He can see that she's made him pancakes for dinner in an attempt to cheer him up and as she sets it down at his place he knows that she just wants him to eat and couldn't care less how he looks. Sitting down he cuts himself a small bite and chews it and swallows it, he can taste it, and he knows that he should be enjoying it, but he's only eating because he should. Adding syrup he puts on a thin, fake, smile and eats his pancakes in slow small bites.