Damn, you were hoping he’d take it as ‘you’re my friend and I like you’ and not 'I like you and you’re my friend’. Whoops. You try a sheepish smile. “You’re doing whole sentences, so it’s gotta have helped, yeah?” You sorta. Squeeze his shoulder. “That’s why the deep breath, brah. Just chill, okay? You’re cool, I’m cool, we do cool shit.”