Hapi Mari - [Chapter 28] summary

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The chapter starts with Chiwa waiting excitedly for Hokuto to return home from work. However, when he returned, Hokuto looked stricken. She thought that he must be tired from work and thought nothing of it. Bustling around him, she asked if he’d like to have dinner or bath first. Hokuto looked at Chiwa, and told her, “Come, let’s sleep together.” (Literally saying that he wants to hold her, meaning sex.) Later, he called Shitara, telling her that he still had many matters to handle, so he had no time for trivial things. Shitara argued, “Trivial matters? She might be cheating on you right now!”

Hokuto replied: “It doesn’t matter. Listen up! Don’t do something like this anymore. Regardless of what happened in the past, or whether if she’s cheating, Chiwa is still my wife. That’s all I have to say. Well then, goodbye, President Shitara.”

Chiwa felt better at work now. She noticed a document on the floor and it turned out to be Asahina’s. It was about the project that Asahina had with Hokuto’s company and Michelle Hartz. Chiwa felt that this project bind Asahina, Hokuto and Shitara together, thus making her an outsider. Yet Chiwa wondered again if she was thinking too much. Hokuto had been returning home late for the past few days, and even working on the weekends. She felt as though she has been acting like those suspicious wives in the dramas. Even though she believed in Hokuto, she was still worried about Shitara, who was always with Hokuto at work. She kept wandering outside until she saw Shitara near Hokuto’s company. The fact that Hokuto’s ex was working with him still bothered her. Chiwa thought to herself, “I must not say such childish things if I’m going to be a good wife. But if this continues, what’s there left for me?”

Chiwa bumped into Asahina on the street, when he apologized to her for the last incident in a cafe. He noticed that Hokuto isn’t with her and thought that he must be busy with his work. Chiwa then commented that Asahina must know too, since they must be busy for the Michelle Hartz project.

Asahina replied: “Eh? What are you saying? We concluded it around the middle of last week, and things have calmed down a bit. Well, I was only in charge of a part of it. Maybe as the president, he still has work to do.”

Chiwa was surprised upon hearing these. She wondered what Shitara was doing at his company then. Being really bothered, she rushed out of the café.

Asahina: “Aren’t you being too hard on yourself? After all, as the president of a large company, he must see things differently than you do.”

Chiwa: “I know what you want to say, but I chose to marry him. I understand all the hardships and all the critical eyes I’ll be facing. Thank you for worrying, but I have to go.”

Asahina was upset, wanting to say that he wasn’t only worrying about her. Chiwa called Souma, who told her that Hokuto didn’t have any cases on hand and asked her what’s wrong. She also told Chiwa that they were busy at the beginning of last week, but things calmed down at the end. She thought that Hokuto had a date with Chiwa or something, since he left the company early. Chiwa wondered if Hokuto was cheating on her with Shitara. She went home and sent Hokuto a text message, asking him to come home early. Hokuto called her, asking if something had happened.

Chiwa: “I just want you to come home early.”

Hokuto: “I can’t all of a sudden. There are some things that I have to…”

Chiwa: “Just come home please! It’s an emergency.”

Hokuto: “Hey, what’s wrong?”

Chiwa (in tears): “Please, come home now. “

Hokuto: “All right.”

Hokuto rushed home anxiously. He asked her what was wrong. Chiwa mumbled that it was a lie. She blurted out that she asked Souma . She knew that he wasn’t busy at work and was bothered at why he didn’t come home.

Chiwa: “Are you meeting someone you can’t tell me about? Like Shitara?”

Hokuto (shocked): “What…did you just say?”

Chiwa: “Shitara-san.”

Hokuto: “Why her?”

Chiwa: “Don’t lie anymore, I knew about it. You two had a relationship together in the past right? You’re still continuing it, aren’t you?”

Hokuto: “Where did you find out?”

Chiwa: “Does it matter? So how is it? Are you going out or not? It’s not surprising I guess, since you’re always with her at work. It must make you feel like getting back together again.”

Hokuto: “What about Asahina?”

The two of them got into a hilarious argument about each other’s past. Chiwa defended that she had only given her first kiss to Asahina, and accused Hokuto doing more than that with Shitara. She added that Shitara was pretty enough, so they must have had a smoother relationship than them right now. She assumed that it must be hard for Hokuto to be with her. Chiwa continued by praising how Shitara was Hokuto’s equal at work, since no matter how much she studied, she still can’t read the economics section of the newspaper. She said that it must be nice to be with another person of the same level. Blabbering so much, at the point that Hokuto had to slap her and told her not to dig up the past. Chiwa cried that she can’t help it. She wanted to own all of Hokuto and be everything for him. Hokuto kissed Chiwa to quiet her down. He then told her that whatever she and Asahina had was a big deal to him too. When he found out about them, he didn’t know what to do either, but decided to keep quiet about it. There was nothing he can do about the past and no matter how many times he kissed her, it won’t change.

Hokuto: I wanted to be your first in everything too. I will only say something this embarrassing once.”

Chiwa blushed at his confession.

Chiwa: “I can’t do anything about the first kiss anymore, but I gave you my virginity. And after that, you’ve almost taken all my firsts. Is that not sufficient?”

Hokuto: “You’re right. I opened you up.” (The term he used is like developing un-used land or pioneering a business. I can’t think of a better substitute at the moment.)

He continued: “You wanted to be my everything, right? Saying such cute things… You’re the first one to make me say such embarrassing things, the first to disrupt my expectations and the first to make me this happy. You’ve also given me a lot of “firsts”. (He leaned in, ready to kiss her.) So, tell me, where did you find out about me and Shitara?”

They realized that both found out about the past from Shitara. Later, Chiwa apologized for interrupting him at work for something like this. Hokuto replied that he wasn’t working, but looking for a gift actually, since her birthday is coming up. However, he had wanted to keep quiet about it until he brought her there. He was actually looking at an island while pondering cutely about all its facilities. He wanted to go somewhere with her where they won’t be disturbed like when they were in Okinawa. It’ll be a private island for them, somewhere they can go after they have retired. Hokuto smiled and laughed. It was the first time Chiwa has seen him like this, like a mischievous spoiled child. Meanwhile, Asahina made an ominous phone call to someone.

Asahina: “It’s me. Could you tell me about what you said earlier? About why Chiwa chose to marry the president?”

In a side bubble, it says that: “I had never thought it would turn out like this at that time.”

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