He suddenly had a feeling he opened up a bag of worms he wanted nothing to do with when he saw that look on Eiji's face. "Suit yourself."

He wanted another popsicle. But he decided to wait until Eiji left the library and no doubt took off to tell Hina all about his new discovery.

He didn't know where to go from here, but he knew Hina was still better off without him. That was really the only thing he could do for her now.