# E11 - The Former Couple Visits Relatives 'I Guess You Could Say She Loved to Laugh
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**[00:02] Yume**
* Summer break of my*
* second year in middle school.*
**[00:04] Yume**
* I'd just had my first-ever date*
* at a summer festival days prior,*
**[00:09] Yume**
* and I hadn't been able*
* to stop myself sighing since.*
**[00:20] (Flashback) Yume**
I love Irido-kun.
***SIGN*** Irido Mizuto
***SIGN*** Remind Me
***SIGN*** Message
***SIGN*** Decline
***SIGN*** Accept
**[00:30] (Flashback) Yume**
H-Hello?
**[00:32] Mizuto**
*Hey. Is... now a good time?*
**[00:36] (Flashback) Yume**
Y-Yup! Absolutely!
**[00:39] (Flashback) Yume**
I wasn't doing much anyway!
**[00:41] (Flashback) Yume**
S-So, what's up?
**[00:43] (Flashback) Yume**
D-Did you need something?
**[00:46] Mizuto**
*No, not really.*
**[00:49] (Flashback) Yume**
Oh, okay.
**[00:51] Mizuto**
*Yeah...*
**[00:52] Mizuto**
*I just felt like talking to you.*
**[00:55] (Flashback) Yume**
Huh?!
**[00:56] (Flashback) Yume**
U-Um... Me too.
**[01:04] (Flashback) Yume**
I've been wanting to talk to you too.
**[01:09] Mizuto**
*Really? Perfect timing, then.*
**[01:12] (Flashback) Yume**
Y-Yeah, it is!
**[01:17] (Flashback) Yume**
It must be pretty windy out, huh?
**[01:20] Mizuto**
*Oh... Yeah.*
**[01:23] Mizuto**
*Ayai?*
**[01:24] (Flashback) Yume**
Hmm?
**[01:25] Mizuto**
*Never mind.*
**[01:28] Mizuto**
*Actually, my battery's getting pretty low.*
**[01:31] (Flashback) Yume**
Oh, I understand.
**[01:34] (Flashback) Yume**
Can we talk some other time, Irido-kun?
**[01:37] Mizuto**
*Yeah, of course.*
**[01:39] Mizuto**
* I'm sure I'll see you in the library*
* the day after tomorrow.*
**[01:41] (Flashback) Yume**
Okay. I can't wait.
**[01:43] Mizuto**
*Talk to you then.*
**[01:45] (Flashback) Yume**
Yeah.
**[01:46] Mizuto**
*Bye.*
**[01:47] (Flashback) Yume**
Bye-bye.
**[01:52] Yume**
* Why couldn't we talk*
* while his phone was charging?*
***SIGN*** My Stepmom's
Daughter Is
My Ex
***SIGN*** The Former Couple Visits Relatives
***SIGN*** "I Guess You Could Say She Loved to Laugh"
**[03:38] Natsume**
Welcome! It's nice to meet you.
**[03:41] Natsume**
I'm Irido Natsume.
**[03:44] Yuni**
N-Nice to meet you too!
**[03:46] Yuni**
I'm Irido Yuni.
**[03:47] Natsume**
Sorry for not introducing myself sooner.
**[03:51] Yuni**
No, no! The same goes for me.
**[03:54] Natsume**
Now then, you must be Yume-chan.
**[03:56] Yume**
Yes, I'm Irido Yume.
**[03:59] Yume**
Thank you for having us.
**[04:00] Natsume**
My, my! How polite!
**[04:03] Natsume**
What a nice young lady you are.
**[04:05] Natsume**
I trust you're getting along with Mizuto.
**[04:08] Yume**
Y-Yes...
**[04:09] Mineaki**
They're practically closer
than we are, in fact.
**[04:12] Yuni**
It's true! Mizuto's been such a gentleman.
**[04:16] Yuni**
Right, Yume?
**[04:19] Madoka**
Hey, Mizuto-kun! It's been too long!
**[04:24] Mizuto**
Long time no see, Madoka-san.
**[04:26] Madoka**
What a relief. I see you're
still a man of few words.
**[04:30] Madoka**
I wasn't sure what I'd do if you'd decided
to reinvent yourself as a high schooler.
**[04:34] Mizuto**
High school isn't the time
to go reinventing yourself.
**[04:38] Madoka**
Wow, harsh.
**[04:41] Mineaki**
Yuni-san, Yume-chan,
allow me to introduce you.
**[04:44] Mineaki**
These are my uncle's grandchildren.
