Normally, Elliot would have let it go. He was absolutely not the confrontational type of person, and he was usually the 'not-so-strong, silent type'. But this bothered him. It bothered him that so many people kept saying the same stupid thing to him all the time. So he didn't let it go, not this time.
"Then why did you do it?" he blurted out suddenly. "How did you even know I-" He stopped himself before letting slip his interest in men (though his hesitance earlier probably gave him away).