pritty tricky, well i’d say meet him and just generaly support him as much as you can, so he know’s your there and you care about him, listen to what he has to say and try to understand it, and if you have any troubles on your mind, you should be open about it and tell him, but say somthing like, when your ready, ill be waiting for you, then your not pressuring him, your letting him know, when hes ready, that your there. He ovs loves you otherwise why would he want to talk face to face? he just ovs has some issuces he needs to sort out, so i’d just say give him all the space he needs and all the support you can give to him, and when hes ready, he’ll be able to tell you still love him, otherwise why would you support him? give him spaces? ect…. so really you don’t need to say you love him ectt…. your showing that with your actions.
hope it helps