Wasn't it obvious? Hesitantly, he sat up, putting the box down on the blanket between them. "Before all this happened," he started.

Maybe he'd secretly wanted to make a good impression. He didn't really know; he'd never examined his feelings for Tomoko very closely. He'd always been content to let it happen if it happened. It was frighteningly spontaneous whenever anything did strike him, but until now nothing had ever ended up badly. It still hadn't ended up badly; they'd ended up here not because of anything to do with the not-relationship but because Ryusei had chosen something over it.

So even though it was a bad idea, he'd still been willing to do it. But he couldn't take it back now. "I won't give it to anyone else. It's for you only, so...." He trailed off, embarrassed by what he was saying.