Did he really look so awful? He made a note to put more work into making himself presentable before he left the dorm. Which, he figured, should probably be soon so he could avoid being in an enclosed space with certain other parties.

Avoiding the issue like a real man. Oh yeah. He was a disgrace and kind of hated himself for it.

"I... did study last night, but as it is not finals season, I went to bed at a decent hour!" It would have been a lot easier to just go along with Byakuya's assumptions, but they were inaccurate and needed to be corrected. Kiyotaka quickly jumped away from the topic, though. If the heir was here it probably wasn't for chitchat. Oh... Right. He remembered now. How could he have forgotten in the first place?

"You are here about that make-up, aren't you?"