[He turns to watch Dextera shake his head, and he looks even more strained at trying to hold back emotion from his face.]

You always react like that. [It's what bothers him the most, he thinks. It's weighing heavy on him, and he can't reverse it. In fact, even this conversation is bringing things down, but even if bringing this up does absolutely nothing to stop it like he thinks, he still has to try.

It means he's putting his head down, his face in his hand, focusing on composure.]

It's not okay. You don't have to sit there and say it's okay when it upset you. What kind of an ass do you think that makes me? [Ugh...!! He's a bad friend!!] Just let me apologize, damn it.

[That was probably supposed to come out with more spirit, but it just sounds pathetic.]