# E9 - Christmas Carol
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***SIGN*** Sing "Yesterday" for Me
**[00:20] Rou**
I'm home.
**[00:26] Shinako**
Welcome home.
**[00:28] Shinako**
Your dad's out for a meeting.
**[00:31] Shinako**
Do you want dinner?
**[00:34] Rou**
O-Oh... Sure.
**[00:51] Rou**
Hey...
**[00:54] Rou**
Sorry about the other day.
**[01:05] Shinako**
That was a bit shocking.
**[01:08] Rou**
You know how I am.
**[01:12] Rou**
I say what I mean,
and it shows in my attitude.
**[01:16] Rou**
And you end up having to accommodate.
**[01:19] Rou**
I feel bad for it.
**[01:23] Shinako**
Rou-kun...
**[01:25] Rou**
I don't know how to say this...
**[01:27] Rou**
I appreciate you making dinner for me
despite how awkward I've made everything.
**[01:34] Rou**
But if you feel like you're obligated to do it...
**[01:44] Shinako**
To be honest, it is a bit awkward.
**[01:48] Shinako**
But...
**[01:50] ---**
I like coming here to cook.
**[01:55] Shinako**
Didn't you say before
**[01:58] ---**
that you hoped the sight of me in
this kitchen would last forever?
**[02:04] Shinako**
I feel the same way.
**[02:08] Shinako**
I love you, and I love your dad.
**[02:14] Shinako**
So I don't want to ruin this relationship.
**[02:18] Rou**
Come on.
**[02:21] Rou**
Our relationship would never fall apart.
**[02:44] Haru**
What am I doing?
**[02:48] (Flashback) Haru**
This stuff gets kinda gloomy, huh?
**[02:52] Haru**
The fact that I said that might
have made me seem even needier.
**[03:02] Haru**
* Now that Rikuo's quit his job*
* at the convenience store,*
**[03:04] ---**
* I don't have the excuse of meeting*
* him there on my way home from work.*
**[03:11] Haru**
* If I go to the photo studio*
* three train stations away*
**[03:14] ---**
* and get involved in his personal*
* life, and he rejects me...*
**[03:29] Haru**
*What does Shinako-sensei think of Rikuo?*
**[03:37] Haru**
I'm not giving up on him!
**[03:49] Shinako**
Good morning.
**[03:51] Kyouko**
Morning, Haru-chan.
**[03:54] Kyouko**
You seem pretty down lately.
**[03:57] Shinako**
Really?
**[03:59] Kyouko**
Are things not going well with Rikuo-kun?
**[04:04] Shinako**
I think he's kind of avoiding me.
**[04:07] Kyouko**
Maybe he's busy with work.
**[04:10] Shinako**
That's part of it...
**[04:13] Shinako**
But it's a bit different these days.
**[04:16] Kyouko**
I think you're overthinking it.
**[04:18] Shinako**
Am I?
**[04:23] Kyouko**
Welcome.
**[04:25] Shinako**
I'll go get changed.
***SIGN*** Kanto Fine Arts
***SIGN*** Students Wanted
**[04:35] Rou**
Ta-da.
**[04:37] Rou**
Shinako's homemade lunch box.
**[04:41] Rou**
Wait, you got one, too?
**[04:44] Takishita**
My mom made this.
**[04:47] Takishita**
I told her I can make my own lunch...
**[04:52] Takishita**
People are *so* nice when it's exam season.
**[04:58] Takishita**
I'm sure that's what your
lady friend is doing, too.
**[05:01] Rou**
Jeez, Takishita.
**[05:03] Rou**
You had to rain on my parade.
***SIGN*** Event
***SIGN*** Location: 1F Cafeteria Time: 7:00 PM, 24th Instructors and students welcome
**[05:06] Takishita**
So what's your plan for the Christmas event?
**[05:09] Takishita**
The teachers are pretty gung-ho about it.
**[05:14] Rou**
I'll pass.
**[05:15] Rou**
I have something to do.
**[05:20] (Flashback) Shinako**
Christmas?
**[05:22] (Flashback) Rou**
Yeah.
**[05:24] (Flashback) Shinako**
You don't have time for that.
**[05:26] (Flashback) Rou**
Everyone needs a change of pace sometimes.
**[05:29] (Flashback) Rou**
Come on, let's do Christmas.
**[05:31] (Flashback) Rou**
We'll exchange gifts like we used to.
**[05:38] Takishita**
People are *so* nice when it's exam season.
