# WebtoonLib — Kiss Me if You Can #23 ## Series - title: Kiss Me if You Can - slug: kiss-me-if-you-can-wudui4rl ## Chapter - number: 23 - chapter_key: 23-9vc3rp - release_date: 2026-10-26 ### Summary Kiss Me if You Can Chapter 23 opens with a crisis moment where Chase can't breathe and focuses on his childhood trauma. While being shouted at to bow to Mr. Miller, Chase feels like he's choking and flashes back: unable to accept that his sick pet bird has died, Grayson and Nathaniel call him weird, while his father throws the bird in the trash and suggests getting a new one. Feeling that no one understands him, Chase becomes isolated and wishes for everything to end, then wakes up and questions the time that has passed and that man. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Chase wakes gasping, wonders how much time passed, remembers a man, and is asked if he slept well - Chase grieves his bird, cries, and tries to explain his pain to his father, Nathaniel, and Grayson - A person suffers choking and cannot breathe, asks for help while someone shouts to bow to Mr. Miller - Childhood flashback: Chase's beloved pet bird dies and Grayson tells him to throw it in trash - Chase feels outsiders also mock him, grows exhausted, and wishes to be left alone - Chase's family dismisses his grief as strange and worthless and offers to replace the bird ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser Kiss Me if You Can Chapter 23 opens with a crisis moment where Chase can't breathe and focuses on his childhood trauma. ### Spoiler summary Kiss Me if You Can Chapter 23 opens with a crisis moment where Chase can't breathe and focuses on his childhood trauma. While being shouted at to bow to Mr. Miller, Chase feels like he's choking and flashes back: unable to accept that his sick pet bird has died, Grayson and Nathaniel call him weird, while his father throws the bird in the trash and suggests getting a new one. Feeling that no one understands him, Chase becomes isolated and wishes for everything to end, then wakes up and questions the time that has passed and that man. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 53 ### Content KU, UGH...! MR. MILLER! GET DOWN AS LOW AS YOU CAN! NO...! I HAVE TO HELP... HEOK, HAAH... KEUK, HEOK...!! I CAN'T BREATHE... Huk, hulk... Huuk... YOU'RE WEIRD, CHASE. GRAYSON... MY BIRD IS SICK. IT'S NOT SICK. IT'S DEAD. DEAD...? YEAH, SO YOU GOTTA THROW IT AWAY. NO!!! STOP!!! IT'S ALREADY DEAD, CHASE, SO YOU HAVE TO TOSS IT. LEAVE HIM ALONE, GRAYSON. CHASE WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE WEIRD. WHY IS IT WEIRD TO BE SAD? WHY IS IT WEIRD THAT I'M SAD WHEN THE BIRD THAT I TREASURED DIED? PAPA... MY BIRD DIED. GRAYSON THREW MY BIRD IN THE TRASH... AND HE CALLED ME WEIRD, SO DID NATHANIEL, EVERYONE SAYS I'M WRONG... AM I? AM I REALLY THE WEIRD ONE? THE BIRD'S USELESS. ...B-BUT IT WAS PRETTY AND IT SANG. SO WHAT? I'LL JUST BUY YOU ANOTHER ONE. CHASE IS WEIRD. WHY IS HE CRYING OVER SOMETHING LIKE THAT? JUST LEAVE HIM. THAT'S HOW CHASE ALWAYS IS. NO ONE LISTENS TO ME. NOT PAPA, NATHANIEL, NOR GRAYSON. THEY ALL JUST SAY I'M WEIRD. NO ONE EVER UNDERSTANDS ME. AS TIME WENT BY, EVEN WHEN I MET PEOPLE OUTSIDE MY FAMILY, EVERYONE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME. YOU HATE PARTIES? ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE REALLY A DOMINANT ALPHA? JUST RELAX AND HAVE FUN! DON'T BE SO UPTIGHT. EVERYONE'S THE SAME. THEY DON'T GET IT, THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE, LAUGH IT OFF, AND JUST MOVE ON. I'M TIRED OF IT. I DON'T WANT ANY THING ANYMORE. I JUST WISH THEY'D LEAVE ME ALONE. ONE DAY, ALL OF THIS WILL END... HAAH...!! HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED? THAT MAN...! AH, MR. MILLER. DID YOU SLEEP WELL? ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Kiss Me if You Can #23](/series/kiss-me-if-you-can-wudui4rl/chapter-23-9vc3rp) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/kiss-me-if-you-can-wudui4rl ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.