12 - Flowers that Bloom Along the Path of Dreams

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[00:01] Himari
    If the red string of fate
    ties two people together,
[00:06] Himari
    what color string connects
    two unrequited lovers?
[00:12] Himari
    "That stuff doesn't exist," you say?
[00:15] Himari
    Of course it does.
SIGN    Beautiful Meanings
    Behind Flowers
[00:17] Himari
    How else could two people
    have such a strong bond
[00:20] Himari
    but be destined to be apart?
[00:24] Himari
    I bet it's a string with a lame color.
[00:29] Himari
    Like the color of my eyes right now.
[00:33] Himari
    I'm sure of it.
SIGN    Flowers that Bloom Along
     the Path of Dreams
[00:39] Rion
    I really hate the summer.
[00:41] Rion
    I sweat way too much.
[00:42] Rion
    And guys stare more.
[00:51] Rion
    We don't have band practice today but...
[00:54] Rion
    I bet Yu-kun doesn't want any visitors.
[00:56] Rion's Mom
    Rion! Got a minute?
[00:59] Rion's Mom
    Can you take Kureha's gift
    to the Makishimas?
[01:04] Rion
    But it's my day off!
[01:06] Rion
    Can't Onee-chan take it?
[01:07] Rion's Mom
    Looks like she's already left.
[01:09] Rion
    What?
[01:10] Rion's Mom
    You know how restless she gets.
[01:13] Rion's Mom
    Thanks, Rion.
[01:16] Rion
    You're way too soft on Onee-chan.
[01:25] Makishima
    It's done! Himari-chan's going to Tokyo!
[01:27] Makishima
    Rin-chan's sure to win now!
[01:30] Makishima
    That lame perfectionist's got nothing on me!
[01:35] Makishima
    Take that, you loser!
[01:36] Rion
    He's weirdly energetic, it's creepy.
[01:40] Rion
    You're home for a change?
[01:42] Rion
    I figured you'd be out with girls.
[01:45] Makishima
    I'm in a good mood. Don't burst my bubble.
[01:49] Makishima
    What's the visit for?
[01:52] Makishima
    Oh, Kureha-san's gift.
[01:54] Makishima
    I'll give it to the others later.
[01:59] Makishima
    What's your problem?
[02:00] Makishima
    Go ahead and say it.
[02:02] Rion
    Onee-chan's trying to take Hii-chan away.
[02:06] Makishima
    She seems pretty set on her.
[02:10] Makishima
    But this is your chance, isn't it?
[02:13] Rion
    That's not fair, though.
[02:14] Makishima
    You're still trying to play nice?
[02:17] Makishima
    Himari-chan was the one
    who tried to one-up you.
[02:20] Makishima
    Anything's fair game.
[02:22] Rion
    I mean sure, but...
[02:25] Rion
    Shii-kun, can you stop her?
[02:27] Makishima
    No can do.
[02:29] Makishima
    I've pulled all these strings
    to help you win.
[02:33] Makishima
    I can't put all my hard work to wast—
[02:34] Rion
    I bet Onee-chan would be impressed
    if you can outsmart her.
[02:42] Rion
    Like with tennis.
[02:43] Rion
    Going to nationals is just to make
    Onee-chan admit you're above Hibari-san.
[02:50] Rion
    Not to mention you only approached Yu-kun
    because he was Hibari-san's favorite.
[02:56] Rion
    And now look at you, you're actual friends.
[02:58] Rion
    Want me to keep going?
[03:05] Makishima
    Fine! I get it!
[03:07] Makishima
    You're right.
[03:09] Makishima
    Not that I care one bit about
    that cruel woman!
[03:13] Makishima
    But it would feel nice
    to beat her at her own game.
[03:17] Makishima
    You sure, though?
[03:18] Makishima
    You might essentially be handing
    the win to Himari-chan!
[03:22] Rion
    Fine with me!
[03:24] Rion
    I don't want to win like this anyways.
[03:26] Makishima
    You sisters are both so stubborn.
[03:30] Makishima
    Fine, but after this,
    I'm not helping you anymore.