**[04:46] Mineaki**
I guess that'd make them your
second cousins, Yume-chan.
**[04:50] Mineaki**
Meet Tanesato Madoka-chan
and Tanesato Chikuma-kun.
**[05:03] Madoka**
I see what's going on here.
**[05:05] Yume**
Um, is something the matter?
**[05:07] Madoka**
Not a thing.
**[05:08] Madoka**
Yup, yup...
**[05:10] Madoka**
In just a little bit,
**[05:11] Madoka**
the whole family's going to be having
a welcome barbecue down by the river.
**[05:15] Madoka**
In our swimsuits, of course!
**[05:50] Madoka's Father**
Are you both enjoying the food?
**[05:52] Mineaki**
Yes, we are.
**[05:53] Yuni**
It's delicious.
**[05:55] Madoka's Father**
I gotta say, you did a
fine job raising Mizuto-kun.
**[06:00] Madoka's Father**
You really came through, Mineaki-kun.
**[06:03] Madoka's Father**
It's really something.
**[06:05] Mineaki**
Thank you very much.
**[06:07] Madoka**
Uncle Mineaki became a single father not
long after Mizuto-kun was born.
**[06:14] Madoka**
Apparently, Granny Natsume
helped out from time to time,
**[06:18] Madoka**
but it couldn't have been easy.
**[06:21] Madoka**
The whole family was worried
about him, you know?
**[06:26] Madoka**
Which is why... How should I put it?
***SIGN*** We want to welcome you and Yuni-san with open arms, you could say.
**[06:35] Yume**
I'm grateful.
**[06:39] Yume**
*It's clearer to me now than ever.*
**[06:42] Yume**
*Mineaki-san remarrying was a testament*
**[06:45] Yume**
*to overcoming a great hardship in his life.*
**[06:49] Yume**
*Because of that, I have to...*
**[06:50] Yume**
* We have to protect this new*
* family of ours no matter what.*
**[06:57] Madoka**
By the way, Yume-chan...
**[06:59] Madoka**
You're so skinny! How is your waist so thin?!
**[07:02] Yume**
I-I'm just not very muscular, that's all.
**[07:04] Madoka**
I'm so freaking jealous!
**[07:06] Madoka**
And that bikini's gorgeous!
**[07:08] Madoka**
Did you pick it out yourself?
**[07:10] Yume**
Um... Well, kinda.
**[07:15] Madoka**
Your boyfriend?
**[07:16] Yume**
No, it's not like that.
**[07:19] Madoka**
I see, I see. Not there yet, huh?
**[07:22] Yume**
Well... not exactly...
**[07:25] Madoka**
Huh?
**[07:26] Madoka**
Wh-Wh-What?!
**[07:28] Madoka**
Do you mean what I think you mean?!
**[07:31] Yume**
N-No way! Absolutely not!
**[07:33] Madoka**
That reaction makes it
even more suspicious!
**[07:35] Yume**
I'm telling you the truth.
**[07:40] Madoka**
I feel a little left out, though.
**[07:42] Madoka**
He never seemed to want to open up to me.
**[07:45] Yume**
Really? I had no idea.
**[07:47] Madoka**
It's true!
**[07:49] Madoka**
I've been watching over
him since kindergarten,
**[07:53] Madoka**
but I get the cold shoulder
whenever I try to talk to him.
**[07:56] Yume**
Does that mean...
**[08:00] Mizuto**
Dad.
**[08:02] Mizuto**
I'm done eating, so I'm heading back.
**[08:03] Mineaki**
Sure. Thanks, kid.
**[08:06] Yume**
*Thanks? For what?*
**[08:09] Mizuto**
Later.
**[08:10] Madoka**
Huh?!
**[08:11] Madoka**
You're kidding! You're leaving already?
**[08:14] Madoka**
We haven't gotten in the water yet!
**[08:16] Mizuto**
I'll pass!
**[08:17] Madoka**
Unbelievable! How can you come
to the river and not even swim?
**[08:22] Madoka**
At the very least, I'm not letting
Yume-chan get away!
**[08:25] Yume**
What?
**[08:26] Madoka**
Off with you!
**[08:26] Yume**
M-Madoka-san, sto—
**[08:29] Madoka**
All right!
**[08:30] Madoka**
Time to settle our tummies
with a little swimming!
**[08:48] Madoka**
Oh, Yume-chan.
**[08:50] Madoka**
Go get some rest once
you're done with those, okay?
