As I said in the previous chapter, I fully expected Ai-san to be the type who will not hide it. Her conscience is just too great. When the chapter nearly swerved into them taking the easy "friendship disguise" route I was admittedly very disappointed.
That being said, a very unfortunate way to go about it. If she had kept her cool and had phrased it more agreeably the impression would have been better. In the end the assumption of them just being friends was on the parent's side, so a simple clarification would have been the way to go. But framing it as a deception is a downright horrible choice. The over-the-top dogeza (twice over!) also makes her seem more unstable.
Ultimately keeping up a lie would not have been good for these two, so this had to happen in my opinion. Misumi slipped up first exactly because her feelings are that strong and Ai-san wants to be a responsible partner and a role-model. Whatever the parents may think or say, these two will be better off creating a relationship based on truth.
I do, however, want to point out that despite being uneasy about it, Misumi's father did seem to expect a boyfriend already. This means while he would obviously judge the person, he was not fully opposed to a relationship (or otherwise this meeting wouldnt have happened and he would have just told Misumi to break it off). The main factors that will decide how they react now are the age gap and the gender obviously. Let's see what kind of author we are dealing with here.
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