Chapter 98: We Declared It

**We Declared It** is the ninety-eighth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu*.

## Summary

As Ichikawa runs the scenario through his head, Yuki comments how it's 11PM. He plans to just look at his face to determine how his state of mind is to get a read on how Anna's doing, but his emotionless expression gives nothing away. Suddenly Yuki grabs him by the hand and says that he's freezing, telling him to come upstairs.

Inside the apartment, Wantaro bounds up to them, barking. Yuki comments how the dog's been by himself a lot lately, and how it's left him lonely. Yuki advises him to call his parents since he's out so late, which he nervously agrees to, but is worried that he won't get any answers if he has to leave so soon. He's gathering that nothing terrible must have happened if he's acting so calmly, however. Yuki adds, with a serious expression, that it's bad for kids to stay out late at someone else's house, but offers him some soup. He considers how he must be a bit angry at Anna staying over at his house, and didn't consider that because of everything that had been going on. He sips the soup, and brightens up uncharacteristically with a compliment, which Yuki replies to with a short blush. He is in awe that the family gets to eat things this good every day, but quickly changes pace, considering how creepy he's being, no better than Pigman. He is determined not to let Anna know anything about this, but Yuki suddenly gets a call on his phone, and has a one-sided conversation with Anna as she explains what happened. She sends him a picture of a crudely-drawn map, and asks if he knows where this is. He explains that Anna dropped her phone in the water, she can't contact anyone, and wants him to let someone know what is happening. He says he'll call again, but Ichikawa realizes that it's a map to his place, saying you'd never figure it out from this. Yuki realizes what is going on, and dials up his wife, who, misunderstanding who is answering, asks teasingly if Yuki is really that lonely. When Ichikawa speaks up, she gets embarrassed, and Anna takes her phone, addressing Ichikawa and filling him with relief as he wipes away a tear from his eye. She tells a long-winded story about how she lost her phone and how she wrote a letter but didn't know his address, but he tells her to calm down and take a deep breath. She asks why he's at her place, and he says not to worry about it, and advises that she use a cloud backup to restore her phone, and she says she will when her parents get her a new one, earning her a disapproving look from Sanae. They say their goodbyes and she says she will see him the day after tomorrow and hang up. In unison, Anna turns to Sanae and Ichikawa turns to Yuki, and they say that they like the other to the respective parent.

Ichikawa's conversation continues, saying to Yuki that his feelings aren't half-hearted, and that he regrets the overnight stay, bowing low in apology. Yuki doesn't address his apology, but instead pulls out a slip of paper and writes down his Smitch Friend Code onto it, saying that they should play Monster Hunter sometime. Ichikawa bows again in acceptance.

Back at his place, Ichikawa is looking over his phone on his bed, thinking how his turbulent Spring Break ends today. Anna has gotten a new phone and has declared her resurrection, saying she is back in Tokyo and going to a Ramen Ro, since they didn't have any at Hiroshima, and that Tokyo has the better food. Recalling the tweet from Pigman mentioning the same place, he suspiciously looks up her account, seeing that the person has "found" Anna-chan, and is going to Mita Flagship. He affirms that's where Yamada is heading, then rushes towards the location, realizing that danger always presents itself when you get complacent. When he arrives at the location, he sees the backside of Yamada, and calls out to her. She turns around, excited, but reacts coldly because she is with Niko Kouda, who asks if she knows him. She recognizes him, asking if he's Ohtsuki-san's son, and he recognizes her as the model that she admires. He continues looking around for Pigman, suspicious of every man around, while the two girls talk. Ichikawa offers for them to eat together, to Yamada's pleasure and Niko's annoyance. They go inside the restaurant and get seated. Niko immediately orders "Extra veggies, pork fat, light on the noodles," which Ichikawa immediately recognizes as her go-to choice, as she confirms that her home-town was Onomichi. Realizing that the coincidences are mounting, Ichikawa stands up and asks her directly if she's Pigman, leaving her shocked, and Yamada confused.