[Ryuji could write an entire book on that topic, but it wouldn't sell a single copy... since it, too, would be a mess. He takes her cue of giggling as a light hearted moment, and stops being such a spaz about this entire thing for a moment.]

Yeah... I mean. Screw that guy. Sugimura was a total dickwad.

[That's... the understatement of the freaking year, but it's filled with a reticence in going into what he did to Haru. Ryuji gets angry just thinking about it, and he tries to find a different angle from all of this to approach.]

I just... I mean. I hope that you can like, feel comfortable again one day to open yourself up to dating. And I don't even blame ya for feelin' that way. But it sucks. 'Cause I really think you and Hajime would be kinda cute together? And you deserve to have a good person love you for who you are.