouldn't... and yet. does. very much does.]