I like you the best though, Hiramasa-san.
At that time...
I feel like in an instant...
My life of 35 years paid off.
Even if that is nothing more than affection for an employer.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Sorry, I accidentally burnt it a little.
Don't be, it's still delicious.
Thank you.
I haven't told Mikuri-san about anything.
Even though it's already been half a month...
In my opinion,
you and Mikuri-san have an ideal relationship.
It's a contract marriage... right?
You pay a salary.
This isn't something to talk about in the workplace...
You're right.
Then, somewhere else. Tonight.
- To... - Tsuzaki-san,
you acknowledged it without any denial.
I'll see you after work.
What do I do?
What do I do? What do I do?
What do I do?!
I'm leaving.
Good work today.
- Oh, Tsuzaki-san! - I'm leaving.
I'm really sorry about the grape picking!
- No, it's not a big deal. - I'll definitely go next time.
You'll probably never go in your life.
What?
- I'm in a hurry, so... - Hey, hey, hey...
How about camping?
I know a good spot. It's a deserted island, though.
- Deserted island? - Yes, it's a bit past Hiroshima, in the Inland Sea...
It's called grape island...
K-Ka...
Tsuzaki-san!
- Hi... - Tsuzaki-san!
Tsuzaki-san!
He got away.
Does he hate camping that much?
Maybe something happened when he went camping.
Like he brought rice, but forgot cooking utensils.
A cooking utensil incident, huh...
So that's how it is?
Actually, I was just messing around with you.
I didn't think it really was just a work relationship...
It...
It's not really a big deal.
We just hid it because of the time it would take to explain to everyone.
If I had to say, it's like a smaller version of a sharehouse.
So you share a house as well as duties?
With money as a mediator, our positions are more clear.
Also, we can look after each other,
and make a better environment.
How is it really?
You don't have any feelings for Mikuri-san?
I don't.
I'm just her employer.
- Really? - Really.
Nothing more or less than that.
The more I hear, the more it sounds like an ideal relationship.
I think you're the only one who would think that.
I'd like Mikuri-san to come to my house too.
Huh?
Oh, I'm not trying to take your place.
I've never hired a cleaner before, so I want to know what it's like.
Are side jobs banned?
We don't really have a rule like that...
Once a week is fine,
so please let me share Mikuri-san.
That's not for me to decide.
Then, could you ask her for me?
To share...
It has a bad ring to it.
The word 'share'...
... is used for some object or food...
It's popular these days, right?
Sharing.
I meant sharehouses.
A friend of mine from university remodelled her house,
and are running a sharehouse as parent and child.
For those on holiday abroad.
Isn't that... a guest house?
Oh, so it was a guest house!
Apparently the rooms are separate, but the kitchen is common,
I guess in a place like that, meals would be...
... shared!
Don't you think?
I suppose they would...
Even if I bring up the subject this obviously...
Why won't he talk about it at all?
Tsuzaki-san didn't tell you?
That Tsuzaki-san and I will share you, Mikuri-san.
Share?
Yes, share.
Share?
Mikuri-san?
Sorry, I don't really get it.
Tsuzaki-san is always efficient so I thought he would've talked about it already.
Wait, what do you mean by 'share'?
Please hear it again from Tsuzaki-san.
And keep it a secret that we met.
Huh?
Whether it was Kazami-san's joke...
Or he was mistaken about something...
He's obviously thrown off by the word 'share'.
Woo, share!
What does 'share' mean?
'Share', he says... But I'm not an object or food...
Does he not respect the employee's own intention?
Even if he is my employer, does he think it's okay to make such a decision on his own?
Have a good day!
I wonder if this is what it feels like...
... to be a wife who knows about her husband's affair but can't ask?
How should I get rid of this feeling?
It hurts~!
It hurts...
If it hurts, put your hand up, okay?
Excuse me.
Oh, this is something.
It hurts.
This is a problem.
That dentist was good, right?
He was, but...
He was kind, but...
Teeth are expensive~
Serves you right.
I want to punch myself from 6 months ago.
