He tries to put on his best face for her, but it's pained. After experiencing that, even now it's hard for him to act like everything was alright. He's glad those things were gone, whatever they were supposed to be, even though he knew in his heart exactly what they were. It didn't speak any lies, as much as he didn't want to admit to it or want Yukiko to know.

"Yeah! I'm alright. It's just...you know." He shrugs, letting it go. It didn't seem worth it to try and hide it now.

"That was a lot of stuff I didn't want anyone to know about. Hell, I didn't even really believe it at first."