As I returned home from my work training session,
I found an almost shockingly excited Y-ko.
Full beam on her lips, comic magazine in her hand.
Comic B’s Log.
—The comic magazine that, beginning this month, will run Rize Shinba’s manga version of My Girlfriend’s a Geek.
| Y-KO: | You’re finally home! It’s about time, Sebas! |
| The magazine that has the manga in it has arrived!! Here, look!! |
And she shoved the magazine under my nose.
… Oh, wow. Right on the cover. My Girlfriend’s a Geek.
| ME: | …… Uhh, for starters, I’m home. |
| Y-KO: | Welcome back! So, would you like manga?! Would you like manga?! Would you like manga?! Or would you prefer manga?! |
| ME: | You seem really excited, Y-ko… |
| Y-KO: | Are you kidding?! I’ve been turned into a manga! |
| How can I stay calm? How shan’t I stay calm?! |
| ME: | … That doesn’t make any sense. |
| Y-KO: | I’m serious! What should we do, Sebas? This is amazing! |
| I’ve finally fulfilled my longtime dream and become two-dimensional! |
| And I look so pretty! What’s going on? Is this a dream? If it’s a dream… |
And she brandished the magazine at me.
What’s she going to do? Hit me with it? With the corner?!
| ME: | Careful! Not the corner! Those thick magazines hurt when you hit with the corner!! |
| Y-KO: | … Oh, I’m only kidding. I wouldn’t hit you with such a valuable magazine. |
| What if I snapped something? |
| ME: | Like… my bones? |
| Y-KO: | No, like the spine of the magazine. |
| ME: | Ouch, that hurts my heart! I think you may have snapped my heart in two!! |
| Y-KO: | Oh good. If it hurts, that proves that this isn’t a dream. |
……
Okay. Hang in there, me.
| ME: | … Putting that aside, how was it? |
| What do you think of the manga edition? |
| Y-KO: | The collection of family treasures that is passed down through generations has just grown to accept a new article. |
………
Family treasure already? Of course, that’s pretty much how I felt about it, too.
| ME: | Well, it’s certainly an amazing thing to be the main character of a manga. |
| … But the idea of a multigeneration family treasure is just as wild. |
| My family doesn’t have any of those. |
| Y-KO: | Oh, there’s all sorts of stuff. I’ve also got all the necklaces and shoes you gave me, and the stub of the first movie we saw together, and the notes with messages that you left for me. |
| ME: | …… |
| Y-KO: | What’s up? Your face is red. |
| ME: | … Would you not surprise me with a dere ambush like that? |
| Y-KO: | Sorry, can’t help ya. Making you blush is an intense pleasure of mine. |
| Heh-heh-heh, and your face is red as a beet, Sebas! |
You’re right—it is!
But so is yours, Y-ko!
I guess you’ve forgotten that saying those corny lines makes you blush, too!
… Damn, she is too cute!
So once I had finished reading the manga edition of My Girlfriend’s a Geek, already added to Y-ko’s list of family treasures (?), she called out to me from behind.
| Y-KO: | Let me see that, if you’re done. I want to read it again. |
| ME: | Hang on a minute. I want to read it again, too. |
| You’ve probably read it dozens of times this afternoon, haven’t you? |
| Y-KO: | Wow, look at that! Sebas, completely engrossed in a sh jo manga! |
| Finally… Finally my teachings have born fruit!! |
| ME: | Say whatever you like. I’m not giving it back. |
| Y-KO: | Boo! Give it here! That’s my family treasure! |
| ME: | Your family treasure is my family treasure, dear. |
| You’ll just have to wait a little longer. |
… The manga edition is seriously incredible, though.
I can definitely see why Y-ko was so pumped up!
—Okay, done rereading.