Even if I should've gotten treatment then,
since it stopped hurting with painkillers, I left it alone,
- but it got this bad! - So, how much is it?
For the cheapest one, the silver caps, with insurance it's 3000 yen.
If it's in a visible spot, you wouldn't want silver, right?
The reinforced plastic ones, outside of insurance, are 47000 yen.
Plastic would discolour in 5 years.
Ceramic's your only choice.
Ceramic is 95000 yen.
And zirconia ceramic is 150000 yen!
I don't have that sort of money.
I lost all my pay from being a temp worker on repaying tuition fees.
You could've had your parents pay for that.
I didn't want to ask them for as much as graduate school.
I thought I could get a job immediately, and get it back easily.
I want to punch myself from back then.
Tuition fees are ridiculously expensive these days, right?
Here, here...
The anaesthetics haven't worn off.
Hey...
Is Hiramasa-san...
... stingy?
Huh?
Couldn't he at least pay dental fees?
M O N E Y
Woo~ Money!
Please!
Even if I avoid it with a cheerful daydream, it's useless.
The household finances are in the negative too.
Ow.
What's this... 'compensation'?
Since we were 1250 yen over the set budget,
I paid for it myself.
Isn't it because there were many extraordinary expenses?
Like when those two came over, and going to Katsunuma...
That's true, but...
In that case, I should've bought the rice cooker next month,
It was a mistake of my management.
I'm the one who gave permission to buy the rice cooker,
if we look at it in the long run, I don't think you were wrong.
Okay.
Having the employee compensate a negative from their own pocket...
This is practically a company that exploits its workers.
Now that you mention it.
It reminds me of when I worked at one.
You worked at one?
The work was tough too,
but my direct superior,
even though he asked me to go shopping at the convenience store, wouldn't pay.
Those sorts of people do exist.
Even if it's only a small sum, dust accumulates to a mountain.
You'd accumulate stress too.
It's a good thing you could change jobs.
We've digressed.
Yes.
In future,
we will pool the remaining money from under-budget months
and use that to compensate for negatives.
I'll set a separate expense for special outings,
please take the 1250 yen from there.
I'm sorry.
There's no need to apologise.
When I think that I was in danger of having no job or house,
you're allowing me to work in such a great environment.
You shouldn't look down when you're working.
Don't take it upon yourself,
in the future, please discuss with me more.
If only I was American.
Huh?
Then I could hug you at a time like this, right?
When you're happy, or you want to show affection,
they do that overseas, right?
I really want to do that right now.
What a foolish...
It's a shame this is Japan.
I'm very glad this is Japan.
Anyway,
I'm older than you,
and your employer,
so please rely on me more.
That is all.
Can I do that right now?
Go ahead.
What does 'share' mean?
What do you mean, you'll share me with Kazami-san?
I heard when I bumped into Kazami-san.
I was so, so curious about what it was,
- curious enough to become a cheerleader. - Cheerleader?
A daydream. I do that all the time.
Like "Jounetsu Tairiku", where I can observe the situation I'm in objectively.
But that doesn't matter. The problem is... sharing.
I'll explain it.
There are 3 main points.
Okay.
First,
from our words and actions,
Kazami-san saw that our relationship
was a contract marriage, and that I pay a salary.
Next,
Kazami-san said he wanted to hire you.
He said just once a week is fine, and if you could do housework for him.
And lastly, this is the most important point...
What to do is of your own volition.
My volition.
To me...
I don't mind what you do outside of work hours.
I want to respect both your and Kazami-san's intentions.
So, even if you reject it...
- It's not really a prob-- - I'll do it!
I will work.
Please allow me to have a side job.
Subs by mottofreaky @ d-addicts. Thanks to the raw provider furransu!
Welcome.
Please take care of me.
Come in.
Sorry for asking you over immediately.
It's okay,
I wanted to see what it was like in advance.
I haven't been able to tidy up at all yet.
I'll help out.
Was it alright?
Huh?
I mentioned it before Tsuzaki-san did.