[03:33] Makishima
    Got that?
[03:34] Rion
    I never asked you for help. Besides...
[03:38] Rion
    I'm only letting Himari-chan borrow Yu-kun.
[03:41] Rion
    In the end, I'll be the winner!
[03:45] Makishima
    Good grief.
[03:47] Makishima
    I almost feel bad for Himari-chan for having
[03:51] Makishima
    a lifelong rival with such nerves of steel.
[04:01] Hibari
    Hi, there.
[04:02] Hibari
    What an unexpected caller.
[04:06] Hibari
    A favor?
[04:10] Yu
    I'll be all alone at the
    Gardening Club until graduation.
[04:16] Yu
    It might even be that way
    until I open my own store.
[04:19] Yu
    Or even for the rest of my life.
[04:22] Yu
    Himari may never come back.
[04:25] Yu
    If it comes to that, would
    I even want to open a store?
[04:29] Yu
    I'd spend ten, twenty years living
    an ordinary life without her.
[04:36] Yu
    Dammit!
[04:37] Yu
    Why am I being so negative?!
[04:40] Yu
    Everything will be fine!
[04:41] Yu
    I trust Himari. I'll work hard, too!
[04:45] Makishima
    You look as miserable as ever.
[04:49] Makishima
    Isn't it Himari-chan's job to water
    the flowers in the morning?
[04:53] Yu
    She's leaving for Tokyo today.
[04:55] Makishima
    What time does the train leave?
[04:56] Yu
    Around noon, I think.
[04:58] Makishima
    Then we've got some time.
[05:00] Makishima
    Let's have a chat.
[05:01] Yu
    Huh?
[05:01] Makishima
    You're going too, aren't you?
[05:04] Makishima
    This might be our last chance
    to talk face-to-face.
[05:07] Yu
    Why would I go to Tokyo?
[05:09] Makishima
    Oh?
[05:10] Makishima
    Weren't you all worked up
    about following her back in May?
[05:15] Makishima
    You've already decided
    to give up accessories once.
[05:17] Makishima
    How's it different
    the second or third time?
[05:20] Yu
    This situation's totally different.
[05:22] Makishima
    Is it? How so?
[05:24] Yu
    Himari wants to model for my accessories.
[05:27] Yu
    How could I stop her?
[05:29] Makishima
    How lame.
[05:30] Makishima
    That's how I know you're stupid.
[05:32] Yu
    What do you—
[05:34] Makishima
    What's so wrong about
    devoting your life to a woman?
[05:37] Makishima
    You don't need your own store
    to make accessories.
[05:42] Makishima
    You don't have to be an artist,
    you can work a normal job
[05:44] Makishima
    and be with the woman you love.
[05:46] Makishima
    Is that such a bad life?
[05:49] Makishima
    But you can't make that choice.
[05:52] Makishima
    Why? Because you're afraid of going
    back to your old, boring self.
[05:56] Makishima
    You're afraid of being surrounded
    by people who look down on you.
[06:02] Makishima
    Let me be brutally honest.
[06:03] Makishima
    You don't actually love Himari-chan.
[06:07] Makishima
    You're just taking advantage of her.
[06:10] Makishima
    You spent two years as her best friend
    only because that's what she wanted.
[06:15] Makishima
    Now that she wants romance,
    you're playing your part.
[06:19] Makishima
    It's all for your own convenience.
[06:22] Makishima
    You wouldn't care whichever way.
[06:25] Yu
    What the hell would you know?
[06:28] Yu
    You—!
[06:30] Yu
    You have no clue
    what we mean to each other!
[06:32] Yu
    I... I love Himari!
[06:36] Yu
    Even if she didn't help my dream!
[06:38] Yu
    Even if she didn't protect me!
[06:40] Yu
    I've already decided to be with Himari!
[06:44] Makishima
    Great. You know where you stand.
[06:47] Makishima
    Now there's only one thing to do.
[06:55] Makishima
    I played it close, he almost hit me.
[07:01] Makishima
    It's not easy having to live
    without your number one girl like me.
