1. My name is Nakamura Okuto, aged 15.Copy !req
2. I'm just an ordinary high school student.Copy !req
3. I'm shy and gay.Copy !req
4. I'm currently in love with
my classmate, Hirose Aiki.Copy !req
5. But right now, I'm not even
his friend, let alone his lover.Copy !req
6. Still, I do have plans.Copy !req
7. There's something I read every day
for tips on how to get close to Hirose.Copy !req
8. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
9. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
10. It's...Copy !req
11. "I love you!"Copy !req
12. "I... I do, too."Copy !req
13. I see! So this is how
I'm supposed to ask him out?Copy !req
14. I'll need to review this carefully.Copy !req
15. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
16. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
17. My guide is BL manga.Copy !req
18. And the best of them is Lovable Lunches,
by Kometani Ii-sensei.Copy !req
19. A thrilling rom-com between
passionate, reliable Makunouchi-kun,Copy !req
20. and Taku-kun, who gradually
comes to terms with his feelings.Copy !req
21. In the last volume,
Makunouchi-kun admits his feelings.Copy !req
22. I wish I could be as assertive as him.Copy !req
23. And Taku-kun is kind of cute
and reminds me of Hirose.Copy !req
24. Okay, I've practiced
my lines to perfection.Copy !req
25. Now, Hirose's heart...Copy !req
26. is as good as mine!Copy !req
27. Do you know what time it is,
you idiot of a brother?Copy !req
28. Panic! The Secret Bible!Copy !req
29. Hey, did you see that anime last night?
The new one that started this season?Copy !req
30. The one from the shonen manga?Copy !req
31. Yeah, that's the one.Copy !req
32. My brother happened to be watching it.Copy !req
33. I was really curious about it.
What's it like?Copy !req
34. Well, it's about a bodyguard
who gets saved by the heroine,Copy !req
35. and doesn't know how to feel about it.Copy !req
36. That's cute.Copy !req
37. And he's got a coworker-slash-rival
who's all cool and handsome.Copy !req
38. So I looked at it in a BL way.Copy !req
39. Tell me more.Copy !req
40. This is just my interpretation, okay?Copy !req
41. Okay, okay.Copy !req
42. So this rival is super cold
to the protagonist.Copy !req
43. And so...Copy !req
44. Huh? What's wrong?Copy !req
45. C-Cockroach!Copy !req
46. Hi everybody!Copy !req
47. I've come to visit!Copy !req
48. Don't push me!Copy !req
49. How's it crawlin', everyone?Copy !req
50. I didn't get enough sleep, I guess.Copy !req
51. But I've got the whole
Lovable Lunches method memorized.Copy !req
52. Especially the guy who won
Taku-kun's heart, Makunouchi-kun—Copy !req
53. no, Makunouchi-sensei.
