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 mune no tokimeki wa tsukinai.
Dareyorimo dareyorimo anata wo mitsumete.
Hateshinaku kono kimochi... zutto.
You forgot something, Kaoru-sama.
I forgot something?
This.
Oh, thanks.
I was about to miss out on Aoi-chan's great lunch.
I am glad I realized.
This makes me feel like we're newlyweds.
Then that would make me very happy.
Because you are my...
Kaoru!
If we don't hurry, we'll be late!
Well, then I'll be going.
Do be careful, Kaoru-sama.
Episode 14 Servant
It's finally over.
Why is Japan's education always so boring?
Honestly.
Hanabishi-sama!
It's been a while, Hanabishi-sama!
Mayu was very lonely not seeing you for so long!
What's with the "it's been a while"?
You've seen him at college every day!
Senpai!
Are you all right, Senpai?
Senpai?
A- A boxed lunch?
Yeah, I was thinking of eating here.
What? You don't have to eat here!
I'll treat you to a lunch made by a top-notch chef!
Food tastes better eaten with everyone outside than like that.
T- Then, I'll be eating now.
Wow!
Today's lunch looks tasty.
Everything Aoi-san makes is tasty, after all.
That's right.
Our landlord does a perfect job cooking and cleaning.
It's tastier than the food you eat.
I won't know that until I eat it.
That's my lunch!
Food that looks good doesn't necessarily taste good...
How is it?
W- Well, it doesn't seem to be horrible...
You take someone else's food and then make cracks?
Oh, this sausage is Tina's, right?
You can tell?
I made it look like a sea anemone.
I see...
Because you like domestic girls that can cook, right, Kaoru?
This tempura is Taeko-chan's?
Yes, it's tempura of chocolate-covered tomatoes.
It's delicious!
See?
See.
Is a boxed lunch something that important?
But if I can spend time happily with him, Mayu can do it, too.
If Hanabishi-sama ate Mayu's homemade lunch, I'm sure...
Delicious! This is too tasty!
I want you to make my lunches from tomorrow, no, forever!
That's fine, if it's for you, Hanabishi-sama!
I love you! I'll never let you go, Mayu!
I'm so happy, Hanabishi-sama!
Your cooking's so tasty, no matter what I eat!
Oh, darling, you're too flattering.
I'll eat you up with the food!
Oh, no!
What? You're disgusting, drooling like that...
I won't give you any more of my lunch.
Hanabishi-sama...
If Mayu makes a lunch, will you eat it?
Sure, of course.
Really?
Then I'll bring a homemade lunch tomorrow!
Then I'll buy some antacids and bring it here.
What do you mean by that?
Oh, I wonder what I mean?
Well, I'm going to cook!
Let's see, first off...
I'll make halibut meuniere...
Pour oil into a heated frying pan...
Don't mind that!
This is a cinch.
Now all I have to do is wait for it to finish cooking.
Never give up!
You can't have lunch without rice balls!
Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot...
Hot!
It doesn't look good, but it really tastes like rice.
Yes?
I can't help it...
I've never been taught how to cook before...
Everything Aoi-san makes is tasty, after all.
Our landlord does a perfect job cooking and cleaning.
It's tastier than the food you eat.
I know!
There we go.
What should I make for dinner tonight?
Come to think of it, Kaoru-sama said he wanted to eat fish...
Yes, coming!
Who is it?
Mayu-chan didn't come here, after all.
After mouthing off about making lunch...
I'm sure it didn't turn out well.
Cooking isn't something you can learn to do well in a day or two.
It took me 10 days of hard thinking to come up with this.
- Ý-I see... - Ý-I see...
I wonder if Mayu-chan's all right.
I hope she's not hurt or anything.
We're back, Miss Landlord!
Welcome home.
Huh?
Taeko-chan...
...is over here, right?
U- Um...
Kaoru-sama, actually...
Welcome home, Hanabishi-sama!
What?
Mayu-chan!
I am sorry to be troubling you.
So why is this brat here?
Mayu-sama insisted on learning to perform household chores.
And to do so...
...she wished the estate's landlord, Aoi Sakuraba...
...be her instructor.
I want to make the lunch Hanabishi-sama complimented.
And she performs other chores perfectly, as well.
I hope for the best, Aoi-san.
Oh, sure...
Aoi-chan...
We can't just kick her out if she is Kaoru-dono's acquaintance.
And apparently you promised you would eat her lunch.
U- Um...
T- That was just...
That's right.
Things like this are best learned from Hanabishi-sama's caterer.
C- Caterer...
You're not?
I am Kaoru-sama's...
Aoi-sama...
Restrain yourself.
Yes.
Aoi-chan...
I'm sorry!
I didn't think she would barge in here...
It's not something that can be left unsaid!
Of all things, a caterer...
Do you understand how much pain Aoi-sama must feel now?
Please wait, Miyabi-san.
Kaoru-sama is not in the wrong.
However, Aoi-sama...
Kaoru-sama, please do not mind me at all.
But...
I am perfectly fine.
Oh no, the vase!
Mayu was just redecorating a bit as the maid!
It's the vase's fault for being placed here!
Why don't you just go home, you little brat?
