[He has to stop himself from rolling his eyes at his first passthrough attempt at addressing his feelings, and Ryuji stations himself on the arm of the couch, waiting for the real answer to start coming out.

And if this is the real Akechi- the one that's completely unsure of himself and arguing with his own turns of phrases when he doesn't have to?]

Dude, it's cool, don't get hung up on useless shit, I get what you're goin' for. But they're feelings, they're not meant to be, like, explained and put into little boxes like this is bio class and you're dissecting a frog. And just recognizing you have 'em is... honestly, it's a pretty big step.

[But... hm.]

You got a sense of how he feels about you at all?