[That!! Earns his silence, staring at his shaved ice before biting into it delicately, so he doesn't get an immediate regret.]

I think I'm okay in most ways. [Not a complete coward.] But I do feel as if I lack in others.

[... Like having the courage to open up to others, which is something he knows he should change. But mostly to ask his crush out on dates and stuff.]

Determination is really where my strengths lie, though I don't think courage has anything to do with it. More like stubborn pride.