# 9 - love is
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY5V74MPY/citrus)
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**[00:00] Mei**
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**[00:00] Mei**
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**[01:34] Mei**
You're intruding again?
**[01:35] Matsuri**
How mean. Lecturing me right off the bat?
**[01:40] Matsuri**
I've been waiting all this
time for you in the cold.
**[01:45] Matsuri**
Please, warm me up, too.
**[01:48] Matsuri**
Like you did for Yuzu-chan at the bus stop.
**[01:57] Matsuri**
I thought I'd repay you for that
show by leaving you senseless,
**[02:05] Matsuri**
but that would just be a reward for you,
**[02:09] ---**
when you're the type to go
around kissing anybody.
**[02:13] Mei**
You want something, don't you?
**[02:15] Matsuri**
Yes. I brought you a present.
**[02:19] Matsuri**
Well? Good shot, right?
**[02:23] Mei**
What are you after?
**[02:25] Matsuri**
I told you before.
**[02:27] Matsuri**
I don't want you going near my Yuzu-chan.
**[02:33] Matsuri**
But you were so fast to break
that rule, even after I warned you.
**[02:37] Matsuri**
Well, you're just a twisted slut,
so it's no surprise.
**[02:43] Matsuri**
You're a woman too,
after all, Miss President.
**[02:50] Matsuri**
So, I thought about what
the best solution would be.
**[02:55] Matsuri**
I just needed to arrange someone
else for lonely little Mei-san.
**[03:06] Matsuri**
So please go play with my text pals.
**[03:10] Matsuri**
I need to respect the laws
adults have, after all.
**[03:15] Matsuri**
Don't worry. There are plenty of people
who'd love to touch you, Mei-san.
**[03:22] Matsuri**
That's it for my present.
**[03:25] Matsuri**
Oh, also...
**[03:27] Matsuri**
If you don't accept this present of mine,
**[03:31] ---**
I might think about sending
this photo to certain places.
**[03:36] Matsuri**
You're smart, so you know
what will happen, right?
**[03:58] Mei**
Yuzu won't be what you want her to be.
**[04:01] Matsuri**
It's fine. Yuzu-chan's
my big sister after all.
**[04:11] Yuzu**
Huh?! Failed again?!
**[04:15] Yuzu**
Why is this happening?!
**[04:18] Mama**
I'm home—Huh?!
**[04:22] Mama**
What is all this?
**[04:24] Yuzu**
Welcome back, Mama.
**[04:26] Mama**
There's sponge cake everywhere.
**[04:28] Yuzu**
The cake's the hardest part.
**[04:31] Mama**
I would've bought one if you asked.
**[04:33] Yuzu**
No!
**[04:34] Yuzu**
I decided to make it from scratch this year!
***SIGN*** Classic! Delicious ♥
Strawberry Shortcake
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Ingredients (Size 6 pan, serves 6-8)
Sponge Dough
Whole Eggs, Medium
Light Wheat Flour
Caster Sugar
Unsalted Butter
Milk
Honey
Syrup
Water
Caster Sugar
Kirsch
**[04:37] Yuzu**
Hmm... It has to be the temperature, right?
***SIGN*** Directions
1. Place eggs and sugar in a bowl, then mix.
2. Place the bowl in a hot water bath,
remove once melted and then whip.
3. Shake flour into the mixture,
fold it in carefully, then mix further
after adding the melted butter.
4. Lay the parchment paper in the sponge
cake pan and pour in the batter.
**[04:40] Yuzu**
Maybe I need to preheat the oven more?
**[04:44] Yuzu**
The measurements should be right,
but maybe I'm mixing it wrong?
**[04:47] Mama**
Sounds like we'll have a fun
Christmas this year.
**[05:04] Yuzu**
It's done!
**[05:09] Mama**
My, how cute.
**[05:11] Mama**
It turned out well, didn't it?
**[05:12] Mama**
Maybe I should stop buying them at the store
and ask you to bake the cake from now?
