For a moment he smiled back her, but then he looked down again.

"Me too. I want things to go back to normal, but I don't know when or if that will happen."

He sighed, his expression saddening. He knows that he'll be sort of like himself for a couple days, but then the anger will start to build again. He knows its difficult for his friends to deal with him, and that they're putting themselves in danger just by being around him. But deep down he's glad they haven't given up on him.