Pertemuan tak terduga Pak Takano dan Makoto berhasil dihindarkan. Tetapi, Hotaru merasa bahwa ia tak bisa lagi menyembunyikan kenyataan dari Makoto yang mulai berpikir tentang pernikahan. Dengan mempersiapkan diri akan dibenci Makoto, Hotaru memutuskan untuk mengatakan kebenaran tentang Pak Takano yang menjadi teman serumahnya, tetapi... Akankah hal itu menjadi kematian terhormat bagi wanita ikan kering??
Sometimes I am very close to giving up this manga, but I can't. I like it. The only problem I have is Makoto. Maybe I dislike him because of the dorama (the guy who played Makoto was such an awful actor! One of the most robotic actors I've ever seen).
Finally Makoto knows Hotaru is living with Buchou and he is not happy about it. In fact, he reacts like the drama queen teenage boy he is and runs away. Hmph, sometimes he can be so immature