**[05:14] Yuzu**
* It's my first Christmas after*
* becoming Mei's sister...*
**[05:18] Mama**
The decoration's nice and festive, too.
**[05:18] Yuzu**
*I hope she enjoys the cake.*
**[05:20] Mama**
What's this bear for?
**[05:22] Yuzu**
Good, isn't it?
**[05:23] Yuzu**
I went around to different stores and
picked out one I thought Mei would like.
**[05:27] Yuzu**
I'm sure she'llー
**[05:29] Yuzu**
Welcome home, Mei!
**[05:30] Mama**
Welcome home, Mei-chan.
**[05:32] Mama**
How was student council?
**[05:35] Yuzu**
We're getting things ready for Christmas,
but is there anything you'd like to eat, Mei?
**[05:40] Yuzu**
If you've got a request I can
pick stuff up on the way—
**[05:42] Mei**
Um...
**[05:43] Yuzu**
Hm?
**[05:44] Mei**
I'm sorry, but there's still some work
left to do with the student council.
**[05:50] Mei**
I don't think I'll be able to make
the Christmas party tomorrow night.
**[05:54] Yuzu**
Huh?!
**[05:56] Mama**
Oh, dear.
**[05:57] Yuzu**
You're spending Christmas
with the student council?
**[06:01] Yuzu**
There's nothing you can do about it?
**[06:03] Mama**
Yuzu! Don't force her.
**[06:05] Yuzu**
But...
**[06:07] Mei**
I'm sorry.
**[06:16] Yuzu**
There's nothing she can do?
**[06:22] Yuzu**
Mei, the bathroom's open.
**[06:25] Mei**
All right. Thank you.
**[06:31] Yuzu**
Hey, Mei, can't you take tomorrow
off from the student council?
**[06:37] Yuzu**
Push it back until the next day, or...
***SIGN*** We'll meet tomorrow at the designated time, in front of the Christmas arch at the station!
***SIGN*** Close Open
**[06:39] Yuzu**
Oh, but then it's winter break.
**[06:44] Mei**
There's something I have to get done.
**[06:54] Yuzu**
I see.
**[06:56] Yuzu**
*Am I being a child?*
**[06:59] Yuzu**
Hmm?
***SIGN*** Matsuri: Good evening, nya. Yuzu-chan, let's go on a date tomorrow! I found a shop that sells great cakes. I bet you'll love it, Yuzu-chan. How about going together after school? Of course, just us two, since it's a date!
***SIGN*** Press button to unlock
**[07:04] Yuzu**
From Matsuri?
**[07:08] Yuzu**
"Let's go on a date tomorrow"?
**[07:11] Yuzu**
A date with me on Christmas, huh?
**[07:13] Yuzu**
I'm sure there's someone
else she could invite.
**[07:16] Mei**
Yuzu.
**[07:17] ---**
Yes?
**[07:19] Mei**
See that girl tomorrow.
**[07:22] Yuzu**
Huh?
**[07:26] Mei**
That girl needs you.
**[07:36] Yuzu**
*What did she mean, she needs me?*
**[07:40] Harumi**
Hey!
**[07:41] Harumi**
Yuzucchi!
**[07:45] Yuzu**
That hurt! What's with the sudden attack?!
**[07:48] Harumi**
I'll tell you what's with it!
**[07:50] Harumi**
I said, "Let's go home together,"
and you left me behind!
**[07:54] Yuzu**
Huh? Seriously?
**[07:56] Yuzu**
Sorry, Harumin! I didn't hear you.
**[08:00] Harumi**
You sure don't look terribly excited,
even though it's Christmas.
**[08:06] Harumi**
Did something happen?
**[08:07] Yuzu**
Mei said she's busy with the student council.
**[08:12] Harumi**
That's impressive.
**[08:13] Harumi**
She should take today off, at least.
**[08:15] Yuzu**
That's what I said.
**[08:18] Harumi**
Well, I'll head home first, then.
**[08:20] Yuzu**
Huh? Harumin?
