# 8 - Zinnia and Where Passion Lies
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G1XHJV0D8/can-a-boy-girl-friendship-survive)
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**[00:01] Sasaki**
Your business isn't to blame.
**[00:03] Sasaki**
And Natsume is free to make
and sell accessories.
**[00:08] Sasaki**
But as the school,
we have to respond somehow.
**[00:13] Sasaki**
I'd hate to ask Natsume
to take the fall, but...
**[00:18] Sasaki**
We'll need you to offer flexible responses to
**[00:21] Sasaki**
any parents with demands or refund requests.
**[00:27] Sakura**
I understand.
***SIGN*** Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?
***SIGN*** (No, It Can't!!)
***SIGN*** Zinnia and Where Passion Lies
**[02:00] Mao**
We're so sorry!
**[02:01] Mao**
I never imagined this would happen.
**[02:04] Azumi**
I swear, we just really wanted to
promote his accessories.
**[02:08] Mao**
So could you please apologize
to Natsume-kun for us?
**[02:13] Himari**
*Couldn't they apologize to him themselves?*
**[02:18] Himari**
* It's pretty obvious that word*
* has gotten out already.*
**[02:22] Himari**
* Goes to show that my support*
* is as important as ever!*
**[02:28] Himari**
*Who else if not me, the main wifey?*
**[02:31] Himari**
*Gotta use my kind, tender embrace to*
**[02:34] Himari**
*boost Yu's trust in Himari-chan!*
**[02:37] Himari**
Morning!
**[02:38] Yu**
What is it? That hurt.
**[02:40] Himari**
Seriously? It's the same as usual.
**[02:43] Yu**
Yeah, I guess.
**[02:48] Himari**
*I guess he's still not over it.*
**[02:51] Himari**
*Oh well, it'll be fine!*
**[02:55] Himari**
* This is only a small bump*
* in the road towards our dream.*
**[03:01] Yu**
I get why you went out of your way
to apologize the other day.
**[03:05] Makishima**
Here's an offer then.
**[03:08] Makishima**
Go ahead and hit me. You have that right.
**[03:14] Yu**
That wouldn't change a thing.
**[03:17] Yu**
Besides, I might have done the same as you
**[03:20] Yu**
if I ever wanted to help someone in love.
**[03:23] Makishima**
Wow, Natsu. That's unusually mature of you.
**[03:27] Makishima**
Did something happen?
**[03:28] Yu**
I dunno.
**[03:29] Yu**
Maybe your plan worked.
**[03:35] Himari**
You're not in an awkward
spot in band, are you?
**[03:39] Rion**
No... I never took any orders.
**[03:43] Rion**
What's gonna happen to the store?
**[03:47] Himari**
We'll need to focus on damage control first.
**[03:50] Himari**
Maybe I'll take Yu out somewhere
over the weekend.
**[03:54] Himari**
That way, he can lighten up
and get back to work.
**[03:56] Rion**
Are you sure that'll help?
**[03:59] Himari**
What do you mean?
**[04:00] Rion**
I mean, that must have been
really traumatic.
**[04:03] Rion**
Can he get over it just like that?
**[04:06] Himari**
Don't worry about it!
**[04:08] Himari**
Yu's never skipped
a day of making accessories.
**[04:12] Himari**
He'll bounce back!
**[04:14] Rion**
When you're hurt by something you love,
it can leave a scar that lasts forever.
**[04:24] Himari**
Did Makishima-kun teach you
to rattle me like that?
**[04:28] Rion**
This has nothing to do with Shii-kun.
**[04:30] Himari**
But he's the one who set
up this whole situation.
**[04:34] Himari**
I wouldn't be surprised
if you were in on it.
**[04:38] Rion**
I'd never do that!
**[04:39] Rion**
Do you seriously think that?
**[04:42] Himari**
Well, why not?
**[04:43] Himari**
You act like you're a ditz,
but you're pretty calculating.
**[04:46] Himari**
Like that study group!
**[04:48] Himari**
You pretended to be
asleep so you could hug Yu.
**[04:50] Rion**
I-I wasn't pretending!
**[04:53] Himari**
Sounds fishier the more you deny it.
**[05:01] Himari**
Hey, Yu. Where have you been?
**[05:03] Yu**
At Sasaki-sensei's.
**[05:05] Yu**
Went to grab the accessories
that were returned.
**[05:13] Himari**
My dear Yu isn't
as weak as you are, Enocchi.
**[05:16] Rion**
I really hate when you're
like this, Hii-chan.