[07:17] Yu
    That's right. It was her all along.
[07:21] Yu
    I just wanted her eyes on me.
[07:35] Dude
    Whoa, bro.
[07:37] Lady
    You okay?
[07:49] Himari
    Yu!
[08:01] Yu
    That's all I needed!
[08:14] Himari
    I'm such a backstabber.
[08:16] Himari
    I pretended to support Enocchi.
[08:18] Himari
    Only to kiss Yu behind her back.
[08:23] Himari
    But... I've never liked someone so much
[08:29] Himari
    that none of that even mattered.
SIGN    On my way!
SIGN    I'm by the station entrance.
SIGN    Oops, sorry. Stuck in traffic.
[08:35] Himari
    I hope she doesn't show up.
[08:38] Himari
    Snap out of it. You've made up your mind.
[08:42] Himari
    I was just unlucky.
[08:45] Himari
    Kureha-san said my looks were my talent.
[08:49] Himari
    That made me happy.
[08:52] Himari
    After all, I didn't think
    I was good for anything.
[08:56] Himari
    Maybe, just maybe, my looks could help Yu.
[09:00] Himari
    Still, if I think about
    what's most important to me,
[09:06] Himari
    it's the time I spend with Yu.
[09:08] Himari
    And now, I can't have that anymore.
[09:11] Himari
    If that's how it is, I don't want to
    be the prettiest girl in the world.
[09:16] Himari
    I don't even want these fairy-like eyes.
[09:19] Himari
    Or any friends. Or family.
[09:24] Himari
    I just wish I were born
    as someone loved by Yu.
[09:30] Rion
    Hii-chan.
[09:32] Himari
    E-Enocchi!
[09:34] Himari
    You came to see me off?
[09:36] Himari
    You're too nice!
[09:38] Himari
    Not like that idiot who left me on read.
[09:42] Rion
    I'm not here for that.
[09:43] Rion
    I just wanted to say thanks.
[09:45] Himari
    Say thanks?
[09:46] Rion
    Hii-chan, you threw the match.
[09:49] Rion
    So thanks!
[09:53] Himari
    Y-You're mad I kissed Yu, huh?
[09:56] Himari
    That was nothing, it was—
[09:58] Rion
    You're still trying to play the good girl?
[10:01] Rion
    It's been obvious the entire time.
[10:04] Rion
    There's no use glossing it over.
[10:08] Rion
    Are your dreams more important
    than your true feelings?
[10:13] Himari
    O-Of course they are!
[10:14] Himari
    You know how hard Yu's worked for it!
[10:18] Rion
    Sure I do.
[10:19] Himari
    It would be a huge plus
    for the store one day.
[10:22] Himari
    Besides, modeling
    isn't something anyone can do.
[10:26] Rion
    But why do it if you don't want to?
[10:30] Himari
    Then why don't you go instead!
[10:38] Rion
    Okay!
[10:40] Rion
    I'll go.
[10:42] Rion
    I'm not sure if I'm cut out for it,
    but I'll do it for you and Yu-kun.
[10:47] Himari
    B-But...
[10:48] Rion
    So give me Yu-kun in return.
[10:52] Rion
    I'll let you borrow him
    until he opens his store.
[10:56] Rion
    But when I come home, give him to me.
[10:59] Rion
    You don't mind, right?
[11:00] Rion
    Let's pinky promise!
[11:03] Rion
    No?
[11:04] Rion
    You can still be best friends.
[11:06] Rion
    It's okay.
[11:08] Rion
    I'm sure you'll be able to
    find someone just like him!
[11:12] Himari
    No, that's not it.
[11:16] Himari
    I wasn't the one who found Yu.
[11:20] Himari
    Yu was the one who discovered me.
[11:23] Himari
    There's no doing that again.
[11:29] Rion
    See, you're trying too hard.
[11:33] Rion
    You've always been like that.
[11:36] Rion
    Even though you steal everything you want,
[11:40] Rion
    you've never been able to
    say what you want most.
[11:53] Himari
    I don't wanna!
[11:55] Himari
    I hate it!
