Chapter 47: I Can't Say Cute

**I Can't Say Cute** is the forty-seventh Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

Yamada and Ichikawa are still on their outing, and she has taken him to a shop where she is trying on berets. She is trying to get compliments out of him, but he doesn't follow, leaving her annoyed. He wonders how they got to this point when all they were supposed to do was hand off some manga, and he considers how he's still accumulating screw-up points when she treated him for his coffee, under the excuse that she has a job. She takes him over to the dresses, and she begins comparing them and asking his opinion, while asking if this kind of thing is off-putting to him. He comments that he's been here with his sister before. She tries to get him to commit to which dress is cuter, and but he refuses to answer on those terms, instead picking one because the color is more subdued. She takes her outfit to the changing room, and he stands outside, thinking about how similar this setup is to a romantic comedy. He becomes self-conscious over the fact that he is standing mere feet away from where she is changing, and begins to walk further into the store, but when she comes out, she yells at him for trying to leave. She goes to try on the other dress, and tells him to stay where he is. Still thinking of her in the changing room, he begins thinking of his mother and sister in an effort to not become aroused, but at that moment, Kana herself appears outside the shop, walking with a couple of friends. She peers inside, mentioning that she's been needing a new skirt, and walks inside, despite his mental protests. He turns around, panicking, not wanting his sister to realize that he's with Yamada when she suddenly comes out from changing with a self-made fanfare. He begs her to be quiet, bringing up his sister behind them. She offers to greet her, but he says "no, not now" agitated. When Kana decides to try on a skirt, and heads to the changing rooms, Yamada grabs him and takes him into the changing room with her.

Inside, Kyoutarou's panic has grown, and he questions how they ended up like this. Yamada, while holding things together better, has her own panic, as she was unable to zip up the back of the dress she is currently wearing, and is trying to fix that to no avail. He comments how his sister has gone into the stall next to theirs, but Yamada wants to know what he meant by "not now" in regards to her meeting his sister, and asks when would be better. He offers that gradually would be better, and at a pace they agree with. She says it's a promise, then comments about how she's sweating, and frets over doing so in store property. He asks if she isn't going to buy it, because it looks good on her, causing her to immediately brighten up. She turns around to deal with her other clothes, forgetting about the open back on her dress, and giving Kyoutarou an eye full of the back of her bra. At that moment, he gets a photo message from his sister, asking his opinion on the skirt she just tried on. He refers to it as a "cooldown."

* Bonus images are Yamada and Moe doing peace signs, Yamada at a festival eating a caramel apple, Yamada and Ichikawa holding out a single finger on each of their hands to signify them making 4th place in a manga popularity contest, sketch plans for the volume 3 cover art and associated other rough drafts, and Yamada inviting Ichikawa to do a "gender flip" phone application which makes him uncomfortable, saying it represents outdated values.