**[08:22] Yuzu**
Aren't we going home together?
**[08:24] Harumi**
You're gonna help the
student council, right?
**[08:26] Yuzu**
Ah!
**[08:28] Harumi**
I'm not into that, so I'll see you later.
**[08:34] Yuzu**
That's it.
**[08:41] Yuzu**
*I'll give it a shot, even if it won't work!*
**[08:45] Matsuri**
Yuzu-chan!
**[08:52] Matsuri**
You never replied about
the date, so now I'm here!
**[08:55] Yuzu**
Matsuri?!
**[08:58] Yuzu**
Ah, over here.
**[09:02] Yuzu**
I said that you can't just
show up on your own, right?
**[09:05] Yuzu**
What if someone catches you?!
**[09:06] Matsuri**
Hey, forget about that...
**[09:09] Matsuri**
Why didn't you reply?
**[09:11] Yuzu**
Well, I wasn't sure what my
schedule would be today, so...
**[09:16] Matsuri**
Oh? I see.
**[09:20] Matsuri**
So, do you know your schedule now?
**[09:24] Matsuri**
Will you go on a date with me today?
**[09:29] Yuzu**
Yeah, I'm free.
**[09:31] Matsuri**
Yay!
**[09:33] Matsuri**
There's somewhere I'd like to go.
**[09:37] Yuzu**
*This is for the best, right, Mei?*
***SIGN*** I'll be waiting outside the station. Tell me what you'll be wearing. You're coming like you promised, right?
**[10:00] [SONG] Phone**
Close Open
**[10:35] Yuzu**
I think it's been a while since
I've seen you so happy, Matsuri.
**[10:40] Matsuri**
The cake's delicious, y'know?
**[10:43] Matsuri**
Well, that's not the only reason I'm happy.
**[10:49] Yuzu**
What do you mean?
**[10:51] Matsuri**
Because I'm with you, Yuzu-chan!
**[10:59] Yuzu**
I was practicing baking
cakes up until yesterday.
**[11:03] Yuzu**
So I thought I might be sick
of eating them by now.
**[11:08] Yuzu**
It's scary that I can keep going just fine.
**[11:11] Matsuri**
Oh? You were baking the Christmas
cake from scratch this year?
**[11:16] Yuzu**
It's hard getting this
fluffy consistency right.
**[11:22] Matsuri**
It was never homemade when I was there.
**[11:25] Yuzu**
Hm?
**[11:27] Matsuri**
It's nothing.
**[11:28] Yuzu**
That reminds me, you used to join us
for Christmas every year, too.
**[11:46] Yuzu**
* When I saw you playing by yourself*
* because your parents were busy...*
**[11:53] Yuzu**
*I called out to you, and then...*
**[12:17] Yuzu**
* That was day we started*
* acting like sisters.*
**[12:22] Yuzu**
Hey, Matsuri. Are your parents
still busy with work like always?
**[12:27] Matsuri**
Hm?
**[12:28] Matsuri**
Those two are married to their work.
**[12:32] Yuzu**
I see...
**[12:33] Yuzu**
Then, hey! Why don't you join us
for our Christmas party again?
**[12:42] Matsuri**
You mean join you as family,
as your little sister, right?
**[12:47] Yuzu**
Huh? Yeah.
**[12:49] Yuzu**
Mama would by happy if you joined us.
**[12:52] Yuzu**
And I'm sure Mei would be happy too,
because she'd have more family.
**[12:59] Matsuri**
There you go about Mei-san again.
**[13:02] Yuzu**
Huh?
**[13:03] Matsuri**
Mei-san this, Mei-san that.
**[13:05] Matsuri**
That's all that ever comes out whenever
you open your mouth. It's so stupid.
**[13:09] Yuzu**
Matsuri?
**[13:11] Matsuri**
If you want your beloved Mei-san so bad,
**[13:13] ---**
she's meeting with some strange
man outside the station.
**[13:16] Yuzu**
Huh?
