Soon, it is getting dark, Chihiro ties up her hair and
prepares to start mopping the floor since everyone has gone home. She goes in
the dojo to find water spilled all over the place. She mutters that this is too
much. She recalls those two brothers. She just bends down and starts wiping the
floor. She tries to make herself think that this is no big deal. Then, she
notices that one of her nails had a crack. She wonders when this happened. Her
hands had become quite rough and it is because of those guys who recklessly
ordered her around. She wonders if it is very strange for her to do this kind
of thing for even if she does this, it is possible that there’s meaning to it. She
tells herself that no, this is fine and it is nothing at all, it is fine just
for Hinase to be okay. And, fundamentally, she is doing this to satisfy her
ego. Then, she becomes depressed again. Outside, Sho looks at his cellphone and
it is already 6:45pm. He thinks that she’s quite late when obviously, club
activity is already over. He wonder what she is doing inside and unexpectedly,
what’s up with him to still waiting for her there until now.. Then, the door
opens. Sho notices Chihiro coming out. Someone calls out and says that it must
be very tiring and she is left behind again. Chihiro is surprised to see her
stalker. Wondering why he is there, she calls out to Katou-senpai [加藤].
Katou asks her if she isn’t finished mopping and does she want him to help her.
Surprised Chihiro tells that there’s no need..for there is only a bit left and
she’ll be fine by herself. Katou tells her that there’s no need to be
shy[/polite] towards him and he is very happy that Tachibana-chan can become
their manager. “I’m always thinking that in the end, you joined the club for
me..” Cannot believe that he called her Tachibana-chan, aghast Chihiro
exclaims, what. To her surprise, Katou puts his hand on her shoulder and says
to give him the bucket. Just when angry Sou is about to come out and shout at
Katou, Rino is already there to ask Chihiro if club activity is already over.
“I’m waiting impatiently.” Katou immediately let go of Chihiro who is surprised
to see Rino. Katou quickly retreats by saying that he’s going ahead and good
luck with the clean up. Sou sighs in relief and mutters that Rino did a good
job. Rino asks Chihiro if she is alright. “Geez.” Rino pouts at flustered
Chihiro. While walking home, Rino complains about Chihiro not telling her
anything for without her knowledge, Chihiro had joined the kendo club. Chihiro
apologizes for she feared that if she told Rino the reason, Rino would get
herself involved with this too so she doesn’t want to tell her.. Rino asks
Chihiro if she knew how long they had been together and if something is up with
her, she would immediately notice it. Chihiro says that’s true. Rino says that
she’s hurt that Chihiro unexpectedly didn’t go and discuss this with her.
Flustered Chihiro apologizes to her again and that she’ll reflect on this. Rino
says that Chihiro obviously hated joining the club so in the end, it is because
of Sho. Chihiro tries to deny it but Rino urges her to tell her about it, what
happened with Sho. Pouting Chihiro thinks that Rino is obviously very
slow-witted in things regarding herself but regarding hers [Chihiro], Rino is exceptionally
sharp. Smiling Rino says, “Yes?” Chihiro reluctantly tells her.
Rino is surprised over Chihiro’s agreement with those two.
She tries to tell Chihiro that like that, she’ll.. Chihiro says that it is
alright for this is just to satisfy her ego and it has nothing to do with Sho.
Rino tries to protest but Chihiro requests her not to tell this to Sho. Rino
sighs and says okay but in order to help her in decreasing her workload, she
will help her out with the manager work. Surprised Chihiro says, huh..manager..
Smiling Rino says that while looking for her, she already hand out her
application to enter the club. Chihiro tries to protest that no, aside from
her, Rino will also be...by those guys. Rino tells her that she isn’t entering
the club for her, but because the person she is interested in, is also there.
She is pretty much like chasing after him into the club and Chihiro doesn’t
have to think too much about this. “Okay?” Touched by her words, Chihiro looks
at Rino’s smiling face. Chihiro holds Rino’s hands and says, “I’ll definitely
protect you! I won’t let those guys bully you!” Smiling Rino replies, “Geez-
you’re fussing too much about nothing.” Chihiro thinks, “Thank you, Rino..” At
the dojo the next day, the Kogamido brothers sheepishly asks Rino to please
help them out in washing these.. Holding up her hand to take the uniform,
smiling Rino says okay. Chihiro is speechless for it turns out that there’s no
need for her to worry and this is not bad at all. Ren is glancing at Rino. During
PE class, a girl tells everyone to go to the gym because there will be a
basketball competition. Chihiro is worried that her nails would crack further
because of basketball. She is surprised when Sho’s fangirl suddenly hold her
hand and shouts that Chihiro’s hands are so rough and her nails are cracked.
Chihiro tries to stop her from doing that since they are in front of Sho. Embarrassed
Chihiro covers her nails. She is surprised when Sho looks away. Showing her
manicured nails, fangirl tells Sho to look at her cute ones and she got the
help of an expert. Sho says that those are amazing and long nails, and it would
be bad if he got sneak attacked by those. Fangirl says that he’s such a meanie.