I want to get all I can out of his lines.Copy !req
54. Anyway, what's everybody upset about?Copy !req
55. Did something happen?Copy !req
56. Hey!Copy !req
57. Wh-What?Copy !req
58. Do something about it!Copy !req
59. "It" wh-what?Copy !req
60. That thing!Copy !req
61. Cockroach! Hurry! It's coming this way!Copy !req
62. Why me?Copy !req
63. Do something!Copy !req
64. N-No, I can't just...Copy !req
65. Just hurry!Copy !req
66. Hurry! Do it!Copy !req
67. For some reason, it's my job to kill it.Copy !req
68. Go! Go!Copy !req
69. They ignore me the rest of the time.
And why me, anyway?Copy !req
70. Morning.Copy !req
71. What's everybody doing?Copy !req
72. Hirose.Copy !req
73. BzzCopy !req
74. BzzCopy !req
75. TchCopy !req
76. Tch!Copy !req
77. "Get these ropes off me!"Copy !req
78. Get
these
ropes
off
me!Copy !req
79. Horrible Insect
King HouseflyCopy !req
80. "Get them off you?"Copy !req
81. Get
them
off
you?Copy !req
82. It's your
fault for
napping
outside...Copy !req
83. "It's your fault for napping outside
without putting plastic wrap on!"Copy !req
84. without
putting
plastic
wrap on!Copy !req
85. W-Well...Copy !req
86. "W-Well..."Copy !req
87. "It's too late for regrets!"Copy !req
88. It's too
late for
regrets!Copy !req
89. You
shall
fill...Copy !req
90. the
bellies
of us
house-
flies!Copy !req
91. Waaah!Copy !req
92. "You shall fill
the bellies of us houseflies!"Copy !req
93. "Waaah!"Copy !req
94. "S-Save me!"Copy !req
95. S—Copy !req
96. Save
me!Copy !req
97. Gwaaah!Copy !req
98. Maku-
nouchi!Copy !req
99. "Makunouchi!"Copy !req
100. "Sorry to keep you waiting."Copy !req
101. Sorry
to keep
you
waiting.Copy !req
102. SlideCopy !req
103. Are
you
okay?Copy !req
104. "Are you okay?"Copy !req
105. Yeah...Copy !req
106. "Yeah..."Copy !req
107. "Flies can carry lots of diseases,"Copy !req
108. Flies can
carry
lots of
diseases...Copy !req
109. so it's very
dangerous
to leave
your food
uncovered
outside!Copy !req
110. "so it's very dangerous to leave
your food uncovered outside!"Copy !req
111. Well,
don't
worry,
Taku.Copy !req
112. You can
always
count on me
to protect
you.Copy !req
113. Maku-
nouchi...Copy !req
114. "Well, don't worry, Taku. You can
always count on me to protect you."Copy !req
115. "Makunouchi..."Copy !req
116. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
117. I... I saw this happen in Lovable Lunches!Copy !req
118. I was right to stay up
all night studying it.Copy !req
119. If I can show him how brave I am,
just like Makunouchi-sensei did...Copy !req
120. Nakamura, you're so cool!Copy !req
121. I-I hope you'll come to my place soon...
to deal with the cockroaches.Copy !req
122. Will you?Copy !req
123. I know that'll happen.Copy !req
124. Just you wait, Hirose.Copy !req
125. O-Okay.Copy !req
126. That said, I don't like
killing bugs for no reason.Copy !req
127. What's this?Copy !req
128. I can keep it alive and get it outside.Copy !req
129. Okay!Copy !req
130. Okay, okay. Be a good roach.Copy !req
131. Well? Impressed, Hirose?Copy !req
132. After my courage in facing
a cockroach for the sake of the class,Copy !req
133. and my kindness in
showing it compassion,Copy !req
134. you've got no choice
but to be my friend now, right?Copy !req
135. I wonder what's over here. Oh!Copy !req
136. I see a tunnel. Time to go inside.Copy !req
