# E7 - Premonition of a Couple
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**[00:04] Haru**
Hi.
**[00:05] Haru**
Can I get this deluxe mix okonomiyaki,
**[00:08] ---**
cheese and pork double topping,
a butter-sautéed giant scallop side,
**[00:13] ---**
thick-cut smoked bacon,
soy sauce buttered mushrooms,
**[00:17] ---**
crunchy sardine mustard greens
salad, and an oolong tea?
**[00:20] Haru**
Oh, and the fried apple topped
with vanilla ice cream for dessert.
**[00:23] Haru**
What about you?
**[00:27] Haru**
Well?
**[00:28] Rikuo**
I'll have... the pork and egg okonomiyaki.
**[00:31] A**
All right.
**[00:33] Haru**
So I'm here because you insisted
on treating me to dinner.
**[00:38] Haru**
Why, though?
**[00:39] Rikuo**
No, I mean, you...
**[00:44] Rikuo**
Never mind.
**[00:47] Rikuo**
I won't be at the gallery starting next week.
**[00:50] Haru**
You got fired?
**[00:52] Rikuo**
No.
**[00:54] Rikuo**
The director hooked me up
with a job at a photo studio.
**[00:59] Rikuo**
I've never studied photography before,
**[01:02] ---**
so I don't know if I'm cut out for it.
**[01:05] Rikuo**
But I'll give it a try.
**[01:10] Haru**
Ma'am, can we get two beers with that?
**[01:12] Rikuo**
Hold on!
**[01:14] Haru**
It's on me today. Don't worry about it.
**[01:18] Rikuo**
You're underage!
***SIGN*** Sing "Yesterday" for Me
***SIGN*** Kanto Fine Arts
***SIGN*** Students Wanted
**[01:48] Rou**
One more year until exams.
**[01:51] Rou**
I think we need a change in attitude.
**[01:55] Takimoto**
A change in attitude, huh?
**[01:58] Takimoto**
I think you're better
off not overthinking it.
**[02:01] Takimoto**
You'll have a hard time going back to
normal if you get caught up in something.
**[02:05] Rou**
I'm more comfortable with my
situation than I should be.
**[02:09] Takimoto**
I don't think it helps to panic, though.
**[02:11] Takimoto**
Is it a bad thing?
**[02:14] Rou**
I feel more alive when I'm
freaking out at my waning odds.
**[02:22] Takimoto**
I guess that way of life sorta
fits you, Hayakawa-kun.
***SIGN*** Chemistry Prep Room
**[02:37] Rou**
Shinako.
**[02:39] Shinako**
I told you to call me
Morinome-sensei at school.
**[02:42] Rou**
Never mind that.
**[02:44] Rou**
It's still bright outside.
**[02:46] Rou**
Want to go somewhere?
**[02:47] Shinako**
Right now? What about cram school?
**[02:50] Rou**
Let's just call it a field trip.
**[02:53] Rou**
Is there anywhere you want to go,
like to the movies or shopping?
**[02:57] Shinako**
Hang on a second.
**[02:59] Shinako**
I'm not done with work yet.
**[03:00] Rou**
You can do it tomorrow.
**[03:02] Shinako**
I have to finish the day's work today.
**[03:05] Shinako**
Otherwise, I'll be really busy tomorrow.
**[03:11] Rou**
I get it.
**[03:13] Rou**
You don't want to go with me.
**[03:19] Shinako**
You know that's not true.
**[03:22] Shinako**
Did something happen?
**[03:24] Rou**
Not really.
**[03:26] Shinako**
Take it easy, okay?
**[03:27] Shinako**
You tend to push yourself too hard.
**[03:30] Shinako**
Like getting only two hours of sleep
during your high school entrance exams.
**[03:34] Rou**
You're right.
**[03:37] Shinako**
Try to relax a little more.
**[03:39] Shinako**
You're fine just the way you are.
**[03:43] Rou**
What do you mean, the way I am?
**[03:47] Rou**
What am I, anyway?
