Inigo totally missed the near-smile. By the time he lifts his head again (it's exactly right after Gerome asks that question) it's already gone, and instead Inigo opens his mouth as if to reply.. and then closes it again. Because it is a good question, and maybe his initial answer is not as good as he thought it was. Which is why it comes out a little more hesitant rather than determined.

Because is he maybe projecting a little too much here? Maybe Gerome genuinely is okay with this situation. Or more okay than Inigo himself has been. Maybe Gerome isn't constantly trying to hold himself together mentally under a paperthin exterior the way Inigo himself does. It makes him a little self-conscious.

"I.. well, you usually look that way. It's just.." His voice momentarily trails off. Inigo raises a hand to his face, vaguely waving it around in front of it. ".. you know. Your general face area. You never really look happy."