"It did." Clark answers immediately and plainly. There's no pride in it for him. He feels at least the anxiety pass. The knot in his stomach that formed after he said the words aloud lessens. Frank isn't going to reject him or make the next however long they're together a living Hell. He quickly realizes that doesn't undo the hurt of the past. It just makes the future less bleak here.

"Not in a good way." He clarifies. There's a painful story behind that. If it wasn't obvious he was testing the waters before, it is now.