Yuuri... likes Kou?
And... Listen... I... I think I've fallen for Mabuchi-kun!
Futaba-chan!
Morning!
Yuuri...
Morning!
You okay?
Your leg. Does it still hurt?
Oh, n-no. The pain's almost all gone.
That's great!
I'm sorry I didn't answer your e-mail yesterday right away.
I fell asleep the second I got home.
Oh, I see!
I thought I'd done something to make you mad.
I was really nervous about it!
What? Yuuri, I'm so sorry!
You haven't done anything wrong!
I thought that... maybe...
...you liked Mabuchi-kun, too?
Reflex
Oh, no! No way!
I keep saying things like that...
Really?
Yeah.
Oh, come on. If you look that relieved, I can't possibly take it back.
I-It's fine. I just have to not fall in love with Kou.
Thinking I might be in love with Kou might have just been
my imagination playing tricks on me.
When someone who's usually mean acts just a little nice,
you start to think he must really be nice.
It's that sort of rule!
And there are plenty of people in the world who are just as nice as him!
Stupid Kou. He isn't special.
Not one bit!
What's that all about? Did I do something?
N-N-Nothing!
Morning, Mabuchi-kun!
Oh, morning.
Excuse me.
Yuuri.
If you look at him like that, he's going to know you like him.
But...
I do hope he kind of starts to notice and wonder...
She really is in love with Kou, I guess.
Yuuri's really cute when she's in love.
Oh? Makita-san, you're in love with Mabuchi?
It's a secret!
So, why are the two of you eating here?
It's fine. Let's eat together!
That's right!
Well... Whatever.
Hey, hey. Futaba-chan, you went to middle school with Mabuchi-kun, right?
Oh? Yeah, but we were only together for the first term of first year.
Hey, what was Mabuchi-kun like in middle school?
Kou in middle school, huh?
So exciting! So exciting!
He was a real good kid.
He was a lot shorter than he is now, and his voice was much higher.
He was polite and kind of soft.
He really was way different from now.
Nowadays, Kou is...
Ain't I cool for underachieving?
Trying to seem like she doesn't care about Kou.
Always putting on airs like that!
Futaba-chan!
Then I guess I will achieve something.
Eek! No way!
Hey, that really hurts!
Where's my "sorry"?
S-Sorry!
That looks fun!
Huh? This isn't fun at all!
It really hurts! If he did that to you, you'd see!
Yeah. That's why I don't do it to girls.
Huh?!
To girls, you know? So I won't do it to Makita.
Hey!
Girls...
Kou.
You can't do that.
I would never do that to a woman, personally.
I never would. Never.
Acting like a gentleman.
What are you putting on airs for?
That's rich, coming from a man who brought porn to the workshop.
Hey! What are you saying in front of Murao?!
I don't care.
She doesn't care!
After I showed you my porn! You jerk!
At least try to go without while you're at a workshop!
Seriously, man!
You perv!
You idiot!
Welcome back!
I'm so bad at gym!
No worries!
There we go!
Mabuchi-kun really is cool.
You're so lucky, Futaba-chan.
You're so close to Mabuchi-kun. You know all kinds of things about him.
Th-That's not true.
Hey, do you know his favorite food?
No idea.
So what about music? What kind does he like?
We've never talked about things like that.
What does he do on his days off?
No, I really have no idea...
What about his favorite color?
You know? I've actually liked him for a while, but...
Oh... yeah?
But then, you know? The reason I decided I really liked him was...
Because when he helped me cross the river in the forest, he was so nice.
He made my heart pound, but he also set me at ease...
Yuuri really is cute.
Okay, final homeroom is over.
Want to head home?
Yeah.
Want to come with us, Murao-san?
Oh, that's right.
Hey, class reps.
They asked me to have you write up a report about the leadership training and hand it in.
Here it is.
Why just the class reps?
Because you're the class reps.
Lucky...
Well, I'll take care of it. Kou, you can go home.
What are you talking about?
Not even I would dump this on you and go home by myself.
Now, now.
He says that, but you just wanna be alone with a girl, right?
A girl? Where?
Well, good luck! You stone-faced pervert!
Later!
That hurt, idiot.
Tell me all about it tomorrow.
I'm sorry, Futaba-chan.
I have things to take care of today, so I can't help you.
It's okay. Bye bye, Yuuri.
