[No he was comfortable there? Fuck you, he's still going to avoid your eyes.
Or, well, he was going to try. At being directly told to look at him, Hinata does, squaring his shoulders as if preparing an argument. But as Faize speaks, his entire expression falters, and his lips press tightly together. The chilled edge to Faize's voice hurts in its own way, of course, cutting into him and forcing him to listen, even if he doesn't want to hear.
He opens his mouth to try to argue that no, they all think I have a talent, but the words die in his throat before he can say them. He'd learned quickly those first few days that no one cared about Hope's Peak or what it stood for. No one cared about his forgotten talent.
And he takes a deep breath and rips his gaze away from Faize's, resting his elbows on his knees and grinding his palms into his eyeballs as if that might somehow help him erase what he'd seen.]
N-no, that's not... I know that, Faize, but how'm I... I'm just an ordinary person. I'm nobody important!
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Or, well, he was going to try. At being directly told to look at him, Hinata does, squaring his shoulders as if preparing an argument. But as Faize speaks, his entire expression falters, and his lips press tightly together. The chilled edge to Faize's voice hurts in its own way, of course, cutting into him and forcing him to listen, even if he doesn't want to hear.
He opens his mouth to try to argue that no, they all think I have a talent, but the words die in his throat before he can say them. He'd learned quickly those first few days that no one cared about Hope's Peak or what it stood for. No one cared about his forgotten talent.
And he takes a deep breath and rips his gaze away from Faize's, resting his elbows on his knees and grinding his palms into his eyeballs as if that might somehow help him erase what he'd seen.]
N-no, that's not... I know that, Faize, but how'm I... I'm just an ordinary person. I'm nobody important!