I think I am getting more and more confused because it seems to me that both series are on different time line.
Me too. Like, Saori and Shizuku are dating now? Since when?
They're not dating, Shizuku's just acknowledged her own feelings for Saori. This is probably why Saori is asking about confessions, either she's thinking of confessing, or she's recognized that Shizuku has caught actual feelings and is expecting one. But they're not official, so Saori says "I'm not dating anybody" and describes the planned shrine visit as being "with a friend."
They're a couple. She's just being coy and the joke is that her sister immediately picked up on it and panicked. She also mentioned confessing "without words," not just confessing. The point is that she wanted Shizuku to pick up on the obvious but instead she had to confess through words (as posted by the commenter above).
She's "jealous" that her sisters relationship actually went the way she wanted hers to go, where the relationship was just obvious and no one had to make a confession. This is something she complained about to Shizuku before. She's jealous that her sister's gf wasn't as dense as hers.
When she says "I wouldn't keep secrets," you can see her looking "at the camera" or looking away from her sister. The end of chapter text also says it's about sisterly estrangement (joke being that they've now reached the point where the little sister creates space from the big sister and keeps relationship secrets).
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