[He sputters.] You said you'd pretend you didn't see!
[Why is his face so hot? God, his cheeks are glowing from the blush he's got going on. Since coming to Trench, his star powers do that now, it seems like, it's awful and he hates it.
But Shiro is talking about his school troubles and saying nice things, because of course he is, he's Shiro. But he can't help but look down at the floor with a bit of a pensive expression as he thinks about that. He knows he was underestimated. It was with the right help from the one person who saw that that he actually mastered these subjects and rocketed to top of his class.
But then he got to the Garrison and struggled even harder because there was always someone better and smarter no matter how hard he tried. And in so many ways, that's still true… desperate to carve a niche for himself, he called himself Sharpshooter, and yeah he's an amazing shot, but it's not where he wanted in his heart of hearts to shine.]
I dunno… I'm still the dumb one, y'know? I don't really… [He shakes his head, not sure if he wants to go that far down that path of thought.]
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[Why is his face so hot? God, his cheeks are glowing from the blush he's got going on. Since coming to Trench, his star powers do that now, it seems like, it's awful and he hates it.
But Shiro is talking about his school troubles and saying nice things, because of course he is, he's Shiro. But he can't help but look down at the floor with a bit of a pensive expression as he thinks about that. He knows he was underestimated. It was with the right help from the one person who saw that that he actually mastered these subjects and rocketed to top of his class.
But then he got to the Garrison and struggled even harder because there was always someone better and smarter no matter how hard he tried. And in so many ways, that's still true… desperate to carve a niche for himself, he called himself Sharpshooter, and yeah he's an amazing shot, but it's not where he wanted in his heart of hearts to shine.]
I dunno… I'm still the dumb one, y'know? I don't really… [He shakes his head, not sure if he wants to go that far down that path of thought.]