He hadn't even noticed her walk in, but at the sound of her voice, he looked up from his beanbag chair and water, and shook his head. "It's fine, Tachibana-san. This room's for everyone after all."
His voice, at least, was steady. It seemed as if his crying had happened earlier enough that he was composed, though not so far in the past that it wasn't obvious what had happened.
"How are you holding up? This is...not exactly what I had in mind when they asked me to join the Anti-Bullying Club."