Chapter 100: My Beloved Small World

**My Beloved Small World** is the one-hundredth Chapter of *Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu.*

## Summary

After just running elatedly towards Ichikawa while yelling his name, Yamada realizes what she's done as everyone stares at them. She tries to play it off as a mistake, then walks over to Rin Kanaoya, grabbing her hands and declaring that she's here, too. Ichikawa frets, thinking "we can't" over and over again in his head, and considers them minding their distance in front of others their challenge for the new year, which he considers an oddity since they're not even dating. Yamada also finds and greets Moe, who initially seems to be helping with their charade, playing it off as though Yamada acts buddy-buddy with anyone, then brings her hand over to touch the back of a random boy in class, saying that she's even close with them. Ichikawa then intervenes, pulling her hand away out of jealousy, while Moe asks what the problem is. He gives her a murderous glance while saying "nothing." Serina appears in the doorway, dramatically announcing that she is also in their class, and Yamada says that she knew since she couldn't help but notice her name right next to hers in the class listing. They notice that Chi is sitting dejectedly in the hallway, and when they call out to her she sadly announces that she might have been held back a year. Moe says that she can't just ignore reality if she's not in Class 1 with them, but Chi denies it, saying she's not on any of the class lists. Serina wonders if she perhaps transferred schools without knowing it, and she and Moe walk off, saying it can't be helped.

Later, they go and check with Maeda-sensei, and he looks up her name while Moe makes a fake drumroll. He announces that she's in Class 1 with the rest of them, and Serina drags Chi out of the room as she begins yelling, accusing him of doing this on purpose as retribution for her previous prank. Maeda then gets up to leave the office, noticing Ichikawa, who had been listening in on the conversation the entire time. He asks him what the problem is, and he tells him bluntly that if he cared about people, he wouldn't pull such pranks, leaving him speechless. A higher-up in the school administration peeks out of the room and Maeda tells him that he knew that Ichikawa would be okay.

Back in the class, Chi meets up with Ruu and Yuka, two of the girls from the basketball club, and Moe is excited to see Kanna Andou, a friend she was in class with during the first year. Yamada goes to play with Rin's hair, then the new teacher, Moriya-sensei excitedly introduces herself to the students. After class, Ichikawa stays in his seat, reading and thinking about this small world and the students that have found themselves in other classes, like Adachi. Suddenly, Yamada bounds into the room, ducking low and putting herself face-level with the flat of his desk. He is surprised that she's still here, and she brings out a small package, saying she's been waiting to give him this all day. He opens it, revealing a chain, and she chants a quick Happy Birthday. He confusedly puts it over his head, thinking it's a kind of necklace, but she corrects him, taking it and saying it's a wallet chain as she lifts up his shirt and begins attaching it to his belt, leaving him feeling very exposed. Suddenly they hear voices, and Moe, Kanna Andou, and Yurine Hanzawa enter the room, and, in a panic, Yamada grabs Ichikawa and pulls him into the space behind the teacher's desk, leaving them uncomfortably close. Andou comments on how there are three classes, but half the members of their class are just from the old Class 2-3, which Moe agrees with. She suddenly asks Moe if Ichikawa and Yamada are dating, and, as Ichikawa internally begs Moe to deny it, she asks "who knows?" She asks if it's a problem if they are, saying that Yamada isn't banned from relationships or anything. Andou counters, saying she would want to have a big celebration if that were the case, and telling a story where their previous class had a couple and they did a flash mob and watched the confession, as well as watching them sing and dance in the school festival play. She says she wants to do that again, and Ichikawa considers that a form of Hell. Hanzawa says that those two broke up over Spring Break, however, and Andou wonders if they didn't celebrate enough to make it work out. Moe says that this flash mob idea sounds like fun, imagining a scenario where Ichikawa is tormented by the events happening before him. The three girls depart, but Yamada grabs onto his uniform to prevent him from leaving, and asks "Are we dating?" leaving him stunned, before clarifying "she really asked that." She releases him, and he tries to leave, but unbeknownst to both of them, Yamada has been stepping on his new wallet chain, and when he gets up, it pulls his pants down. Moe enters back in, having forgotten something, and sees the two in a compromising position as she's still on her knees. Moe, embarrassed at having walked in on something she sees as intimate, yells out that she's not covering for them anymore.