Chapter 114: We're Going Out

**We're Going Out** is the one-hundred-and-fourteenth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*. It begins Volume 9 of the published manga.

## Summary

In his bed, Ichikawa dreams of Yamada accepting his confession and kissing him on the cheek. He suddenly bolts awake, wondering if he'd just fantasized the entire scenario. He groggily gets up and walks to his desk, and finds a slip of paper with the entire flow of their confession discussion written down on it. He remembers now that he wrote down their conversation so he wouldn't forget it, and ponders over how creepy he can be. As he dresses and heads to school, he considers how such a miracle could possibly happen to someone like him, and compares his life to a manga, but then considers how, if this were like a manga, then the next thing to happen would be a ten-year timeskip leading to their marriage, with all of the cast now having appropriate jobs and all the side characters having gotten together. He realizes that he doesn't know how to react to this reality without looking at it in those terms.

Suddenly, Yamada walks up beside him and takes her seat while greeting him, and he can only react with a blush. She asks him what is wrong, but he declares that it's nothing a little too loudly. Moriya begins handing out pieces of paper while he silently reprimands himself for thinking of such a convenient future. He is handed one of the print-outs by Kugenuma, and is shocked to see it be a Post-Graduation Goals Survey. He realizes he needs to get serious about this, and considers how it's something you can't ignore, while Moriya tells them that it's due by next Wednesday. He glances over at Yamada, who quickly finishes filling her paper out, and reacts with surprise. She proudly announces that she wants to go to Hinata, because of their notable performing arts department. He quickly asks her what the nearest station is (Meguro), and if the school is co-ed (Yes), which piques her curiosity, asking why he wants to know, which he is less than forthcoming with.

Later, Ichikawa is in front of the Guidance Councillor's Office, and looking over various pamphlets for colleges, paying special attention to Syugakukan High School. Moe walks up behind him, looking at his pamphlet and loudly declares the school name and how prestigious it is. He presses his fingers up to her face to silence her, demanding that she not tell Yamada about any of this. She presses him a bit harder on Syugakukan, insisting he should apply. All of a sudden, Yamada walks out of the office, seeing them together, and expressing shock, anger, and nervousness at them. She tries to laugh it off, and walks down the hallway. Moe reacts with confusion, wondering what is wrong with her.

At the park, Yamada is eating instant noodles, and Ichikawa a pastry. She tells him that it's fine if he talks with a girl, or has food with one, though he insists that he won't do that. She adds that "hanging out" with a girl is no good, however, and he says that the line between having food and hanging out seems a bit fuzzy. She declares that what they're doing now is having food, and drains the remainder of her ramen while setting the cup on her swing. She then places her feet on his the swing, wrapping her legs around him and swinging them while standing up. She declares that this is hanging out, and continues moving them back and forth. After a few moments of giggling and having fun, she leans down and touches their blushing faces together, asking if he understands, which he affirms. The two begin their walk back home, and Yamada pauses to ask if he told anyone about them being together. When he doesn't reply, she says that he hasn't, and he asks how she knows. She smiles and declares it's because she's his girlfriend. He feels a need to say that to her one day, and declares that he'll tell his family gradually, which excites her.