Itazura na Kiss: Manga Summaries

Volume 9:

Main things that happened in this volume:
-Naoki has moved back into the Irie/Aihara household.
-Kotoko found out that scarf that she has made for Naoki is taken and used by this other person because he happened to find it in the new house that he has just rented.
-Kotoko takes the scarf back and tries to give it to Naoki who tells the other guy to take it and walks off.
-Reiko confronts Naoki about his decision to go to medical school. He tells something like what he does is none of her business...something like that...a bit hard to explain..;;^^
-Reiko and Kotoko talks about Naoki'd decision. Reiko asks Kotoko if she knows early about his decision. She replies that she only found out not long ago. Kotoko asks Reiko if she's going to follow Naoki to medical school but Reiko replies that she's not like Kotoko. She also makes fun of Kotoko. She says that even if Kotoko wants to go, Kotoko may not be able to make it. After Kotoko leaves, Reiko looks thoughtful.
-At one of the tennis club outings, Reiko and Naoki go off together after Reiko whispered something to him. Kotoko and Sudou immediately tried to follow them.
-As it turns out, Reiko is expressing her feelings to Naoki. Naoki rejects her. When she asks him why he doesn't want to kiss her and who will he kiss etc, Naoki tells her that he has kissed someone before. He tells her that he has kissed Kotoko before. Reiko leaves.
-Naoki discovered Kotoko's hiding place. On the way back, Naoki tells her that he didn't kiss Reiko at all. Kotoko tells him when he tells Reiko that they've kissed, he's talking about something that had happened long time ago, 2 years ago. Naoki looks away from Kotoko with a smile on his face and says, it's true, 2 years ago.
-Meanwhile, Sudou is still looking around for Reiko and Naoki....
-Naoki breaks his plans to Papa, who suffers from heart attack.
-Naoki decides to put back his plans from medical school to help Papa until he gets well.
-With Mama helping Papa in the hospital, Kotoko takes care of Yuki and Naoki. She feels a bit housewifey...(it's my own word BTW...)
-Yuki meets Nobu again in the hospital. He learns that Nobu has been admitted again dues to his heart problems.
-Kotoko encourages Naoki to be a doctor by saying that if Naoki is a doctor, he can help his father and Nobu.
-At night, Kotoko and Naoki has a heart to heart talk. Naoki tells Kotoko that he may have to give up his dream to be a doctor to help his father and he also tells her that he's dropping out of school. Kotoko feeling sad for Naoki, puts her arms around him.
-Kotoko and Reiko gets a job in Papa's company to be close to Naoki.
-Naoki is asked to go to an arranged marriage meeting with one of the clients' granddaughter. Naoki asks if this is for benefit of the company and he is told no.
-Mama is upset to hear about this. Naoki asks Papa about his opinion. Papa tells him that in marriage, he should go for someone he really likes.
-Kotoko while in the company, accidentally pushes the close button when actually she's supposed to push the open button of the lift. The girl who almost got hurt because of this, is vaed by Naoki who hels the door open for her.
-When the girl realises that Naoki is Irie Naoki, she seems shocked.
-Kotoko meets Naoki when she just returned from grocery shopping. Naoki helped her carry the things.
-Naoki agreess to the arranged marriage meeting.
-Kotoko hearing this dropped the cup of coffee that she has in her hands.

-Jennifer

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