Rice is a complicated man.

No, rather, things that don't need to be complicated, he complicates them. Does he love you? He doesn't know, maybe. Does he want you to stay? You can leave, but you can come back anytime. The only moments he can be decisive is when he's telling you to clean or cook or do the laundry. Living with him is, in shorter terms, a pain. Rice had a strong inclination to being in control and he doesn't shy away from showing it.

Can't he just be honest to you for once?