Chapter 101: I Want To Be Closer To Yamada

**I Want To Be Closer To Yamada** is the one-hundred-and-first Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

In the nurse's office, everyone is getting their height and weight checked. Chi is the current patient, and is attempting to stretch herself out as far as she can, while the nurse scolds her and tells her to cut it out, but realizes that her feet are actually flat on the ground. Chi claims to be "stretching with her spirit." Next is Yamada, who gets on the scale and attempts to suck in her gut, and Rin, who is helping as part of the health committee, tells her that won't change anything. In the hallway, Ichikawa looks at his results, but notices that Yamada is looking over his shoulder. He demands she show him her results in exchange, but she insists she didn't see anything, and their arguing attracts the stares of Andou, who is still interested in their relationship. They break apart a healthy distance and he scolds her, reminding her that they're not supposed to be acting too close in public, while she blames him, saying he's the one who yelled out. He thinks on how she is the "celebration girl," who throws hellish forced confession events, and he really doesn't want her to know about him and Yamada and it causing him to be rushed into a confession. When she comes close, she asks if they're "a thing," and he tries to divert the conversation by reminding her that their new teacher, Moriya, demanded they talk to new people and try to make 100 friends. She changes topics and brings up how she never really talked to Yamada before, and says that she can call her Kankan. Yamada instead asks if Kanna is okay, because she wants to call her something other than what the others call her. She then begins playing with her hair, while Ichikawa silently asks her not to break into her heart with an attack like that. Hanzawa suddenly walks up to Yamada and pulls her hand away, saying that "Kanna" is what she calls her, and Yamada apologizes. Chi says that Yamada can be overly-familiar, then addresses Hanzawa, saying they were good friends in elementary school. Moe accuses her of being Chi's "ex-girl," while Yamada instead asks if she can call Andou "Panda," which she finds scary. She counters saying she'll refer to her as "Yama-duh," which she reacts to warmly. Chi looks at Ichikawa sulking, and asks if anything is wrong, but he denies it, but thinks how he's as much a loner as ever.

In the library, Ichikawa is reaching for a book and is easily able to grab it from the top while on his tip-toes. Yamada comes up behind him, asking him what he's doing, and he comments on how he was wondering how long he's been able to reachthe top shelf. She says that he must have really grown, and he confirms that he's grown six centimeters since last year. She brightens up at his proclamation, calling it amazing. She then adds that she once grew fifteen centimeters in the fifth grade, and he asks her not to mention it. He calls this a "waypoint," and she compares it to an athlete's interview, and she proposes leaving behind a record of their height. She grabs a marker and places him against the wall, but he says that's a bad idea, since it will cause trouble and they'll just erase it. She instead pulls back some books from a shelf and has him stand there, marking a line. He tells her to have some guilt over her actions, but she tells him to measure her as well, and he asks her to take some books off the top shelf, though she counters saying that he said he could reach them. He grabs a chair and marks her a spot, while she asks if his voice is done changing. He quickly marks down her spot, and puts the books back before she can see. She wants to see the difference, though, and pulls them back apart. She is shocked to see "Anna" as the line, and swoons all the way to the curtained windows at the side of the room. She wraps herself up in the curtain in embarrassment, and he reminds her about the time he said he was scared of growing up, but that now he feels differently, and wants to be closer to her, physically. She meekly offers that she's okay with that, and he joins her in the curtain, but clarifies that he meant closer in height. She headbutts him in frustration, but he resolves to tell her about his love before it's discovered by too many others. At that moment, Hanzawa walks into the room, finding the couple in close proximity amongst the curtains, and they panic.