Chapter 109: I Noticed

**I Noticed** is the one-hundred-and-ninth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

The first night of the school trip has arrived, and in the men's bath, Ichikawa is wrapping a towel around his waist before taking off his underwear, feeling self-conscious. He convinces himself that he will have a quick wash and quick exit while he walks around the other students, but runs into Adachi, who proposes a "dick battle." Ichikawa brings up how he's in a different class and should have had his bath at a different time, with Adachi saying he "accidentally" tried going into the girls' bath and got lectured for it, so he had to go now. He brings up how all of the girls would probably be "boob wrestling" in the baths, so they have to do something, too. Adachi and Kanzaki pose in the nude, with the former saying he will create a society with gender equality, while the latter compliments his progressive attitude. Ichikawa considers this to be the worst.

Meanwhile, Yamada is getting in the bath, while the other girls turn their backs to her, feeling envious. She asks what is wrong, with Hanzawa saying she was unsure if she should look for free, and Serina agreeing. Moe declares that she'll at least get a good look, turning and staring at Yamada's chest. Chi demands a 1,000-Yen fee per second, and begins counting. Serina compares this to some kind of shady business.

After the bath, Yamada walks out dressed and refreshed while still toweling down her hair. Ichikawa runs into her in the stairway, and they turn awkwardly to each other. Suddenly Adachi blurts out about how intense the dick battle was, while walking up the stairs. He compliments Ichikawa's interactions during it. Ichikawa immediately thinks of him as an idiot as Yamada storms off, embarrassed, but Andou appears from behind the wall of the next floor's barrier, holding a basket full of confetti and acting upset. Ichikawa instead thanks a confused Adachi for the save.

That night, while laying in his futon, Ichikawa considers the events of the day, finding his head to be a mess. He concludes that he can do something to fix this situation with Yamada and her audition, and when he sits up, he notices Kanzaki looking over a piece of paper, and asks him what he's doing. He shows a map of the building they're in, and points out that the room that Hara is in is the one right below them. They then walk over to the sliding door that leads outside and Kanzaki peers over the edge of the balcony, measuring, before going back inside to lay down while, all while affirming something to himself. Ichikawa imagines Nigorikawa tying a rope of bedsheets to rappel down to the lower floor, and he considers if he's imposing his own feelings on Yamada, causing her distress. He had always thought that, since Yamada loves her job, she would put it as a priority, but wonders if she put the school trip over her work for his sake. He concludes that if she did that, he would have hated it, and that if he wants the best for her, this might not be the best outcome. Nigorikawa insists that it probably isn't that big of a deal, and wants him to meet with Yamada in secret for a kiss, like in *Your Color's Octave*. Ichikawa's one-man argument is interrupted by talking from below, and he sees Yamada on the balcony reciting a line from the manga. He concludes that, in order to know how Yamada feels, and to know her heart, he has to show her his.

## Trivia

The location that the students stay at during the night is the real-world Toji Rakunan Kaikan.