Sign 16

Sign 16: Precious
Japanese Title	大 (だい) 事 (じ)
Romanized Title	Daiji
English Title	Precious
Kodansha Title	Precious
Volume	4
Chapter	16
Pages	38
Episode	Episode 10
Released in US	December 14, 2021
Chronology
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" Precious" is the sixteenth chapter of A Sign of Affection Manga series. It has been compiled within volume 4, and is written and illustrated by Suu Morishita.

Summary

TBA

Plot

In the bathroom, Itsuomi watches the missed call on the phone.

Yuki is in the lounge waiting. Suddenly she sees some miniature dolls. Itsuomi arrives and sees her watching the dolls. He tells her that they are called "Playmobil", that although they are her sister's, she can keep them. This makes Yuki think about what Itsuomi would like to play when he was little.

Suddenly, Itsuomi gives Yuki the phone, and she sees Ôshi's missed call in her call history.

Then Itsuomi taps her phone and asks if everything is okay, which she affirms with a smile.

Asking what Ôshi wanted, Yuki receives a message from Ôshi apologizing, and that he will try again later. After that, Yuki goes to take a shower, and after finishing, she goes to Itsuomi's room.

Itsuomi tells Yuki to sleep in the bed, and that he would use the couch. Yuki is very nervous, but Itsuomi calms her down by showing her movie DVDs. He tells Yuki that on the free weekends that he has time he takes advantage of it to have movie nights, putting on subtitles for the two of them to enjoy.

Yuki feels that she is inside of Itsuomi's everyday life.

While they're watching the movie, Yuki's phone rings again, but this time it's a video call from Madoka, the friend who might get Yuki a job for her. Seeing Yuki's signing speed and Madoka's speaking speed, Itsuomi peeks out out of curiosity and greets Madoka.

Madoka tells Yuki that the job seems good. They want to interview her.

At the end of the video call, Itsuomi asks Yuki if she was able to read her lips, but Yuki tells him that she was looking at the signs. Itsuomi congratulates her on getting the job. Yuki comments that she hoped to get a job one day, but that will become a reality thanks to the goal of traveling with Itsuomi, although Itsuomi tells her that it is because of her determination to move forward.

They put the movie back on, and as Itsuomi hugs Yuki's shoulder, he starts kissing her hand, and then continues up. Seeing that he is going to kiss her, Yuki closes her eyes tightly. Itsuomi notices that she is very tense and kisses her without pinching her cheek.

Itsuomi, seeing her tense, decides to give up, putting the blanket over her, while telling her with a warm smile not to be tense when he is pampering her. Yuki tells her that just being with Itsuomi makes her heart beat faster, and that she will do her best not to get nervous.

After that, they continue watching the movie. As the movie ends, Yuki wonders if couples around the world sleep together in the same bed.

Seeing him on his cell phone, Yuki asks him if what they did today is different from what "sleeping over" normally means. Then Itsuomi sits in front of Yuki, explaining to her that they will do this another time, because she was tense now, and Yuki is very important to him. After that confession, Yuki can't sleep.

The next day, Ôshi is waiting for Itsuomi. Seeing him, Ôshi confronts him, and in sign language, tells him what he wants, and if it is true that she is dating Yuki. Itsuomi lets out a sigh and tells him to drop the topic, but Ôshi insists on talking to him.

Then Itsuomi hugs him by the shoulders, and drags him to go talk to him somewhere else.