The smile soon dropped from his lips at Hayley's words.
"You think I wasn't honest with you?" A bit of an hypocritical question, maybe, considering how hurt Hayley had been at the whole double identity thing. But he had never outright lied, and it was something he had to do- if Hayley understood or not didn't make much of a difference, he couldn't really force anyone who wasn't from his world or a similar one to understand. Sometimes he though- well, he'd come clean with Mark. Hayley had found out. And there had been Oliver...
"Hayley, I might be sorry for not letting you know both parts of me and allowing yourself to get the wrong idea, but I was always honest with you. I shared Superman's weaknesses with you when it could have been kept a secret from the whole turtle, had I wished to. Everything I said to you, everything I did with you was honest.
You have known me better than most people here." Her only problem had been she hadn't realized it, and then she breached his trust. And Clark might forgive, he always forgives- but her first instinct still was to attack him, no matter her reasoning. No matter her justifications.
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"You think I wasn't honest with you?" A bit of an hypocritical question, maybe, considering how hurt Hayley had been at the whole double identity thing. But he had never outright lied, and it was something he had to do- if Hayley understood or not didn't make much of a difference, he couldn't really force anyone who wasn't from his world or a similar one to understand. Sometimes he though- well, he'd come clean with Mark. Hayley had found out. And there had been Oliver...
"Hayley, I might be sorry for not letting you know both parts of me and allowing yourself to get the wrong idea, but I was always honest with you. I shared Superman's weaknesses with you when it could have been kept a secret from the whole turtle, had I wished to. Everything I said to you, everything I did with you was honest.
You have known me better than most people here." Her only problem had been she hadn't realized it, and then she breached his trust. And Clark might forgive, he always forgives- but her first instinct still was to attack him, no matter her reasoning. No matter her justifications.
And that says a lot about her.