"Maybe you should just... take a day and spend time with them. I've never been ANBU, myself, if you didn't know that, but..." He paused, trying to figure out how to explain this.

After a long moment, he finally sorted it out, nodding to himself. "I've been on the other side of the ANBU. The person who was being hidden from and avoided. It's better, sometimes, to simply say that it's not something you can share, and let them guess, but not confirm, if they care about you that much. I don't want any of you to be hurt by you being in ANBU. Not like this."