Chapter 46: I've Been Dragged Away

**I've Been Dragged Away** is the forty-sixth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

Yamada and Ichikawa are standing in line for the cafe. He considers something he once heard about how it's considered romantic for the guy to stand a step below the woman on a set of stairs, and decides to try that, but Yamada stops him. He changes topics to her styled hair, and she says that her mother helped her do it, and that she's never been good at that kind of thing. They then talk about her mother and how strict she is, with Yamada adding that she only acts that way in public. She claims that she calls her "Anna-chan" at home, and Ichikawa comments dryly how cute that is. Yamada gets upset, saying she is surprised he can even say "cute." He realizes his mistake, but they are called into the restaurant before he can comment further, and Yamada's interest is taken by the menu. He looks over the food and notices how expensive everything is, deciding to get a regular coffee and claiming how he's not big on sweets. She considers if it were better for them to have gone to a normal cafe, and he realizes he's made another mistake while beating himself up for it. The waitress appears to take their order, with Yamada requesting 'The Special Berry Royale "Deluxe" Pancake Set,' and Ichikawa ordering a hot, blended coffee. As she walks off, they change the discussion to Ichikawa's fashion choices, and his obsession with black. She claims to also have a lot of black clothes, though she isn't wearing any today, with him claiming that her wearing black and him wearing black aren't nearly the same thing. She presses his line of thought, and he adds that with fashionable people it's planned out, while he just wears what he likes. She nods agreeably, but he suddenly realizes that he's been trying to talk about fashion to a professional model as if he knows what he's talking about, and again feels as though he's screwed up. She affirms his theory based off what fashion designers have told her, but he is despairing over the accumulated "screw-up points" he's made since they've met up.

At that time, the waitress appears with their drinks, and he takes a sip, but finds it too bitter, and reaches for the sugar. He remembers that he told her that he was bad with sweets, though, and continues adding to his tally. He considers that meeting up with Yamada was a mistake, and that he had gotten cocky from feeling normal around her at school, and that their difference in status is insurmountable. Eventually, Yamada's food is brought out, and she brightens up looking at them, causing him to stare, and get self-conscious when she catches him. She holds out her phone and asks him to take a picture of her when she's eating, and he thinks she wants it for her Instagram account. She opens her mouth and brings a too-large forkful of pancake up to her mouth, with him commentating how she shouldn't show such a face to the whole world before taking the photo. Surprisingly, she manages the entire bite into her mouth, and he has to remind himself who he's dealing with. He offers to make a video instead, and she agrees with her mouth full. She takes back her phone and looks over the media, with him voicing concerns at her uploading it online. She asks where she's going to upload it, and instead sends it to his phone. He gushes too long at his phone, and she suddenly stands, reaches forward, and grabs his chin between her index finger and thumb, raising his head, and telling him he "should look at the real thing as well." Shocked at her own boldness, she quickly sits back down, and he, equally as surprised, drops her phone and spills his coffee.

* Bonus pages are various color poster artworks and advertisements, plus Yamada and Ichikawa dancing in the rain, and the two of them in the supply closet.

## Trivia

* The cover page shows the aftermath of Ichikawa spilling his coffee, with Yamada holding a towel and attempting to help clean him off, but him refusing.

* Yamada refusing to let Ichikawa step below her on the staircase is likely because she enjoys the fact that they're at eye level for once, and she can look at him without their height difference being a factor. She may also be trying to show off her earrings and hair, which he eventually takes the bait for.