Ano hi futari deatta no wa...
Sekaijuu de ikudo me ni...
...okita kiseki nano deshou?
Dare ni kansha sureba ii?
Ah, anata no mirai ga...
...kitto watashi niwa niauto.
Sou ienai yoru mo aru nakisou ni narukedo.
Eien wo eien wo sugitemo asenai.
Kaze no naka sorano shita matsuno.
Shinjitara shinjitara anata no egao ga...
...watashi no hana ni narukara... kitto.
Hey, Mama, I'm thirsty!
All right.
Just a minute.
- Here. - Yay!
Aoi-chan...
You know...
Yes?
When you're better...
...there's someplace I want to take you.
Episode 22 Going Home
Sorry to make you tag along with my selfishness, Aoi-chan...
Please do not say that.
I am very happy that I can go out somewhere alone with you.
Where to now?
To go see someone, I guess.
Someone?
Who might that be?
You'll see when we get there.
Until then, it's a secret.
Kaoru-sama, you're mean!
Oh, Aoi-chan, I want to take a slight detour...
- Ýs that okay? - Sure.
- Over here! - Wait for me!
Hurry up!
Excuse me.
Can I have this pumpkin stew and this fried chicken...
No, um, the fried eggs?
Sure, of course.
Um, Kaoru-sama...
Are these gifts for the one we're visiting?
That person must love Japanese food.
Let's see...
This one and that one there, please.
A flower shop?
Kaoru-sama...
Who are we going to go visit now?
Aoi-chan.
Thanks for waiting. Well, let's go.
We're finally here.
This place is so far from the station.
This way, Aoi-chan.
Oh, all right!
This is very comfortable weather.
Oh, Kaoru-sama!
Wow, how beautiful...
Depending on the season, various flowers bloom here.
I always wanted to show you this someday, Aoi-chan...
This is...
Aoi-chan?
Aoi-chan, let me introduce you...
Grave of the Honjo Family ...to Kumi Honjo, my mother.
I'll bring some water, so wait here a minute.
Sure.
I believe we have never met.
I am Aoi Sakuraba.
Oh, I will do that.
Thanks.
Um, Kaoru-sama?
What kind of person was she?
She was a very kind person.
After I entered the Hanabishi family when I was 5...
...she kept sending me letters.
She was a very good mother.
But...
I can't really remember my mom's face clearly.
It's kind of strange...
I remember how kind my mom was...
...but I don't know anything else about her.
So I imagined what kinds of things she would like...
...and bought them to put here.
Maybe the mom in my memory...
...is someone convenient for me.
I do not think that to be the case.
I always thought about you in my memories, as well.
I wondered what kinds of things you liked.
What kinds of things you were good at.
What you were doing right at that moment.
However, Kaoru-sama, you were just as I had imagined.
So I am sure that your mother is just as you imagine.
Aoi-chan...
I believe I understand how your mother felt...
...thinking about you all that time.
Because I kept thinking about you for all this time, as well.
I guess so.
I'm glad I came here with you after all, Aoi-chan.
Mom, let me do the introductions.
This is the person that is most dear to me.
What's this about, Kagurazaki?
I- I am terribly sorry...
However, won't you reconsider one more time?
This concerns Aoi-sama's future...
Quiet!
I decided this for Aoi's and the Sakuraba family's future!
You've been in charge of Aoi's education...
...yet you don't even understand such a simple thing?
Don't give unneeded opinions!
Just do as I tell you to do!
Don't let me down, Kagurazaki.
Excuse me...
W- What's this about?
Oh, Miyabi-san, welcome back.
I have returned, Aoi-sama.
Miyabi-oneechan, I came here to visit!
- Welcome, Chika-san. - Wait!
Isn't this game that you made slightly strange?
The tide carrying you back 50 spaces...
Running out of food and making your face like a tuna fish...
And on top of that, bungling the camouflage...
...and looking like a clown?
What kind of makeup failure ends up looking like this?
Like this face?
It's fine, as long as it's fun.
It is not fine!
Hey, Miss Manager, want to play, too?
It's a game I made, "Survival Go Home"!
I made a token for you, too.
No, I will...
Then, Aoi-neechan, you're up next!
Oh, sure!
Hey, why don't we do some moon-watching?
Moon-watching?
The day after tomorrow is August 15th.
August 15th...
Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever been to a real one.
I haven't, either!
That's true.
Not many people go moon-watching nowadays.
I hear the weather will be good that day.