137. Don't tell me...Copy !req
138. It went inside his clothes?Copy !req
139. This is such fun!Copy !req
140. Rustle Rustle RustleCopy !req
141. Crap. I can't even speak.Copy !req
142. It's no good. I can't even move.Copy !req
143. I can feel it crawling across my stomach.Copy !req
144. Ugh, and now my back.Copy !req
145. Stop. Please. I'm sorry.Copy !req
146. S-S-S-Somebody help me!Copy !req
147. Hirose-kun?Copy !req
148. Hirose's hand is inside my clothing?Copy !req
149. His hands are so small, aren't they?Copy !req
150. But he's strong.Copy !req
151. And a little sweaty and warm.Copy !req
152. Wait, that's my...Copy !req
153. Where are you?Copy !req
154. Come on out already!Copy !req
155. Hey, raise your arms higher.Copy !req
156. Ow! Ow!Copy !req
157. Ow! Ow! Uncle! Uncle!Copy !req
158. Okay, gotcha!Copy !req
159. Pwease let me go!Copy !req
160. Wow!Copy !req
161. Buh-bye!Copy !req
162. Don't come back, okay?Copy !req
163. Nicely done.Copy !req
164. We get a lot of them in my house.Copy !req
165. Go wash your hands!Copy !req
166. Hey, it's okay now.Copy !req
167. Hey!Copy !req
168. Hey, don't cry! Was it that scary?Copy !req
169. Hirose... Hirose touched me...Copy !req
170. I see. This...
This was another way to do it.Copy !req
171. Thank you, cockroach.Copy !req
172. Thank you.Copy !req
173. For a while after that,
people kept their distance from me.Copy !req
174. So if we take the equation
for the curve where y=x²-3x,Copy !req
175. and move 4 along the x axis
and 3 along the y axis...Copy !req
176. I wanted to show off in front
of Hirose this morning,Copy !req
177. but I ended up
embarrassing myself instead.Copy !req
178. Mathematics 1Copy !req
179. I'd like another shot
at restoring my reputation,Copy !req
180. but cockroaches aren't that common.Copy !req
181. I need to come up with a new plan.Copy !req
182. Something that'll make him swoon.Copy !req
183. I'll
nuke
your
heart...Copy !req
184. in the
microwave.Copy !req
185. "I'll nuke your heart in the microwave."Copy !req
186. Huh?Copy !req
187. "Huh?"Copy !req
188. Ka-thudCopy !req
189. I guess it's sounding confident
that makes 'em swoon?Copy !req
190. "Would ya be my friend?"Copy !req
191. "Be my friend!"Copy !req
192. "Shall we be friends?"Copy !req
193. I looked like an idiot again.Copy !req
194. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
195. Well, at least he didn't
find Lovable Lunches.Copy !req
196. I would've died if he had.Copy !req
197. I'll read Lovable Lunches while I eat,Copy !req
198. for practice and
to make myself feel better.Copy !req
199. Oh, it's braised chicken stew today.Copy !req
200. Okay, let's eat.Copy !req
201. Here.Copy !req
202. "Here. Say 'Ah.'"Copy !req
203. Say
"Ah."Copy !req
204. Huh?Copy !req
205. "Huh?"Copy !req
206. "Come on. Open your mouth!"Copy !req
207. Come on.
Open your
mouth!Copy !req
208. Hey!
Get
off
me!Copy !req
209. "Hey! Get off me!"Copy !req
210. "Stop it!"Copy !req
211. Stop
it!Copy !req
212. Hmph!Copy !req
213. Why?
We like
each
other,
right?Copy !req
214. "Why? We like each other right?"Copy !req
215. "I-I know I said I like you..."Copy !req
216. I-I know
I said
I like
you...Copy !req
217. But I don't
really know
what that
means.Copy !req
218. "But I don't really know what that means."Copy !req
219. GrabCopy !req
220. Ah!Copy !req
221. Don't
worry.
