...JK had told him about this. 'Don't get into a situation where a girl calls you nice!' he had said. There wasn't anything Ryusei could do to stop it, though.... But then, he didn't think he and Tomoko had that problem JK was probably thinking of. Because unless something had changed recently, he and Tomoko had already clarified....

—He should start walking. "I'm fine. Everything's fine," he said sincerely. "Jirou's back in school." Don't mention Shirakawa. Just in case. What else had happened? They all concerned people Tomoko didn't know. So talk about people they had in common. "How's everyone? I hear it's the Space Kamen Rider Club now?"