**[03:49] Shinako**
Rou-kun...
**[03:50] Rou**
I applied for the high
school you graduated from.
**[03:53] Rou**
I took the exam to transfer to this school.
**[03:55] Rou**
Why do you think I'm doing all that?
**[03:58] Rou**
It's all to try to catch up to you!
**[04:02] Rou**
I need to find my own path
quickly and become someone.
**[04:06] Rou**
I thought if I could do that,
you'd stop treating me like a kid.
**[04:13] Rou**
How can you be so insensitive?
**[04:17] Rou**
I guess you really don't expect
anything of me, are you?
**[04:31] Kinoshita**
Yo.
**[04:33] Kinoshita**
You have a guest.
**[04:35] Kinoshita**
It's that pretty lady.
**[04:42] Rikuo**
Are you heading home from
that young man's place?
**[04:46] Shinako**
Nah.
**[04:47] Shinako**
I worked overtime at school,
and then I went shopping and stuff.
**[04:52] Shinako**
I haven't gone to Rou-kun's place lately.
**[04:56] Shinako**
We had a fight.
**[04:58] Rikuo**
Yeah?
**[04:59] Rikuo**
You don't get into fights very often.
**[05:02] Shinako**
To be accurate, I angered him.
**[05:06] Shinako**
I don't think it's going to
be easy to fix this time.
**[05:09] Rikuo**
I don't think you need to worry about it.
**[05:12] Rikuo**
You've known each other since you were kids.
**[05:14] Rikuo**
You're like siblings, right?
**[05:17] Shinako**
That's why it's so tough.
**[05:21] Shinako**
I want things to be the
way they've always been.
**[05:25] Shinako**
I think Rou-kun's just falling for an illusion.
**[05:29] Shinako**
I'm sure he'll come to his senses someday.
**[05:34] Shinako**
But I don't know how to keep
the right distance with him.
**[05:39] Rikuo**
You're being overprotective.
**[05:41] Rikuo**
He wants to stress himself out, so let him.
**[05:44] Rikuo**
That's the best thing to do for him.
**[05:46] Rikuo**
I'm sure he knows by now
**[05:48] ---**
that life doesn't always go the way you want.
**[05:51] Rikuo**
He's not as much of a kid as you think he is.
**[05:56] Rikuo**
So you don't need to get
so worked up about it.
**[06:16] Dad**
Here. Pickles from Kanazawa.
**[06:18] Dad**
I bought some for you, too.
**[06:21] Shinako**
Thank you, sir.
**[06:24] Rou**
I'm home.
**[06:27] Shinako**
Welcome home.
**[06:32] Dad**
Well, then, I should go to bed.
**[06:35] Dad**
Why are you just standing there, Rou?
**[06:39] Shinako**
You haven't had dinner yet, have you?
**[06:41] Shinako**
I'll warm up the stew.
**[06:43] Rou**
Uh... okay.
**[06:48] Shinako**
There's mizu yokan in the fridge.
**[06:51] Shinako**
Have some later.
**[06:53] Rou**
Sure.
**[07:06] Rou**
Sorry about the other day.
**[07:08] Shinako**
Me, too.
**[07:10] Shinako**
I should have thought it through more.
**[07:12] Rou**
You didn't do anything wrong.
**[07:15] Rou**
I was getting too impatient.
**[07:18] Rou**
I've been watching you in the
kitchen ever since I was a kid.
**[07:25] Rou**
I want to be able to see this forever.
**[07:29] Rou**
That's not going to change.
**[07:33] Rou**
I'm not little Rou-kun.
**[07:36] Rou**
But... we aren't getting any closer.
**[07:44] Shinako**
I'm watching you.
**[07:48] Shinako**
I'll be watching who you become.
**[07:56] Rou**
Make me a rolled omelet.
**[08:00] Shinako**
There's fried eggplant, too.
***SIGN*** Kanto Fine Arts
***SIGN*** Students Wanted
**[08:06] A**
I'm pretty sure she was just saying that.