I turned back to her and gave her the magazine.
| Y-KO: | … Sebas. |
| ME: | What? |
| Y-KO: | Say something funny, Sebas. |
| ME: | What kind of a request is that?! Something funny?! |
| Y-KO: | … Hmm. Yeah, that sounds like what my Sebas would respond with, too. |
| ME: | … My Sebas? Too? |
| Y-KO: | Well, there was a scene in Lucky Star where Konata said, |
| “Say something funny, Sebastian.” |
| ME: | Huh?… So what did the Sebas say? |
| Y-KO: | He said, “No way, I can’t!” |
| ME: | Of course he did… So, Y-ko, why don’t you say something funny? |
| Y-KO: | The other day, I packed my boyfriend’s Photobucket account full of BL images, but he hasn’t noticed yet because he never checks it. I’m a little bit worried, because I know he takes his laptop to his work training every single day. |
| ME: | That is definitely not a funny story! But I want to hear any other stories you have like that! Spit them out! All of them! Or else something terrible will happen!! |
| Y-KO: | Something terrible? What? Is someone going to get hurt? |
| ME: | Yes, me! |
| Y-KO: | Okay, that one was kind of funny. |
| Whenever you make a really goofy pose, it usually elicits a chuckle. |
| ME: | That wasn’t for humor! I am dead serious! |
| Y-KO: | Now, take that laptop packed full of my love, and go survive another day of your harrowing on-the-job training! |
| ME: | I don’t want that kind of sinister, evil love! |
| Oh my God! It really is packed full of BL images!! |
| Y-KO: | Love has to drive a hard bargain, Sebas. |
| ME: | I don’t need this kind of love! |
| Y-KO: | You’re saying you can’t accept my love?! |
| Even though you all but proposed to me right here and now?! |
| ME: | Proposed…? Oh, you mean when I said that your family treasures were my family treasures? |
| Y-KO: | … Oh, so you were aware of it? |
| ME: | No, I just saw your face get red, and I thought, “Crap!” |
| Y-KO: | Why didn’t you say anything after that, then?! |
| ME: | I dunno. I got curious as to what happens next in “Sepatte Takuro.” |
| Y-KO: | Who are you, me?! Yuiko Ameya?! |
| Dammit, Sebas! Make me some tea! It is now my reading time! |
| ME: | Certainly, madam. |
I picked out two matching cups and poured the boiling water.
I pulled her favorite tea bag out of the cupboard and inserted it into the cup.
I put the lid over the cup to let it steam and waited two minutes.
| Y-KO: | ……… |
| ME: | … What is it? |
| Y-KO: | I was just thinking, you’re getting the hang of the tea preparation thing. |
| ME: | Well, it’s still just tea bags. |
| Of course, I could practice a more traditional method if it would make you happy. |
| Y-KO: | Mm, nah. This way is good enough… |
| |
| Plus, I’ve been thinking about it, and it seems like all of my dreams have been coming true since I met you. |
| ME: | Pardon? |
| Y-KO: | Did you know that I’ve always wanted a Sebas-style boyfriend who would make me tea? |
| And just today, my dream of entering the world of manga came true. |
As she said this, Y-ko pointed at the cover of the magazine in her hand.
On the cover, smiling up at me,
was the manga version of Y-ko—Yuiko Ameya.
| Y-KO: | And look how beautiful I am… What do I do now? |
| Most of my dreams in life have all come true. |
| ME: | Really? Well, I’m happy for you. |
| …… If I’ve made it this far, I might as well make all your life dreams come true. |
| Y-KO: | …… |
| ME: | …… |
| Y-KO: | … Would you stop making my heart beat with surprises like that? |
| ME: | Sorry, no can do. |
… I just love seeing her blush.
| Y-KO: | … Okay, then. I guess you will have to make them come true. |
| ME: | Leave it to me. I can promise I’ll give all the effort I have. |
| Y-KO: | Really? |
| ME: | Really. |
I looked into her eyes and nodded firmly.
| Y-KO: | And what if I told you to make me happy? |
| ME: | I will do it. |
… Wait, what? Why did I give an instant response?
She said she wanted me to make her happy, not that she wanted to be happy, right?
Was that question… what I thought it was?
Ummm…
| Y-KO: | … By the way. |
| ME: | … By the way? |
| ME: | When you say, make you happy… |
| Y-KO: | To be more precise, |
| I’ve been having trouble making room for all my BL books, so I’d like you to keep some of them in your apartment, that’s all! |
| ME: | …… |
| Y-KO: | And if you went on a BL shopping spree and decided to fill the place with your own material, that would make me even happier! |
| ME: | And it would make me miserable! |
| Y-KO: | Oh, please. You know you’re happy just having me in your life. |
| ME: | How did you know that?! |
| Y-KO: | … How did I know? Uh, because… |
| ME: | …… |
| Y-KO: | Your face is red, Sebas. |
| ME: | So is yours, Y-ko. |