[11:57] Himari
    I don't really wanna go!
[12:00] Rion
    There, there. I know.
[12:03] Himari
    But this was all my fault.
[12:05] Himari
    I have to make up for it somehow.
[12:08] Himari
    And what if Yu's better off without me?
[12:12] Rion
    Honestly, I wonder about that too.
[12:14] Rion
    You always stir up trouble
    and involve everyone around you.
[12:19] Himari
    Are you trying to kill me or what?
[12:25] Rion
    You know what I noticed?
[12:27] Rion
    You two are both so focused on
    how to make your dreams come true.
[12:33] Himari
    What do you mean?
[12:34] Rion
    Does it have to be that complicated?
[12:37] Rion
    Like my mom.
[12:38] Rion
    Making sweets was initially just a hobby.
[12:41] Rion
    She only opened her own store recently.
[12:42] Himari
    Really?
[12:44] Rion
    Having a dream is nice, but you
    can't lose sight of the present.
[12:48] Rion
    Opening a store isn't everything.
[12:51] Himari
    But it might be for Yu.
[12:54] Rion
    You think so?
[12:56] Rion
    Is the store the most
    important thing to Yu-kun?
[13:01] Rion
    Or is it—
[13:02] Yu
    Himari!
[13:04] Yu
    Himari!
[13:10] Himari
    Yu!
[13:13] Rion
    See?
[13:14] Himari
    What are you doing here?
[13:16] Yu
    Please don't go!
[13:18] Yu
    I can't choose between
    my dream and romance.
[13:21] Yu
    I'm not even sure which is the right answer.
[13:23] Yu
    But I do know that you don't
    actually want to go to Tokyo!
[13:28] Himari
    But this is the only way I can help.
[13:32] Yu
    That's not true.
[13:34] Yu
    And you don't need to help me.
[13:37] Yu
    You don't need to do anything.
[13:40] Yu
    We don't need a purpose to be together.
[13:41] Yu
    That's not what this is about!
[13:44] Yu
    I was so afraid to lose the one
     person who understands my passion.
[13:48] Yu
    I was too afraid to lose you!
[13:51] Yu
    That's why I was so fixated
    on what we could do for each other.
[13:54] Yu
    But all I ever wanted was for you to see me!
[14:00] Yu
    If you're doing this for me,
    don't sacrifice yourself!
[14:04] Yu
    There's no having fun without you around.
[14:07] Yu
    Like the best friends we've always been!
[14:13] Himari
    Yu, I—
[14:17] Kureha
    All right you two, that's enough.
[14:20] Kureha
    Yu-chan, I'm not sure that's very fair.
[14:23] Kureha
    You lost the match, remember?
[14:26] Himari
    Kureha-san, I can't go!
[14:28] Yu
    Please, give us one more chance!
[14:31] Kureha
    Nope, sorry.
[14:32] Kureha
    I only gave you the first chance
    for Hibari-kun's sake.
[14:36] Kureha
    Besides, aren't you two
    forgetting something?
[14:40] Kureha
    Himari-chan has a debt to pay.
[14:43] Kureha
    First thing's first, she should—
[14:45] Makishima
    Then allow me to pay that off!
[14:52] Makishima
    Here you go!
[14:53] Kureha
    Wh-What's going on?
[14:57] Kureha
    Ouch...
[14:59] Kureha
    What's all this about?
[15:02] Rion
    Shii-kun, you're late.
[15:05] Makishima
    Well it was a lot of cash.
[15:08] Makishima
    Though, I will say,
[15:09] Makishima
    hats off to that perfectionist
    for making it in time.
[15:16] Himari
    Onii-chan!
[15:17] Kureha
    Shinji-kun, you better explain yourself.
[15:20] Makishima
    Like I said, I'm paying off
    Himari-chan's debt on her behalf.
[15:25] Makishima
    As an outsider, I can sign a contract
    with Hibari-san to borrow money.
[15:31] Kureha
    I didn't expect you
    to betray me of all people.
[15:34] Makishima
    Betray you? Please. You declined my offer.