**[08:09] B**
I think so, too.
**[08:12] Rou**
You do, huh?
**[08:13] A**
You were friends as kids, right?
**[08:15] B**
What else is she supposed to say
**[08:17] ---**
if she wants to continue
being family friends?
**[08:22] Rou**
Then, what? Did I just get rejected?
***SIGN*** Sing "Yesterday" for Me
**[08:38] A**
Damn, Magician again.
**[08:40] ---**
Huh? Hey...
**[08:41] A**
Crap, crap...
**[08:48] A**
How are things with Shinako lately?
**[08:52] Rikuo**
What am I supposed to tell you?
**[08:54] Rikuo**
Nothing's changed since then.
**[08:56] Rikuo**
I got rejected by her already.
**[09:00] Rikuo**
So I'm waiting on her to make a move.
**[09:03] Rikuo**
I'm friendzoned, I guess.
**[09:08] A**
Shinako seems way below the curve when it
comes to dating, even though she's attractive.
**[09:12] A**
And you seem weirdly reserved toward her.
**[09:16] A**
It'll never go anywhere if you keep waiting.
**[09:21] A**
That aside, I heard you started
working at a photo studio.
**[09:25] A**
How's that?
**[09:27] Rikuo**
There's so much to learn.
**[09:29] Rikuo**
It's fun for sure...
**[09:32] Rikuo**
But the amount of work is a bit brutal.
**[09:35] A**
Why don't you quit the convenience
store and focus on just that job?
**[09:42] Rikuo**
Maybe.
**[09:44] A**
Maybe your reservations toward Shinako
**[09:47] ---**
will go away if you gain
some confidence at your job.
**[09:50] Rikuo**
That again?
**[09:52] Rikuo**
You analyst.
**[09:53] A**
You know what you need to do, so do it.
**[10:00] A**
I'd better go before I miss the last train.
**[10:03] A**
I'm getting married soon.
**[10:06] A**
You can be the photographer.
**[10:08] Rikuo**
What?!
**[10:11] A**
I'll fill you in on the details another day.
**[10:14] A**
Later.
**[10:17] Rikuo**
Wh-What?
**[10:25] Tanabe**
Uozumi.
**[10:27] Rikuo**
Oh, Tanabe-san.
**[10:28] Tanabe**
Let's go get lunch when you're done with that.
**[10:31] ---**
Sure.
***SIGN*** Chinese Soba
**[10:35] Tanabe**
A camera?
**[10:36] Rikuo**
Yeah.
**[10:37] Rikuo**
I got roped into being a photographer
for my friend's wedding.
**[10:41] Rikuo**
I was wondering if you could lend me one.
**[10:44] Tanabe**
You should ask Mizuguchi-san.
**[10:47] Tanabe**
He's pretty open to that kind of thing.
**[10:50] Rikuo**
Thank you.
**[10:52] Tanabe**
You aren't doing this as a hobby, are you?
**[10:56] Tanabe**
If you want this to be your career,
you're going to need a proper camera.
**[10:59] Rikuo**
Yeah.
**[11:00] Rikuo**
I've been thinking of doing that,
**[11:03] ---**
but I haven't gone to photography
school or anything.
**[11:07] Rikuo**
I thought I should gain experience
at the studio a bit longer first.
**[11:09] Tanabe**
How long is "a bit longer"?
**[11:14] Tanabe**
This is just my opinion,
**[11:16] ---**
but skill and talent in photography
don't just come to you.
**[11:21] Tanabe**
You have to actually do it.
**[11:23] Tanabe**
I think it's up to you to decide
when to take the plunge.
**[11:32] Rikuo**
Thank you.
**[11:41] Haru**
What's wrong?
**[11:43] Haru**
You seem kind of down.
**[11:45] Rikuo**
When am I ever not down?
**[11:49] Haru**
You can tell me if there's
something on your mind.
**[11:52] Haru**
Haru-chan shall give you advice.
**[11:55] Rikuo**
There's no point in telling you.
