If you don't want to confess, force him into a situation where he will confess. Don't exactly ask me how that one would work, because it's different for everyone. It happened to me tho.

If worse comes to worse, go for some "liquid courage"

And yes. He likes you.

"This year, they should give the Nobel Peace Prize to the inventors of cancer and accidents, because research shows those are the main causes of disarmament."