[15:38] Makishima
    Did you expect me to sit idly by?
[15:42] Makishima
    You can't be that naive.
[15:44] Makishima
    Well? You've got your money.
[15:47] Makishima
    Any other problems?
[15:56] Yu
    I—
[15:57] Kureha
    I'm over this!
[15:59] Yu
    Huh? Wait, um...
[16:03] Kureha
    Thanks for ruining everything.
[16:07] Hibari
    Hey now! Kureha-kun!
[16:08] Hibari
    Stop that!
[16:09] Kureha
    Hurry up and take me somewhere
    cool so I can let you have it!
[16:14] Hibari
    It's always this with you!
[16:17] Kureha
    That's that. You can go now.
[16:19] Kureha
    Bye-bye!
[16:25] Himari
    Are we off the hook?
[16:27] Yu
    I dunno, maybe?
[16:28] Makishima
    According to Kureha-san, it was a loan.
[16:31] Makishima
    Pay it off and it's a done deal.
[16:33] Makishima
    Good thing I bought Natsu, Himari-chan,
    and Rin-chan's entire high school years!
[16:41] Makishima
    From now on, no quitting school
    or going to Tokyo.
[16:44] Makishima
    I won't allow it!
[16:46] Makishima
    Of course, you'll also be forced
    to make accessories until we graduate.
[16:50] Makishima
    Stay tuned for other arrangements to follow.
[16:53] Himari
    Makishima-kun, you really are the worst.
[16:57] Makishima
    I like to keep myself amused.
[16:59] Makishima
    You three's rom-com does the trick.
[17:04] Makishima
    Nothing wrong with paying
    for a little entertainment.
[17:09] Makishima
    Never mind that.
[17:10] Makishima
    Now that things are settled, let's go out.
[17:13] Makishima
    It'll be on Himari-chan, obviously.
[17:15] Himari
    Why would I be paying?!
[17:18] Makishima
    Who do you have to thank but me?
[17:20] Makishima
    You can't argue with me ever again!
[17:24] Himari
    Can you believe this guy, Enocchi?
[17:26] Rion
    Actually, sushi sounds great right now.
[17:29] Himari
    I see how it is!
[17:37] Himari
    I got bailed out but
    definitely paid the price.
[17:41] Yu
    You gotta admit though, it was a huge help.
[17:45] Himari
    You're so soft on Makishima-kun.
[17:48] Himari
    You'll end up in trouble
    if you keep hanging out with him.
[17:51] Yu
    I'd say that's already happened a few times.
[17:55] Himari
    See? You don't sense danger very well.
[17:59] Himari
    That's why your store will need me!
[18:03] Yu
    Oh yeah, about that...
[18:06] Yu
    I'm thinking of abandoning that dream.
[18:08] Himari
    What?! Why? Why?!
[18:10] Himari
    It's not like Kureha-san's stopping us!
[18:13] Yu
    Sorry, I worded that wrong.
[18:16] Yu
    I meant we still have the same root problem.
[18:20] Himari
    About what Sakura-san said?
[18:24] Himari
    The "playground frozen in time," was it?
[18:28] Yu
    Yup.
[18:29] Yu
    The main issue was my
    stance towards customers.
[18:34] Himari
    That's on me, too.
[18:36] Yu
    No, I was the one being spoiled.
[18:40] Yu
    Saku-nee-san was trying
    to tell me that all along.
[18:43] Yu
    I just wasn't listening to her.
[18:48] Yu
    I've been thinking, and I see it now.
[18:50] Yu
    I was too fixated on opening my own store.
[18:55] Himari
    Are you saying that shouldn't be our dream?
[19:00] Yu
    No, that's not it.
[19:02] Yu
    Opening a store by the time we're thirty
    was our dream in middle school.
[19:08] Yu
    But if we don't keep an open mind,
    we end up limiting ourselves.
[19:12] Yu
    Being so focused on that one dream
    made me overlook the important things.
[19:19] Yu
    Like how I wanted to keep flowers
    from dying back in grade school.
[19:24] Yu
    Or how I wanted to share
    the beauty I saw in flowers with others.
