Chapter 76: I Asked Her Out After School

**I Asked Her Out After School** is the seventy-sixth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu.*

## Summary

A flash-forward shows Ichikawa standing in front of the Senzoku Station, when Yamada comes out wearing a ribbon, saying she uses it as camouflage after school is over. Yamada then hands over her cardigan, expecting him to wear it. He feels uncertain about the whole thing, asking how it came to be.

Earlier in the day, Yamada and Ichikawa are walking home from school, discussing things like exercising, his newly-healed arm, and how they walk home together every day. He considers how he stopped bringing his bike because he was afraid of two-person riding and didn't want them getting into trouble. She suddenly remembers something and begins looking through her bag, having difficulty and asking him to hold it while she goes through it. She finds an udon card, a test with a score of 52, among many others, and he begins asking if her bag can hold infinite crumpled papers. She suddenly finds what she was looking for, a coupon for a movie called *Island of Prayers*, and puts it dangling from her mouth. He comments on it, and she says that the female lead works at her agency, and that she has to go see it today because the showings will be over soon. She asks if he'll accompany her to the station, and they continue on.

Back at current time, Ichikawa has put on Yamada's cardigan and she suddenly snaps a picture of him in it. He asks what the point is, and she says he looks grown up. He turns to leave, but she remembers she has another coupon, and reaches into the pocket of her cardigan to get it, leaving him reeling from the contact. She offers the second piece of paper to him, then awkwardly begins walking off. He ruminates over what just happened in his head, and then pushes through his doubt, grabbing her by the arm and asking nervously if she'd like to see it together. She happily accepts, adding that she was planning to ask him, but wasn't sure if he'd like the movie, and apologizing for making him say something he wasn't prepared for, but he says it's fine as they get on the train together.

Inside the train, Ichikawa thinks on how he's following the truth in his heart as he imagines Lucifer Nigorikawa running alongside the train, giving him advice in an angel-and-devil setup. He measures the advice given, but stops imagining things when Yamada gives him a strange look, thinking that his emotions are all jumbled up. When they get off at the station, she takes his shirt and unbuttons it to the collar, saying that it's better if it's open. As they walk along, he feels as if they're still doing something bad, even if they aren't riding double on his bike, and how it feels like they're already an item based off how they're acting. He thinks on how if they're spotted by anyone they know, he'll be judged for his outfit and tries to cover up, while she rubs her stomach, saying that she's hungry. He glances over at a nearby takoyaki stand that he recognizes as one his sister works at, wondering if she is working and if they should avoid it, but Yamada follows his eyes and suddenly rushes over to it despite his protests. Kana greets her at the window, much to his frustration.

## Trivia

This is one of the Chapters that demonstrates Yamada's inclination for Ichikawa's neck/collarbone area. Other examples are in Extra 35.1, and Chapter 56.