Flustered Chihiro holds damaged nails tightly to herself. At the gym, Sho
manages to shoot the ball in the basket. Fangirls happily cheer. Chihiro looks
depressed for not only they don’t talk with each other, they also don’t look at
each other either. “It has already been such a long time that I myself no
longer know [since when].. What am I anticipating.. Hinase who is always
secretly watching the dojo had definitely found out about it early on, that
I’ve joined the club.. He also didn’t say anything about it. I should feel like
rejoicing [over that] yet unexpectedly, I hope that he would be somewhat
concerned about me. So stupid..” While running, Sho glances at depressed
Chihiro. Then, someone calls out to him. The ball slips from his hand and goes
out of bounds..heading straight at Chihiro who didn’t see it coming. Just as
someone is shouting ‘watch out’, bang, the ball hit Chihiro straight on the
face. Ouch. Rino goes to Chihiro and calls out her name. Sho worriedly asks if
she is alright. Holding her nose, Chihiro says that it hurts. Rino asks where,
did she got hit in the face. Chihiro says, ya. She is surprised when Sho bends
down to her and asks if she is alright. She quickly turns away from him and
says that she is alright.
Then, blood is dripping on the floor. Rino tells her that
her nose is bleeding so she should go to the clinic. Chihiro is shocked for she
felt embarrassed that this is happening in front of Sho. Turning away, Chihiro insists
that she is alright. Sho grabs her arm and offers to go with her. “Can you
stand up?” He holds her wrist and walks with her. Chihiro couldn’t believe it,
why.. At the clinic, Sho says that the teacher isn’t around so he’ll register
first. He looks at Chihiro whose nose is plugged with rolled up tissue[?]. He
lets out a laugh and says, “Not bad, it really suits you, Shichimi!”
Embarrassed Chihiro exclaims who does he think caused this. Sho apologizes but
Chihiro exclaims if he is really sorry. Still laughing, Sho continues to
apologize. Chihiro looks surprised. She softens up and thinks that it has been
a long time since she talked with him. She decides to remove the plugs from her
nose since it is embarrassing. Sho seriously asks her why she joined the kendo
club. “Why did you join? That second year is also there..” Chihiro sheepishly
says, “That is because.. (In the end, he knew that I joined.. Ah.. could it be
that he is always paying attention to me? *blushes* What am I to do? Obviously,
our relationship wasn’t harmonious for such a long time..) Ah..you also knew..
(right now, it seems as if nothing had happened and we’re naturally chatting)
I’m also a manager while in junior high.. (laughing happily.. sincerely..
looking straight at me..) I.. just basically really like kendo.. (this is bad..
my voice is shaking.) That kind of quiet ambiance yet there’s that intense
feeling.. Making my heart beat fast.. (I obviously do not want you to notice my
feelings) So..so I.. (I cannot contain my happiness--..)” Chihiro is trembling
and becomes silent. Sho calls out to her. As tears starts to well up in her
eyes, Chihiro thinks, “Hinase’s voice--” She looks up at him and thinks,
“Hinase’s..” Sho touches her face. He looks at her and wipes her tears. Just
when he is holding her hair, the teacher comes in and apologizes that she just
went out for a while. The two look surprised at her. Sho says that is great. He
tells the teacher that Chihiro had a bleeding nose so check up on her. “Then,
I’m going ahead, okay? I’ll go and inform Sakuragi. I’m truly sorry for getting
you hitting just now.” Chihiro tries to say something but Sho immediately left
the room. He looks slightly flustered. He looks at his hand and mutters, “That
girl... she unexpectedly didn’t avoid it..” Then, Rino calls out to him and
asks if they can talk for a while. Outside the school building, Sho asks her
what this is about, Chihiro joining the club because of him. Rino tells him
that in order for those two not to hinder him in joining the club in the
future, Chihiro agreed to be the manager. “Although Chihiro told me not to tell
you but that child even if she’s hard up, she is only enduring.. so, I felt
that it would be better to let you know..” Sho asks how come she would do it up
to this extent. Then, he recalls Chihiro calling him an idiot since for him, it
might just be dealing with that guy’s pretension but it isn’t so with her..and
for her it isn’t the same.. Slightly
flustered, Sho holds his head and mutters, “Is this for real.. really idiotic.
That girl..” Blurb: “Because [she] likes Hinase.. Next, rapid development!!”
Comment: I like
how Rino step up and help out Chihiro even if she is planning to keep Rino from
getting involved. As best friends, they both know of each other’s crushes. In
short, ‘you cannot hide anything from me’. In a way, they complement each other
in helping each other’s love life since they cannot handle it on their own. And
that helps progress the story a bit rather than a long stalemate. ^^ Luckily,
because of Rino’s personality, the brothers lower their guard towards her. As
for telling Sho about it, I guess it is a good decision rather than to keep
Chihiro suffering, without the one benefiting from it, knowing what’s going on.
Well, at least Chihiro’s burden will now be lightened. We have to also thank
the basketball which was the way for Chihiro and Sho to talk to each other
again. Chihiro must have really missed Sho that she cried. It can also be a
moment weakness especially since she is at her lowest mood especially since the
fangirl publicly compared their hands to Sho. Hm..it seems that Katou will
always be stalking Chihiro..always waiting for his opportunity. That means, she
would always have to have an escort on her way home. As for the two brothers,
it seems that if their elder brother knew what they are doing, they will really
be in big trouble. Their brother seems very responsible and do not want to
spoil his teammates with a manager. Scans by 深雪汉化组.
Quote of the day:
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for
others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. ~ Winnie the Pooh