[Shaking his head, he sipped at his drink again.]

You're kind of mistaken, Malik-kun... that shyness isn't something that anyone would see normally. For the most part, back then, I kept up a pretty disinterested facade. I kept trying to push people away for a long time, but people kept trying to get close anyway. It was only the people that got close to me that saw that shyness, back then.