I'll make
sure...Copy !req
222. "Don't worry. I'll make sure
you know exactly what it means."Copy !req
223. you
know
exactly
what it
means.Copy !req
224. M-Maku-
nouchi!Copy !req
225. "M-Makunouchi!"Copy !req
226. Uh...Copy !req
227. "This is my special, love-filled,
super-sweet tamagoyaki."Copy !req
228. "First, taste this."Copy !req
229. ChewCopy !req
230. "It..."Copy !req
231. It...Copy !req
232. It's
deli-
cious!Copy !req
233. "It's delicious!"Copy !req
234. Food tastes incredible when
you're reading Lovable Lunches.Copy !req
235. Thank you for the meal.Copy !req
236. Someday, I'd love
to eat lunch with Hirose.Copy !req
237. And like in Lovable Lunches,
we could feed each other.Copy !req
238. Here, Hirose. Say "Aah."Copy !req
239. Aah.Copy !req
240. How's my special octowiener?Copy !req
241. Yum! It's cooked just right!Copy !req
242. I'm glad.Copy !req
243. Nakamura, would you like to be my friend
and cook me octowieners every day?Copy !req
244. I sure would!Copy !req
245. As many as you want!Copy !req
246. I see. So the way to his friendship
is through his stomach, huh?Copy !req
247. That's why Lovable Lunches is my bible.Copy !req
248. Oof.Copy !req
249. How embarrassing.Copy !req
250. Hey.Copy !req
251. A-Are you okay?Copy !req
252. Y-Y-Y-Yeah. I'm fine! Just fine!Copy !req
253. See?Copy !req
254. Oh, yeah, you do seem fine.Copy !req
255. Oh, wow! Hirose is worried about me!Copy !req
256. You really went down hard,
so you scared me.Copy !req
257. I'm glad you didn't get hurt.Copy !req
258. H-He's so nice!Copy !req
259. His kindness is Makunouchi-level!Copy !req
260. Makunouchi-LevelCopy !req
261. Uh, I mean... D-Dang it.
I embarrassed myself again.Copy !req
262. I need to get my act together.Copy !req
263. Something fell by your feet.Copy !req
264. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
265. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
266. Oh no!Copy !req
267. M-M-M-My bible!Copy !req
268. A manga? Is it yours?Copy !req
269. O-Of course not!Copy !req
270. You were rather quick to deny it.Copy !req
271. Uh, it's probably a girl's.
It looks like a shojo manga.Copy !req
272. Hmm, I see.Copy !req
273. Uh, what?Copy !req
274. I guess I'll ask everybody.Copy !req
275. Uh, hey, wai—Copy !req
276. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
277. Hey! This manga was lying
on the floor in the hallway.Copy !req
278. Does it belong to any of you?Copy !req
279. Huh? What is it?Copy !req
280. A manga?Copy !req
281. Whose is it?Copy !req
282. What manga is it?Copy !req
283. I don't know.Copy !req
284. Oh, this is BL.Copy !req
285. "BL"?Copy !req
286. Oh, you know. It's where two guys...Copy !req
287. Anthropomorphized boxed lunches? What?Copy !req
288. That's a crazy idea.Copy !req
289. Whose is this?Copy !req
290. It's just like before.Copy !req
291. It was after swimming class
in elementary school.Copy !req
292. Someone left their underwear
in the locker rooms.Copy !req
293. Does anyone recognize it?Copy !req
294. Whoever it is, they have no underwear on!Copy !req
295. I-It's mine...Copy !req
296. Back then, all I could do was panic.Copy !req
297. But now I've grown up and know
what to do at times like this.Copy !req
298. You should...Copy !req
299. play dumb.Copy !req
300. Hey, whose is this?Copy !req
301. Yup, just gotta play dumb.Copy !req
302. I am a shellfish. I am a tree.Copy !req
303. I am the air.Copy !req
304. I hear nothing. Nothing. Nothing.Copy !req
305. It's probably not somebody in our class.Copy !req
306. I guess we should give it
to Otogiri-sensei.Copy !req
307. The day ended with zero progress made.Copy !req
308. Instead of getting closer to Hirose,
I think I'm further away.Copy !req
309. And my manga's gone, too.Copy !req
310. Oh, right.Copy !req
311. Teachers' OfficeCopy !req
312. Teachers' OfficeCopy !req
313. Teachers' OfficeCopy !req
314. Teachers' OfficeCopy !req
315. Teachers' OfficeCopy !req
316. Teachers' OfficeCopy !req
317. Teachers' OfficeCopy !req
318. Teachers' OfficeCopy !req