Oh, well...
I blamed him a little,
but he apologised for mentioning it so late.
I did something bad.
It's fine, it's been settled.
How is your lifestyle really right now?
Sorry?
You don't have any feelings for Tsuzaki-san?
Kazami-san...
Do you find this amusing?
- You caught me? - Like I thought...
I just thought you're amusing people. Both of you.
We're the subject of your interest?
Yeah. Well, something like that.
Well, people wouldn't normally do something like this.
I think it's good, though.
Who decided what normal is?
It's pointless.
I feel reassured since you said that.
Oh, does Yuri-san know?
She doesn't know. I really can't tell her.
Yuri-chan is very, very old-fashioned.
She might kill Hiramasa-san instead of me.
You have to keep this a secret.
Okay.
It's a secret between the three of us.
We settled it without incident.
Please favour us from now on too.
Likewise.
Well then...
Tsuchiya-san.
I'm sorry about the other day.
Why don't we try cutting loose?
You feel that way sometimes, right?
I didn't mean any harm.
I just... missed the old days.
[♪ BLIZZARD (a Yuming song)]
Excuse me.
What was that?
Did something happen?
Nothing.
So much that it's almost sad.
The music is too loud!
Okay, let's work.
I have decided to go to Kazami-san's house on Mondays and Thursdays.
My main work is preparing dinner in advance and cleaning.
Of course, I will be careful that it does not impede work here.
- Also... - No need to report.
You have a contract with Kazami-san about matters over there.
It is not related to me.
Okay.
Please don't talk about us over there, either.
Of course, I'll protect your privacy.
That is all.
Good morning.
Ceramic, please. Paid in installments.
I won't back down. This is for my teeth, for my non-insured treatment.
I'll earn money where I can.
If I have work.
[Working Housewife]
This is what my timetable for one day looks like.
I do this twice a week.
Since working hours at the Tsuzaki house are shortened,
I cover that on the weekend.
It would be a problem if they mixed, so I keep the wallets separately.
I don't want them to think I'm cutting corners because I have two jobs,
so I put a lot of thought into the menu.
At Kazami-san's house, I make 3 meals in one go.
I try to have variation, so that it doesn't become the same menu.
The key point is whether or not they keep.
Oh, this?
It's a daikon and beef soup.
It looked simple on Cookpad, so I'm trying it out.
It's done~
I'll give it a taste~
Huh?
I want to talk about it.
I want to talk to Hiramasa-san.
Please listen.
Today, I made a daikon and beef soup at Kazami-san's house,
but I failed.
Failed?
The flavour of the ginger was too strong, I didn't know how to fix it.
I used a forbidden move.
What's that?
I ran to the supermarket and bought curry roux.
I threw it into the pot and made it curry.
That's terrible.
Yes.
It was the most foolish technique.
But your quick thinking worked, so I think it's okay to give compliment.
Thank you.
I want to have a conversation like that.
But since he told me not to talk about matters over there...
What should I do about this mood?
About Numata-san...
"Heartful Baldie" on Cookpad.
He updates with recipes almost every day, I thought it was amazing.
That's all.
It didn't have a climax or a punchline.
The other day, Numata-san...
... brought a sandwich for lunch,
and said that the bread and herbs were both homemade.
How authentic.
Do you think it's easy to grow herbs at home?
There are a lot of people who grow them indoors with planters or pots.
We did at my family's house,
but maybe because of the park in the area... there were a ton of bugs on it, so we gave up.
It must be tough to have a ton.
I screamed a little bit.
You can make bread at home, right?
There's a machine that makes bread with rice too.
Bread with rice?
It uses rice instead of wheat flour.
Doesn't that threaten the definition of bread?
I guess so.
Thank you, Numata-san.
Thanks to you,
I could ease up the atmosphere in the workplace.
"I always check your posts. It was delicious."
From Tsuzaki-kun's wife.
Tsuzaki?
Oh, the couple you decided for yourself were only being husband and wife for show.
About that...
Once again, my intuition has been working.
Is it a long story?
