To Isuzu’s irritation, Karin says that it is a secret. She
is obeying rule 2 that being married is a secret between the two of them. Isuzu
looks around the place and asks how come all the things there are in twos, so
could it be that she is living together with someone. Karin freaks out and
denies it by saying that she lives alone. Isuzu is not convinced for there are
two chairs and two rooms [aside from two toothbrushes, glasses and bowls]. He
tries to open one room but Karin shouts for him to stop since senpai already
told her to absolutely not go in. Isuzu asks SENPAI, who is this senpai and
could it be that soccer idiot whom she is always chasing after, Tsuruki
something- Flustered Karin shouts that it isn’t. “It isn’t! It isn’t! It isn’t!
It isn’t like what you’ve said!! It is absolutely not like that!!” Thinking for
a while, Isuzu says that is right for if they are already living together, it
is impossible that she would still go to the soccer club to watch him. Karin
happily says that’s right and today, she watched the soccer club from start to
finish and in the end, senpai is super handsome-- Slightly biting his lip,
Isuzu asks him who is the senpai she’s living with. Karin exclaims that she
said that it is a secret! Isuzu leans closer to her and says is that so, if she
won’t say it then--.. Looking tense, Karin shouts for him not to.. Meanwhile,
outside the apartment, Nao has seen that flashy high class car parked in front
of their apartment. He wonders if it is the car of his in-laws or someone from
the Oriyama but then, he hasn’t heard about them coming. Taking out his
cellphone, Nao worries that it would be bad if it is someone from their school
so he’ll call Karin to confirm it. He is surprised when he heard a loud laugh.
Back inside, Isuzu is tickling Karin to tell him. Karin laughs out loud and
shouts that it is ticklish. Isuzu says that if she won’t say, he won’t stop and
if she says it earlier on, she would be more relaxed. In tears, flustered Karin
says that she said that it is a secret. This made Isuzu flustered that he
clenches his teeth and asks what..before, she would always tell him 100%, if he
does this. Wakamatsu informs him that it is almost dinner time. Isuzu stands up
and says that this is boring to death. “Okay, forget it. I’ll once again
inquire at school about it. Next time, you’ll absolutely make you tell me.”
Karin calls him stupid for she absolutely won’t say it.
Outside, Nao curses for Karin isn’t picking up her phone and
that laugh is obviously Karin’s so could it be that she brought a friend home.
He notices the door opens and Karin is pushing someone outside. He thinks that
it turns out that Karin is at home. “But, isn’t that [person] wearing our
school uniform? Karin, that girl, did she tell a girl [<- Isuzu] from our
school.. In the end, girls are big mouths.. If it is like that, the marriage
would be spread around and it would be a matter of time--..” Then, he is
surprised to see Isuzu’s pants. As the car drives away, Nao unlocks the apartment
door. He sighs and pulls open the door but to his surprise, Karin is pulling
the door back. She angrily says, “Zuzu, you’re so annoying. I’ve said that it
is a secret, it’s a secret!!” Nao tells her that it is him. She blushes and
calls out his name. As she relaxes, Nao enters inside and asks if she called
her friend to come over. Karin says that she didn’t, Zuzu secretly followed her
from behind. “Ah, but, but! Senpai, you can absolutely relax!! I won’t let him
open that door *gestures to his room* And I also didn’t expose that I’m living
together with Nao-senpai!! It is a rule that it is a secret only between us.
*happy and proud* Even if I was tickled, I also endured it!” Nao asks tickled.
Holding her sides, Karin angrily says that is right, Zuzu would tickle her ever
since before in order for her to say things that she doesn’t want to say. Nao
grabs her arms and asks if that Zuzu is only a friend. Blushing Karin says yes,
and even if she says friend, it’s childhood friend. “What is it..?” Nao snaps
out of it and says that it is nothing, he’s just thinking that they are already
in high school that she would be tickled so what’s up with that. Karin says is
that so. Nao says that even if that person is like a cute girl and in the end,
he is also a guy so it is best that she pay attention to this.. Karin calls out
to him and says that Zuzu is a guy and she never thought of him as a cute type.
This surprises Nao and says okay, since she think of that..forget it, because
it is quite troublesome so she better pay attention in making the people around
her know about the marriage and the living together. As Nao goes inside his
room, Karin is disappointed that he didn’t praise her for keeping the secret.
Inside, Nao drops his bag on the floor and recalls Karin saying before that she
obviously have no money but Zuzu treated her and she got this crystal from
Zuzu.. Nao mutters that Zuzu turns out to be a guy.
Comment: Hehe,
someone is jealous. Even if it seems strange for Nao to be jealous of Isuzu
since he is ‘good-looking popular guy’ type and the one Karin likes. Maybe, it
is because of how close he is with Karin and Karin thinks of him as a ‘guy’. It
does seem that Isuzu likes Karin from how he subtle reacts with her but
obviously, Karin only thinks of him as a friend. Since Isuzu is quite observant
and everything, surely, he also knows that. I wonder if Isuzu wants to know so
that he can take that senpai out of her life or this is just some ‘want to know
everything about my friend’/no secrets. I thought of the former because Isuzu
is rich and from this chapter, I think he’s more than just rich. The way his
driver is dressed, using a spy telescope, how they opened the locked apartment
door and ‘torture/tickle to confess’, I get a feeling that Isuzu is from a
yakuza/gangster family. Given that, it might not that necessary for him to be
good in studies since he has quite good insight and observation. Maybe, he also
has common sense to run yakuza-related businesses. ^^; It could be the reason
why he mentioned that Karin’s father is too nice. Anyway, if I’m right, I
wonder if this is the reason why the mangaka purposely made Isuzu not good
looking because he would have really be a good rival against Nao and it would
have made this into a love triangle series. As for Karin, I wondered if it
would be easier for her to lie to Isuzu. Could it be that he can know if she’s
lying or she is the type who cannot lie or at least, lie to Isuzu? Maybe the
mangaka doesn’t want to drag this to ‘keep on lying to cover it up’ scenario. Scans
by all★wink汉化组
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