319. I need to get the form for my new bike.Copy !req
320. Keep Door ClosedCopy !req
321. Keep Door ClosedCopy !req
322. Keep Door ClosedCopy !req
323. Excuse me.Copy !req
324. Excuse me. I need a form for my bike.Copy !req
325. Oh, Nakamura?Copy !req
326. What's up?Copy !req
327. He's reading my manga?Copy !req
328. S-Sir, that...Copy !req
329. Oh, this?Copy !req
330. One of the students left it behind,
but it's actually pretty good.Copy !req
331. It's a bit strange
for a shojo manga, though.Copy !req
332. L-Left it behind?Copy !req
333. I'm sure they're just
too embarrassed to come get it.Copy !req
334. But you know...Copy !req
335. I think they're a little naive about love.Copy !req
336. So what did you need?Copy !req
337. A-A form for my bike.Copy !req
338. Oh, sure.Copy !req
339. Bicycle Permission SlipCopy !req
340. Bicycle Permission SlipCopy !req
341. Bicycle Permission SlipCopy !req
342. Bicycle Permission SlipCopy !req
343. Sob, sob. I never did get my manga back.Copy !req
344. What's this?Copy !req
345. Endless Ribbon, huh?
And the latest volume of Candy Mandy?Copy !req
346. I need to buy a new copy of
Lovable Lunches anyway. Guess I'll go in.Copy !req
347. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
348. In Lovable Lunches,
it all works out in the end.Copy !req
349. But I just keep embarrassing
myself in front of him.Copy !req
350. And...Copy !req
351. "BL"?Copy !req
352. Oh, you know. It's where two guys...Copy !req
353. They're a little naive about love.Copy !req
354. You're in my class.Copy !req
355. Um...Copy !req
356. H-Hirose?Copy !req
357. Um...Copy !req
358. I-I didn't think I'd see him here.Copy !req
359. Nakamura!Copy !req
360. H-He remembered my name.Copy !req
361. Cockroach Boy, Nakamura!Copy !req
362. NakamuraCopy !req
363. "Cockroach Boy, Nakamura"?Copy !req
364. CockroachCopy !req
365. stepped on
handkerchiefCopy !req
366. octopus spit inkCopy !req
367. The guy who stepped on my handkerchiefCopy !req
368. and had an octopus spit ink
at him: Nakamura.Copy !req
369. I remember 'cause it was all so funny.Copy !req
370. I-I see.Copy !req
371. I'm so embarrassed.Copy !req
372. Oh, I'm Hirose.Copy !req
373. I don't think we ever really
introduced ourselves, Nakamura-kun.Copy !req
374. N-Nice to meet you.Copy !req
375. Hirose remembered my name.Copy !req
376. And he introduced himself to me.Copy !req
377. What manga is that?Copy !req
378. That one.Copy !req
379. The one in your hand.Copy !req
380. Oh, no, no! It fell off the shelf,
so I was just putting it back.Copy !req
381. What is this section, anyway?Copy !req
382. Not good!Copy !req
383. B-B-Boys' love.Copy !req
384. Like the one found on
the floor at school today.Copy !req
385. Boys' LoveCopy !req
386. R-Really? I don't remember.Copy !req
387. You read it, too?Copy !req
388. N-N-N-N-N-N-No way!Copy !req
389. U-Uh-oh. Maybe that was too obvious.Copy !req
390. I-I don't want to make him
think I'm any weirder.Copy !req
391. Not now that I know he remembers my name.Copy !req
392. Well, different strokes
for different folks.Copy !req
393. I think it's fine if you read it.Copy !req
394. Is everything on this shelf BL? Wow.Copy !req
395. Lovable
LunchesCopy !req
396. O-Oh.Copy !req
397. I'm not doing anything bad.Copy !req
398. So I don't need to hide it, do I?Copy !req
399. M-Makunouchi-kun would always
have his head held high, I'm sure.Copy !req
400. I think it's fine if you read it.Copy !req
401. Sh-Should I tell him?Copy !req
402. So...Copy !req
403. What were you looking for?Copy !req
404. Oh, uh, um...Copy !req
405. Y-Yes, this!Copy !req
406. I was looking for this.
I really wanted it. I'm glad I found it!Copy !req
407. I-I see.Copy !req
408. Well, uh, different strokes
for different folks. Yeah.Copy !req
409. S-See you tomorrow.Copy !req
410. Um, sure.Copy !req
411. What's gotten into him?
Does he have somewhere to be?Copy !req
412. RedactedCopy !req
413. I can never be Makunouchi-kun.Copy !req
414. Realizing that, I stopped trying
to learn lessons from BL.Copy !req