"I, uh.. still like girls. If girls is what you mean by birds. But, uh... liking boys, was harder to be okay with, when people already hate you, for other things."

He was scared, admittedly. He still was, because he can't imagine everyone just being okay with it, but he wanted to feel like he was worth something to someone for once. "And, actually... I, uh... thought you were kidding. Or high." Mostly high.