[Oh god. That's - well, better, probably, since if Ronan had talked about this with Noah and Noah had immediately come to tell Adam, there'd probably be a big fight down the line. But this just means Noah has come to this conclusion all on his own.

He still has no idea how to respond. After all, it would be a straight out lie if he said he didn't want to kiss Ronan. But it's just not that simple.]

We're - we're still figuring things out. I don't want to hurt him.

[It sounds weak, and it is, but it's still true. He's not sure Drunk Noah will understand, though.]

If I kissed him and then things didn't work out, it would be bad. You know that.