Come on, let's do it!
Why don't we all hold a moon-watching party?
- That's true. - Let's do it!
That's the spirit!
Aoi-sama.
Yes, come in.
Ai Yori Aoshi
You're going home?
Yes.
I will be back before tomorrow evening...
Then you'll be in time for the moon-watching.
Yes, of course.
I'm glad!
We have to have your fabulous cooking.
Did something happen?
Actually...
Miyabi-san will not give me many details...
...so I am not sure.
But I will be back soon...
...so please do not worry.
Aoi-sama.
Oh, yes.
Then, everyone, I will be on my way.
Take care!
Mom...
Mom!
Mom, let me do the introductions.
This is the person that is most dear to me.
Huh? Aoi-chan?
Aoi-chan?
M- Mom?
Hey, Kaoru!
- Get up already! - A dream...
We're not done setting up the party yet.
Hurry up and help!
Yeah, I hear you.
More to the right.
More, more, more, more, more...
Okay!
Yummy!
Come on now...
Aoi-neechan and Miyabi-neechan sure are late.
At this rate, we won't be able to start the party.
I wonder what happened to them...
Aoi-san went home for the first time in a while.
Maybe she decided to stay an extra night.
I'm really happy when I go back home, too...
...but it's tough seeing my mother's lonely look as I leave.
That's true.
It's like that at my place, too.
Considering how kind she is, I'm sure that's what Aoi-san did.
Right, Senpai?
Senpai?
Y- Yeah...
Right...
Well, I guess it can't be helped.
It won't be the 15th anymore...
...but the moon-watching party will have to wait till tomorrow!
Aoi-chan...
Kaoru-sama...
Aoi-chan?
Aoi-chan!
Kaoru-sama...
Aoi-chan!
You're back!
I'm glad...
I was worried, Aoi-chan.
I apologize, Kaoru-sama...
I am so sorry...
It's all right.
It's fine, Aoi-chan.
You don't have to apologize.
Just by you coming back, I...
Kaoru-sama...
I...
...can no longer be at your side, Kaoru-sama.
Aoi-chan?
I am sorry, Kaoru-sama...
This is goodbye.
W- What?
I don't know what you're talking about, Aoi-chan...
Farewell, Kaoru-sama.
Farewell.
Wait!
Wait, Aoi-chan!
Farewell...
Give me a reason, Aoi-chan!
Aoi-chan!
Wait, Aoi-chan!
It's just like back then...
No...
No!
I don't want to lose anyone anymore!
Not someone I care about!
Kaoru-sama!
Aoi-chan...
They aren't back, after all...
I will be back soon...
...so please do not worry.
Maybe something happened to her.
This feeling...
I think something bad is happening.
I need to go... where Aoi-chan is!
Miyabi-san!
Kaoru-dono, please come with me right now.
Um...
Is Aoi-chan still at her folks' place?
She won't speak at all...
I have so much to ask...
Do you remember?
When I first met you, Kaoru-dono.
Y- Yes...
Honestly, I hated you.
Even before we first met.
No matter how I dedicated myself to Aoi-sama...
...you were the only person she could think of.
Aoi-sama really has kept thinking of you for all this time.
I already know who I am going to marry.
It is Kaoru Hanabishi of the Hanabishis.
So I have to do a better job with all my lessons and practice.
Because they're all so that I can be with him!
The Hanabishi Corporation's heir...
...that she thought so much about.
I wondered what kind of person Kaoru Hanabishi was...
...each time she spoke of him.
Yet when we met...
...you were just a college student in a pitiful apartment.
I was irritated and disappointed by you.
What were all those days that Aoi-sama worked so hard for?
What did Aoi-sama go through so much pain for?
But...
Aoi-sama!
You don't have to do such a thing...
You are the daughter of the Sakuraba family!
It is all right, Miyabi-san.
It has always been my dream to take care of Kaoru-sama.
That looks great, Aoi-chan.
Oh, really?
Can I have a taste?
Sure, here you go.
Thanks.
Seeing how Aoi-sama had been since she met you...
What she had thought...
What she had felt...
And what she had longed for...
I finally understood a little bit.
You're already a part of Aoi-sama's life.
Miyabi-san...
If that is the case...
No matter what happens, I will protect you!
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.
Miyabi-san, aren't we there yet?
Almost.
That's why I wanted a break...
Stop obsessing over the past!
- Ý can't take it! - W-What?
Aoi-sama's Shimeriya?
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