Karin keeps on giggling and immediately falls asleep. This
surprises Nao. Nao goes to look at her and mutters that she is really asleep.
“I thought that I’ve hurt her.. how should I say it, she’s optimistic, right..”
He notices Karin’s exposed chest. Blushing, he looks away and covers her with
the blanket. He thinks that she should properly button it up. And, he goes to
sleep on the sofa. And, he cannot quite sleep since he remebers Karin’s chest.
He shakes his head and urges himself to sleep. Karin is still sound asleep.
And, Nao wakes up from the bright sunlight. Sitting up, he rubs his eyes and
thinks that it is already morning, he didn’t realize that he has fallen asleep.
He is startled to see Karin sleeping at the corner of the sofa with the blanket
around her. He quickly backs away. He wonders why she is sleeping like that on
the floor and she still hasn’t buttoned that up [he can see her cleavage]..even
if he was the one who unbuttoned it. Looking away, Nao buttons her pajamas up.
Karin giggles in her sleep. He looks at her and recalls her telling him that
she hasn’t thought that this marriage is a failure. Patting her head, Nao
mutters, “..after marrying me, it seems that Karin always encounter some cruel
things.. [= living in a run-down apartment, he was mean to her, she took a cold
shower and walked to school even if she doesn’t know where it is]
Actually..whether it is going back to your [own] house or wanting a divorce, not
even once, did you mention those words..” He looks at her lips and leans to
kiss her. Ding Dong. Blushing Nao immediately pushes Karin away. Ding dong Ding
Dong DING DONG While Nao is sitting at the sofa trying to calm himself, Karin
wakes up after hitting her head on the floor. She wonders why she is on the
floor. She pulls away the curtain and looks outside the window. She exclaims
who is the one who kept ringing the door bell and is it some sort of mischief.
She looks surprised upon seeing a woman quickly walking towards the house while
the maid tries to stop her. Karin says that isn’t that Nao’s mother. Nao is
surprised. The couple goes out their room to hear Nao’s mother calling for
Katsunori [guesswork from 和紀] at the living room. Grabbing his collar, Nao’s mother
angrily tells Katsunori, Karin’s father, to listen to her, that useless [/incapable]
guy had unexpectedly become unfaithful to her again and he even send over a 20
year old girl. “I cannot forgive that~~” Katsunori says, “Miss..miss Renka [guesswork
from 蓮華],
calm down.. there are guests sleeping..” To Katsunori’s surprise, tearful Renka
hugs him and says, “Help me out, Katsunori.. I only have you..!!” Nao looks
somewhat surprised but Karin is shock, thinking that her father has an
extramarital affair.
Comment: Hmm..it
turns out that the parents will have a bigger role in this series. From Renka’s
complaints before, it seems that she has someone in mind about the person whom
she would have married if she didn’t get pregnant. She seems to have this idea
that marrying that person would make her happy. It might actually be Katsunori.
I don’t think it is an extramarital affair like what Karin thinks since he
called Renka in a polite way with suffix rather than just the first name but it
does seem that they had a past..romance in college? Since they were all friends
in college, my theory is: Renka is probably a popular, demanding type of girl.
Katsunori and Nao’s father are probably her admirers/suitors. I think she chose
or had a fling with Nao’s father and ended up pregnant. Since she thought that
he wasn’t bad, compared to penniless nerdy Katsunori, she married Nao’s father
but it turns out that he was a womanizer and isn’t successful at business like
Katsunori turned out to be in the future. Of course, the womanizing could be
from Renka’s nagging and shouting that he seeks some other woman’s affection. It
seems that Katsunori is Renka’s confidant who would help her as a friend. Since
she mentioned ‘unfaithful again’, I think Katsunori had advised her before to
stay with her husband. Hm..I wonder if Renka timed her visit when Katsunori’s
wife isn’t around, or it is just a coincidence. Renka seems to be clingy on
Katsunori to help her out with her problems though it doesn’t seem like
Katsunori has romantic feelings for her..maybe more on ‘since we’re friends’. Well,
it reminds to be seen if Renka is just using Katsunori like a spare tire when
things are rocky with her husband. As I’ve mentioned before, why didn’t she
just divorce her husband. Now that I think of it, Katsunori knew Nao’s
situation in that family since Renka is telling him about her problems. Ah, so
many speculations for now. I guess their parents’ marriage will somehow affect
the couple on how they view/deal with theirs..or at least, they do not want it
to be like that of Nao’s parents in the future. As for the couple, Karin is
indeed winning Nao’s heart. He is still denying it and tries to act that he
wasn’t falling for her, though he would have kissed her if the doorbell didn’t
interrupted him. =P I think he would only really act if there is some other guy
who is quite close to Karin, like a rival..maybe her childhood friend? Scans by
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Quote of the day:
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart,
or burn down your house, you can never tell. ~ Author Unknown