Please, have a drink.
Danke.
You see...
Lately when Tsuzaki-kun looks at Kazami-kun, he gets nervous.
Even though he never did that before.
As for Kazami-kun...
When he sees Tsuzaki-kun, he definitely talks to him.
They seem more intimate than before.
In other words, those two...
Those two?
... are in love.
- That was a short story. - Yeah, it was.
The topic: Past loves we've regretted.
- Do we need a topic? - We've been talking about work for 2 hours!
Here come the questions...
I guess it's also partly because there's nothing else to do.
- So do you have one? - Huh?
A love you regretted.
Well yeah, a little.
Tsuchiya-san.
Have you ever totally loved a guy,
and seriously, desperately pursued them?
Some people just aren't good at that sort of thing...
That's no good!
If you love them, just go.
Think about it after you go.
Even if it's uncool, isn't it okay to just go?
What's wrong, Umehara?
What's gotten into you?
I'm...
... just frustrated.
I don't get it.
You don't have to.
Loving someone...
... makes you anxious.
You start not feeling yourself...
Your steps get shaky...
While you can't devote yourself to them...
... you can't go anywhere.
Daikon and beef curry...
It was really delicious.
Have you ever eaten it?
- It's never come up at my house. - Is that so?
Apparently the second day is curry udon, and the third day is Mapo style curry.
So it's curry 3 days in a row?
She makes three meals for me in advance.
There's variation every day, so I don't get tired of it, and there are side dishes too.
It's been a long time since I've looked forward to meals.
What did you have for dinner last night, Tsuzaki-san?
Ginger flavoured rice.
Oh, sounds nice.
Maybe I'll buy a rice cooker too and ask her to make me some...
What, what, what? What are you talking about?
Oh, Kazami-kun, did you get a new girlfriend?
It'd be nice if that were true.
You'd be able to get one in an instant, right?
- You're cool, after all. - I told you, I'm not really!
If you weren't, you wouldn't be able to curl your hair.
I curled mine too.
Look, it's a bit curled.
Hino-kun, I don't like that side of you.
They're in the middle of nurturing it... Let's watch over them quietly.
Nurturing what?
Thank you for waiting.
Are you not in the mood?
No, I will eat.
Let's eat.
Is this chicken?
It's the usual chicken curry.
You like chicken, right?
Yes.
Numata-san...
How has he been recently? Well?
Yes.
Today, I saw Yassan at lunch.
If I remember... your classmate from primary school?
Yes.
A former delinquent and a former civil servant.
She married a co-worker, resigned,
had a baby and is now going back to her parents' house. That Yassan.
I'm sure about my husband's affair.
You found proof?
Exact proof.
They burst into his affair with a woman.
My old friends.
Oh, your old friends?
Well, they've all got respectable jobs now.
They burst down the door of the girl's room where the affair was, and ran in.
- Respectable people wouldn't knock down a door. - 20 of them surrounded my husband and the woman...
... took photos and sent them to me.
This seriously immodest view of him and the woman...
I can see it in 360 degrees. It's a 20 picture epic.
- Wanna see? - No, thanks.
And you know?
I already shoved this epic in his face.
And what do you think he said?
"It was a sudden impulse, sorry."
Nope, wrong.
What's the right one?
"So that I can always love you,"
"I needed to share my feelings."
- It doesn't make sense, does it? - It doesn't make sense.
So apparently she's going to a matchmaking party.
A match--
To try for herself what her husband said about sharing his feelings.
So she took it that way?
She even asked me to go too.
Oh, I won't go.
Yassan doesn't know about my current situation so she just said it.
Isn't it okay to go?
But...
On the off chance someone from your company sees me...
That kind of coincidence isn't likely.
But for me...
It's not really like I want to go...
Again, the wall...
[Spoof of E-tele 2355]
When Hiramasa-san sees the shadow of another man, he immediately builds a wall.
It is probably caused by his low self-esteem.
"Jison kanjou", or "self-esteem".
The sense of being able to think you have worth.
