PUPPY LOVE!!
“Rather than a love interest, you’re more of a friend? Well, rather than a friend, you’re my archnemesis, aren’t you? Every time we meet, we fight! We FIGHT! Mmm, but…it’s kinda fun.”
OR: two dorks realize their constant squabbling was just because they liked each other.
hai! dokkyuun! seeno ! papii LOVE!!! pappapii LOVE!!
Okay! *Heart squeeze* Ready? Puppy LOVE!!! Pu-puppy LOVE!!!
daiichi inshou wa maji SAIYAKU (papii LOVE!!! pappapii LOVE!!) tomodachi ika tte iu ka ENEMII!! (papii LOVE!!! pappapii LOVE!!)
My first impression of you was seriously AWFUL (Puppy LOVE!!! Pu-puppy LOVE!!!) Not even a friend, more like an enemy!! (Puppy LOVE!!! Puppy LOVE!!)
atta totan ni chibichibi katte na adana nanisama!? ichiban nigate na TAIPU honto arienai yo ne!? arienai!!
As soon as we met, you took the liberty Of calling me “Short Stuff", just who do you think you are?! You’re the type of guy I can’t stand at all You can’t seriously be for real, right!? You’re unbelievable!!
au tabi itsumo no kuchiGENKA (papii LOVE!!! pappapii LOVE!!) inu to saru HABU to MANGUUSU (papii LOVE!!! pappapii LOVE!!)
Each time we meet, we always FIGHT (Puppy LOVE!!! Pu-puppy LOVE!!!) We’re like cats and dogs, a viper and a mongoose¹ (Puppy LOVE!!! Pu-puppy LOVE!!!)
kyuu ni chinmoku nan na no hen na kuuki masaka ne KIMI no kao ga akaku naru!!
Suddenly you get quiet, why? There’s a really awkward mood now–that can’t be, right? Your face has gotten really red!!
papii LOVE!!!
Puppy LOVE!!!
wake wakannai! wake wakannai! nee KOKUHAKU suru nante totsuzen sugiru yo naze doushite watashi no mune haretsu shisou na no?
I don’t know why! I don’t know why! Hey, your love confession Came way too out of nowhere W-why is my heart pounding so hard it feels like it’s gonna explode?
「masaka watashi mo SUKI, na no kana… iyaiya sonna no zettai nai shii!! 」
“It couldn’t be that I like him too, could it… No, no, there’s no way it’s because of that!!”
me ga KYORO KYORO kyodou KYODO KYODO
My eyes are shifting around the room, I’m acting funny
chou kinchou! hatsu toujou! warawanaide! papii LOVE!!!
This is so nerve-wracking! It’s my first time doing this! Don’t laugh! Puppy LOVE!
chotto matte yo ikinari suginai!? kokoro no junbi mo hettakure mo nai! daitai nande koo naru wake na no? ittaizentai hai! TENPAttaa renai taishou tte iu ka tomodachi? tomodachi ttsuuka tenteki da yo ne? au tabi itsumo KENKA! KENKA! maa un… tanoshiin dakedo
Wait a minute, will you? Isn’t this too sudden!? My heart isn’t even freakin’ prepared How did we even get to this point? What the heck, okay!? I might’ve lost it for a second Rather than a love interest, you’re more of a friend? Well, rather than a friend, you’re my archnemesis, aren’t you? Every time we meet, we fight! We FIGHT! Mmm, but…it’s kinda fun
hoka no hito to wa nanika ga chigau myou ni RIRAKKUSU dekiru tte iu ka demo demo SUKI to ka sou iu no ja nakute mo iya wakkannai ki ni natteru kamo iyaiyaiyaiya zettai naisshii!! nande konna ni hisshi ni nan no? SUKI? KIRAI? KIRAI? SUKI? wakkanai…
You’re different from the others, I mean, in a weird way, I can relax around you But, but that sort of thing isn’t really love Oh, I don’t know, I might care about you… Nonononono, that’s definitely not it!! Why do you get me this worked up? Is this LOVE? HATE? HATE? LOVE? I don’t know…
hai! dokkyuun! seeno ! papii LOVE!!! pappapii LOVE!!
Okay! *Heart squeeze* Ready? Puppy LOVE!!! Pu-puppy LOVE!!!
hatsukoi no aite wa kimeteta no (papi LOVE!!! pappapii LOVE!!) MODERU ka haiyuu ka oujisama (papi LOVE!!! pappapii LOVE!!)
I’d set my heart on who my first love would be (Puppy LOVE!!! Puppy LOVE!!!) A model, or an actor, or a prince (Puppy LOVE! Puppy LOVE!)
kedo doushite wakaranai KIMI no koto ga dandan SUKI na no kamo tte kanjiru
But, I don’t get it at all, why have I gradually started to feel that I like you, maybe?
papii LOVE!!!
Puppy LOVE!!!
wake wakannai! wake wakannai! mou jibun no kono kimochi rikaifunou da yo kooitsu wa koitsu wa koitsu wa koi kashira yappari yappari hen kashira nee dareka oshiete
I don’t know why! I don’t know why! Geez, I don’t understand My own feelings at all This is, this is, this is love, I think? …yeah, that’s too weird after all, isn’t it? Hey, someone explain this to me
「kokuharu mohan kaitou nanka kyoukasho doko ni mo nottenaishii!!」
“The ‘right answer’ to a confession isn’t anywhere in my textboooooks!!”
konna kimochi wa hajmete dakara
Because it’s the first time I’ve felt this way…
aa sou ieba itsuka watashi ga hekonda toki daijoubu! daijoubu! kan to ka naru yo, to genki kureta
Ah, now that I think about it, Whenever I feel down, You told me “It’s okay! You’ll be fine! you’ll get through somehow” And cheered me up
wake wakannai! wake wakannai! nee KOKUHAKU suru nante totsuzen sugiru yo naze doushite watashi no mune haretsu shisou na no?
I don’t know why! I don’t know why! Hey, your love confession Came way too out of nowhere W-why is my heart pounding so hard it feels like it’s gonna explode?
「masaka watashi mo SUKI, na no kana… iyaiya sonna no zettai nai shii!! 」
“It couldn’t be that I like him too, could it… No, no, there’s no way it’s because of that!!”
me ga KYORO KYORO kyodou KYODO KYODO
My eyes are shifting around the room, I’m acting funny
chou kinchou! hatsu toujou! warawanaide! papii LOVE!!! chou kinchou! hatsu toujou! papii pappi pappi! papii LOVE!!!
This is so nerve-wracking! It’s my first time doing this! Don’t laugh! Puppy LOVE! This is so nerve-wracking! It’s my first time doing this! Puppy Puppy Puppy ! Puppy LOVE!!!
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¹ Literally, dogs and monkeys, vipers and mongooses. “Cats and dogs” is much more familiar to English speakers, though, but I’m pretty sure the whole “vipers and mongooses have it out for each other” thing is fairly well-known.