**[13:17] Matsuri**
I bet she's enjoying her
Christmas right about now.
**[13:21] Yuzu**
What are you saying, Matsuri?
**[13:23] Yuzu**
These weird lies aren't funny.
**[13:25] Matsuri**
They're not lies.
**[13:27] Matsuri**
Remember my work phone?
Mei-san has it right now.
**[13:32] Matsuri**
If you call it now, you might
even get through to her.
***SIGN*** Call this contact
**[13:38] Matsuri**
Mei-san isn't the diligent,
perfect student you think she is.
**[13:44] Matsuri**
She's actually a huge slut,
**[13:46] ---**
and she's unbelievably cruel.
She could easily lie to you.
**[13:51] Matsuri**
See? So give up on her already,
**[13:55] Matsuri**
and look only at me!
**[13:59] Matsuri**
Okay, Yuzu-chan?
**[14:04] Yuzu**
*I see, so Mei...*
**[14:07] (Flashback) Mei**
That girl needs you.
**[14:12] Yuzu**
Matsuri, let's go apologize.
**[14:15] Matsuri**
Huh? To who?
**[14:17] Yuzu**
To the one person who looked at you the most!
**[14:21] Girls**
Are they fighting?
**[14:22] Yuzu**
The person who urged me to come out here today
and pay more attention to you was Mei.
**[14:31] Yuzu**
So...
**[14:32] Matsuri**
What's with this?
**[14:34] Matsuri**
That's saying I did just
what Mei-san wanted!
**[14:37] Matsuri**
This is Mei-san's loss
any way you look at it!
**[14:41] Matsuri**
An empty shell like Mei-san
could never win against—
**[14:48] Yuzu**
Relationships aren't games.
**[14:52] Yuzu**
Don't sum them up with cheap
words like winning or losing!
**[14:58] [Messenger] Phone**
Work Phone
***SIGN*** Call this contact
**[15:22] Yuzu**
Mei, answer me!
**[15:26] Yuzu**
Mei?!
**[15:27] Yuzu**
Where are you?!
**[15:28] Yuzu**
Mei—
**[15:37] Mei**
Yuzu?
**[15:45] Mei**
I'm sorry.
**[15:48] Mei**
I didn't know how to answer,
so I accidentally hung up.
**[15:56] Yuzu**
Mei!
**[16:13] Mei**
Well? Did you have a fun Christmas?
**[16:16] Matsuri**
Are you rubbing it in?
**[16:20] Matsuri**
It's game over.
**[16:22] Matsuri**
I'm sure Yuzu-chan hates me now, too.
**[16:25] Matsuri**
You've stolen my position as her
little sister, on top of that.
**[16:31] Matsuri**
In the end, there's no one out there
who'll look at me and only me.
**[16:38] Mei**
You and I are alike.
**[16:41] Mei**
I always sought love, too.
**[16:45] Mei**
I hated those around me, closed my heart,
and refused to accept anything.
**[16:51] Mei**
Before I knew it, I was empty.
**[16:55] Matsuri**
Empty.
**[16:56] Mei**
Yes, but...
**[16:58] Mei**
There are meddlesome people in this world
**[17:01] Mei**
who will give you love
even if you don't ask for it.
**[17:06] Mei**
We're blessed just by knowing
someone like that.
**[17:11] Matsuri**
But it was pretty reckless of you
just to try and beat—lecture me.
**[17:17] Matsuri**
What if he had forced you to go with him?
**[17:22] Mei**
I was prepared to face
that situation if it happened.
**[17:26] Matsuri**
Huh? You would've had to sleep
with some weird old guy, though!
**[17:30] Mei**
I'm like you.
**[17:33] Mei**
I think I wanted to test it, too.
**[17:36] Mei**
How Yuzu feels.
**[17:42] Mei**
You'd be better off being more honest, Mei-san.
***SIGN*** Delete this from all devices
linked to your account?
***SIGN*** Move to Trash
**[17:49] Yuzu**
You should stay over tonight.
