Actually, I am... (実は私は)

Is there anyone who has no secrets?

I'm too scared to say it.

I'm afraid something will break

if I say it.

But I really

want her to know.

She should be

alone in the classroom right now.

Okay.

I have nothing

to lose, anyway.

So go, Kuromine Asahi!

I'll Confess!

I'll Confess!

I'm not the same man I used to be.

You're not going to read me.

Not so long as I have these fashion glasses!

This one, then.

Yay!

How?!

I always feel like I'm doing

something sacrilegious when I play Old Maid with you, Asahi.

Seriously.

You're such a leaky basket, Asahi.

"Leaky basket" doesn't even make sense!

Baskets are supposed to be leaky!

Nah,

you're a leaky basket because you're even more full of holes.

I, Kuromine Asahi...

No running in the hallway!

What do you think of this poster now?

I think it's good.

All right, I'll redo it!

So I'm gonna just go for it and...

Oh, sorry, this is just between us.

Secrets

Lies

Truth

...can, sadly, neither lie nor keep secrets.

So they call me "a leaky basket."

But, come on,

you guys could trust me a little more.

Well, I don't know about trust,

but I do believe you.

Oka...

It's not a bad thing that you can't keep secrets.

Shima...

Yeah, only because it's you, Asahi.

Sakura-san...

You're just saying this for kicks, aren't you?

You're so obvious.

Sorry, friends.

I'm actually really glad you feel that way.

But even I have a secret of my own.

Okay, to translate this...

A secret that I've kept from fall of first year

all the way to April of second year.

Shiragami.

Yes.

Actually, I,

Kuromine Asahi,

like this girl, Shiragami Youko.

She's sort of... mysterious.

She seems to arrive at school earlier than anyone else.

She's always alone during breaks.

Hey, Shiragami-san, can I see your notes?

Sure.

And for no apparent reason,

she seems to go home later than everyone.

Come to think of it, maybe it's only natural that I,

being incapable of keeping secrets,

became attracted to my polar opposite.

Okay, you can sit down now.

Okay.

What the heck, Asahi?!

I, uh, don't know the answer to the next question...

Calm down! I don't know it, either!

Crap, we totally made eye contact!

I wonder if she noticed me looking.

Okay, Kuromine, you answer the next one.

If she found out from that...

No!

Hey, Kuromine!

What do I do?

I have to keep this secret!

Hey, Kuromine!

You can't keep quiet, and now you won't answer me?!

Sensei, calm down, please!

Koumoto-sensei, I'd like you to continue the lesson.

Kuromine Asahi, you will focus on class, as well.

R-Right.

Sorry, class rep.

You'd better watch it.

I-I'm sorry.

Okay, next, let's see...

So anyway...

That was bad.

Asahi.

Let's go eat.

Sure.

Shiragami-san.

Want to have lunch with us?

Sorry, but I have something to do.

Don't worry about it.

Next time, okay?

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight...

There!

Ow, ow!

I can't go any further!

Nice, nice.

Hot, huh, Asahi?

Come to think of it,

Shiragami always sits out when we have P.E. outside.

I thought she had sensitive skin,

but I saw her really tan one time.

Why does she—

What are you looking at, Eromine?!

Today was awful.

You had it coming.

I told you, it wasn't like that.

So,

when are you going to confess to Shiragami-san?

How do you—

I mean, what are you talking about?!

He thought he was hiding it.

It's obvious you've been looking at her.

I might have messed up today, yeah.

But you didn't know until now, did you?

For a long time now, I've...

Since last fall, right?

It's been a while, huh?

No way...

You guys...

You knew?

Sorry for not telling you.

I was kind of embarrassed.

I never really planned to tell her or anything,

so I figured I'd just keep it quiet.

Hey, come on.

Everyone has a secret or two.

Exactly.

It's not a bad thing, having a secret love.

Guys...

Nope, it's no good at all.

In fact, it won't work.

After all, you're a basket full of holes.

A leaky basket!

Have you forgotten, Asahi?

The humiliation you were forced to endure by the class rep— nay, the Iron Lady?

The tragedy of last summer?

Kuromine Asahi, I'll get right to the point.

If you wouldn't mind, I'd like you to stop staring at me.

I'm completely uninterested in you.

It's irrational of you to continue pursuing a battle you have no chance of winning.

I haven't even confessed to you or anything!

Someone, get a towel, quick!

Stop the match!

That was brutal.

To think his inability to keep secrets would create such a tragedy.

Think about it, Asahi.

A normal confession is nothing

compared to that bullet in the back.

No more getting shot in the back.

Confess before you get rejected!

Kill before you're killed

Confess before I get rejected!

That's right, Asahi.

Go confess.

But I can't confess.

Then are you going to give up?

No way!

I can't give up!

Then go, Asahi.

We put you up to it, so we'll comfort you when it's over.

Guys...

In other words, you all think I'm going to get rejected, don't you?

But still,

thanks.

All right, I'm going.

But Shiragami-san, huh?

She's pretty, but...

Out of his league.

She seems pretty unapproachable.

Haven't you guys noticed?

Shiragami-san's been stealing looks at Asahi sometimes.

I think he has a chance.

Seriously?

Okay.

Shiragami Youko-sama

I'll give her this love letter,

and run as fast as I can.