The talk (What are we?)

How do I start the “what are we?” talk, as annoying as that topic is I feel like it’s a must after talking to that person for a while. Me and him have been talking for around 4 months. We had a thing a year ago and ended that after I popped up that question just to know where things were heading. Basically I said I didn’t want friend with benefits and he said he didn’t want fwb or a relationship at the moment. Fair enough I respected his decision. A year later he texted me and asked me to chill we been casually hooking up and hanging out since. He sometimes goes 1-3 weeks w/o seeing me then sometimes seeing me frequently. It’s completely mixed signals. Honestly I’ve development feelings for him and I don’t want to get hurt. I want to know where we’re going. Is it too soon? Should I just wait? How do I start that conversation. Text or in person? (Last time I did it in text) I just don’t want to be random, we don’t really talk about us. Honestly I’m just scared something is gonna go wrong. I need some girl to girl talk