**[05:51] Shinako**
What should I make tonight?
**[05:54] Shinako**
I have to think about
lunch for tomorrow, too.
**[05:57] Shinako**
This takes me back to my school days.
**[06:01] Shinako**
I was cooking for the
Hayakawas almost every day.
***SIGN*** Christmas Chicken
***SIGN*** Gingko Nuts
**[06:42] Rikuo**
I really appreciate you, though, Fukuda.
**[06:45] Rikuo**
If you hadn't pushed me, I'd probably
still be working at the convenience store.
**[06:52] Rikuo**
Thanks.
**[06:53] Fukuda**
Indeed.
**[06:56] Fukuda**
Anyway, that aside...
**[06:59] Fukuda**
Christmas is coming up.
**[07:02] Rikuo**
What's your point?
**[07:03] Fukuda**
I'd been buying gifts and stuff
for my girlfriend until last year,
**[07:08] Fukuda**
but we decided to save money
and not do gifts this year.
**[07:13] Rikuo**
So?
**[07:14] Fukuda**
It would suck to just treat it
**[07:16] ---**
like any other day when the rest
of the world is having a blast.
**[07:20] Fukuda**
So we thought maybe we'd bring our
friends over for a small party.
**[07:27] Rikuo**
Are you inviting me right now?
**[07:30] Fukuda**
You don't have any plans, anyway, do you?
**[07:33] Rikuo**
I don't.
***SIGN*** Plan Your Christmas Here
**[07:35] Fukuda**
Bring Shinako with you.
**[07:37] Fukuda**
That was my wife's suggestion.
**[07:48] (Flashback) Fukuda**
Also, could you bring some
of our photos from college?
**[07:52] (Flashback) Fukuda**
My wife's been nagging me to see them.
**[07:54] (Flashback) Fukuda**
Oh, but only the ones that
don't have my ex in them.
**[07:59] Rikuo**
I used to take them because I was in
charge of photos at events and stuff.
**[08:04] Rikuo**
I was never good at taking
photos of people, though.
**[08:07] Rikuo**
Yeah, right.
**[08:09] Rikuo**
I'd been using the events as an excuse
to take lots of pictures of girls.
**[08:21] Rikuo**
* This is from when our class went*
* to Akikawa in our first year.*
**[08:27] Rikuo**
*We became friends,*
**[08:29] ---**
* and I stopped taking pictures of her*
* because it felt too awkward.*
**[08:36] Rikuo**
*I don't remember why we became close,*
**[08:39] ---**
* but the more we did, the harder*
* it became to tell her I liked her.*
**[08:44] Rikuo**
*I tried to confess on graduation day,*
**[08:47] ---**
*gave up, and then eventually got rejected.*
**[08:52] Rikuo**
* I just wanted to be by her side,*
* even if only as friends.*
**[08:57] (Flashback) Haru**
I'll be careful going forward.
**[09:17] Kyouko**
Thanks for your hard work.
**[09:24] Haru**
Kyouko-san, is it wrong to stay friends
with someone you have feelings for?
**[09:31] Kyouko**
You mean with Rikuo-kun?
**[09:34] Haru**
I just mean in general.
**[09:37] Kyouko**
Well...
**[09:38] Kyouko**
Everyone's different, so I can't really say.
**[09:44] Kyouko**
But I don't think it's *wrong*.
**[09:50] Kyouko**
I think it's only natural that
you would want to spend time
**[09:53] ---**
with someone you like spending time with.
**[09:58] Kyouko**
Am I wrong?
**[10:01] Haru**
Even if you're in pain because of it?
**[10:06] Kyouko**
I do think that if you feel more cons
than pros to being around someone,
**[10:13] ---**
you should maintain a distance.
**[10:15] Haru**
You're weighing gains and losses?
**[10:18] Kyouko**
I don't know if there's such thing as gains
or losses when it comes to your own feelings.
**[10:22] Kyouko**
You're the only one who can
decide what matters to you.
**[10:26] Kyouko**
That's why it's different for everyone.
**[10:30] Kyouko**
What do you want to do?
**[10:43] Shinako**
Thanks for the coffee.
**[10:47] Rikuo**
Coming.
**[10:51] Rikuo**
Sh-Shinako?
**[10:53] Shinako**
Good evening.
**[10:54] Shinako**
Sorry for coming by so late.
**[10:56] Rikuo**
Wh-What's up?
**[10:58] Shinako**
I made dinner at Rou-kun's.
