[Not distract her! Have a valid excuse to not answer until he can think of a good one. There's a difference, so says Izuku Logic.
He curls into himself a bit at what she says; it transitions fairly smoothly into the reflexive step back he does in response to getting bonked on the head, but definitely happens a bit too early. I'm still upset. Well, yeah, he expected that. Who wouldn't be upset to find out someone they thought was their friend was lying about who they are? That really hurt. He knows, he knows, but it wasn't ever supposed to come up, it wasn't supposed to be so important. You can trust me. It wasn't about trust...not like that. He just wanted to protect All Might's secret. He wanted to protect himself.
(He wanted to be treated like he was the same as everyone else for once in his life.)
No. Stop that. There's more important things to deal with right now than feeling sorry for himself. He takes a breath, straightens up, and gives Uraraka the best smile he can manage. Just...be normal, for her. She probably needs some normalcy just as much as he did when he first showed up.]
Yeah...I know. [A beat, and his smile becomes a lot more natural.] You know, you should help Satou cook for class parties. You're really good!
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He curls into himself a bit at what she says; it transitions fairly smoothly into the reflexive step back he does in response to getting bonked on the head, but definitely happens a bit too early. I'm still upset. Well, yeah, he expected that. Who wouldn't be upset to find out someone they thought was their friend was lying about who they are? That really hurt. He knows, he knows, but it wasn't ever supposed to come up, it wasn't supposed to be so important. You can trust me. It wasn't about trust...not like that. He just wanted to protect All Might's secret. He wanted to protect himself.
(He wanted to be treated like he was the same as everyone else for once in his life.)
No. Stop that. There's more important things to deal with right now than feeling sorry for himself. He takes a breath, straightens up, and gives Uraraka the best smile he can manage. Just...be normal, for her. She probably needs some normalcy just as much as he did when he first showed up.]
Yeah...I know. [A beat, and his smile becomes a lot more natural.] You know, you should help Satou cook for class parties. You're really good!