[19:30] Yu
    Saku-nee-san was upset that I forgot
    why I started in the first place.
[19:37] Yu
    I'm dreaming even bigger from now on.
[19:39] Yu
    Opening a store is only part of the process.
[19:43] Yu
    Love, my dreams, my own store...
[19:45] Yu
    Maybe it's selfish to want everything.
[19:48] Yu
    But I'll become someone worthy of it all.
[19:52] Yu
    From now on, I'll work harder
    than Saku-nee-san.
[19:54] Yu
    I'll make sure Kureha-san
    never looks down on me.
[19:56] Yu
    I won't give Hibari-san any reason to worry.
[19:59] Yu
    You'll never have to
    sacrifice yourself again.
[20:02] Yu
    I promise to stand on my own two feet.
[20:06] Yu
    So...
[20:08] Yu
    It's not enough to have you
    until I open a store.
[20:11] Yu
    Will you let me be selfish
    and stand by me forever?
[20:15] Himari
    Y-You're making me blush.
[20:22] Yu
    Bwa-ha!
[20:24] Himari
    Hey, Yu! You idiot!
[20:27] Yu
    Found your weakness!
    It's straightforward confessions!
[20:30] Himari
    Don't tease me like that!
[20:32] Himari
    I'm an emotional mess right now!
[20:33] Himari
    Stop playing it cool!
[20:37] Yu
    Oh yeah, Himari.
[20:39] Yu
    You forgot this.
[20:42] Himari
    My best friend ring...
[20:48] Himari
    Does this mean we're
    still only best friends?
[20:55] (Flashback) Yu
    A totally unique best
    friend ring just for you.
[20:59] Yu
    Oh, right. I chickened out back then.
[21:04] Yu
    There's something I haven't
    told you about this ring.
[21:09] Yu
    See this here? It's a purple tulip seed.
[21:14] Himari
    Yeah, and...?
[21:17] Yu
    You see, um...
SIGN    signifies "eternal love"
[21:25] Himari
    We used to be best friends...
[21:30] Himari
    But now... we're not.
[21:36] Yu
    Himari!
[21:38] Himari
    You're late!
[21:40] Yu
    Sorry, I was up late last night
    after my shift at the family store.
[21:45] Yu
    Thanks for covering for me.
[21:49] Himari
    Will you give me something in return?
[21:51] Yu
    Like what?
[21:52] Himari
    Yu, do you love me?
[21:55] Himari
    How much?
[21:56] Himari
    More than anything in the world?
[21:59] Yu
    M-More than anything in the world.
[22:01] Yu
    Himari...
[22:03] Himari
    Go on?
[22:21] Yu
    I love you.
[22:31] Himari
    Bwa-he-he.
[22:33] Yu
    What was that?
[22:34] Yu
    Did the "Bwa-ha!" just evolve?
[22:36] Yu
    Must be the lovey-dovey version.
[22:40] Yu
    Himari's the cutest girl in the world
    when she doesn't hide her feelings.
[22:46] Makishima
    Good grief.
[22:47] Makishima
    Getting it on early today, are we?
[22:50] Rion
    Yu-kun, Hii-chan, good morning.
[22:52] Yu
    M-Morning, Enomoto-san!
[22:54] Himari
    You two aren't plotting
    to take Yu again, are you?!
[22:57] Himari
    He's mine!
[22:59] Rion
    I won't give you these with that attitude.
[23:02] Rion
    Here you go, Yu-kun.
[23:04] Yu
    Thanks!
[23:07] Himari
    Not fair! I want some too!
[23:07] Yu
    Sometimes, I get to thinking.
[23:12] Yu
    How we'll probably end up
    in a similar spot.
[23:16] Yu
    We'll pretend to understand
    each other even though we don't.
[23:21] Yu
    Even when we know
    to put our desires into words,
[23:24] Yu
    our pride will sometimes get in the way.
[23:27] Yu
    Still, we'll push forward into the future.
[23:32] Yu
    This is our summer playground.
[23:35] Yu
    It's not over yet.