Expressing subtext of story characters


Context:

A gets B to go to eat at a restaurant for the couples-only item in the
restaurant, stating that A themselves don't know anyone else that can pretend
to be a couple with them. However, B points out that A's sister could be a
possible and viable choice, and A doesn't deny that.

(I believe that the subtext here is that A was actually asking B out for a
date.)

Less important is that A has been lying to B for a bit before, and this is the
first time B called A's bluff.

* * *

> A: まいったなぁ バレちゃったか
>
> [...]
>
> B: Aは相変わらず不思議で何を考えてるのかよくわからないけれど **ひとつ、ウソを見破る事ができたみたいです**

  1. Am I right to assume that B was only happy for picking up the lie, but is still unaware of the ulterior motive of A, without the context that B is emotionally inexperienced?
  2. If so, how could the sentence be changed to show that B knows of both the lie and that A was treating it like a date?

I've thought of a few alternatives to the bolded sentence that attempt to show
that B also knows the ulterior motive:

> "I'm finally starting to understand A, bit by bit."
>
> だんだんAの事が分かるみたいです
>
> "I can fully understand what he's thinking, at least for this situation."
>
> 今日だけ、考えてるのは何か分かるみたいです
>
> "At least now I know that he was treating it as a date."
>
> せめて今、デートと思ってた事を知っています

(sorry for the rough Japanese TL)

* * *

More preceding context as requested by comments:

> A: B その後さ、ちょっと宿りたいとこがあるんだ 付き合って貰ってもいい？
>
> [...]
>
> A: ありがとうB カップルのふりしてくれて Bが甘いもの好きで良かったよ _他に頼めるな子もいないし本当に助かった_
>
> B: 気にしないで下さい ボクもお腹すいてたから
>
> B: (あ、美味しい… これくらいの甘さならCも平気かも… Cにも教えてあげたら喜ぶかな…)
>
> A: 今、Cの事考えてたでしょ？
>
> B: えっ⁉なんで分かったんですか？
>
> A: エスパーダからだよ
>
> B: す、凄い…！
>
> A: ウソだよね
>
> (B reacts to it like being betrayed)
>
> [they talk a bit about C]
>
> B: そういえば… D甘いものが苦手なんですか？ (D is A's sister)
>
> A: え？そんなことないよ？俺より甘党だけど どうして？
>
> B: あ、いや…ちょっと気になっただけで… パンケーキ、Dの事は誘うなかったのかなって _ほかに頼める人もいないって言ってたから_ …
>
> A: あー なるほどね…
>
> A: まいったなぁ バレちゃったか
>
> [...]
>
> A: パンケーキ食べたことは、２人だけの秘密だよ CとDには内緒 ね？
>
> B: …はい！
>
> B: (Aは相変わらず不思議で何を考えてるのかよくわからないけれど **ひとつ、ウソを見破る事ができたみたいです** )




As for 1, I think you are correct. The lie referred to in the last phrase
seems to be that A asked D for going to the restaurant.

Regarding the second question, it depends on the character which of the
sentences are most probable, so I simply give more natural translations:

  * だんだんAのこと( **が** )わかって **きた** みたいです
  * 今日だけ **は** , **Aの** 考えてる **ことが** (or Aの考えが)分かるみたいです。
  * **少なくとも** 今 **は(もう) **デート** だ**と思ってたことを知ってます(or 思ってたことはお見通しです may be better).

Grammatically what you should check may be contrastive は which was missing in
the 2nd and 3rd sentence.




As for 1, I think you are correct. The lie referred to in the last phrase
seems to be that A asked D for going to the restaurant.

Regarding the second question, it depends on the character which of the
sentences are most probable, so I simply give more natural translations:

  * だんだんAのこと( **が** )わかって **きた** みたいです
  * 今日だけ **は** , **Aの** 考えてる **ことが** (or Aの考えが)分かるみたいです。
  * **少なくとも** 今 **は(もう) **デート** だ**と思ってたことを知ってます(or 思ってたことはお見通しです may be better).

Grammatically what you should check may be contrastive は which was missing in
the 2nd and 3rd sentence.

