Chapter 111 of I"s Volume 12 Translated by Mat Swadling I"s Chapter 111: The Lie by Masakazu Katsura Brought to you by Jim Zubkavich and The Masakazu Katsura Shrine p132==== Seto: What are you doing? Izumi: What am I doing? Beat's me... Izumi: Anyway, you wanted to see me, sempai. Kida-san told me... Seto: What's that guy planning... Seto: And you, how could you believe some guy you don't even know? Izumi: But... I thought that I could see you... p133==== Izumi: And I... Izumi: I wanted to see you too... Izumi: Say... Seto: Yeah? p134==== Izumi: How far did you get with Iori-san? Seto: What are you talking about?! I didn't do anything! Izumi: Really? Seto: Of course not! Everyone's here with us!! Seto: A lie. Izumi: That shouldn't matter, should it? You never seem to change. Izumi: Still, I am happy about that. p135==== Izumi: Well, have you confessed to her yet? Seto: Um, didn't you get the order of your questions wrong? Seto: After you asked about how far we... Izumi: Hee hee hee... That's just like you to say that... Izumi: I thought, after you'd done it you could say, "Will you go out with me?" or something. Izumi: Besides, we're not even lovers, but we've kissed, right? Izumi: So, are you going out with her? p136==== Seto: Not... Iori: If it won't bother her at all, Iori: You can tell her, right? Seto: Not yet. Izumi: You're too honest for your own good... p137==== Seto: What? What's she mean? Does she know?? Izumi: If you'd lied and said you were, you could have stopped me from hanging on to you. Seto: Ah... that's it... Izumi: Still, If you were lying, I'd see right through you. Seto: So she says, but I have her totally fooled... Seto: But how long am I going to keep this lie up... Seto: Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to tell her the truth? Seto: Um... listen... p138==== Seto: If Iori-chan and I were going out, would you really give up on me? Izumi: For now... Seto: What's she mean, "for now"!? Izumi: I think I could survive on the memory of that hot kiss I shared with you... Izumi: No, I'd better be honest. p139==== Izumi: Because I don't want to be lying to you. Seto: Uh oh... Izumi: If you really were going out with someone, I'd try to force that person to give up on you, since I'm not confident enough. Izumi: That's the honest truth. p140==== Seto: Then my intuition was right!! Seto: I was afraid of this. If I'm going out with Iori-chan, she'd try to break us up. Seto: I didn't think she was such a simple girl... Seto: If she knew the truth about us... Seto: There's no telling what she'd do to get between us. Seto: Like Kida, she might leak it to the media. With the pressure from her company, the results could be cataclysmic. Even more directly, p141==== Seto: If Iori-chan finds out about that kiss, Seto: It would be totally over... Seto: Then... I... have no choice... p142==== Seto: I have to... Seto: Izumi-chan... Izumi: Hm? Seto: I've... had a terrible thought... Seto: I thought that you were such an awful person... Seto: For me to have thought such a thing... p143==== Izumi: Oh good! Izumi: Then you really do love me! Izumi: At first I thought you were forcing yourself, despite thinking of me as awful. Izumi: Normally, that would mean you hate me. Since you're so persistent... Izumi: But you do love me anyway. p144==== Izumi: I still think that you might like me a little. Izumi: I'm pretty sure that you don't hate me. Seto: What... what are you saying... Izumi: If you didn't love me, then you'd be hating yourself, saying, "I've said a terrible thing!", right? Izumi: Since... Izumi: You really are a kind person. Izumi: That kindness has grabbed my heart and won't let go. p145==== Seto: Huh?? How does she figure... Izumi: Oh! p146==== Seto: What are they doing?! Were they eavesdropping!? Seto: This is bad! If Kida... Oh, Kida's not there... That's goo... Seto: Huh?? Seto: Why is Iori-chan smiling so knowingly!? Izumi: Oh no, did you all hear that? Izumi: But I didn't want to hide it any longer, so it's okay. Izumi: Everyone, it's like you heard. I love this guy so much that I'm never going to let anyone else have him! Izumi: So, what do you think of that? p147==== Iori: We'll let you have him. You must be happy to love him so much. Iori: Seto-kun looks happy too. Seto: What!?? Izumi: Oh, I'm so happy!! Izumi: You'll all give us your support? Izumi: Having Iori-san as an ally sure is reassuring. Seto: Oh man, Iori-chan looks pissed. How much did she hear... Seto: Did she hear about the kiss... **End of Chapter 111**