I'm not sure that I quite buy this bit of drama. I mean I understand to an extent feeling betrayed but I thought that Kaoru had made clear how much he likes/respects Rieka, not only that but Saotome knew that there was a lot of home drama in Kaoru's life plus I don't think it was ever made clear to her how close Kaoru and Rieka were (or rather aren't)? On top of that Saotome is typically pretty capable, as it was even discussed about the issue with the dad how she tried to handle the issue even if it was unsuccessful, I get that she can get a bit blinded by emotion but after what happened JUST THE OTHER NIGHT you'd think that Saotome would, I don't know, at least wait to hear what Kaoru had to say? Heck he said he was meaning to tell her, so it's not like she was being forcefully kept out of the loop, and as she said she didn't care if Kaoru was a man or a woman, so you can't exactly fault him for not telling everyone he meets about it. Just the other night she was pushing him away as if her problems were none of his business, then the next day is acting like it's a grievous insult that she wasn't privy to something that personal? I've been really enjoying this series and I don't plan to drop it because of this, but this just feels very forced to me.