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(CW: Mentions of suicide)
It's the half way point of the trial and, through the help of Kyoko, Byakuya was able to reach a conclusion to how Fuyuhiko died. However, when he tries to tell everyone why Fuyuhiko was found the way he was, he'd quickly be denounced by Nekomaru. Because the conclusion that Byakuya reached was that Fuyuhiko had tried to end his life initially, a fact that Nekomaru didn't want to accept.
From Kyoko's assistance, Byakuya came to this conclusion by looking back at all of evidence from a distance. The discarded notes scattered around Fuyuhiko's room all specifically having the word sorry written on them, his neck having rope burns, and the previous knowledge about Fuyuhiko made this answer clear for Byakuya. It was already obvious to Byakuya, and later on for the rest of the group, that Fuyuhiko hated the fact that he was the traitor and he clearly held a lot of resentment to this role. Along with that, a statement Byakuya chose to hold onto and remember was when Fuyuhiko told everyone at the motive reveal that he wouldn't let anymore people die because of him. Adding on to that, it was impossible to not look at what this killing game has done to the group. Everyone has faced a great despair at some point in this killing game, and for someone to go through with this route wasn’t unheard of, especially after seeing what Taka did. Even if the fact that two people tried taking their lives is grim, they’ve all seen death countless times, so for this couldn’t be ruled out entirely. And, to Byakuya, with all of this evidence it seemed obvious what Fuyuhiko's motive for going through with a suicide would be. But for Nekomaru, it wasn't.
Nekomaru didn't want to believe that Fuyuhiko had tried to end his own life because, if that were the case, then he could have had the chance to stop Fuyuhiko or tried to help him through his emotions in some capacity to prevent this outcome. He didn't want his false reality to crumble, he didn't want to feel useless, so he kept objecting to Byakuya's statements. Even when Byakuya tried to provide his reasonings, Nekomaru wouldn't hear it and kept speaking over Byakuya. So, not knowing what to do, Byakuya wouldn't fight with Nekomaru on the matter and kept silent, unable to fully explain his reasonings behind this conclusion of his. However, that would change when Komaru stepped in and told Nekomaru he had to calm down because, without a doubt, Byakuya was right.
Komaru hated the idea of Fuyuhiko dying on his own accord just as much, if not more, than Nekomaru, but she understood that it was the truth. So, she defended Byakuya and explained Byakuya's reasonings on his behalf. And finally, after hearing all of the evidence supporting this explanation, Nekomaru went silent. Realizing that Fuyuhiko did try to end his life and that, again, he was just making everything worse. He had put the trial to a stop and put Byakuya down, he wasn't even being helpful. He was just making the trial more difficult for everyone else.
But even though Nekomaru accepted this as the truth, Ryoma couldn't because, to him, it didn't make sense for Fuyuhiko to be found in the state that he was in if he did commit suicide.
Byakuya knew where Ryoma was coming from and he knew how to prove that, even though Fuyuhiko attempted, it didn't mean he was succsesful. However, he didn't know how to put these ideas into words. So he stood there, still silent, not knowing what to do.
Kyoko would notice Byakuya struggling, so she, too, would help him by suggesting that explaining Fuyuhiko's cause of death, first, would help him prove that Fuyuhiko wasn't succsesful. Kyoko told Byakuya this because Fuyuhiko's cause of death was blood loss, not strangulation. So, with this, Byakuya would mention that fact and would tell Ryoma that just because Fuyuhiko tried to end his life, it didn't mean he was successful in doing so. Explaining this further by telling him that someone had likely stopped him from dying in some way. And whoever that person was, is the culprit. But since there's no alibi's, finding the truth behind the culprit's identity further proves to serve even more of a challenge to Byakuya and the rest of the group. However, the culprits identity feels closer than even before and it won't be long until that truth comes to light.
Side note: Burritos/Tacos r overrated af ong ong
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