Chapter 94: We Stayed Up Late

**We Stayed Up Late** is the ninety-forth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

Yamada is on the phone with her mother, explaining that she will be staying over at "her friend's" house. Ichikawa's mother motions to hand her the phone and she does so, and the two moms discuss the situation. They agree to allow Yamada to stay, while Sanae holds back her husband, all while Kyoutarou panics in the background. As he tries to calm down, his mother brings up that the bath is warmed up for Yamada, which sets him off again. He tries to rationalize it as being the same as when his sister's friends stay over, but finds Kana napping drunkenly on the stairwell. He kicks her awake and tells her not to fall asleep in this situation, then she hands him a sweatshirt and a pair of underwear (wrapped inside) for Yamada to sleep in, to which he recoils on contact with. She tells him not to act like he just touched a cockroach, then says the rest is up to him and she falls back asleep, despite his complaints.

Inside the washroom, Yamada is bathing. He nervously opens the door, keeping his eyes shut tightly, and announces that he's brought a change of clothes. She immediately ducks into the water from behind the obscure glass containing the bathtub, causing a splash and prompting him to ask if she's okay, which she affirms curtly. He explains the clothing situation, and also offers that she can wash her own by using the washer and dryer, and she again affirms. He turns to leave, thinking he has accomplished his goal without incident, but she suddenly calls to him, asking if he has a "rubber," and causing his mind to go blank. She clarifies that she must have left it on the sink, and he realizes she means a rubber band for her hair. He says he'll leave it on the mat outside the tub, but to his shock, she opens the door and reaches her still-dripping hand to take it. She thanks him as he dashes out of the room.

Later, Yamada is dressed and drying her hair. Ichikawa's mother says that her daughter is already asleep, and so she has set out a futon in the living room for Yamada, which she thanks her for. Ichikawa peeks into the room, and she says she'll be right out, and the two pass awkwardly by each other. He realizes he must bathe, but refuses to use Yamada's bath water, and, still overstimulated from the idea of Yamada staying over, he opens the room to the washer and dryer and takes a glance at what he believes are his sister's panties as a "cooldown." Later that night, at 11:34, Ichikawa gets up to get a glass of water, telling himself that it's all that he wants and that he has no ulterior motives. He hears grumbling coming from Yamada's direction, however, and gets her an Amazake from the refrigerator, taking a seat on the edge of the couch to talk. He brings up how she only had two pieces of meat and she comments how closely he must have been watching. He mentions the papers she has been reading, and she says it's a script for her work the next day. He says she must be busy, but she counters, saying that she just can't sleep. She pats the futon and he nervously sits down next to her, while trying to drum up a conversation he asks how stressful it is working on a big movie. She adds that the scene she has is one where she's acting rebellious and giving her parents a hard time, which is hard because she's not that kind of person. He says he's jealous, and brings up examples of times he's acted poorly to his parents. She says his mother and father seem nice, and he says that he does it because he's irritated with himself, but considers how him talking about himself may not be much help. Yamada grabs the back of his head and hugs him with her shoulder, saying thanks, and feeling that she can now do the scene, though he considers what he said unimportant. They continue to talk until 12:19, but as he begins talking about his sister's band, he realizes that she has fallen asleep. As he looks on her snoozing face, he thinks how his heart is pounding, but she seems so at ease. He pulls the covers over her and says good-night, unaware that she has awoken.

Back in his room, he is running through the events of the day. He thinks back to when he had checked his sister's underwear to calm down, and recalls that the washing machine was running. He mentally concludes that she must not have been wearing underwear during their talk, and doesn't get to sleep until 4AM.

A bonus page is Ichikawa being awoken the next morning by a conversation between his sister and Yamada in front of her room. She says that she'll wash the underwear and return it, which fills him with relief that she was wearing some, but then he realizes that must mean that the pair he saw by the washer were Yamada's.

## Trivia

* Yamada purposefully chooses the men's shampoo when washing her hair, assumedly so that she can smell like Ichikawa.
* The shooting star that passes by Ichikawa's house mirrors Chapter 5 when he uses the magazine she is in for self-pleasure.