Okay, Shmoopers, we know you're not a big fan of the novel, but we're going to give you a shout-out anyway. Shmooper asks what's up with Yuka's decision to go to America. Uh-oh. Shmopers tells him that Suzuka told him to keep his mouth shut about the trip. Um, okay. Shmoop, we've got your back now. Um-oh, so Suzuka said that he asked Yuka about going abroad, but nobody else told Shmoper what she was doing there. So, Shmipers, you know, the one who's supposed to be her confidante, didn't get the message. Shmiper asks why Yuka wasn't able to tell him sooner, and Shmoopert says that Yuka probably wouldn't have told him if he were her boyfriend, because she'd be too busy training for the trip to be able to give him the time of day to think of anything else. Uh, okay, Shmopert says, you'll miss Yuka a lot, but you can take it, because you know that she's serious about her training and wants to be the best in the world.