Ryoma slammed the door to his dorm behind him and sunk down. 'Goddamnit. Everybody's gonna know now.'

Ryoma sighed getting back on his feet. He went to go lay back on his bed.

He saw the picture on his bedside. It depicted him and his girlfriend from America. They looked so happy together. She was so beautiful. Ryoma smiled and picked up the picture.

"I miss you everyday, baby. I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you." He caressed the picture gently, sighing.

He placed it back down and walked around to his desk. Opening the drawer, he quickly found what he was looking for.

An old X-acto knife.

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"That was... Odd. Why would he just get up and leave?" Shuichi said.

"Maybe he's gone to go jerk off to the picture of that girl he has in his room!" Miu cackled.

Ryoma has gotten more and more distant as of late. Gonta was growing worried that he didn't want to be around them any more.

"Guys? Do you think Ryoma doesn't want to be our friend any more?" Gonta worried.

"Oh Gonta, don't say such things, I'm sure That he just went back to get something." Korekiyo responded, though not confidently.

They continued to eat breakfast in an uncomfortable silence. After about 10 minutes or so, Ryoma silently reentered the room, as if he didn't want anyone to see him. Everyone knew who it was though. Those soft, almost timid footsteps were unmistakable.

Ryoma sat back in his place at the table, next to Tenko. She expected to have to scold at him again about his personal hygiene, but to her surprise, she did not.

Ryoma now smelled of honey and daffodils - something very uncharacteristic for him.

"Ryoma, what's with that smell? It's unusually... Pleasant." Tenko commented.

"Just wanted to leave a good first impression on the other classes." Ryoma answered.

Everyone looked as Ryoma ate his breakfast silently.

"So Ryoma," Kaede asked, "is your arm feeling better?"

"Yeah. Just a bruise. I put some ice on it and wrapped it up, no big deal." Ryoma answered.

Ryoma continued to eat. After finishing half of his plate, he sighed and pushed it away.

"I'm gonna go out to the courtyard and wait for you all to finish." Ryoma said.

Ryoma left the room, munching on a candy cigarette on his way out.

Gonta finished his last bite of breakfast and excused himself as well, walking off after his friend towards the courtyard.