Kyo was pretty happy this morning; for once, he hadn't been held up by another trance while getting ready or the day. He smiled softly to himself for a moment as he walked down the stairs, wondering if this might be a good sign that he really was improving. He stuck his hand into his pocket for a moment to make sure he had remembered to pick up a pencil and some paper on the way out of his room. He really wanted to try communicating today. 

Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs, the boy noticed that there was some shattered glass in a puddle of water there. Despite the fact that he had noticed this, the other boy standing there hadn't quite gotten his attention the same way. Perhaps the dark hair surrounding his face had caused a blind spot, because he started picking up the shards of glass without even realizing the presence of another person.