2. ""Sensei."
3. ""Guess what? We made up!""
4. That's what yoshizumi ichika-san told me...
5. At the first counseling session after summer break.
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. "You want..."
2. "to walk home together?"
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. "Oh..."
2. "Umm."
3. "I guess I don't get to say that."
4. "I feel bad for Nitta-san."
5. "I was really awful to both of you."
6. "Mana's not mad at you or anything."
7. "Neither am I."
8. "I just want us all to be friends again."
2. And they all...
3. Moved up from grade five to grade six.
1. Oh!
2. It's nagase-san and nitta-san.
3. Well...
4. I guess the three of them are still figuring it out.
5. It's nothing to be too concerned about.
6. Probably.
7. And another day...
8. But then another day...
1. "Wah-hhh!"
2. "I wish I was in your class, tooooo!"
3. There's no change in class makeup from grades five to six.
4. Walking home together isn't all that friendship is about. It's fine.
5. If there had been...
6. Would the three of them go home together?
7. But at the same time...
8. Or would it be just two?
2. "And I wanted to talk to you, too."
3. "Sorry. I thought it would be easier to talk here, is all."
4. "Ohhh!"
5. "It's totally okay."
6. "Yoshizumi-san told me that you all made up."
7. "I figured ichika told you about what happened."
8. "And..."
9. "You always look so busy, it's true."
10. "Sorry. I guess I've been a little distant."
11. "Oh! You did?"
1. Me...
2. And ichika.
3. "We did make up."
4. She goes home before us...
5. "I'm okay. Thanks."
6. "Like."
7. But I guess ichika's still kind of nervous.
8. "It's awesome! Really!"
9. "Or how about you join recorder with me!"
10. "And we can walk home together if you want."
11. "So I was like, hey, why don't you wait..."
12. On days when I have recorder practice, I stay later, so mana goes home first.
1. "If you want, you could come play at my house again?"
2. "Everything was my fault, but you're still so nice to me, yuka. Thanks."
3. "Even if it's just sometimes. That's okay."
4. "I think maybe ichika doesn't actually want to be friends with mana..."
1. "Yoshizumi-san, I mean."
2. "I-I told her not to talk..."
3. "To..."
4. "Me and yuka anymore."
5. "She was friends with yuka before I was."
6. "But she was yuka's friend first."
7. "But I totally hate what she did to me and yuka."
8. "She did apologize."
9. "Then yuka said she wanted to make up with yoshizumi-san."
10. "But..."
11. "So I just put up with it."
1. "And I was just sick of it..."
2. I guess so.
3. She hurt nagase-san and nitta-san.
4. I think they're all good kids.
5. But she regrets it. She feels remorse.
6. What yoshizumi-san did wasn't good.
1. Still, remorse doesn't make it all just go away.
2. That doesn't make it...
3. All just go away...
1. "I--"
2. We met again for the first time since that awkward night at the restaurant.
5. "It's been a while..."
6. "It really has."
1. My mom's really passionate about community work.
2. I don't know if me being in charge of the kids at the art fair had anything to do with it.
3. To be honest...
4. I suspect she twisted some arms.
5. "I had fun with the kids, though."
6. "So I figured I'd give it a go."
1. "Wh--"
2. "Why are you apologizing?!"
3. "I'm sorry."
4. "Um..."
5. "About akari-san."
6. "Who dragged you into all of this, eri-chan."
7. "I mean, I'm the one..."
8. "I haven't seen her since that day."
9. "So are you and akari-san..."
10. "I'm sorry."
1. "Please keep your eyes on the kids."
2. "Absolutely! I'm really sorry!"
3. "No, no."
4. "Sorry..."
5. "I kept prattling on and on. I'm a terrible teacher."
6. "I didn't mean to distract you."
7. "I'm just glad nothing happened."
8. "Eri-chan, are you hungry?"
9. "Oh... Yeah, I am."
1. It's weird.
3. Than when she lived with us.
4. "Although she's not my sister-in-law anymore."
5. I feel closer to my sister-in-law now...
6. Know what was going on in their heads.
7. Only the two of them...
8. "Or with wataru?"
9. "..."
10. "I guess she couldn't really relax at the house."
1. "Is this really okay? I know it's your day off."
2. "What?"
3. "It's fine. Not a problem. They're on a trip with a friend."
4. "You wanted to see a movie, right?"
5. "What looks good?"
6. "That was a pretty good one, eh?"
7. "To be honest, it was better than I expected."
8. "How about we stop for tea somewhere?"
1. "I've never been to that kind of place."
3. "Would you mind if we went inside?"
4. "Hunh..."
5. "Oh..."
6. "Uhhh..."
1. "I turned thirty the other day."
2. "So young. You don't look it at all."
3. "Oh! Happy birthday!"
4. "We can pick one out and take it in with us."
5. "Change of plans. How about we have some cake to celebrate?"
1. "Mm."
2. "It's like..."
3. "Maybe I'm used to demanding women."
4. "I'm sorry."
5. "Don't worry about it."
6. "I'm so demanding..."
7. "Okay."
8. "How about we eat that cake, eh?"
1. "What?!"
2. "Yuki! Put your phone away!"
3. "Where's eri?"
4. "Okay, dig in!"
5. "Don't "Yaah" me!"
6. "Yaah."
7. "Eating in her room."
8. "She hasn't started all that again, has she?"
9. "I mean, I thought she was working at the student club now."
10. "Why?"
11. "Shut up!"
12. "Maybe she just doesn't want to see your face?"
13. "Ha ha ha!"
14. "What? She does?"
15. "Eri-chan talks with us a lot more, though."
1. Is she that uncomfortable with me?
2. Is it guilt?
3. And like...
4. What happened with her thing after that?
1. Mom's trans-forming into a timid old granny.
2. Wanted to have kids.
3. One of these days, anyway.
4. I wanted to be with someone...
5. I longed for that happy family thing.