I- I am perfectly fine...
Why is there so much here?
All Mayu wants to wash is Hanabishi-sama's clothes.
I see...
I am a little tired...
...but it feels rather good to do so much laundry.
I know that feeling.
I also feel that sense of happiness once in a while.
It makes me really feel like I'm living with Kaoru-sama...
Aoi-chan, let's all have tea together.
Hanabishi-sama!
Look at all this laundry.
Isn't it great?
Mayu will be a good wife, right?
A wife?
H- Hold on, Mayu-chan...
When Mayu becomes your wife, I'll always rely on you!
And...
And, um...
Oh, no!
Tea should be served by the maid, which is Mayu.
Oh, no...
Come on, hurry, Hanabishi-sama!
Oh? Where's Mayu-san?
Oh, she just left with Kaoru-sama...
Mayu-san is as forceful as always.
That kiss the other day and now this...
Kiss?
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Have some tea, Hanabishi-sama.
T- Thanks.
I took a look at your room earlier, Hanabishi-sama!
Y- You looked in, Mayu-chan?
You are wonderful, Hanabishi-sama!
Trying to understand an ordinary citizen's life by living in that room.
Mayu was very impressed.
And for such a Hanabishi-sama...
...Mayu will learn all the ordinary citizen's basic chores.
Hey.
Why are you wasting time here?
Hurry up and do your chores.
What are you doing?
Each and every time!
Mayu is now a maid here.
Serving the master of the house is expected.
Miss Manager, the brat's making fun of me!
A perfect victory.
Mayu-san is as forceful as always.
That kiss the other day...
When Mayu becomes your wife, I'll always rely on you!
Wife, huh?
- Aoi-sama. - Yes?
You should start preparing dinner soon.
Taeko-san and Mayu-san are waiting.
Oh, I apologize.
I will be right there once I take care of this.
It's finally time!
So what kind of food do you normally eat?
Well, today we're having meat with potatoes, grilled fish...
Why do you feed him only such poor food?
I think elegant, gorgeous food that befits him would be better.
For instance...
That's not it. Senpai likes Japanese food.
P- Poor food...
- A-Aoi-sama, keep your cool... - Ý guess it can't be helped then.
You have to watch the heat as you let the flavor sink in.
It looks like it's not salty enough.
Well...
As the caterer, you do work well.
My hand slipped.
But when I marry Hanabishi-sama...
...l'll be making Japanese food for him like this every day!
- A-Aoi-san! - What should I call him then...
- Ý-ln cases like this... - "Darling..."
What you should do...
- Y-You add some sugar next... - He should call me "my honey."
- Aoi-san, that's chili sauce... - "Papa and Mama" to the kids.
- Ý-I apologize for that. - Maybe "Mother and Father"?
Every morning, he'll eat my...
- T-Then the fish next... ...homemade breakfast.
- Oh, Aoi-san, the fire! - And kiss me...
I apologize!
H- Huh?
Did Tae make dinner tonight?
N- No, it was Aoi-san...
I- I apologize.
Aoi-chan...
Aoi-sama...
Mayu did not come here to learn something like this.
Um, Mayu-san...
Mayu-chan.
Don't say that.
She didn't do so well today...
...but Aoi-chan's cooking is usually very delicious.
Oh, but this is good in its own way.
Hanabishi-sama...
You're right.
At least, it's much better than Tae's.
You think so?
Then I'll make my next recipe...
...chocolate-covered potatoes, to your liking.
Do hang out with me while I experiment.
That of all things...
Hey, Kaoru, want to join me?
What? Me, too?
Oh, both of you are so cruel!
Kaoru-sama...
Everyone...
Um, Aoi-san...
I said too much earlier...
I'm sorry.
Mayu-san...
No, I should apologize.
Then we will be heading out now.
Thank you very much for today.
Please teach me how to cook again, Aoi-san.
Yes, do come any time.
Good night, Hanabishi-sama!
Don't hang on him forever.
Oh, this makes me so lonely, Hanabishi-sama!
I'll come by again!
Never come back here!
Kaoru-sama...
Oh, yes?
What in the world are you doing at this hour?
If Miyabi-san finds you...
Huh?
But...
Miyabi-san said that you wanted to talk to me.
I'm really sorry about today.
It was tough on you, right?
No.
Because I couldn't hold myself together, I troubled you all.
Even Mayu-san.
But I will do my best next time.
I will try even harder.
If I do not...
If I do not, I cannot be Kaoru-sama's...
Aoi-chan...
It'd be nice if you could say it soon...
That you're my fiancee.
K- Kaoru-sama...
Kaoru-sama!
I- I apologize.
I could not help it...
It's all right.
I will try even harder so that you will not be ashamed...
...of your fiancee.
You're a fiancee I can boast about even now.
Kaoru-sama...
My greatest joy is for you to tell me that, Kaoru-sama.
I wonder what kind of wife you'll be, Aoi-chan...
Have you ever thought about that?
Yes, many times.
I do not wish for a large house.
And there are three children...
Oh, I'll have to learn how to discipline them from Miyabi-san.
Yeah.
And every spring, the family sees the cherry blossoms.
- Yeah. - And let me see...
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.
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