The First Step In Falling In Love

The First Step In Falling In Love is the one hundred and nineteenth chapter of To LOVE-Ru.

Plot
Picking up where the last chapter left off, Haruna tells Lala that she loves Rito too.

Haruna then wonders if she has done the right thing and Lala stands caught off guard and shocked (Peke also). Lala wonders since when Haruna has this feelings and why she never said anything. The two can't figure out what to say to the other and luaght awkwardly. Suddenly Rito comes up asking what they are doing. Both Lala and Haruna panic and push Rito away; Lala then summons the Flap-Haitatsu-Kun (a robot bird) who flies off with the shocked and confused boy.

Lala apologizes to Haruna telling her that she is slow at noticing things and she is sorry for being selfish. Haruna tells Lala that that's not true and she just didn't want to hide her feelings from Lala anymore. Lala then tells Haruna that she is happy that she feels the same way that she does and thanks her. Haruna is moved and cry.

More later, Haruna calls Oshizu (who is working in Mikado's Clinic) and tells her that she confessed to Lala her feelings for Rito and how Lala reacted. Oshizu tells Haruna that this is a good step in the right directionand she promise to don't tell anyone.

Meanwhile, while bathing, Lala recalls that Haruna asked her to keep her love for Rito a secret and she is not ready to talk with the boy. Haruna feels refreshed enough that she can support Lala's love as well and tells Lala that she is happy with the way her life is because she has both Rito and her. Lala then tells Peke that she is really happy that Haruna is her friend. Howewer Lala contemplates what she don't want take adavantage of Haruna' kindness. Mikan then comes in to bath as well and asks Lala if she knows where Rito is. Horrified, Lala remembers that her invention is still flying around with him.

The invention finally drops Rito who lands right in front of Yami and accidentally he look up her skirt. Yami then turn her hand in a blade and chases him around.

Trivia

 * In the last scene, Yami is reading an issue of Shonen Jump with a pic of Goku in Super Saiyan form on the cover.

Anime
The first minutes of the Episode 12 of Motto To LOVE-Ru adapt only the conversation scene at school and merge it with Lala' answer to Haruna in chapter 122.