That may be true, and even if he hadn't been upset himself, chasing her down after all of that would have likely felt like a bad idea, too. That doesn't mean he handled it well with what he chose to do.

"I didn't have to press you that hard in the first place. I didn't have to let you leave worried about me, either. I really did want to give you some space last night, but more than that... I was afraid to try and face you after knowing that I'd hurt you." After she'd run off and apparently tried to hurt herself, no less. He won't bring it up, but the fact does weigh heavy on his mind anyway, just like those flowers. Jeez...

"I wouldn't try and skip town to avoid you," he says carefully, "but there's a part of me that's done things like that before. You don't deserve to deal with that."