Episode 7

## Provisional Girlfriend and Girlfriend

**"Provisional Girlfriend and Girlfriend"** (仮カノと彼女, *Karikano to Kanojo*?) is the seventh episode of the first season of *Kanojo, Okarishimasu* anime adaptation.

## Synopsis

While Kazuya desperately tries to get Ruka to promise she won't reveal his secret, she tells him her own.

## Plot

Ruka confronts Kazuya, but he still tries to deny it. She tries to leave, but in his attempt to stop her, he touches her improperly and she hits him with her bag. He keeps following her asking her to not reveal that Chizuru is rental girlfriend, but Ruka guesses he rented her for swallow reasons. Kazuya then explains everything and again asks her to promise to not tell. Ruka gets frustrated, saying that she was sure that people who went for rental girlfriends were shallow and superficial and runs away. She was about to bump into an elderly woman, but noticed her and manages to avoid her, however she looses her balance and is about to fall on the stairs, but Kazuya manages to grab her and fall with her softening the impacts. Kazuya still begs Ruka to not tell anyone, he doesn't care about himself, but it will cause trouble for Chizuru. Ruka then reveals she is a rental girlfriend too.

Kazuya later meets Chizuru and tells her about Ruka being a rental girlfriend. Chizuru then figures out how she knew and finds the agency for which Ruka works. They decide to keep an eye on Ruka, as they can't be sure she won't tell anyone.

The next day, Kazuya waits for Shun when Ruka shows up in his college. She tells him she came to see him and seeing Shun coming, they run and hide. Ruka tells Kazuya to hug her to confirm something, but as Shun comes, they hide under a desk. As they hug under it, she checks her phone and its makes a noise. Shun ends up hearing it and finds them. Ruka then thanks him for renting her which shocks Shun, who then runs.

As he couldn't find Shun, Kazuya goes home and talks with Chizuru over the door. He explains the situation, but then is shocked to see Ruka showing up. She explains that Shun told her he lives here when they passed by. Seeing that Chizuru is his neighbor, Ruka gets frustrated wondering how far their relationships stretches. She promises to not tell anyone about Chizuru being a rental, if he goes out with her. She explain that she fell for him and if he treats rental girlfriend that good and even risk his life on the ferry, then he will treat his actual girlfriend even better. Chizuru and Kazuya speak about the situation and Kazuya states that he doesn't like Ruka, but do find her cute, but he can't go out with her due to his friend Shun. Eventually he decides to go find Shun and tell him that Chizuru is also rental and that way, they can save the situation and he keeps it a secret too. As he attempts to leave, Ruka sees him and chases him, explaining that she was looking for someone like him for a long time and that she purposely broke her relationship with Shun in order to be with Kazuya. Kazuya still explains he can't do it because of his friend, which makes Ruka cry that he doesn't even want to give her a change. Chizuru tells Kazuya to go out with Ruka as she do looks like she really likes him and just leaving her on her own can lead to lots of problems.

## Characters

* Kazuya Kinoshita
* Ruka Sarashina
* Chizuru Ichinose
* Shun Kuribayashi

## Trivia

* Chapter 28 was adapted as the animation for this episode's ending theme, First Drop.