"--can we break up? Are we dating?"

And that seems to be the crux of the issue. He finds the bottle and pulls it out, focusing on the cap instead of the boy in front of him.

"I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I don't know how to be a boyfriend. I don't know how to have a boyfriend." And off comes the cap. James takes a long pull from the bottle and nearly gags. "I didn't even know I liked blokes until you came along."