Chapter 124: I'm Busy Studying

**I'm Busy Studying** is the one-hundred-and-twenty-forth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

Ten days into Summer vacation, Ichikawa thinks on how he's had classes every day from noon until nightfall. He also studies by himself in the mornings, but has been making progress, going form not understanding the past Syugakukan tests to getting a passing grade. Suddenly, his phone goes off, and he is sent a picture of Yamada in a revealing two-piece bikini, causing all his thoughts to stop. In the store, she reacts with uncertainty, wondering if it's okay to send him these things while he's studying, and tries to cover it up by saying it's a mannequin with her face superimposed over it, which he doesn't buy. She then sends him a few other pictures, asking his opinion. He initially says that it's her outfit, and she should decide, but she insists, by saying it's for him. When pressured, he chooses the checkered one, and when she asks why, he says it's "just cute." She initially reacts with joy at the proclamation, but as she walks out with her choice, she hangs up on his use of "just." She walks in a daze past Moe and Serina, who are also shopping, and she finds an especially revealing swimsuit hanging on the wall. Eager to impress, she begins reaching for it, but is stopped by a concerned Moe.

Downstairs, Kana addresses Kyoutarou, asking why he's studying at the dining room table. He silently considers how he'd just be masturbating if he were in his room, and just brings up how the questions in this book are crazy hard. She says not to get too worked up, and hands him a high-level English book, which he claims is the same as what he's been reading, but she clarifies that this is the difference in high-level and ultra-high level, saying that switching to something easier when you're worn out might help. As she begins adding some chili oil to her food, he considers how she made it to her school of Wasuda University on her first try, and how it makes him angry. She offers to help, but he refuses.

Back with the girls, Serina is helping to practice turning down guys by pretending to hit on Yamada, but gets embarrassed over it part-way through. Moe offers that Yamada won't have to worry, because Ichikawa will be there. Serina says he won't be reliable, but Yamada says that isn't true. Moe says that may be true for her, but if someone tries to hit on them, he'll ignore them completely, which Yamada says might be accurate. Serina accuses Moe of trying to get picked up before, but she deflects, saying she's not a kid, and that she's been studying for exams. Suddenly they all three get a message from Chi, saying that her team won the district semifinals for basketball, and they all get excited for her. Moe brings up how Chi got a sports referral, and Yamada says that she plans on going to Ooka Trade School, while Serina says she'd like Shibuya Central or Tamayama Academy, because of their good dance programs. Moe considers how they'll all be going off on their separate ways, but Yamada says that they all have their goals, and that's pretty amazing, and that she's happy she got to be friends with everyone. Moe accuses her of being the one most likely to fall out of contact, but she disagrees, saying she'll always be in touch.

On the ride back home, Yamada frets over her phone, deleting a message to Ichikawa saying she misses him. To her surprise, he texts with a "hi." She asks what is up, and he replies that it's nothing, they're just on break, and says that school's been getting serious. She apologizes for disrupting him today, saying she sent him something weird while he was studying, but he says it's not a big deal, and that she is no bother, adding that while she's there, he feels that impossible things aren't impossible, and that he can give it his all, and admitting that he misses her. He finally adds that he wants to shop for some fake tattoos for the beach, and she asks if he's not needing a swimsuit. Serina asks her what she's reacting to, and she says that she'll see. That night, Ichikawa buries his face in his pillow in embarrassment.

## Trivia

The bit about Yamada sending swimsuit pictures to Ichikawa is a remake of part of Extra 90.1. Notably, however, Yamada has on a different swimsuit from the one in the Extras.