"I'm sorry," he said as they turned. Nice going, Ryusei you idiot! He stuffed his hands back in his pockets.

...

To return to an earlier topic.... "That book—History book? Did you find out why someone scribbled in it?" There were other books more suited to that, wasn't there? The book Tomoko was holding didn't look like her spells were in there secretly. Though, really, Ryusei wasn't so much curious as he wanted to not linger over the prior speed bump in the conversation.