If he could call himself a coward like the entire town has been doing for months now then he would but what else could he do in this situation?, Trying to be two people at once and having to put up a fake personality was hard because that just wasn't who he really was. In reality he was a talented swordmen and very smart and would stand up to anyone who would hurt someone innocent,but with the job he chose he had to fake a persona of being a coward and being the worse swordmen known to earth

Now here he was facing his most top fear or that's what he told himself but what was that fear exactly? Telling his wife his big secret, you see Diego has been going out as zorro since he was 18, now being almost 25 he was happily married to you but he also hated the fact he couldn't be his actual self with you because he was trying to keep a low profile so no soldiers from the Spanish army figures out anything

Well he wanted to wait until tomorrow morning to tell you his big ass secret but it seemed like you caught up to it faster than he expected you to,He never noticed that you we're secretly watching him, inspecting his injuries because sometimes he'd return home half dead. You had found the door like cave in his old bedroom and had found one of his old zorro masks

Diego returned from yet an other outing in the late night if dealing with lieutenant Gabriel and his soldiers once again, only to see his wife in their bedroom with a.. sad?, Disappointed?,Angry? Face to be honest he didn't know how to explain you're reaction because you weren't giving him many clues to work with but as soon as he opened his mouth to explain he saw you we're holding one of his extra zorro masks in your hand

He knew he was Fucked during that moment

Diego took a deep breath and tried to calm his now very much showing anxiety "...so uh..how was you're day?" Is all the poor man could ask his wife because honestly what do you tell your wife after hiding a big secret like that for almost 7 years?