People with high self-esteem,
are more aware of their successful experiences,
and affirm themselves more.
People with low self-esteem,
are more aware of their failed experiences,
and deny themselves more.
Hiramasa-san probably never fell in love,
and while never raising his self-esteem,
made it to this point.
Hiramasa-san... did you go to a boys high school?
No, it was co-ed.
Have you ever participated in a matchmaking party?
Why?
No reason...
Please stop prying and analysing.
You're pretentious.
I'm sorry.
How troublesome.
Even though I'm just her employer,
it's just like having a one-sided crush on a girl who has a boyfriend.
You start to hate both her and yourself.
This kind of feeling is unproductive.
At that time...
- It's a contract marriage... right? - If I had...
... lied better...
At that time... if I could've stopped her taking two jobs...
Please allow me to have a side job.
At that time...
You see...
I was totally defeated when I looked for a job.
When they had to choose between me and another person...
Once again...
I couldn't be picked.
At that time...
I thought we were the same.
Not chosen by anyone...
Not needed...
I've never been accepted by someone I favoured.
Thinking we are the same...
Is there something someone like me can do too?
This is...
... my proposal for a de facto marriage.
I'll do it!
Please hire me!
I'm Tsuzaki's wife, Mikuri.
I like you the best though, Hiramasa-san.
Or instead...
... maybe I should just let her go.
In that way...
... I can live in tranquility forever.
I wonder what happened to the other one?
I heard it's hard for Bengalese finches to live in the wild.
Maybe...
About Kazami-san...
He said he was thinking of buying a rice cooker.
He wanted you to make him flavoured rice.
Is that so?
Apparently the daikon and beef curry was delicious.
Oh, that?
That's a relief.
I was worried.
I failed a bit, and forced it into a curry.
Since I think Kazami-san has a discerning palate,
I thought I couldn't really make anything bad...
I can switch with Kazami-san.
Huh?
Positions.
You could change your residence to Kazami-san's, become his unregistered wife,
and work at my place once a week like before.
If it's troublesome to commute to my place,
I can hire another housework service again.
But...
... is that okay with you?
It's your own volition.
Isn't it unfair to say it's 'my own volition'?
In that case, I'll go to Kazami-san's place.
If I said that, it'd probably go smoothly,
without being stopped.
Oh, sorry.
Today it's minced meat.
Thank you.
Have a good day!
It's always like this.
No matter how much I try to hide it...
I show my faults immediately.
I get hated and rejected.
Even back then...
[5 years ago]
[Mikuri's love]
Shinji-kun!
Shinji-kun and I fell in love on our university campus.
Shinji-kun was a year older than me,
and reached the spring of his third year a step ahead of me.
[The spring of Shinji's 3rd year of university]
A job-hunting storm was looming upon Shinji-kun.
Unofficial job offers that never became official.
Confusion.
Destruction.
Despair.
Without even considering that in a year, I would experience the same hardship,
I cheered him on.
In your next interview, how about emphasising your first impression?
They say 55% of a person's impression is made based on facial expression and gestures.
Don't you have a tendency to look for the cause in yourself too much?
I think it would be better to consciously get rid of the bias from self-deprecation.
Let's see, in your case...
- How about... - Hey...
Did I ask you to do that?
Huh?
Arbitrarily analysing people and giving them criticism...
Why do you act so great?
Who do you think you are?
I didn't mean...
You're pretentious.
[You're pretentious.]
[End of play]
"I'll be late because of overtime, so I don't need dinner."
- Welcome back. - Oh, hello.
I just finished.
Are you going home and making dinner now?
Yes, well...
Oh, Tsuzaki-san is working overtime today.
Yes, he just texted me.
Do you want to eat?
Huh?
Please have dinner with me.
I won't give you overtime pay, but if that's okay with you...
I'm not that greedy.
"Okay, no dinner. I'll make tomorrow's breakfast more delicious to make up for it."
She's the same as me...
Why did I think that?
Unlike me...
... she must've had an ex-boyfriend.
And she could have many future boyfriends.