**[08:52] Yume**
Are you sure?
**[08:54] Madoka**
This lot isn't going to bed any time soon.
**[08:57] Yume**
Duly noted.
**[08:58] Madoka**
Oh, could you let Mizuto-kun know
it's his turn in the bath?
**[09:02] Madoka**
He's probably in Great-Grandpa's study.
**[09:30] Mizuto**
Oh, it's you. What's up?
**[09:32] Yume**
It's your turn to take a bath.
**[09:34] Mizuto**
That time already?
***SIGN*** The Siberian Dancing Girl
**[09:38] Yume**
You're not going to use a bookmark?
**[09:41] Mizuto**
No need. I remember the whole story anyway.
**[09:43] Yume**
Huh?
**[09:45] Mizuto**
You won't find this book anywhere else, see.
***SIGN*** The Siberian Dancing Girl
**[09:47] Mizuto**
I reread it every time we come back here.
**[09:50] Yume**
"The Siberian Dancing Girl"?
**[09:53] Mizuto**
It's my great-granddad's autobiography.
**[09:56] Yume**
Wow, his autobiography?
**[09:57] Yume**
Wait...
**[09:59] Mizuto**
He published it himself.
**[10:01] Mizuto**
Well, it was never sold or distributed,
so I guess it's just a hand-bound book.
**[10:05] Mizuto**
Pretty weird hobby, huh?
**[10:08] Mizuto**
I'd just started elementary school when
I first stumbled upon it in this study.
**[10:13] Mizuto**
There's no author listed, so it struck
me as mysterious, you know?
**[10:17] Mizuto**
I couldn't help but open it.
***SIGN*** The Siberian Dancing Girl
**[10:20] Mizuto**
I've read it every year since.
**[10:23] Yume**
Is it really that interesting?
**[10:25] Mizuto**
It was full of words I didn't know,
**[10:27] Mizuto**
so it was largely impenetrable
to me at the time.
**[10:30] Mizuto**
And yet, for whatever reason,
I read it through to the end.
***SIGN*** The Siberian Dancing Girl
**[10:34] Mizuto**
It was the first story that I
ever read all by myself.
**[10:38] Yume**
The first story you read by yourself...
**[10:42] Mizuto**
The Siberian Internment.
**[10:43] Mizuto**
After the war, he was held captive in
the Soviet Union for three or four years.
**[10:49] Mizuto**
This book is about his time there.
**[10:52] Yume**
So who's the "dancing girl"?
**[10:54] Mizuto**
Remember Mori Ogai?
**[10:56] Yume**
Elise?
**[10:57] Mizuto**
Exactly. He wrote about a
woman he met in Siberia,
**[11:01] Mizuto**
just like Mori Ogai did in "The Dancing Girl."
**[11:04] Mizuto**
Well, if you want to know the rest,
why not read it for yourself?
**[11:07] Yume**
Huh?
**[11:08] Mizuto**
Books are meant to be read, no?
**[11:11] Mizuto**
If you're so inclined, how about it?
**[11:14] Mizuto**
It's short, so it shouldn't take you long.
**[11:17] Yume**
Are you sure?
**[11:18] Mizuto**
You act like something bad's going to happen.
**[11:21] Mizuto**
I'm gonna go take a bath now.
**[11:23] Yume**
Hey.
**[11:24] Mizuto**
Hmm?
**[11:25] Yume**
Has anyone else ever read this?
**[11:27] Mizuto**
I mean... I really doubt it.
**[11:30] Mizuto**
It was pretty tucked away
when I first found it.
**[11:36] Yume**
*Not Mineaki-san, Natsume-san,*
***SIGN*** The Siberian Dancing Girl
**[11:39] Yume**
*and not even Madoka-san have ever read this.*
**[11:42] Yume**
*The book that shaped Irido Mizuto...*
**[11:45] Yume**
*Does he really not mind sharing it with me?*
**[12:21] Yume**
Oh no, what have I done?
**[12:23] Yume**
I should dab that off...
**[12:45] Yume**
Alone in this study secluded
from the outside world,
**[12:50] Yume**
as if to separate himself from its reach...
**[12:57] Yume**
He's been sequestered in
this room his entire life.
**[13:04] Mizuto**
Make it to the end?
**[13:07] Yume**
Yeah.
**[13:08] Mizuto**
I see.
**[13:10] Yume**
Your great-granddad was in love back then.
**[13:18] Yume**
Say, do you mind... if I ask
what your first love was like?
