At school, Karin is breathing hard. She finally reaches her
class 1-A. She opens the door and says, “I’ve finally..” And the teacher says,
“Salute!” The students stand up and bow, “Goodbye, teacher-” While her
classmates bid each other goodbye, Karin gloomily steady herself on the table.
The teacher asks her what happen and even if she came now, she is considered
absent. A young looking guy with crossed arms says, “Ka-rin- What’s up with
hurrying to school during the dismissal bell? Is this your new way of playing?”
Karin looks at the guy and says, “Suzu..” [guesswork from 鈴鈴; actually, that is actually Riri
but I’m basing it from his name, Isuzu. If you know his nickname, just tag me.].
The guy tells her not to call him Suzu. Karin bends down and mutters, food..
Her stomach is growling. At the canteen, Karin happily looks at two plates
filled with food. While happily eating, Karin exclaims, “No wonder it is,
Isuzu! [guesswork from 五十鈴]
You’re Karin’s absolutely number 1 childhood friend.” Isuzu tells her, “What
number 1.. I’m obviously your only one childhood friend- Let me say, Karin.. *after
some explanation* You don’t know how to go to school? *A scene of Karin who
looked left and right* Even if you wanted to ask someone about it but you
couldn’t remember the name of the school. *Karin asked an old man if he knows
the school that has the same kind of uniform she is wearing.* On the way, you’ve
noticed that you forgot to bring your bag. *Karin noticed that she didn’t have
her bag* You wanted to go back and get it, but you forgot how you came there. And
you also didn’t have your cellphone and wallet. Thinking of a way while having
an empty stomach, you finally arrived at school.. it’s like that?” Karin
tearfully says that is true, and she is really like a tragic heroine. Isuzu
lamely says that Karin is telling a lie and she made it quite well. “You’re not
dreaming, are you?” Surprised Karin exclaims that she had prayed so many times
that it would be great if this is all a dream. Isuzu asks her about her car.
“Weren’t you always driven back and forth in your car?” Karin tells him that it
is because something happened between her and her father that she can no longer
be driven back and forth like before. Waving his hand, Isuzu doesn’t believe
her by dismissing that as the biggest lie for how is it possible for her father
who dotes on her to the extreme to do that. Karin shouts that whether Isuzu
believes it or not, it is absolutely, genuinely true! Isuzu watches Karin
grumpily eating. Isuzu offers to let her ride on his car always, until she made
up with her father. Karin exclaims good, it is decided. Then, she stands up and
holds her hand up to Isuzu. She shouts that it is alright, regarding this
thing, regardless what, she’ll do it well by herself. Waving away as she goes
out, Karin thanks him for his concern. Isuzu sighs and mutters for her to tidy
things a bit. [<- I think referring to the empty plates that Karin just
left]
While angry Karin is walking by the hallway, she hears the
fangirls cheering for Nao who is practicing soccer with his teammates. With
crossed arms, Karin thinks, “Really like fools, everyone is still ignorantly
cheering. He is only a really awful guy who used marriage to get far away from
his parents. He is still the same as usual. It really makes me angry. Really
furious.. *looks surprised and blush after Nao scored a goal* Feeling that he
is cool-whatever, afterwards, I won’t have this kind of thinking.” Soon, soccer
practice is over. While they are keeping the soccer equipment, Nao’s short
teammate exclaims, “Ah--! That first year student is watching until now!” Nao’s
tall teammate says that is true, and she isn’t like that anymore [<- sitting
on a bench and watching with binoculars], that he almost didn’t recognize her.
With crossed legs and arms, Karin is sitting by the stairs. Just when Nao looks
away from Karin, short teammate exclaims, “Huh!? Look!? She’s walking this
way.” Tall teammate asks if she is preparing to confess to Nao. While the two
teammates watch, Karin calls out to Nao. “About that.. Karin.. I..” Nao smiles
and asks what it is. Thinking that he smiled, Karin says, “Ah..!? About that..
Can.. *looks away* can you go home with me!?” Nao look surprised, short
teammate is shock and tall teammate has no reaction. Nao smiles. He blushes and
replies, “A very amazing invitation.. *Karin smiles and says, then..* ..but I’m
very sorry. *smiles* Ordinarily, to be asked this kind of question, everyone
would choose to refuse.” After looking surprised, Karin angrily points at Nao
and shouts, “You.. Are you an idiot. I’m just joking! I, Karin, do not want to
go home together with someone like you!!” Karin quickly turns and leaves. Short
teammate happily tells tall teammate that it seems that he is smitten by Karin.
Nao loses the smile and looks somewhat serious. While walking away, Karin
wonders what that is, unexpectedly having the same attitude in treating others.
*Nao tends to refuse all of the fangirls’ offers* “We’re married, right!? And
even kissed.. *teary-eyed and flustered* obviously, that moving feeling still
remains. It is like that time before *watching Nao through the binoculars* Not
even a bit closer.” And, finally Karin arrives back to the apartment. It took
her three hours to get home. ^^; Wobbling and tired, Karin mutters, “It’s
really no good.. I don’t want to go to school tomorrow..” She is surprised when
the door opens. Nao comes out and says, “Welcome back! You’ve arrived so late.
I’ve been always waiting for you..!” Flustered Karin asks if that is true.
Inside the apartment, Nao pats Karin’s shoulder and says, “Yes. Quickly come
in! It’s really great, Oriyama, that you managed to safely come home.” Karin
timidly says, “Senpai..” Still with a smiling face, Nao holds Karin’s shoulder
and says, “Okay, let’s start today’s INSTROSPECTION[/reflection] MEETING!!”
Karin nervously smiles at him for there is a vein pop [<- angry] on the hand
that is holding Karin’s shoulder. Blurb: “Introspection meeting is..!? What’s
the progress of this chaotic married life?”
Comment: Hehe, I guess it will just take some time before
Karin get used to this life. And, thanks to her pride, masochism[?],etc , she
won’t easily give up. I mean, she could have just leave and gone home, right?
Interestingly, she is sticking with this or maybe reality hasn’t exactly sink
in yet. She is now learning to be independent instead of relying on her
servants. It is amusing that she couldn’t even remember her school’s name..is it
that unimportant to her? Is she just bad with directions? Lucky for her, there
is guy 2 in the form of her childhood friend, Isuzu. I hope the author does
this right – don’t make guy 2 really nice and better than guy 1 or else,
everyone would be rooting for guy 2. So far, Karin still has feelings for Nao
but then, it is understandable that it can’t just all disappear overnight. I
think she is wondering if this is all a dream or a joke. I think Karin
unintentionally scored a ‘win’ against Nao to make him ‘act as if he knows her
when she arrived home’. For him to open the door before she is in front of the
door, he must be really waiting for her and listening for her footsteps. I’m
actually wondering why he wants to have that ‘introspection meeting’. What is
he angry about to not follow the ‘treat each other as if the other doesn’t
exist’? Is it because she broke rule 2 when she went in his room? But then, he
seems unhappy after Karin shouted at him in front of his teammates during
soccer practice. Is it because of that? I wonder what’s going to happen next.
Maybe, it will be funny since that seems to be the author’s theme for this
series especially with this kind of lead girl. =P Scans by all★wink汉化组
Quote of the day:
Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter
how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing will change.
What is important is not to be defeated, to forge ahead bravely. If we do this,
a path will open before us. ~ Daisaku Ikeda