Elijah rose his brow. "You are confused.. I think. I assure you, you didn't make me think you had any.. unnatural feelings for me. I was only confused in thinking you wanted to perhaps be my friend. I certainly would have liked that, but the. um.. incident before made me realize i was perhaps thinking I was wrong, though you said it was otherwise."

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. 'I know you did nothing to ask for this. This was all my... strange mind. I found you to be attractive and kind. And my mind took it too far. And you were the first in a long time I could speak about my.. issues. It was my fault, never yours."