Chapter 70: I Got A Taste

**I Got A Taste** is the seventieth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

Ichikawa considers the statement he just made about properly meeting Anna's parents, but now that they're both staring them down, he finds this far too sudden. He considers the stern-faced giant of a man before him, and concludes that he isn't welcome there. Yuki suddenly slides silently out of the room and into the study, making a ruckus inside. Anna's three friends suddenly erupt into chatty panic, unsure of how to react to the man's presence, and Anna tries to apologize to Moe for her help in keeping Ichikawa there earlier, but Moe says she's past that. While the girls continue to talk, Ichikawa realizes that Yuki was the man he met in the elevator the last time he came down. He tries to calm himself, thinking everything is okay, but he sees him leering at him from the doorway, and Anna asks what is wrong. As he tries to explain, Yuki comes up behind them, and the two of them try to act inconspicuous. Ichikawa resolves not to lie anymore, and to fess up to what happened the other day, but is unexpectedly asked if he likes video games. Yuki produces two gaming controllers, and asks if he likes "Dead or Dead," which Ichikawa is familiar with. The two sit down on the couch and begin playing, with Ichikawa being told to pick first. Suddenly Sanae also takes the spot opposite of her husband, apologizing for his lack of distance. He claims that nobody else in the house plays games, and Anna gets jealous, placing her hands over his on the controller from behind the couch and declaring that she'll also play.

After a match, Anna walks off to attend to the chocolate, and Sanae goes elsewhere, while Moe reacts with shock at his sudden acceptance by the family. She leans over to him, asking if he's releasing some kind of special pheromone, which he denies. Chi announces that all that's left for the chocolate is the finishing touch, and they make a paper cutout of the word "friend," and sprinkle powdered sugar on top. Sanae tells her husband to wash up and get ready, while Moe talks with Anna about how unalike the two of them are, saying that a fancy chef in a high-rise apartment should look cooler. When Yuki pulls back his hair, her opinion seems to change, and her face lights up, gaining a sudden interest in games and chasing after him. Anna, seeing an opportunity, suddenly grabs Ichikawa and pulls him behind the nearby curtain, offering him a piece of the chocolate. He says that it's good, but maybe too sweet for his taste, to which she says it's why she's glad that he's here, before pulling a crumb off of his face and eating it herself.

Outside, Anna waves bye to her friends, with Chi going one way, and Ichikawa, Moe, and Serina going another. On the way back, Serina suddenly asks if that was the first time he's been to Anna's place. Moe reacts with shock, and Serina brings up how he knew the apartment number immediately, and how he didn't ask for directions to the bathroom. Moe again accuses them of doing "it," but he denies it, saying he only stopped by for a time. Moe brings up how her shouting surprised her, and Serina accuses her of having too much fun with the lie, which Moe acts coyly about. Serina talks about how pained Yamada looked over it all, looking at him, and he thanks them for the help today, which Moe says is fine. She then brings up how if they do "it," he has to tell her, and Serina tells her not to get carried away, while Ichikawa gives her a firm "no way."

A bonus page is Moe fawning over Yuki. Chi brings up how she's dating Ichikawa, but Moe tells her off for still being confused. Moe looks over at the two men, with her vision giving clear preference to the older man. She says there's no way that she is, and Chi tries to save face by saying she always knew.

Another bonus is Norio's elementary schooler stand-in trying to balance in all of the elements of the chapter while writing, and it is clearly taking a toll on her.