Force, why won't anything go right? In those rare times he thought about confessing everything to Baze, this was the bit that he always hoped involved a 'I like you too' and maybe more...

Instead Baze just sounds confused, and hurt, the faint whisper of the Force bringing nothing but dismay.

"No, I mean... I... like, like you. More... more than a friend... should."

The first time Baze's voice dropped Chirrut ran smack into a wall. He may never forget that feeling (both the way his heart seized, and the way the stone bloodied his nose).