**[05:23] Rion**
What should we do with them?
**[05:25] Yu**
We can't resell them.
**[05:28] Yu**
They may be damaged.
**[05:30] Rion**
Oh...
**[05:31] Himari**
You know, I'm still upset
about this whole ordeal.
**[05:36] Himari**
These were all made-to-order,
and they agreed to the prices.
**[05:40] Yu**
It can't be helped.
**[05:42] Yu**
They're arguing that we conned them.
**[05:46] Himari**
*Something's wrong.*
**[05:48] Himari**
*Yu's never this mature.*
**[05:51] Himari**
*And it feels so gloomy.*
**[05:56] Himari**
Then what's done is done. I'll get over it!
**[05:59] Himari**
Let's go somewhere this
weekend for a change!
**[06:03] Himari**
Yeah, Enocchi?
**[06:04] Rion**
S-Sure, sounds good.
**[06:06] Rion**
Can we stop by the tea shop in the mall?
**[06:10] Himari**
I wanna check out some summer clothes!
**[06:13] Himari**
Think of it as inspo
for your next accessories.
**[06:15] Himari**
How's that sound?
**[06:18] Yu**
Actually, I'm thinking
about quitting until we graduate.
**[06:26] Himari**
D-Don't joke about things like that!
**[06:29] Himari**
You could lose friends that way!
**[06:33] Yu**
I'm not joking.
**[06:35] Yu**
I was wrong for acting like some
entrepreneur as a student in the first place.
**[06:40] Himari**
H-Hang on.
**[06:42] Himari**
You started the store because
you wanted to make accessories!
**[06:45] Himari**
Sensei himself said he won't stop you
from selling them online.
**[06:49] Yu**
But everyone's been looking
at me weird ever since.
**[06:53] Yu**
You know they've been
talking behind my back.
**[06:56] Himari**
Who cares? Just ignore them!
**[06:59] Yu**
I don't have thick skin like you.
**[07:03] Yu**
Besides, why does it matter?
**[07:06] Yu**
I'm not quitting forever.
**[07:09] Yu**
Just spending time to broaden
my horizons until graduati—
**[07:11] Himari**
Stop, stop! Let's be rational.
**[07:13] Himari**
Here, have some juice!
**[07:16] Yu**
I don't want any.
**[07:22] Yu**
Himari, jeez...
**[07:24] Himari**
I-It's your fault!
**[07:27] Himari**
Saying you wanna quit out of nowhere.
**[07:29] Yu**
Like I said, only until we graduate.
**[07:32] Himari**
But I don't want you to quit.
**[07:35] Himari**
I've always told you.
**[07:36] Himari**
Your eyes shine brightest
when you make accessories.
**[07:42] Himari**
Come on, please?
**[07:44] Himari**
I'll do anything I can to help.
**[07:46] Yu**
So in your eyes, I'm worthless
if I'm not making accessories?
**[07:52] Himari**
I didn't say that.
**[07:54] Himari**
But it's our dream.
**[07:56] Yu**
Opening a store is *my* dream.
**[07:59] Yu**
No one else has the right
to force me to do it!
**[08:06] Himari**
Are you serious?
**[08:13] Yu**
Himari!
**[08:14] Rion**
Hii-chan!
**[08:25] Himari**
Fine, I get it.
**[08:27] Himari**
Have it your way!
**[08:45] Hibari**
Himari, dinner's ready.
**[08:48] Hibari**
Why haven't you changed yet?
**[08:52] Hibari**
Upset about something?
**[08:54] Himari**
Yu's apparently quitting
accessories until we graduate.
**[08:58] Hibari**
Let me guess...
**[09:00] Hibari**
You pushed Yu-kun too hard about
**[09:03] Hibari**
his next piece when he was at a low point?
**[09:07] Himari**
Because...!
**[09:11] Himari**
What if Yu really lost his passion?
**[09:17] Hibari**
Himari, you're finally catching on.
**[09:21] Hibari**
Good job. You did the right thing.
**[09:25] Hibari**
When I told you to stop lying,
**[09:27] Hibari**
I meant be honest with yourself.
**[09:30] Hibari**
So it's good that you told Yu-kun
how you really felt.
**[09:34] Himari**
Then Yu will understand, right?
**[09:39] Hibari**
Who knows?
**[09:41] Hibari**
Right now, there's nothing else we can do.
**[09:45] Hibari**
Yu-kun will have to
overcome this on his own.
**[09:49] Hibari**
After all, creativity
is about facing the self.
