If I'm Honest...

"If I'm Honest..." is the twenty first episode in Gokinjo Monogatari.

Plot
Yuusuke acts like a chauffeur for Mariko, riding her places. He is angry at himself for not taking their relationship any further and speaks angrily with Mariko all the time. Once, during the ride from karaoke, he gets so upset about being just a chauffeur that he stops and leaves her alone in the middle of the road. Later, after he has cooled down, he comes back and searches for her. He finds her in front of some Family restaurant, she cries that her heel broke off.

Mikako tries on kitty hairbands that Tsutomu has bought for her. Ruriko comes home with happy news ― her manga gets anime adaptation. Mikako covers with hands the hairbands as if they were something forbidden. She still feels so embarrassed about her feelings towards Tsutomu, that she can't even wear those hairbands in front of other people, including her mother.

On the next day, during PE class Mikako discusses with P-chan preparations for the next flea market. Risa is skipping that class for unknown reasons. P-chan tells Mikako that she already has made 15 toys for their stand at the flea market. Mikako has made only 5 clothes sets out of the planned 10, so she is worried whether she is going to make everything she planned in time.

During the break between classes, most of the Akindo members, except Mariko and Shintaro, meet at their usual place ― the Yazagaku's outside stairwell and talk about preparations for the flea market. Tsutomu complains that he has no place to make a huge sign. Yuusuke suggests the apartment building's backyard, so Tsutomu asks Mikako to help, but she angrily disagrees. Jiro remarks that the backyard is not a good choice because if it rains the sign will be ruined. Mariko leans out the corridor's window near the stairwell and asks Yuusuke to give her a ride to a friend's place, which provokes Risa to joke about Yuusuke being Mariko's chauffeur and confuses others. They didn't picture him to fall so low as being someone's chauffeur. This situation makes him run away in embarrassment. Yuusuke notices Mikako's struggling with her emotions about Tsutomu. Yuusuke admits in his thoughts that he and Mikako are very alike ― both are "real lunkheads".

In the evening, Yuusuke gives Mariko a ride as promised. Judging by his actions, Mariko understands that he is not angry at her, as she thought at the begging, so she begins to banter with him.

Mikako keeps pondering about how to show her feelings to Tsutomu. She promises to herself to change into a better person after finishing her 10 handmade outfits as planned.

Cast and character appearances

 * Jiro Nishino
 * Kuro
 * Mai "P-chan" Oota
 * Mariko Nakasu
 * Mikako Kouda
 * Risa Kanzaki
 * Ruriko Kouda
 * Tsutomu Yamaguchi
 * Yuusuke Tashiro

Trivia
Around 18:18 time stamp of the episode, when Mariko looks for Yuusuke, there is a guy standing in the crowd that looks like John Lennon.