**[11:58] Rikuo**
It's about work.
**[12:01] Haru**
Fine.
**[12:06] Haru**
Are you not going to the
convenience store lately?
**[12:09] Rikuo**
Well, the studio's been busier.
**[12:13] Rikuo**
I like the work I'm doing now,
so I don't want to take too many breaks.
**[12:20] Rikuo**
It's like the universe has
been nagging me lately.
**[12:26] Rikuo**
It's asking, "What do you want to become?"
**[12:30] Haru**
Is that what's on your mind?
**[12:32] Rikuo**
I guess.
**[12:34] Rikuo**
Not that stressing out about it helps.
**[12:38] Haru**
Keep stressing out.
**[12:39] Haru**
That's how everyone gets to be who they are.
**[12:43] Rikuo**
Listen, kid...
**[12:45] Rikuo**
Although, I can see you
finding joy in any job.
**[12:50] Haru**
That's right! I'm invincible!
**[12:55] Rikuo**
I see.
**[13:17] Shinako**
You didn't need to take
those weird pictures of me.
**[13:20] Rikuo**
Sorry.
**[13:22] Shinako**
Can you give me some copies
once they're developed?
**[13:24] Rikuo**
Of course.
**[13:27] Shinako**
Fukuda-kun was so nervous.
**[13:30] Rikuo**
He's going to be the head of a family.
**[13:34] Shinako**
It's kind of a crazy thought, huh?
**[13:37] Rikuo**
Yeah.
**[13:40] Rikuo**
Oh, Shinako...
**[13:42] Shinako**
Yes?
**[13:47] Rikuo**
Actually, I'm going to head to the studio.
**[13:50] Rikuo**
I borrowed this camera from a senpai at work.
**[13:52] Rikuo**
I have to give it back.
**[13:54] Shinako**
Okay. See you.
**[13:56] Rikuo**
Later.
**[14:07] Dad**
Shinako-chan, isn't this a wedding favor?
**[14:11] Dad**
Are you sure I can have it?
**[14:13] Shinako**
It'll be more useful here.
**[14:16] Dad**
It's a good plate.
**[14:17] Dad**
You should keep it for when you get married.
**[14:21] Shinako**
I don't have any plans to do that.
**[14:24] Rou**
I'm home.
**[14:26] Rou**
Plans to do what?
**[14:28] Shinako**
Welcome home, Rou-kun.
**[14:30] Shinako**
It's nothing.
**[14:33] Shinako**
You've gotten taller.
**[14:34] Rou**
Have I?
**[14:35] Shinako**
Yeah.
**[14:36] Rou**
Hasn't he?
**[14:38] Dad**
Now that you mention it...
**[14:40] Rou**
No wonder my joints hurt lately.
**[14:44] Rou**
I'm so pale, though.
**[14:46] Rou**
I'm indoors all the time.
**[14:58] Shinako**
I'm heading home.
**[15:01] Rou**
I'll walk you.
**[15:02] Shinako**
It's fine.
**[15:04] Shinako**
It's not that late yet.
**[15:06] Rou**
Are you being polite?
**[15:08] Shinako**
I'm fine. Really.
**[15:09] Shinako**
See you.
**[15:11] Rou**
Hold on.
**[15:24] Rou**
Shinako!
**[15:26] Rou**
What's gotten into you?
**[15:29] Shinako**
Sorry.
**[15:30] Rou**
What is it?
**[15:34] Shinako**
Your arm...
**[15:37] Shinako**
It looked just like Yuu-kun's.
**[15:41] Rou**
My arm?
**[15:42] Shinako**
It's weird, isn't it?
**[15:44] Shinako**
But...
**[15:49] ---**
I remember it so clearly.
**[15:52] Shinako**
I used to watch Yuu-kun getting
shots in his arm when I was younger.
**[16:00] Shinako**
He was being strong, so I felt
like I had to be strong, too.
**[16:05] Shinako**
So I didn't look away.
