[Oh, yeah, this is going well. Eddie's under the impression that Ryou is just inherently lovable, no matter what most of their classmates think, so he's sure they'll have this in the bag as soon as they actually meet.]

Oh, yeah, go ahead! You can tell them he won't tell anyone, we, uh, kinda learned nobody would take us seriously anyways? He told a bunch of people I was missing and...

[He gives a halfhearted shrug, trying not to look as hurt as he feels.]

Well, you saw how that turned out.