When Yamada reads the lovey-dovey note, her face goes beet-red and her eyes do that tight-spiraly thing.
Unfortunately she just might get her wish!
Ichikawa stays behind, feeling nostalgic about the classroom, when he gets a text from Yamada.
Shes still there too, and invites him to the gym for a one-on-one basketball game.
Like him, shes still very nervous about it.
Then he senses someone following them, and he shields Yamada like her gallant knight.
Turns out its just his dad!
Yamada starts singing Happy Birthday and everyone joins in.
Girl wants to call him by his first name.
Hed do well to reciprocate!
Yamada leaves out the fact its also Ichikawas house!
When Ichikawa prepares to leave her rubberbandby that door, Yamada opens it to make the exchange directly.
The resulting postcard memory is so pretty it looks like a Renaissance painting.
She admits shes having trouble being the rebellious girl because she never had a rebellion.
Ichikawa admits he did, but it wasnt because he didnt like his clearly very nice parents.
I daresay she wanted a kissandto be called Anna.
Hopefully Ichikawa, or should I sayKyou,musters the courage soon.
Encouragement from the black-winged manifestation of his libido aside, hed better not do anything with this information!
