Awaku saita hana no kao...
...nokoshi kisetsu wa sugimasu.
Ame mo agari sora ni kumo.
Aoi kaze ga soyoideru.
Kyou ashita to futariga...
...aruku toki no katawarade...
...kawarazu ni yureteiru omoide ga arimasu.
Eien wo eien wo saitemo karenai.
Kono muneno tokimeki wa tsukinai.
Dareyorimo dareyorimo anata wo mitsumete.
Hateshinai kono kimochi zutto.
Kaoru-sama...
Aoi-chan?
Oh.
Huh?
This song...
Episode 2 Supper
Thank you very much, Kaoru-sama.
That was a wonderful bath.
Kaoru-sama?
Is something the matter?
N- No, nothing at all.
Anyway, you must be tired after all that happened today.
I laid the futon out for you, so you should rest now.
Thank you.
Where is your futon?
I only have one futon.
I can sleep anywhere, so it's all right.
You cannot!
That is not good for you!
It's all right.
Then, well...
if you are fine with it, Kaoru-sama,
I do not mind sleeping together with you.
I- I do not mind at all.
You don't have to worry about me, so get to sleep soon!
Kaoru-sama's futon...
Aoi-chan...
you're going back tomorrow, right?
That cannot be.
I cannot stay here at your side, Kaoru-sama?
Well...
if you're away from home too long,
I'm sure your family will get worried.
T- That is...
Besides...
things are moving too quickly.
You said you were my fiancee, but I...
I only remember you from when we were kids, Aoi-chan.
And you don't remember me.
Then...
Then you can start knowing more about me right now!
And to me...
Teach me more about yourself, Kaoru-sama!
C- Come on now, hurry up and get to sleep!
She sure is sleeping well.
She must've been really tired.
This is what she was holding.
I see.
She made a mistake and wrote District 5, Section 2,
instead of District 2, Section 5.
It's tattered.
Aoi-chan must've cherished this for a long time.
Just so she could see me.
And to me...
Teach me more about yourself, Kaoru-sama!
A- Aoi-chan.
This is bad.
I can't let fleeting feelings control me.
I have to cool my head off.
Hot!
But what should I do?
She said she was my fiancee, but...
I haven't even had a girlfriend yet,
and suddenly I have a wife?
But Aoi-chan isn't a bad girl.
But if I accept her...
...it means I'll be forced back to the Hanabishi clan.
Hanabishi...
Hanabishi, huh?
Kaoru-sama?
Kaoru-sama!
I am so glad.
Aoi-chan, what's wrong?
I heard the door open.
I suddenly became worried that you would disappear again.
And so, I...
It's all right.
That place is my home,
so there is no way I'd disappear from it.
That is true.
I am so...
Let's go back.
Yes.
The flower of language passed down by song...
Mom?
I'm sorry, Kaoru.
I can't stay in this house any longer.
Take care of yourself.
Be a good boy.
Wait! Wait, Mom!
Wait, Mom!
Don't leave me here, Mom!
Mom!
Grandpa, Mom's leaving!
Stop Mom!
Mom is...
Hurry, Grandpa!
Mom is leaving!
I don't want her to! I don't!
Don't keep crying like a baby!
Forget a hussy of that sort.
You are one who will take the Hanabishi name.
You understand, don't you?
I don't know.
I don't know about that.
I don't get any of it!
Damn, that dream again.
W- What?
W- W-W-Why is Aoi-chan in the same futon?
I- I have to separate myself in any case.
This feels...
...s- So good.
I- I can't breathe...
Whoa...
She's too cute!
I didn't notice with the kimono, but she has pretty big breasts.
Wait, no!
I have to get away from this somehow.
If she comes to the wrong conclusion...
All right, I'm free...
Don't run, you pervert!
Oh, here comes some submission moves!
The challenger is in a bind!
W- Wait!
A- A-Aoi-chan!
Whew, that was a close one.
Now it's the legs!
N- No way!
Stop this!
Anywhere but there!
Forgive me!
The champion has given up!
Oh, good morning.
G- Good morning...
K- Kaoru-sama, what is the matter?
What's the matter, indeed.
Why were you in my futon, Aoi-chan?
T- That is because...
You looked so cold last night, Kaoru-sama,
so I took the liberty of sleeping at your side.
Um, I have the habit of clinging onto things in my sleep.
Did I?
Yeah, a good one.
I- I apologize!
But you, Kaoru-sama...
...held onto me as if you were cold.
Therefore...
...I guess we can call it even?
Well, um, you know...
The problem isn't whether or not we're even!
Ai Yori Aoshi
Please, eat up.
Wow...
This looks delicious!
I apologize for using what was in the refrigerator without permission.
It's all right. Don't worry.
Though there wasn't much of anything in there.
How'd you manage?
You're amazing.
I'm gonna eat now!
Kaoru-sama...
Aoi-chan?
Yes?
I'll take you to the station later.
I need to head out to college anyway.
Well, I called my house earlier today,
and it turns out that I can stay a while longer.
Um, am I troubling you?
N- Not really, but...
Then allow me to see you off to the train station, Kaoru-sama!
Sure.
Kaoru-sama, do you leave for college at this time every day?
No, I start from second period today,
so that's why I can lounge around.
I see.
U- Um...
