[Groans a little, soft, shaky still but just making a helpless grumble rather than freaking out as much now. Maybe. It definitely is a lot to process. Feels like something happened in reverse somehow and now he's upside down.]
I wasn't trying to make you notice. You're my friend. [He says that with all the importance it deserves, something he wanted to protect rather than anything else, even his own self-worth issues. Not to mention-] And you're still - You were [???] with...
[You know. Anyway, life apparently is wild. (He has no idea.)]