3. Eri-chan has her highs and lows.
4. "Oh!"
5. "You're back!"
6. "Mother."
7. "I bought him change of clothes and did a little laundry."
8. "It wasn't a long visit."
9. "Were you at the hospital?"
10. The train will be arriving at...
11. "I was!"
12. "I bumped into a friend at the hospital, though."
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1. "The time flew by!"
2. "Ha ha ha!"
3. "And..."
4. "So, we decided to have tea."
5. "She's in the same boat as me."
6. "Her husband's in there."
7. "Eri said she'd cook today."
8. "I'm heading to the did you war me to up?"
10. "Oh, sure."
11. "I'm going to the grocery store next. You want to come?"
12. She has good days and not-so-good days.
13. "Hmm...think I have everything... hold on."
1. "Yes."
2. "Oh my! You too?"
3. "I can relate to that."
4. "When I was young, I was desperate to get out of my parent's place!"
5. "I just have trouble understanding her."
6. "I always wanted to get out and live on my own."
7. "I see."
8. Sometimes she'll venture out, only to retreat again.
9. I tried to reach her, but eri's door was closed tighter than I realized.
1. "So, I just let her do what she wants now."
2. "I'm home!"
3. "How was dad?"
4. "I'm sorry!"
5. "Gaah!"
6. "I bought too much because I had ayano-chan to help carry bags!"
7. "Still sick but he's improving."
1. "Yes, you must be tired from work."
2. "Please just relax until supper!"
3. "What?!"
4. "It's okay! You don't have to help!"
5. "I'll just go change and then I can help you."
6. "It's fine!"
7. I don't want to be too intrusive.
8. This is so complicated.
9. "But I do have some things to take care of..."
10. "Take your time!"
11. Still, is it really okay if I don't help with supper?
12. I don't want to scare eri-chan off and make her feel pushed out in her own home.
1. She's not coming back down.
2. But...
3. Should I leave her be, then?
4. Maybe she fell asleep.
1. "Ayano-san?"
2. "Supper's ready."
3. "Um."
4. "Ack?!"
5. Whoa!
6. I knew it.
7. I guess she was tired.
8. "I'm sorry for waking you up."
9. "No, no!"
10. "Ah!"
11. "I-I'm sorry!"
12. "I said I would help and then I fell asleep!"
1. "At least let me do the dishes."
2. "You don't have to do that!"
3. "Ahh!"
1. "I doubt that."
2. "Nah!"
3. "He'll be so happy to see you."
4. "I... Sure."
5. "Now that you mention it, I haven't gone to visit him yet."
6. "I'm a pretty awful daughter!"
7. Wow.
8. This must be one of eri's good days.
9. "Huh?"
1. "Eri made all this?"
2. "Impressive, right?"
3. "Wow!!"
4. "She's really going with you to see dad?"
5. "And like..."
6. "Mm-hm."
7. I wouldn't know what to say to eri after all this time.
8. "I'll visit him on my own."
9. "I'm good."
10. "Oh! Did you want to come, too?"
11. "Uh! Well..."
1. "Oh!"
2. "I am."
3. "You're home."
4. ""Good"?"
5. "Supper's good, by the way."
6. Well, if she did, it's too late now.
7. Shoot. Did she hear me talking about her?
1. "Did mom say anything?"
2. "About eri?"
3. "I just..."
4. "Want to get to know her."
5. "Not really."
6. "She dropped out of high school, right?"
7. "Now seems like it might be a good time."
8. "Uh-huh."
9. "Yeah."
10. "Eri?"
1. She never fit in at that school.
2. "Kaede did, too."
3. But eventually, kaede did find a path she wanted to follow.
4. "Yep."
5. "She was a loner, too?"
6. She took the ged and went to university.
1. I left out all the messy parts of the story.
2. "She did?"
3. Or worse, blamed her for her own depression.
4. I worried eri-chan might think that we were pushing her to change.
5. It didn't seem right.
6. Thought it might be nice to show her that little bit of hope.
7. I just...
1. "I met her, y'know."
2. "I'm more concerned about you."
3. "Your... I dunno what to call her."
4. "The person you cheated with?"
5. "Your lover?"
6. "At any rate, her."
7. "Hirayama-san."
1. "I was like, wow, she must really like my sister."
2. "When I mentioned you, her face turned beet red!"
3. "Remember who you are, got it?!"
4. "You're married!"
5. "Heeey! You look way too happy about that!"
1. "Good eveni--"
2. "Oh!"
3. "Morita-kun."
4. "Hey!"
5. "Ah."
6. "My husband's watching the kid today, so I figured why not?"
7. "I know, right?"
8. "Wow. When was the last time you came by for a drink after work?"
9. "Yukako."
1. "You're a gold medal blabber-mouth!"
2. "Can't you keep your trap shut?!"
3. "Morita-kun's good at getting things out of people."
4. "Some stuff went down between the two of you."
5. "But that's all been dealt with, right?"
6. "Yukako-san's married and all."
7. "Ah, but it's such a waste of talent!"
8. "I'll be right with you!"
9. "Sorry!"
10. "Excuse me!"
11. "You were a great stylist, and you're so good with customers."
12. "You had so many clients."
1. "Looks good!"
2. "And here we are!"
3. "And clients who have left for somewhere else?"
4. "People still ask for you, you know."
5. ""I'd like to book with hirayama-san, please.""
6. "They tell me even now..."
7. "They'd come back to our salon if you came back."
8. "It's a bit much to roll in and headhunt me in my current workplace!"
9. "Nope!"
10. "It does feel good to hear that, but--"
11. "But please... Give it some thought, okay?"
12. "Sorry."
13. "Then you will?!"
1. Maybe this is a turning point?
2. We met in this bar.
3. But I handled it well. I could relax around her because of my new... Love.
4. And now... I've run into my ex again.
5. And...
6. I boldly picked her up at my own workplace.
1. "Wah ha ha ha!"
2. "No. I get it. It's fine!"
3. "Really?! Now?! Sorry! I can't go out with you!"
4. "What?!"
5. "But thanks!"
6. "Sorry for not saying anything before now, but I've actually always liked you--"
7. Or I could just learn to enjoy being single.
8. It'll be easy to hook someone new!
9. Come to think of it, I am pretty hot.
10. Huh.
11. If I do say so myself!
12. I'll take up a new hobby, maybe.
13. I don't have to pin all my life on romance.
14. Even though it would be better if I had someone cute to-- damn it.
15. I like my job.