**[09:54] Hibari**
Yu-kun tried to reach
his goal, and as a result,
**[09:58] Hibari**
he got shot down
by the ill intent of others.
**[10:02] Hibari**
But that's inevitable
if he wants to pursue this path.
**[10:07] Hibari**
Can he laugh and shrug it off
**[10:10] Hibari**
when someone unfairly taints his work?
**[10:14] Hibari**
That's the crossroads he's at.
**[10:16] Hibari**
Only those who overcome
this can move forward.
**[10:20] Hibari**
No words of encouragement
or solace can do that for him.
**[10:25] Hibari**
Himari, what can you do right now?
**[10:29] Himari**
Didn't you just say
there's nothing I can do?
**[10:32] Hibari**
Sure, Yu-kun has to help himself back up.
**[10:36] Hibari**
But you have your own role as his partner.
**[10:39] Hibari**
As Yu-kun's best friend,
you've been spoiled by his kindness.
**[10:45] Hibari**
But when it comes to his accessories,
it's been the opposite.
**[10:48] Hibari**
Yu-kun's been spoiled by you, Himari.
**[10:51] Himari**
What do you mean?
**[10:53] Hibari**
Think back to when You
announced new releases.
**[10:55] Hibari**
Either you or Sakura-kun laid
the groundwork.
**[10:58] Hibari**
Like a playground frozen in time, Yu-kun's
talent was nurtured in a closed environment.
**[11:02] Hibari**
He was vulnerable to external exposure.
**[11:05] Hibari**
Before long, Yu-kun would need to
practice dealing with the outside world.
**[11:09] Hibari**
Feeling defeated, Yu-kun tried
to retreat back to his playground.
**[11:13] Hibari**
But you pushed back and told him no.
**[11:15] Hibari**
As his partner, you showed him the way out.
**[11:19] Hibari**
Now, it's Yu-kun's turn to answer the call.
**[11:22] Hibari**
Himari, if you truly share
destinies with Yu-kun,
**[11:26] Hibari**
what can you do for him
now as his best friend?
**[11:34] Yu**
About yesterday, that was my bad.
**[11:36] Yu**
I took it too far.
**[11:40] Himari**
Did Enocchi and Sakura-san tell you that?
**[11:43] Yu**
No, I know I was in the wrong.
**[11:46] Yu**
Besides, you've worked so hard for me—
**[11:47] Himari**
I'm not talking about that.
**[11:49] Himari**
What about your work?
**[11:54] Yu**
That's a done deal.
**[11:56] Yu**
I'm quitting until we graduate.
**[12:02] Himari**
If that's what you really want, fine.
**[12:05] Himari**
I'll quit being your best friend then.
**[12:09] Himari**
If you won't make accessories anymore,
**[12:11] Himari**
you and I are only acquaintances.
**[12:13] Yu**
A-Are you for real?
**[12:15] Yu**
Why are you getting so upset about this?
**[12:17] Yu**
Sure, I was wrong
for what I said yesterday, but—
**[12:20] Himari**
But you're still quitting, right?
**[12:24] Yu**
Well...
**[12:26] Himari**
Opening your store isn't just your dream.
**[12:28] Himari**
It's been mine for a long time, too!
**[12:30] Himari**
You can't just decide to quit on your own!
**[12:34] Himari**
Sure, I have fun with you,
and I'd like to stay best friends.
**[12:37] Himari**
But if you're gonna stomp on my dreams,
**[12:41] Himari**
then we're not friends.
**[12:44] Himari**
I refuse to play nice like Enocchi.
**[12:49] Himari**
Sorry, but I'm moving forward without you.
**[12:54] Yu**
You're one to talk.
You tried to quit, too.
**[13:02] Yu**
*After that...*
**[13:03] Yu**
*The weekend came and went without Himari.*
**[13:06] Classmate A**
Himari-chan! Whatcha up to today?
**[13:10] Himari**
I actually have plans today, sorry!
**[13:17] Rion**
Yu-kun.
***SIGN*** Natsume
**[13:23] Yu**
There, Enomoto-san!
**[13:24] Rion**
Got it!
**[13:25] Rion**
What? How?
**[13:28] Rion**
I'll get you this time!
**[13:32] Yu**
Enomoto-san, you gotta learn to aim.
**[13:34] Rion**
Aim? How do I do that?!
**[13:36] Yu**
So your screen stays stable.
**[13:38] Rion**
I can't figure it out!
