❝I do like you , Rose . I would hope you knew that much .  
 But I think I could be owed an explanation as to –?❞ 

    No need to finish the sentence . Both knew what he meant .  
    It had taken long enough for them to even speak to each other ,  
    let alone express any extraneous feelings . And things- well , 
    he thought they’d been going great , but obviously this was harder
    than he’d realized . At the very least he shouldn’t have believed
    she’d feel similarly ; it was wishful thinking to the extreme . But
    he just didn’t know why . Was it him , was it her , could he have
    handled the whole thing better ? And was he really going to stand
    here and beg for an insight into her personal emotions ?

————————————–yes .