Zeke was trying to deal with the fact that they both were guys in their early twenties with emotional issues. He was going over that too much in his head as Zeph paused, though his thoughts were mildly distracted by Zeph's mouth.
Zeke felt very much like a girl when those words were said like that. Or he imagined thats what girls might feel like. With the stupid crazy butterflies and the stomach issues. And what not.
Really he was having trouble putting this whole moment together. He was seeing it in pieces, fragments of observation. It took him a few moments to settle into, okay, so this is what's going on, and wow... it's kind of important. He got that.
"You are so..." he didn't have the words so he stoped and took a breath for a moment and then gave up and just kissed him, pulling away just barely. "I love you" he whispered.