Right. Bye bye.
I'll see you tomorrow, too, Mabuchi-kun.
Sure. See you tomorrow.
Okay. Let's get this over with.
Sure.
I'll take this one. That one's for the girl.
Sure.
Somehow... I feel nervous.
Even though this never happened before yesterday...
Leadership Training Report Class 2-2 Mabuchi Kou Post-Leadership Training
Kou has kind of pretty handwriting...
His bony fingers...
His shoulders...
The way you can see his eyes just a little through his bangs...
Absolutely everything...
Absolutely everything makes me nervous...
This is bad...
He's the guy Yuuri likes!
Get writing!
Your hand hasn't been moving for a while!
S-Sor—
Show me that! You haven't written a single thing!
I'll do it! I'll do it properly!
I can't believe you're the one who said "I'll take care of it"!
I can't believe you.
Are you still writing?
Yeah. It'll take a little while longer.
When you're done, please take them to the teachers' office.
Sure. Got it.
Yes, sir!
Kou, you're not particularly stone-faced, you know.
What was that?
Is there something on my back?
Stone-faced
Yeah, there is.
What? Oh, him?
Stoney face!
Take it off.
S-Sure...
Tsk. It really isn't fair.
The nape of his neck is super cute.
Don't sniff it.
You're always sniffing it. What's up with that?
I've never sniffed it!
What are you talking about?
You do!
Like when I carried you during orienteering.
And the time you started stroking my head in the lobby of the lodge.
I-I wouldn't call that sniffing... more like I just happened to smell it.
And then...
Nothing! There's no other time!
When we played cops and robbers.
He found me out.
What a stupid way of getting back at me. What's with him?
C'mon, hand over your print-out. It'll go faster if I do it.
I'm sorry.
He found me out! He found me out!
Seriously.
If I wasn't here, I bet you wouldn't get done until tomorrow.
What do I do? This is bad...
Every time Kou makes my heart pound...
...I think of Yuuri's face.
What is it?
I was thinking, the sky's so pretty.
I wish I was the class representative.
Futaba-chan says she doesn't like him...
but I don't know how Mabuchi-kun feels about Futaba-chan.
Hey, what do you think?
I wouldn't possibly know.
Oh, I just can't help but wonder!
When you love someone, it makes you really happy...
but it's hard in some ways, too, isn't it?
We finished that earlier than I thought.
If I spend any more time alone with Kou...
Kou!
Listen. I'll go hand in the print-out, so...
Oh, really? Please do, then.
Later.
...it'll be so bad.
There really will be no turning back!
Teachers' Office
Thanks. Good work.
I'll be going.
Why?
Kou. What's going on?
Oh?
What do you mean? I waited.
Oh?
You were going to hand in the print-out, so I should wait for you, right?
What? Oh...
I-I meant, "So you can go on without me."
Oh, really?
But we're going to the same station, so that's a little unnatural, isn't it?
R-Really?
Well, it doesn't matter.
Let's go home.
Stuff like this... will definitely make me fall in love.
Written apologies and reports... it really is annoying.
Yeah.
I can't stand the fact that the event reps don't have to do anything.
Yeah.
But... Yuuri...
If I fall in love with the same person as a friend... what should I do?
If it's going to make me feel this way,
I don't want to fall in love with Kou.
But... I want to love him.
But... but...
But...!
Shuuei Line Aoharaido Station
The train just arrived.
I can't stand it. I wish someone else would decide for me.
Kou!
I forgot something.
So...
After that... if Kou doesn't get off the train...
I'll give up on him.
You forgot something? Seriously?
If he does get off... I'll love him.
I see.
If he doesn't get off, I'll give up. If he does, I won't.
The doors are about to close!
If he doesn't get off...
Please get off!
What?
Did you leave it at school? Let's head back.
I'm a liar, I guess.
Wondering "what should I do"...
Yoshioka?
Sorry. I didn't forget anything.
Huh?!
You sure are a space case...
I pretended to be struggling with it,
but I'd already decided what I wanted to do.
Yoshioka?
What's wrong? Not feeling well?
Then, when it came to it...
I wanted Kou to get off the train.
Yuuri... I'm sorry.
I also... I also...
...love Kou.
Next Episode . . .
I feel like God is testing me, somehow.
But I can't hide my love for Kou anymore.