Or like...
Actually, I think we all forget how sexuality work, doesn't restrict you from liking someone because someone looks like they have a certain chromosome pair.
Ok, I'm off topic, but you have a contrast ratio of 1.72:1 which fails "WCAG A" guidelines for accessibility.
Anyways, on topic now, yeah, ask them, doesn't need to be in person if they don't want to say it in person. Shouldn't be too hard to play it from there