If he thought he might get some kind of explanation later that night, he was sorely mistaken. Jade didn't return home at all, presumably hiding in his Halo apartment, leaving Noel agitated and confused.
He was already baffled by Jade's attitude over the nosebleed thing, so adding Jade's reaction from this afternoon only makes things more opaque. Noel isn't even sure if Jade was upset about him being a virgin or him having an ex. He seemed bizarrely affected by both.
Noel paces his room well after the sun goes down, alternating between chewing his nails and complaining to the cats. The sudoku puzzle he'd tried working on now lies in many tattered pieces at the bottom of the wastepaper basket.
"Why do espers have to be so weird?" he asks, pulling at his hair. "Why can't they talk like normal people? Hazel seems pretty down-to-earth, but maybe she's weird with her guide too. Who knows!"