Um, Kaoru-sama?
Aoi-chan?
No, it is nothing.
Nothing at all.
Please, do not mind me.
Izumigaoka Station
Um, Kaoru-sama?
When are you planning on returning?
I don't think it'll be too late.
Why?
I would love to prepare dinner for you tonight as well.
Would that be all right?
Dinner?
For me?
Yes.
I don't mind at all.
Though if it's stuff like that, I ought to be asking you.
I am so glad.
Then I'll make sure to get home in time for dinner.
Take care on your way.
Oh...
I'm off.
All right, I will do my best!
"I'm off," huh...
When was the last time I said that?
Nishiizumi Shopping Strip
Let me see...
Let me see.
Welcome!
What'll it be, missus?
Oh no. Me, a missus?
But I...
Um, the mackerel, please.
Sure, thanks!
I believe this is all of it.
However, before I prepare dinner, first...
All right!
Gee, Kaoru-sama sure piled up a whole stack of laundry...
I wonder what kind of dinner Aoi-chan's making?
This is not a dream...
...right?
Hey, Hanabishi!
Don't be late to tonight's drinking party.
Drinking party? Tonight?
We told you before.
Is that so?
You are coming, right?
A- Actually, I...
Sorry, I have a sudden change of plans today!
What, Hanabishi?
I said every Photo Club member had to go!
- Sorry! - Hey!
I'll make it to the next one!
Why is it?
When I am with Kaoru-sama, time slips by so quickly.
It is a little early, but...
Kaoru-sama!
Aoi-chan!
Welcome back, Kaoru-sama.
I'm back.
Aoi-chan, why are you here?
I had finished preparing dinner, so I was waiting here.
But I don't think I told you when I'd get back.
It can't be you waited the whole time?
Yes.
Then for how long?
Let me see...
one hour, roughly.
One hour?
You should've waited in my room.
I apologize.
But I wanted to be with you as soon as possible.
Besides, I was eager to see you, so it seemed like only a moment.
Oh, I-I see.
U- Um, Kaoru-sama?
I have a favor to ask...
A favor?
That is...
m- may I hold your hand?
S- Sure.
I did not know your hand was so big, Kaoru-sama.
Is it big?
Yes.
But...
...your hand as I remember it, is that of a child.
It is obvious that it has changed.
If you say that, then you've changed a lot, Aoi-chan.
Me? Changed a lot?
Yeah, a whole lot.
W- Where?
You've become very beautiful.
Oh gee, Kaoru-sama.
Please, do eat them all.
Wow!
They look delicious!
Thanks, I'll eat up!
Aoi-chan, this is...
Oh...
That is Chikuzen stew.
How is it?
I hope it suits your tastes?
Delicious!
Absolutely delicious!
I am so glad!
Please, do eat a lot. There is enough for seconds.
I haven't eaten anything this tasty...
...since I left the Hanabishi.
Is that so?
Yeah, I usually eat instant noodles mostly.
And when I'm broke, I live off of bread crusts.
Bread crusts...
Is that really all?
Yeah, but that's how a guy living alone usually eats.
That cannot be! You cannot!
You must eat more nutritiously!
You will die otherwise!
You're exaggerating.
Now...
Please do eat up.
I also made your favorite, grilled fish!
T- Thank you...
My favorite, grilled fish?
How does she know what my favorite food is?
Come to think of it...
Looking at these, they're all food that I like!
Is something the matter?
Aoi-chan,
how do you know what foods I like?
That is because back then...
...I watched you all the time, Kaoru-sama.
I know many other things about you.
That you like grilled fish,
that your favorite color is blue,
that you prefer short hair,
and what kind of songs you like.
Songs?
So that's it.
I was wondering why Aoi-chan knew the song that Mom sang.
Now I remember!
I taught her the song back then.
I'm surprised you remember that song.
I would never forget the song that you taught me.
I still sing it now on occasion.
I feel you so close to me when I sing the song.
I can overcome any painful event that way.
Painful event?
I have done my best to become your wife, Kaoru-sama.
It was my dream to be together with you like this.
I want to clean up for you.
I want to do the laundry for you.
I would like to prepare meals and feed you.
I would like to do anything as long as you wish it.
Aoi-chan...
I apologize.
I am chattering away all by myself.
Please, eat before the food gets cold.
Yeah.
I didn't know...
To think Aoi-chan thought of me so deeply...
And she's so attentive.
She even had a bath drawn for me after dinner.
She really is doing it all.
That means next...
Kaoru-sama, let me scrub your back.
If she came in like that, I really would fall for her!
But even she wouldn't do that.
Um, Kaoru-sama?
I would like to scrub your back,
so would you mind me coming in?
What?
Konoyo de ichiban yowai mono wa nani?
Soredemo futari wo mamoru tame ni aru.
Hoshi no kazu hodo aru koto dakara.
Anata no koe de kikitakute.
Dakara ai dato itte.
Sorewa ai dato itte.
Namo shirenu hanatachi to onajiyou na futari demo...
Koi wo surutte...
Totemo tsuyoku narutte...
Anata nimo onaji koto kanjite hoshiikara...
...chiisaku hakanai ai wo.
You beast!
What are you doing to Aoi-sama?
M- Miyabi-san?
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I am always at your side.