1. She's watering the flowers.
2. "Maybe she's turning the corner, mm?"
3. "Don't know about that."
1. "Join you? Like how?"
2. "However you'd like! Always helpful to have extra hands."
4. "You know how it is."
5. "Right?"
6. "Odd jobs pop up and we need people."
7. "Goodness! It would be such a help!"
8. "Mm. Well, she does that "Tele-commuting" thing!"
9. "But it might be quite difficult to balance with a job."
10. "She works from home!"
1. "I..."
2. "I'm not great."
3. "I wonder... Does that mean you're great with computers?"
4. "Oh!"
5. "Your schedule is fairly flexible, right?"
6. "Yes."
7. "But you can use one!"
8. "Right?!"
9. "Really, mom?"
10. ""Telecommuting"?"
11. "You know, it's something you could actually consider."
12. "A job you could do from home."
13. "What?! It's just a little white lie!"
1. "Oh! You're home."
2. "Eri-chan cooked tonight."
3. "I can warm a plate up for you."
4. "Oh."
5. "Okay. Thanks."
1. "I guess eri-chan's in charge of the kids' activites."
2. "Hunh."
1. "H-Hirayama-san?"
2. "Yes!"
3. "Oh! So you know about the Art Festa?"
4. "Ohh, that's a new thing. Started a few years ago."
1. "Are you going to take part, Hirayama-san?"
2. "Ahhh, I might be."
3. "They asked me to represent my salon in the mini marathon!"
4. "Aha ha ha!"
5. "I'm home."
6. "Whoa!"
7. "What's all this?!"
1. "So maybe this is a weird thing of me to ask..."
2. "but did you want to have dinner sometime?"
3. "At the house, I mean."
1. "I just..."
2. "We got to talking and..."
3. "Akari-san?"
4. "Here?"
5. "Yeah."
1. "No end, no reason."
2. "Just welcoming a new neighbor to the area."
3. "Uhh..."
4. "Why?"
5. "To what end?"
6. "I'll eat later."
7. "I'm going to jump in the bath first."
8. "A new neighbor..."
9. I-I better...
10. Check in with akari-san.
11. I'll see how she feels about this.
1. I got a pretty good look at the screen when I picked it up.
2. "Sorry."
3. "I'll be more careful."
4. I don't know what's going on, but it looked kinda frantic.
1. "Positively?"
2. "Wait."
3. "Maybe we can think more positively here."
4. It's your husband's family home.
5. It'd be the first time I've ever come to your house.
6. I mean, I was invited, after all.
7. With my head held high, right through the front door.
8. Exciting...
1. "I am so sorry!!"
2. Yes!!!
3. It is not exciting at all! It's scary!
4. "Idiot!"
5. "Onii-chan?!"
6. "Why?"
7. "What?"
8. "Ah."
9. "It's just me."
1. When was the last time I had a real conversation with my brother?
2. "Please don't feel obligated."
3. "No, I don't mind."
4. "Of course I'll help!"
5. "I'd feel a lot better if I had some help, though."
6. "I feel bad for imposing on you!"
7. He's making this into such a big thing!
8. "Yeah. Wataru asked me to."
9. "You're cooking, eri-chan?!"
1. "Is this person that important?"
2. "Ahhhh! I hope not! That's too much pressure..."
3. "Like some bigwig from his work?"
4. "No point in acting suspicious when you have nothing to hide.
1. "It'll all be easier for everyone that way."
2. "So better for us to be totally open and honest about everything."
3. "It's someone we both know."
4. "She recently moved into the building across the street."
1. "You did? Goodness!"
2. "I did track back in high school."
3. "Hunh."
4. "I don't have anything against running."
5. "No, no!"
6. "I'm sorry. It's supposed to be a fun thing for everyone..."
7. "So he pushed it onto you?"
8. It's been a weird day.
9. Wine and cake courtesy of wataru.
10. Supper courtesy of eri-chan, mother, and me.
1. The sweets akari-san brought.
2. Slowly picking at them...
3. As we endlessly chat.
4. Now I'm seeing a whole other side of akari-san I'd never seen before.
1. But her times were good, so they pushed her to be on the actual roster.
2. That she was in track.
3. She apparently started as the team manager.
4. So the track team for her class was totally disbanded.
5. Then there was some drama between the coach and the runners...
6. Her parents are divorced.
7. She also has a much older sister.
1. I want to know more.
2. I feel like...
3. There's so much about you I don't know. I want to hear it all.