Your and My Secret - Volume One
Alternative Title: Boku to Kanojo no XXX (Japanese)
Written by: Ai Morinaga
Japanese Publisher: Mag Garden
Licensed in English by: ADV Manga
Release Dates:
2002-12 (Japanese vol. 1)
2004-06-10 (Japanese vol. 2)
2004-06-22 (English Volume 1)
2005-09-10 (Japanese vol. 3)
Genre: Adventure/Comedy/Romance
Alternative Title: Boku to Kanojo no XXX (Japanese)
Written by: Ai Morinaga
Japanese Publisher: Mag Garden
Licensed in English by: ADV Manga
Release Dates:
2002-12 (Japanese vol. 1)
2004-06-10 (Japanese vol. 2)
2004-06-22 (English Volume 1)
2005-09-10 (Japanese vol. 3)
Genre: Adventure/Comedy/Romance
Chapter 8 - Studying For Tests
{Flashback}
Momoi: SENBONGI!
[Momoi suddenly leaps into his arms, crying onto his Shoulder.]
{Flashback ends}
Momoi: (Thinking) Yes, I was feeling weak and hurt, and he was being really nice to me... But still, why did I go and do something like that?! (To the last person I should be doing it with?!
Teacher: Okay class, here are your quizzes from the other day.
{Aida.
Yes.
Iino.)
Momoi: (Thinking) What am i going to do now? God, that was so stupid of me.
Teacher: Uehara.
Uehara: (Standing up) Right here!
Teacher: (With a strained and confused face) Mr. Uehara ... Um, is something wrong? Because if you need to talk, you know, I'm always available.
Uehara: What do you mean? I'm doin' great!
Momoi: .....................
[Uehara sits down again and with a fa-wip puts 'his' marked test down... Momoi pales when she sees the mark that he got.]
....
Meeting Room
Momoi: You... You got a seven? A SEVEN?!
Uehara: (Not really caring) Yeah. Nice number, huh? "Lucky Seven." (Jeez, stop whining already.) So you did bad on a test, so what? It's not gonna kill you!
Momoi: I know it won't kill me, but people are going to think it's a little strange if my grades suddenly start nose-diving. We've already got the teacher suspicious.
{Flashback}
Teacher: Momoi... Are you really Momoi?
Momoi: ...............
[[There's an arrow pointing to Momoi that reads, "Got a 38."]]
{Flashback ends}
Momoi: (Thinking) I tried not to get too many of them right... But my score was still too high! I had no idea she was THAT bad. (Outloud) WE SHOULD STUDY TOGETHER!
Uehara: (Already turning away) Whatever. I'm going to Karate.
Momoi: W...wait a minute! It's less than a month until final exams! You have to do something! Shina isn't going to gonna like you anymore if she thinks you're stupid!
Uehara: (Finally turning around) You... You think so?
[Momoi just stares at him.]
Uehara: (Continuing in a lazy voice) Fine. I guess I got no choice. You wanna hook up or what?
Momoi: .................
[[Theres an arrow pointing to Momoi that reads, "A little hurt."]]
....
Momoi's house
Grandpa: Yo, Nanako. Long time no see
Uehara: You've gotten fat, Gramps.
Grandpa: Yeah, Uehara's been goo to me heart (Bloated!)
Momoi: ................
Grandpa: So, how are things? You been enjoyin' life as a man?
Uehara: (Leaning in) Let me tell you, the other day me and this girl were all...
(Momoi: (Thinking) No one will ever want my filthy body. (Sob sob)
....
Momoi's Room.
Uehara: (On entering and seeing a clean and neat room) What the hell is this?! Why'd you move all my stuff? Now I don't know what's where anymore!
[[Before it was a "pigsty."]]
Momoi: (Looking pale) .....................
Uehara: question You look pale. What's up?
Momoi: Nothing. Let's get started. Okay, we'll begin with math. Material for the final exam will be from the book, starting from page 52. (Opening the math book) Let's try this drill first. (On seeing Uehara's bored look) Um, this isn't multiple choice, so please don't do that "Rolling the pencil"* trick. (Besides, that only gives you six options to choose from...) Finished yet?
Uehara: Kind of.
Momoi: Let me see.
[Uehara passes his book over...]
Momoi: (With a pale face as he sees Nanako's answer) ....................
[Silently Momoi gets up, opens a window and silently shouts "HELP ME!"]
Uehara: Why are you opening the window? It's freezing! Have you lost your mind?
Momoi: It was my fault for making you do the drill without preparing for it first. (Waugh! Waaaugh!) I'm so sorry!
Uehara: (Hmph!) Well, just so long as we know who's at fault here.
Momoi: (Suddenly stopping to grab 'her' stomach) exclaim Hngh.
Uehara: What's the matter?
Momoi: It... It's my stomach.
Ueahara: Does it hurt?
Momoi: I'll be okay. I think it's just stress.
