[Ronan's quiet until Adam prompts him, and then he sighs, scrubbing a hand across his face as he tries to come up with the right words, the right thing to say.]

I told you I wasn't in love with you yet. And that's not wrong, but- I didn't tell you the rest of it.

[Which is maybe not the best point to pause, but Ronan needs to catch his breath. It'd be easy to mistake his body language for agitation, if you didn't know him. If you weren't aware of the fact that he responds to tension by wanting to hurl his body against the world, fight something. That as much as he tries to seem casual, that this is anything but for him. To say he's not good at putting his feelings into words is putting it mildly, but he's trying.]

I want- I wasn't angry at you. I was angry because I wanted to fall in love with you, and it wont be the same. I.. want you. I just--

[And Ronan seems to lose his words, to not know how to say any more than that. Overwhelmed just from trying to say enough to communicate what he hadn't been able to before. That not being in love with him didn't mean he didn't want him. He was still helplessly affected, had wanted Adam to be his first kiss, even if they hadn't gotten there yet. He'd been falling for him, even if he couldn't quite say he loved him.

But then, there was a chance that had more to do with Ronan and saying the words than it did about his feelings.]