**[17:52] Matsuri**
I wouldn't want to make Papa or Mama worry.
**[17:55] Yuzu**
I see.
**[17:57] Matsuri**
Oh, I'll give you a Christmas present for
all the trouble I caused, Yuzu-chan.
**[18:03] Matsuri**
Lend me your ear.
**[18:05] Yuzu**
What?
**[18:07] Matsuri**
Mei-san may look all aloof, but...
**[18:13] Matsuri**
She really likes you, Yuzu-chan.
**[18:19] Matsuri**
Well, as an older sister, that is!
**[18:22] Matsuri**
Yuzu-chan, you turned all red!
How embarrassing!
**[18:25] Yuzu**
Matsuri!
**[18:28] Matsuri**
Well, thanks for playing
with me, my big sisters.
**[18:36] Matsuri**
Enjoy the night together, you two.
**[18:38] Matsuri**
Oh, once you're used to each other,
let's have a threesome!
**[18:44] Mei**
Three?
**[18:47] Yuzu**
Matsuri!
**[19:01] Yuzu**
This is the first time I've been
so exhausted on Christmas.
**[19:05] Yuzu**
Mama's probably asleep already.
**[19:07] Yuzu**
She said she had work early.
***SIGN*** Next year we'll celebrate
with Mei-chan, too.
The cake was delicious.
Good night. ―Mama
**[19:17] Mei**
Hey, Yuzu?
**[19:18] Yuzu**
Hm?
**[19:23] Yuzu**
You'll get fat if you eat it this late.
**[19:26] Yuzu**
You could save it for tomorrow.
**[19:29] Mei**
You baked this cake for today, right?
**[19:31] Mei**
Then it won't be as good
if I don't eat it today.
**[19:35] Yuzu**
You're pretty stubborn, aren't you, Mei?
**[19:38] Yuzu**
You're just like your
grandpa on that front.
**[19:42] Mei**
I'm honored.
**[19:48] Yuzu**
H-How is it?
**[19:54] Mei**
Awful.
**[19:58] Mei**
Did you think I'd really say that?
**[20:00] Yuzu**
Huh?
**[20:03] Yuzu**
You can be honest about it!
**[20:05] Mei**
This is who I am.
**[20:14] Yuzu**
Mei.
**[20:16] Yuzu**
I'm really sorry about today.
**[20:19] Yuzu**
I'm really dense, and a bad older sister.
**[20:24] Yuzu**
I hurt both you and Matsuri...
**[20:27] Yuzu**
I'm the worst.
**[20:32] Mei**
You really are a crybaby.
**[20:36] Yuzu**
Mei!
**[20:39] Yuzu**
Just promise me this.
**[20:42] Yuzu**
Never do anything like you did today,
where you might get hurt.
**[20:46] Yuzu**
If you get hurt...
**[20:48] Yuzu**
It hurts me and Mama many times more!
**[20:51] Yuzu**
Keep that in mind!
**[20:56] Yuzu**
If you have any problems, just talk to me.
**[21:06] Mei**
Well, then maybe I'll try
being a bit more open.
**[21:12] Yuzu**
Huh?
**[21:16] Yuzu**
Huh?
**[21:18] Yuzu**
H-Hey, Mei?!
**[21:23] Mei**
Well?
**[21:27] Mei**
Can you hear the sound of my heart?
**[21:31] Yuzu**
*No way.*
**[21:33] Yuzu**
*Mei's heart is racing.*
**[21:36] Mei**
Yuzu.
**[21:37] Mei**
There are things inside me that would
please and terrify you. Both are there.
**[21:44] Mei**
Do you still...
**[21:48] Mei**
want to look inside?
**[21:51] Mei**
Into me?
**[23:25] Mei**
I think we should do what you want to.
**[23:28] Matsuri**
If you love someone, you have to be
more considerate of their feelings.
**[23:32] Yuzu**
*Why was it Mei for me?*
**[23:34] Mei**
What do you think of me?
**[23:37] Yuzu**
I-I...