**[13:22] Mizuto**
Huh?
**[13:28] Mizuto**
I guess you could say she loved to laugh.
**[13:35] Yume**
I see.
**[13:38] Yume**
*I knew it.*
**[13:40] Yume**
*His first love had to be...*
**[13:44] Yume**
*Madoka-san after all.*
***SIGN*** My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex
**[13:51] Natsume**
We've got plenty to choose from,
so pick whichever suits your fancy!
**[13:55] Madoka**
Thanks, Granny!
**[13:58] Madoka**
What kind of yukata would you like, Yume-chan?
**[14:02] Yume**
Hmm...
**[14:03] Madoka**
You're thin, and your hair's nice and long,
**[14:06] Madoka**
so I bet you'd look good
in any traditional clothes.
**[14:08] Madoka**
I can't wait for the summer festival!
**[14:10] Madoka**
The weather's supposed to be good,
so the fireworks should be quite a sight.
**[14:16] Madoka**
Yume-chan?
**[14:19] Madoka**
Did something happen between
you and Mizuto-kun?
**[14:24] Yume**
It's not about anything that he did.
**[14:28] Yume**
I'm just in my own head
about how selfish I've been.
**[14:35] Yume**
*That's it. I finally understand.*
**[14:39] Yume**
*He's his own living, breathing person.*
**[14:42] Yume**
* He isn't some perfect manifestation*
* of my dreams or ideals.*
**[14:47] Yume**
*He ostracized himself from others,*
**[14:49] Yume**
*living in complete isolation before we met.*
**[14:53] Yume**
*It's not crazy to think a boy like him*
**[14:56] Yume**
*would've fallen for someone else before me.*
**[15:02] Madoka**
Are you in love with Mizuto-kun?
**[15:08] Yume**
I don't know...
**[15:11] Yume**
How do you define loving someone?
**[15:17] Madoka**
It's simple, isn't it?
**[15:18] Madoka**
Your heart races when you're near them.
**[15:20] Madoka**
And you find yourself daydreaming
about kissing them.
**[15:23] Madoka**
If that's your experience,
the diagnosis is clear, no?
**[15:25] Yume**
But how is that any different from lust?
**[15:29] Madoka**
Whoa there, now someone's
asking the tough questions.
**[15:32] Yume**
I-I'm sorry.
**[15:34] Madoka**
Listen...
**[15:35] Madoka**
Aren't you constantly invalidating
your own emotions, Yume-chan?
**[15:38] Yume**
Huh?
**[15:40] Madoka**
You're always looking for excuses to
justify *not* being with Mizuto-kun, right?
**[15:45] Yume**
*I'm looking for excuses not to be with him?*
**[15:49] Madoka**
Now, now! Don't look so puzzled.
**[15:52] Madoka**
There's no need to think so hard on it.
**[15:55] Madoka**
Just take the opportunity to
start sorting out those feelings.
**[16:00] Yume**
Y-You say that, but I have
no idea where to start.
**[16:04] Madoka**
No worries! Your cousin's got an idea!
**[16:19] Yume**
*I wonder what exactly she's planning.*
**[16:22] Madoka**
Sorry! Something came up and I just
can't get out of it, you know?
**[16:27] Mizuto**
It's not a problem.
**[16:29] Madoka**
Thanks a ton!
**[16:33] Madoka**
There should be a light bulb somewhere
in that chest of drawers over there,
**[16:37] Madoka**
so have a look for it
with Yume-chan, will you?
**[16:39] Madoka**
I'll leave you all alone
for about half an hour, 'kay?
**[16:42] Madoka**
Absolutely no one, not even Aunt Yuni and
Uncle Mineaki, will be by, you hear?
**[16:47] Yume**
*Th-That was dreadful.*
**[16:49] Yume**
* I didn't realize Madoka-san*
* was such an atrocious liar.*
**[16:54] Mizuto**
What's up?
**[16:57] Mizuto**
You have something you want
to tell me, don't you?
**[16:59] Mizuto**
Why else would you have her arrange this?