- It's delicious. - I'm glad!
Matchmaking party...
Even if I got invited, I don't think I'd go.
Cause you have no need to, right?
I'm not interested in matchmaking parties,
but if it was one you were going to, I'd go gladly.
Like I thought, popular people really are different.
Casually saying stuff that makes girls happy.
That makes it sound like I just say it randomly.
- You don't? - No.
I say my likes and dislikes bluntly.
It's fun talking to you. I learn all sorts of things.
No... I...
... get hated quite a lot, you know?
I criticise, analyse...
And I'm pretentious.
I think it's good, though.
You didn't say I'm not pretentious, though.
Right.
Of course.
That's what's interesting.
I like it. I don't care what other people think.
It makes me want to escape.
If I'm with him...
I might be able to escape the curse of my self-hate.
It's not a big deal.
I'm just going back.
Living alone, in tranquility.
To the life where I admire the Bengalese finches that sometimes come by.
It must be nice...
... to be someone who's loved.
People who are loved...
... are so lucky.
- Welcome back. - I'm back.
Sorry to bother you when you're tired from overtime work, but...
Is it about the employment contract?
Yes.
I'll put my bag away. Please wait a moment.
I got an email from work.
Sorry to make you wait.
It's about this item.
Okay.
I'm... thinking of getting a boyfriend.
Okay.
But here,
"In light of public image,
interactions with the loved one are not to be discovered."
It's surprisingly difficult, right?
And having to try not to talk about it, out of consideration for each other too...
I think stress would build up.
And right now, I'm working two jobs...
It'd be difficult to manage my time too...
Yes.
If I were to get a boyfriend regardless of that...
In this situation, the most suitable partner is...
... only you, Hiramasa-san.
Sorry?
Hiramasa-san...
Would you become my boyfriend?
You and I, lovers?
Yes.
Is this a weirdly timed joke?
I'm serious.
It's not an illusion, it's reality.
I've been thinking...
If I date you, Hiramasa-san...
I wouldn't need to hide it from other people,
There's nothing unnecessary I need to worry about.
- Wait a moment. - Let's just say... If I were to date Kazami-san,
the things I can't tell you would just increase.
While making us more and more stressed.
That might be true, but...
The way things are, I can't calm down...
And it's awkward at home too.
I think this is the best way to solve the problem.
I don't have the slightest idea how you came to that conclusion.
If you don't like it, I'll back down.
This is your own volition.
Own volition.
Yes. What will you do?
Moriyama Mikuri. Pretentiousness field is wide open!
If I'm going to be pretentious anyway,
I'll put all my pretentiousness on the line,
and take Hiramasa-san on head on.
So, what'll it be, Tsuzaki Hiramasa?
What'll it be?!
What'll it be?! What'll it be?!
[Pretentious woman vs Man with low self-esteem]
Itonami no machi ga kuretara iromeki When the busy city gets dark, it grows lively
Kazetachi wa hakobuwa And the winds are carrying
Karasu to hitobito no mure Crows and crowds of people
Imi nanka nai sa kurashi ga aru dake There's no such thing as a meaning, we just live
Tada hara wo sukasete I just get hungry,
Kimi no moto e kaerunda And return to where you are
Monogokoro tsuitara futo From my first memory,
Miagete omou koto ga What I thought of suddenly
Kono yo ni iru daremo Is right in our world
Futari kara Because there's the two of us
Mune no naka ni aru mono The things in your heart
Itsuka mienakunaru mono The things that will one day disappear
Sore wa soba ni iru koto That is what it means to be by your side
Itsumo omoidashite Always remember that
Kimi no naka ni aru mono The things that are within you
Kyori no naka ni aru kodou The heartbeats that happen in the distance
Koi wo shita no anata no My dear I fell in love with,
Yubi no mazari, hoho no kaori Holding your hands, the scent of your cheeks
Fuufu wo koete yuke Let's exceed being husband and wife
Futari wo koete yuke Let's exceed being a pair
Hitori wo koete yuke Let's exceed being alone