**[16:08] Shinako**
I know... I can't keep
remembering every little thing.
**[16:17] Shinako**
I'm okay now.
**[16:18] Shinako**
I can get home by myself.
**[16:20] Shinako**
See you.
**[16:34] Shinako**
R-Rou-kun, let me go.
**[16:39] Rou**
No.
**[16:41] Shinako**
Rou-kun...
**[16:43] Rou**
I knew you couldn't forget about my brother.
**[16:48] Rou**
I'm the only one who knows how
important my brother was to you.
**[16:57] Rou**
We grew up as part of the same family.
**[17:00] Rou**
My brother is part of you.
**[17:06] Rou**
When my brother passed away,
**[17:09] ---**
I decided I'd protect you.
**[17:14] Rou**
I'm going to grow up as fast as I can.
**[17:19] Rou**
I'm going to be there in my brother's place.
**[17:24] Shinako**
Let me go, Rou-kun.
**[18:03] Rikuo**
Shinako?
**[18:06] Shinako**
I don't know what to do.
**[18:15] Rikuo**
Do you feel better?
**[18:17] Shinako**
I'm sorry.
**[18:19] Shinako**
It's... about Rou-kun.
**[18:27] Rikuo**
That again?
**[18:29] Shinako**
Maybe we can't be childhood friends forever.
**[18:37] Rikuo**
I don't really know,
**[18:39] ---**
but a childhood friend seems like
a weird kind of relationship.
**[18:44] Rikuo**
Maybe you shouldn't go
to his place for a while.
**[18:48] Rikuo**
Say you're busy or something.
**[18:50] Shinako**
I guess that's for the best.
**[18:53] Rikuo**
I know they're like family to you,
so you don't want things to get awkward.
**[18:59] Rikuo**
You really shouldn't let
it eat you up, though.
**[19:00] Shinako**
*No.*
**[19:02] Shinako**
*This isn't what I came here to talk about.*
**[19:04] Shinako**
Yeah.
**[19:06] Shinako**
Thanks.
**[19:09] Shinako**
* That's not what I don't*
* know how to deal with.*
**[19:21] Rikuo**
Okay, goodnight.
**[19:28] Shinako**
I wasn't thinking about
things properly until now.
**[19:32] Rikuo**
Shinako?
**[19:35] Shinako**
About how you or Rou-kun feel.
**[19:38] Shinako**
I wasn't thinking.
**[19:40] Rikuo**
What are you talking about?
**[19:42] Rikuo**
You're constantly thinking of other people.
**[19:45] Shinako**
That's not it.
**[19:46] Shinako**
I think I've just been looking
to a dead person named Yuu-kun
**[19:50] ---**
for an excuse to run away.
**[19:54] Shinako**
I've been rationalizing things in my head
**[19:57] ---**
so I don't have to come up with answers.
**[20:02] Shinako**
I still can't forget about Yuu-kun.
**[20:06] Shinako**
But I thought I'd worked through it.
**[20:11] Shinako**
I was ready to move on.
**[20:14] Shinako**
But it was half-assed.
**[20:17] Shinako**
In the end, I'm afraid of ending up alone.
**[20:23] Shinako**
I know that's cowardly.
**[20:28] Rikuo**
I was fine with that.
**[20:32] Rikuo**
I told you I'd wait.
**[20:43] Shinako**
Maybe I was waiting, too.
**[20:49] Shinako**
I know this is selfish,
after I already rejected you...
**[20:53] Shinako**
But I've wished you had the
pushiness that Rou-kun does.
**[21:01] Shinako**
I guess, in the end, I can't move on
**[21:06] ---**
unless someone pulls me.
**[21:16] A**
Good evening.
**[21:17] Shinako**
G-Good evening.
**[21:22] Shinako**
My next-door neighbor.
**[21:24] Rikuo**
We shouldn't stand here talking.
**[21:28] Rikuo**
Let's find a place.
**[21:31] Shinako**
Want to come in?
**[21:39] Shinako**
Although it's messy.