**[17:11] Yume**
*I have no idea what to say first.*
**[17:14] Yume**
*I scarcely know what my problem is,*
**[17:18] Yume**
*let alone how to go about solving it.*
**[17:22] Yume**
*After coming here*
**[17:24] Yume**
*and getting to know my new relatives,*
**[17:27] Yume**
*I feel like I'm finally part of the family.*
**[17:31] Yume**
*Then in that old study,*
***SIGN*** The Siberian Dancing Girl
**[17:33] Yume**
* I discovered the book that*
* shaped the boy I know today.*
**[17:37] Yume**
*And in doing so,*
**[17:38] Yume**
*it made me realize how selfish I've been.*
**[17:43] Yume**
* Getting the wrong idea and wasting*
* his time just like I am now...*
**[17:47] Yume**
* Getting mad at him, getting snarky,*
* and treating him unfairly...*
**[17:53] Yume**
* I'm lugging around feelings*
* I should have let go of long ago.*
**[18:00] Yume**
*I get it now. I think I finally understand.*
**[18:04] Yume**
* I know what's wrong with me,*
* how to fix it...*
**[18:08] Yume**
*and what I need to tell him right now.*
**[18:13] Yume**
*It's not gonna make it all better.*
**[18:15] Yume**
*It's going to feel like ripping off the scab*
**[18:19] Yume**
*that's formed over my broken heart.*
**[18:23] Yume**
*I'm sure it'll be painful.*
**[18:25] Yume**
*Excruciating.*
**[18:27] Yume**
*But even so, if I...*
**[18:29] Yume**
*If we're ever going to move on,*
**[18:32] Yume**
*I need to face this*
**[18:34] Yume**
* and finally accept the heartbreak*
* of my first relationship.*
**[18:39] Yume**
Irido-kun...
**[18:43] Yume**
Irido-kun... Irido-kun...
**[18:50] Yume**
*Irido-kun, you were my first love.*
**[18:55] Yume**
*And yet...*
**[18:58] Yume**
*When you said you wanted to break up,*
**[19:01] Yume**
* it felt like a weight was*
* lifted off my shoulders.*
**[19:05] Yume**
*"It's finally over. I'm finally free."*
**[19:08] Yume**
* "I no longer have to feel*
* hurt, sad, or alone anymore."*
**[19:14] Yume**
*That's how I truly felt deep down.*
**[19:18] Yume**
*But still...*
**[19:23] Yume**
*I never wanted us to break up.*
**[19:28] Yume**
*I should have called you that summer.*
**[19:32] Yume**
* And I should have bought you*
* something for Christmas.*
**[19:37] Yume**
* I should have made you*
* chocolate for Valentine's.*
**[19:41] Yume**
*And I should have told you I didn't want to*
**[19:44] Yume**
*when you said we should break up.*
**[19:48] Yume**
* There's just so much I*
* regret not doing, Irido-kun.*
**[19:55] Yume**
Irido-kun...
**[19:58] Yume**
*Stop crying!*
**[20:00] Yume**
*I'm the one who decided to cast aside*
**[20:02] Yume**
*the one person who could wipe away my tears.*
**[20:05] Yume**
*I don't deserve to...*
**[20:07] Mizuto**
Ayai.
**[20:12] Mizuto**
Just this once, let's go back in time, Ayai.
**[20:22] Yume**
Irido-kun...
**[20:23] Yume**
Irido-kun... Irido-kun!
**[20:28] Mizuto**
Ayai...
**[20:38] Mizuto**
So, what was it that you
wanted to talk to me about?
**[20:47] Yume**
Your first love.
**[20:49] Mizuto**
Huh?
**[20:50] Yume**
When I realized it must be Madoka-san,
**[20:53] Yume**
it really bothered me for some reason.
**[20:56] Yume**
I couldn't sit still.
**[20:58] Mizuto**
You think Madoka-san was my first love?
**[21:01] Yume**
Huh?
**[21:02] Yume**
Sh-She wasn't?
**[21:04] Mizuto**
I don't recall ever having feelings for her.
**[21:07] Yume**
B-But yesterday, you said...
**[21:09] Mizuto**
Yesterday?
**[21:12] Mizuto**
I thought you were acting strange after
asking me such a weird question.
**[21:15] Mizuto**
So *that's* what got into your head?
**[21:18] Mizuto**
You've got so much going for you on paper,
**[21:22] Mizuto**
but you're a real mess under
the hood, you know that?
**[21:27] Mizuto**
Your nose is running, by the way.
**[21:29] Yume**
Huh?!
**[21:32] Mizuto**
Just kidding.
**[21:36] Mizuto**
What's so funny?
**[21:38] Yume**
Just that you can be such a child, you know?
**[21:44] Mizuto**
See? Didn't I tell you?
**[21:47] Yume**
Huh?
**[21:48] Mizuto**
My first love loved to laugh.