Chapter 84 of I"s Volume 9 Translated by Mat Swadling I"s Chapter 84: Face the Truth by Masakazu Katsura Presented by Jim Zubkavich and The Masakazu Katsura Shrine p6==== Seto: You say her shyness and being drunk were just an act? Hmm... Teratani: Yeah. Teratani: And, if she thought you were drunk, it all adds up. Seto: I guess... Teratani: Stupid. If she really were drunk, that would be the worst. Seto: Wh.. why? p7==== Seto: Why would that be the worst? Teratani: If she really were drunk, then her true feelings would have shown through. Which would mean that... Teratani: She rejected your declaration. Teratani: When she flippantly answered, "I love Seto-kun, I love Nami, I love everyone in class" Teratani: It shows she doesn't think anything special of you. Teratani: She doesn't think of you as a love interest. She just can't see you in that way. Seto: That's not true! Seto: Maybe she was just so drunk, she didn't understand what I was saying! p8==== Teratani: Maybe so... But, you'll have to confirm that! Face up to the truth! Teratani: Don't you think so too? Teratani: Then, it's decided. Now on to the other date. Seto: Huh? But, it's almost... but... what should... Teratani: You've already confessed once, right? Tonight's the night to make everything crystal clear. Teratani: There are too many distractions here. Seto: Huh?? Teratani: Hey, you two! Seto: What do you mean, Teratani... What are you going to do with them? p9==== Teratani: Since everywhere's going to be booked up solid tonight, it's time for the party to get serious. Teratani: From here, we go our seperate ways. Morisaki: Wha...? Morisaki: Oh, I get it. You two want to go pick up some girls, right? Teratani: Of course not. I meant we should pair off into couples. Teratani: Ichitaki said he wants to be all alone with Yoshizuki. Seto: This is what he meant by too many distractions! He's making preperations for... Morisaki: Wow!! Seto-kun, such bold words!! Iori: No, that's not it. I told him I wanted to go somewhere earlier. So... p10==== Seto: Huh? Seto: What was that, Iori-chan? Seto: Did she say that while I was drunk? Damn! I don't remember... Iori: Seto: Oh... I get it. She's planning on letting Teratani and Morisaki be alone together... Teratani: Hey, Yoshizuki said that!! How 'bout it! You should have confessed to her long before. Seto: Unfortunately, that's not it. Seto: Anyway, Teratani! You have to take Morisaki on a date! p11==== Morisaki: Oh well... Teratani, let's make a date out of it. Teratani: Hm? Oh, okay. Iori: Good luck, Yuka... Seto: Now that we're alone, I feel awkward... p12==== Iori: I wonder how it feels... Seto: Huh? Iori: Thank you... Seto: Wonder how what feels? Iori: Oh... yeah... Iori: Spending Christmas with your lover... Iori: I wonder how that feels... p13==== Seto: I should feel happy, being alone with Iori-chan... Seto: Even though she doesn't think of me as a lover... Seto: Still, it's a bit of a shock... Seto: Here I am now, getting jealous of all the couples here... Seto: She's virtually told me she doesn't think of me as a love interest... Iori: Teratani-kun... Is there anyone he loves? Seto: Huh? Seto: No... I don't think so. Seto: I haven't really talked to him about it recently, so I'm not sure... Iori: I see... I hope Yuka will be alright... Teratani-kun has a good poker face, so it's hard to tell if there's someone he's interested in... p14==== Iori: I wish he were easy to read, like you, Seto-kun. Seto: Wha!? Seto: Huh? Seto: What do you mean? What's easy to read? Iori: Everyone in class knows... Who you're in love with. Seto: No way!? Really!? So Iori-chan is here, doing this with me, even though she knows how I feel!? Seto: Hm? Ah?.. Wait... Seto: "Easy to read"? I'm going in the opposite of my true feelings. Am I that kind of guy? Seto: ...No Seto: I see... She's not talking as though she's trying to figure out my feelings for her... I must be mistaken. p15==== Iori: Nami seems to have misunderstood, though. She thinks it's me you like. Iori: Isn't that funny? Seto: Huh? Iori: Oh, sorry. Don't worry. Nami isn't very perceptive about that sort of thing. Seto: Iori-chan, you're the one who isn't being perceptive! Iori: It's okay, don't worry! I know that the one you really love... Iori: ...is Itsuki-chan... p16==== Seto: I knew it. Itsuki! Seto: She does think that... Iori: I'm sorry! Iori: I've said too much... Seto: Ah... she's misunderstood again. Seto: Uh... Iori: I must seem stupid, blabbing away like this... Iori: I'm so silly... p17==== Seto: Why, when it comes to a discussion of loved ones, does Itsuki's name come up? Seto: When I think about the circumstances... Does she want to hear me deny it? Or possibly... Seto: If she can talk so calmly about Itsuki, then she may not have any feelings for me? Seto: It's as Teratani said, she must have been feigning drunkeness. Seto: She knew that I was confessing to her... Then she refused me... in a roundabout way!? Iori: Anyway. Iori: Since our job here is finished, shall we head home? Seto: Huh? W...wait... I want to scope out your feelings more... Seto: Yoshizuki... You're not still drunk are you? Iori: Wha? p18==== Iori: What? "Still"? I was really that drunk? Seto: Whoa... That face seems sincere... It doesn't look like she was just playing drunk... Then she didn't just brush off my confession... Seto: No! I have to make certain!! I need to get to her true heart! Seto: What, you don't remember? You were acting so badly! Iori: Oh no... Really? Iori: I'm sorry... What did I do!? Seto: Nope... She's serious... Seto: "When you're drunk, your true feelings show." Seto: Then Iori-chan really doesn't... think of me as a love interest... p19==== Teratani: Ichitaka! She's in the drama club! Teratani: Don't be fooled! Find the truth!! Seto: You mean she's still acting, Teratani? Seto: Right! The truth she's not telling me is written in invisible ink!! Seto: What, you really don't know? You kept bugging me about, "Do you want to know who it is I love!?" Iori: Eh? Seto: "I'll give you a hint." "He's a great guy, who's fun to talk to." Seto: "If only I knew if he felt the same about me..." And so on. Seto: Oops. I over did it... This is too out of character for Iori-chan... p20==== Iori: Liar. Seto: Ah! She saw through it... Seto: Then, I'm relieved... I said it, but I was definately wrong... Seto: If she had made a face like, "Really?" then my love would have been over. That was dangerous. I've got to be careful... Iori: No matter how drunk... I wouldn't brag about it... Seto: Huh? p21==== Iori: Since it's totally one-sided. Seto: One-sided... If it's one-sided, then there is someone she loves... Seto: There's someone Iori-chan loves... *End of Chapter 84*