**[13:42] Yu**
*She's so clueless.*
**[13:46] Rion**
I took down one person,
so I must be getting better.
**[13:49] Rion**
This is so much fun.
**[13:52] Yu**
Yeah, it sure is.
**[13:57] Rion**
Yu-kun, you're not a very good liar.
**[14:00] Yu**
I'm not lying. I have fun
playing games with you.
**[14:04] Rion**
Not as much as when
you're making accessories.
**[14:08] Yu**
That was until last week.
**[14:10] Yu**
Who wants to make accessories just
to go through all that?
**[14:13] Rion**
You're lying.
**[14:14] Rion**
You wouldn't be able to spend two years
with Hii-chan if you were that soft.
**[14:19] Yu**
That's none of your business.
**[14:21] Rion**
Sure it is.
**[14:22] Rion**
I decided to be number one. For both of you.
**[14:28] Yu**
What a drag.
**[14:30] Yu**
I said, "What a drag."
**[14:32] Yu**
What gives you the right to judge the
relationship between me and Himari?
**[14:35] Yu**
I hate how you stick your nose
in other people's business.
**[14:41] Rion**
I'm glad you feel comfortable
enough to say stuff like that.
**[14:44] Rion**
It's like I'm getting closer to Hii-chan.
**[14:47] Yu**
You've gotta be kidding!
**[14:49] Yu**
I'm pretty sure I just said
something really messed up.
**[14:52] Rion**
Like I said, it's obvious when you're lying.
**[14:57] Rion**
So it's no use.
**[15:01] Yu**
Can I ask you something?
**[15:12] Yu**
Here.
**[15:13] Yu**
Who does it look like I made this for?
**[15:17] Rion**
Hii-chan.
**[15:18] Yu**
I figured.
**[15:20] Yu**
In that moment, I didn't feel anything.
**[15:24] Yu**
Even though I sacrificed sleep to make it.
**[15:27] Yu**
I didn't even feel mad.
**[15:30] Yu**
So I asked myself.
**[15:31] Yu**
What's the passion behind my accessories?
**[15:35] Yu**
Why in the world am I making them?
**[15:39] Yu**
That was when I realized...
**[15:41] Yu**
I was only making accessories
so Himari would keep me around.
**[15:48] Yu**
So I wouldn't lose the first
person who understood what I loved.
**[15:51] Yu**
So I wouldn't lose my first best friend.
**[15:56] Yu**
I was just using people's
love lives as a stepping stone.
**[16:00] Yu**
All to make accessories for myself.
**[16:03] Yu**
I felt so disgusted with myself...
**[16:08] Yu**
For thinking love was so pure...
**[16:12] Yu**
For thinking my feelings were genuine.
**[16:16] Yu**
I couldn't have been more wrong.
**[16:19] Yu**
That's why I wanted to
quit making accessories.
**[16:23] Yu**
Otherwise, it wouldn't be right
to the craft or to customers.
**[16:28] Rion**
Yu-kun.
**[16:33] Rion**
Get over yourself!
**[16:35] Rion**
I think you're overthinking it.
**[16:38] Rion**
Loosen up a little.
**[16:41] Yu**
Loosen up?
**[16:43] Yu**
It'd be nice if I could
be as earnest as you.
**[16:48] Yu**
But I wouldn't have so much doubt
if that were the case.
**[16:51] Rion**
Me, earnest? How?
**[16:55] Yu**
I mean, you're always
helping your family's store.
**[16:58] Yu**
You work really hard in band.
**[17:00] Yu**
And you help me.
**[17:02] Rion**
I kinda hate helping at my family's store.
**[17:06] Rion**
I only joined band
because my friend asked me to.
**[17:09] Rion**
That's why I skip practice
sometimes, like today.
**[17:12] Rion**
I'm not earnest at all.
**[17:14] Rion**
And when you and Hii-chan are fighting,
**[17:18] Rion**
I like having you all to myself.
**[17:21] Rion**
I'm human, just like everyone else.
**[17:26] Rion**
Yu-kun, is it that weird I don't give
up when you turn me down?
**[17:30] Yu**
H-Honestly, yeah.
**[17:33] Rion**
I can't help it.
**[17:34] Rion**
I like you, Yu-kun.
**[17:37] Rion**
My world shines brighter
just hearing you say my name.
**[17:44] Rion**
That's the fifth time.
**[17:46] Rion**
I-I can't, sorry.
**[17:49] Rion**
Who cares if you make
accessories for Hii-chan?
**[17:54] Rion**
If that makes other
people happy, then great.
