The Balloonatic

Yui, are you still in bed?

Are you feeling okay?

Want to stay home again?

Hey, Yaegashi!

Finally decided to grace us with your presence?

Yeah, something came up.

You missed out big time

since you didn't get to see your darling's big scene.

Yeah, that was brilliant.

My darling?

The girl in your club.

You mean Nagase?

Oh, so you've got your sights set on Nagase.

Wh-Why would you say that?!

You, Inaba, and Nagase are

the only StuCS members in our class.

And when I mentioned your darling,

you immediately brought up Nagase.

You tricked me!

Watase!

The soccer team's supposed to assemble in the locker room for a meeting.

Ugh, it's lunch time.

Well, you know where to find me if you need relationship advice.

You can always rely on me. Bye!

H-Hey!

Big scene?

Taichi,

why were you late?

Did something happen?

Yeah.

I probably had a desire unleashed—

Other people can hear us, fool!

Can you try to reprimand me in a less painful fashion?

There won't be any pain if you don't do anything stupid.

I've never used violence without just cause.

What? Really?

Huh?

Never mind.

So what desire was unleashed?

I'm guessing it was...

...my desire to sleep.

Huh?

What?

Ow!

Falling Apart

Don't scare me like that over just wanting to sleep.

It was pretty serious!

Well, I was asleep, so I don't remember any of it.

Big brother, wake up or you'll be late.

Wake up already!

Big brother? Big brother!

Big brother!

Wake up, big brother!

My mom had to calm my sister down

before she would go to school.

I heard everything from my mom when I woke up.

They didn't call the hospital?

If I hadn't woken up, they would have called an ambulance.

I'll need to apologize to my sister.

I sent her an e-mail,

but I should get her something...

Shut up, sister lover!

It's only natural for a brother to love his sister!

If she couldn't wake you up,

your desire must have been unleashed.

While you were asleep, there was an episode,

and your desire to sleep a little longer was unleashed, I guess.

So, I've been wondering.

Was Nagase's desire to sleep also unleashed?

Taichi wants an answer.

Say, Taichi...

Have you ever had the urge to break

the tension when everyone's acting really serious?

Not really.

Don't tell me...

There was a quiz this morning, so everyone was on edge.

And suddenly I had an urge to shout...

Yahoo!

Quiz

Yahoo...

I managed to convince everyone that I

was half asleep at the time.

The class thought it was hilarious.

Plus, they seemed to write it off as Iori being herself.

That was the worst part!

If everyone thinks I'm being myself

when I suddenly shout "Yahoo!" in the

middle of class, what does that say?!

That you're the kind of person who likes to shout

"Yahoo!" in the middle of class?

Don't join them!

Anyway, you guys have some tame desires.

Yui didn't come to school?

I told her about Heartseed.

I mentioned that the five of us needed to talk together.

I called Yui earlier and said we might drop by.

Don't bother.

I'll be back at school by the end of the week.

By then, everybody will have gotten over

what happened yesterday.

Yui...

Damn...

Heartseed's messing everything up again.

If he makes Yui cry again,

I'll make him pay!

Aoki!

Name five good things about Kiriyama Yui!

Cute! Cheerful! Strong! Super cute!

Pretty hair! Small! Innocent!

Childish in a good way.

Wait, I need more than five!

You shouldn't have used "cute" twice, then.

So, did that help you calm down?

Huh?

Avoid intense emotional outbursts.

It won't matter if your desires are unleashed

if you don't have any meaningful desires.

You're right.

But I can't help it.

Yeah, if all it makes you do is shout "Yahoo!"

then we can all laugh it off.

Wait, Taichi.

Is this a new form of bullying?

Are you bullying me?

So when I get irritated or angry,

I should think about Yui and calm down.

Yeah, that works in your case.

Still, I'm worried about Yui.

She's probably still in shock after beating up those guys.

I have to help her!

I have to go.

Wait, Taichi?

Not good! His desire was unleashed!

Wait, Taichi!

Wait! Wait!

Get a hold of yourself, Taichi!

I have to go help her!

I have to go help Kiriyama!

You really like to help people, huh?

It's kinda creepy.

Let me go! Let me go!

Wake up, Taichi!

Calm down!

Okay, Iori! Throw yourself on Taichi!

Roger that!

Wait, why me?!

Aoki's stronger!

No, we might be able to change things up

or stop this episode if we override

his current desire with a stronger one.

Are you sure that will work?

It's worth a shot.

Make like you're crawling up his body to awaken his perverted side!

Wait, wait.

Well, I don't really mind...

Iori-chan, do it for Taichi's sake!

Hey, stop fooling around!

Got a problem?

It would have been dangerous to let you go.

This selfless freak always worries more about other people.

Wait, did he calm down?

Huh?

Oh, yeah...

I guess our desires aren't unleashed for that long.

Nothing will happen if it's something

that can't be done right away.

But generally, spur-of-the-moment desires

are driven by your current circumstances, right?

Your mind tends to focus on your surroundings.

Aoki made a valid point!

Why are you so surprised?!

I have my moments!

What's Heartseed up to this time?

It's the same as when we were swapping bodies.

He wants to watch us and be entertained.

This phenomenon just serves as a catalyst.

Don't ogle me.

I wasn't ogling you!

Wait, do I look like I'm ogling people by default?

I'd say that you're in the most danger this time around.

Huh? What do you mean?

Well, you were willing to die for Iori

when you were sober.

What if that desire is unleashed?

You might

actually die this time around.

I checked Class 1, but Yui was absent again.

She said she was okay when I called her yesterday.

I'm hoping that she didn't break.

What do you mean by that?

Just like last time,

any one of us could break at any moment.

We need to go to Yui's house today.