"You know exactly what I mean." Rosa wasn't going to accept any attempts at distractions. They were going to talk about whatever dumb thing was going on, and Alex was going to stop being weird about it. "What is it?"
For someone she genuinely cared for, wanted to be with, she did actually want to know, actually wanted to help if she could. She didn't like knowing there was something eating at her girlfriend. There probably wasn't actually anything she could do, but she could listen.
People liked it when the person they were dating listened.