**[17:57] Rion**
If it happens to ruin someone's love life,
how's that your problem?
**[18:03] Rion**
I wouldn't mind if you
quit making accessories.
**[18:07] Rion**
If you find something else
you wanna do, I'd join you.
**[18:10] Rion**
If that lifts your spirits,
it'll make me happy, too.
**[18:14] Rion**
Which one do you choose?
**[18:16] Rion**
Me or Hii-chan?
**[18:20] Yu**
*If I could just quit making accessories,*
**[18:23] Yu**
* if I could just choose*
* Enomoto-san like this...*
**[18:25] Yu**
*I'm sure that would be a happy life.*
**[18:29] Yu**
*But it'd be a life without Himari.*
**[18:35] Yu**
Enomoto-san, I'm sorry.
**[18:39] Rion**
That's okay.
**[18:40] Rion**
I know I'm a good ten laps behind.
**[18:43] Rion**
But I think I just closed the gap to seven!
**[18:47] Yu**
You're so optimistic.
**[18:49] Rion**
Ready?
**[18:50] Rion**
Let's go.
**[18:58] Yu**
Himari...
**[18:59] Himari**
No outsiders allowed!
**[19:02] Yu**
Outsider? Come on, I apologized.
**[19:06] Himari**
But you're not making accessories, right?
**[19:08] Himari**
You better show some sincerity
if you want forgiveness.
**[19:12] Yu**
Sincerity?
**[19:13] Himari**
First, a monthly "Thank
You Himari-sama Day."
**[19:16] Himari**
You have to do whatever I want
for a day every—
**[19:21] Rion**
Hii-chan, don't you have
something to tell Yu-kun?
**[19:23] Himari**
Ow, ow. Okay, fine.
**[19:29] Himari**
Yu, you see, I...
**[19:33] Himari**
I lied about going to Tokyo.
**[19:36] Himari**
I'm sorry!
**[19:38] Yu**
After all this time?
**[19:46] Yu**
It's fine.
**[19:48] Yu**
Whether that part was true or not,
**[19:50] Yu**
it doesn't change the fact that
you're the most important to me.
**[19:57] Yu**
What the—
**[19:58] Yu**
What are you doing?
**[20:01] Rion**
I-I'll go get a towel!
**[20:05] Himari**
Even if you say you're quitting,
**[20:08] Himari**
I still love watching you make accessories.
**[20:12] Himari**
More than anything in the world!
**[20:15] Himari**
So let me know when you wanna start again.
**[20:19] Himari**
I'll be waiting here forever.
**[20:22] Himari**
This taught me... that's my answer.
**[20:27] Yu**
That's not why I said I wanted to quit.
**[20:32] Yu**
I realized.
**[20:33] Yu**
The reason why I made accessories
all this time was to make you happy.
**[20:37] Yu**
I felt so guilty towards
the customers, I panicked.
**[20:42] Yu**
I'm sorry.
**[20:47] Himari**
Bwa-ha!
**[20:50] Himari**
Gosh, Yu! You really just
can't get enough of me!
**[20:55] Himari**
I basically *have* to forgive you
when you put it like that!
**[20:58] Himari**
You want *that* badly to make up
with the beautiful Himari-chan?
**[21:04] Yu**
Man, you're talkative.
**[21:06] Himari**
*Well duh!*
**[21:07] Himari**
*Even I'm blushing over that.*
**[21:10] Himari**
Take this!
**[21:14] Himari**
If you like me so much,
wanna actually go out?
**[21:21] Yu**
Anyone but you, Himari!
**[21:22] Himari**
Bwa-ha!
**[21:25] Yu**
*And so, the rainy season ended.*
**[21:28] Yu**
* And my second summer break*
* of high school was drawing near...*
**[21:37] Kureha**
No way.
**[21:38] Kureha**
Shinji-kun, you're the one picking me up?
**[21:41] Makishima**
My brother's busy today.
**[21:42] Makishima**
I'll take your luggage.
**[21:44] Kureha**
Aww, thanks.
**[21:46] Makishima**
Why the sudden trip?
**[21:47] Makishima**
You're not here to see Rin-chan, are you?
**[21:49] Kureha**
Of course not!
**[21:51] Kureha**
I came to scold that junior
who dragged my name, that's all.
**[21:56] Makishima**
Is that so?
**[21:58] Makishima**
Mind if I get in on that?
**[22:00] Makishima**
Kureha-san.
***SIGN*** Love's Chocolate Cosmos