Uehara: (Leaning in) Are you sure? That's my body there, so you'd better be taking care of it.
[Momoi's heart starts going da-dump da-dump.]
Momoi: I... I know.
Uehara: You haven't been eating out of the trash or something, have you?
Momoi: (Thinking) Why am I even getting excited by my own face?!
Still...
We may have switched bodies, but the fact remains that Momoi and I are together, alone...
Momoi: (Thinking) But it's just so weird, with her having my face and body!
(Uehara: Man, I'm hungry!)
[Momoi glances at Uehara for a moment, and 'her' heart goes ba-dump ba-dump ba-dump ba-dump... 'She' quickly turning away again.]
Momoi: (Thinking) Actually, I look pretty good... (Ugh, I can't believe myself!)
Uehara: Yo, Uehara. If we're not studyin', I'm gonna go home.
Momoi: (Turning back to Uehara, thinking) .............. Even if we can't go back to our old bodies... So long as it's Momoi in there, I think I could...
Uehara: question 'The hell are you staring at me for? You're creeping me out.
Momoi: (Panicing a bit) It's just that, I've only seen byself in the mirror before. (Like, I kinda got a little excited...) Looking at me like this makes me think, uh, I'm actually pretty handsome.
Uehara: Go got excited by your own face?! You've got problems, my man. (You a perv or what?)
[Momoi freezes as a knife goes sklrsh! into 'her' head.]
Momoi: Well, you're always calling yourself "adorable," aren't you?! (Even when there's no one listening.)
Uehara: Yeah, but that's 'cuz it's true. But, now that you mention it...
[Uehara stares at Momoi.]
Uehara: (Continuing) I guess there are some things I couldn't see before.
Momoi: What?
Uehara: (Moving all around Momoi) If I see myself from behind, it's like... Hey, my hair's kinda curly back here! Eew, my ear holes are so small! Hey, I didn't know I had a mole here.
[Uehara pokes Momoi in that area a bit.]
Momoi: (Twitching) AIEEE!
Both: .......................................
Uehara: Hmm.
[Uehara reaches out a hand to touch Momoi's face.]
Momoi: Um, uh...
Uehara: (Leaning in really close now) Uehara.
Momoi: M... Momoi...
[Uehara suddenlty shoves Momoi away.]
Uehara: Aah, forget it. I just can't get worked up when the other person is me! Enough of this garbage. Let's get back to studying.
Momoi: (Graping 'her' stomach again) ............. (Thinking) Ow...
Uehara: (Senseing something) Uehara? What's wrong? Does your stomach still hurt?
Momoi: (Getting up) It's nothing. I'm going to the bathroom. You just do as much of question one as you can, alright?
Uehara: Gotch.
[Uehara stares at the book for a moment before quickly turning towards Momoi's general direction.]
Uehara: Oh!
[Momoi has reached the bathroom.]
Momoi: (Still grapping at 'her' stomach) Hngrh. (Thinking) What is this? My stomach feels so heavy. Is this just stress, or... This is all her fault. She's so inconsiderate. Why did I have to fall in love with someone like her? (I'm so stupid.)
[Momoi's eyes goes wild for a second, and a loud crash is heard in the bathroom.]
Uehara: (Running out into the hallway) Uehara!
Momoi: (As 'she' comes out, weakly) M... Momoi.
Uehara: What the hell are you doing?!
Momoi: (Weakly) I'm sorry. It looks like... this is the END for me. (I'm BLEEDING...) Please tell my parents that I love them...
Uehara: What are you talking about? It's just that time of the mouth.
Momoi: That time...?
Uehara: It's your period.
Momoi: (Totally freaked) Whaa-?!
Uehara: (Reaching into the closet) It's a little early this time. With all that been happening, my body's probably a little bit out of whack. (Here we go.) Still, mine usually aren't very heavy, so you should be okay. Look, you need to learn this. Pay attention.
Momoi: (Looking very pale) But, I can't stand the sight of blood!
Uehara: Good god, you men can be weak sometimes. All this whimpering over a little blood. (Holding up two boxes) This is for daytime. And this is for nighttime.
(Momoi: (Hic!))
Uehara: (Continuing) I thought it might've come early... That's why I came to check on you. And sure enough...
Momoi: (Waaugh!) D... Don't talk like that!
Uehara: Oh, stop your blubbering. I'm here alright? There's nothing to worry about. (Pointing to a box) Okay, now use this one on the second day. That's when it really comes spurtin' out, so you better be ready. Good luck.
[Momoi swoons.. and faints.]
I tried my best to "be ready," but it was all too much.
The second day of my very first period, I ended up passing out in the bathroom.
-End Of Chapter 8-
* Rolling the Pencil At one time, it was popular for students to carve numbers into each side of the pencil and use it as a die. An alternate version of this was for students to carve fortunes ("lucky," "unlucky," etc.) instead of numbers.