**[11:01] Shinako**
I brought some over to share.
**[11:03] Shinako**
Want it?
**[11:05] Rikuo**
Thanks.
**[11:06] Rikuo**
You're a savior.
**[11:12] Rikuo**
I was just sorting through
the photos I took in college.
**[11:17] Rikuo**
Want to look?
**[11:21] ---**
Uh... I mean...
**[11:23] Rikuo**
Fukuda's wife's been asking to see
his photos from back then, so...
**[11:28] Rikuo**
No, actually, they're hosting a
Christmas party at their place.
**[11:35] Shinako**
I was just thinking about
when we were in college, too.
**[11:39] Shinako**
So that surprised me.
**[11:41] Shinako**
Do you remember these?
**[11:45] Rikuo**
Gingko nuts?
**[11:47] Rikuo**
What about them?
**[11:48] Shinako**
You don't remember!
**[11:51] Shinako**
You didn't have money to eat in our first year,
**[11:55] ---**
so I helped you pick them up around campus.
**[12:03] Rikuo**
You really don't remember?
**[12:09] Rikuo**
Anyway...
**[12:10] Rikuo**
Fukuda asked if you'd want to
come to the Christmas party.
**[12:15] Rikuo**
Well?
**[12:22] Shinako**
I appreciate it, but...
**[12:24] Rikuo**
You already have plans, huh?
**[12:27] Shinako**
Not so much plans,
**[12:29] ---**
but Rou-kun's busy with exam prep,
so I've been cooking for him.
**[12:34] Rikuo**
I see.
**[12:36] Rikuo**
Exams, huh?
**[12:38] Shinako**
Rou-kun's kind of like family.
**[12:41] Shinako**
There's a lot to deal with.
**[12:47] Rikuo**
All right.
**[12:49] Rikuo**
I'll let Fukuda know.
**[12:51] Shinako**
Sorry.
**[13:04] Haru**
Rikuo's still not home?
**[13:09] Haru**
When did I become such a gutless coward?
**[13:15] Haru**
I waged war against Sensei in the
beginning, even though I was losing.
***SIGN*** Sing "Yesterday" for Me
**[13:29] Shinako**
Thanks for walking me.
**[13:31] Shinako**
Be careful not to eat too many
of the gingko nuts at once.
**[13:35] Rikuo**
Sure.
**[13:36] Rikuo**
Thanks for the food.
**[13:39] Rikuo**
Well, goodnight.
**[13:40] Shinako**
Goodnight.
**[13:52] (Flashback) Rikuo**
I bought a lens for my camera,
and now I'm all out of cash.
**[13:56] (Flashback) Rikuo**
I haven't had anything to eat
since the day before yesterday.
**[13:58] (Flashback) Shinako**
Gingko nuts won't fill you up, will they?
**[14:01] (Flashback) Shinako**
And you'll get sick if you eat too many.
**[14:07] (Flashback) Shinako**
If you're *that* hungry,
why don't I buy you something?
**[14:11] (Flashback) Shinako**
I can only buy you a croquette lunch or
something from the school cafeteria, though.
**[14:15] (Flashback) Rikuo**
Really?
**[14:16] (Flashback) Rikuo**
Thanks, Morita-san!
**[14:18] (Flashback) Shinako**
It's Morinome.
**[14:45] Kansuke**
Caw.
**[14:57] Rikuo**
*What am I doing?*
**[15:00] Rikuo**
*I've always liked her,*
**[15:02] Rikuo**
*yet I keep overthinking things.*
**[15:24] Rikuo**
A crow's feather.
**[15:30] Rikuo**
She must have been here.
**[15:44] A**
Uozumi.
**[15:46] Rikuo**
Yes?
**[15:47] A**
Do you have a girlfriend?
**[15:49] Rikuo**
Huh?
**[15:50] Rikuo**
No, I don't.
**[15:52] A**
Well, whatever.
**[15:53] A**
Here.
**[15:55] Rikuo**
What's this?
**[15:56] A**
A women's accessory.
**[15:59] A**
I don't need it anymore.
**[16:02] A**
You can still make use of it.
**[16:05] A**
You can have it for 5,000 yen.
**[16:11] A**
Fukuda.
**[16:12] A**
For your wife.
**[16:13] Fukuda**
What's this?
**[16:14] Rikuo**
My coworker got dumped.
**[16:17] Rikuo**
He shoved it onto me.
**[16:19] Fukuda**
That sounds like bad luck.
**[16:21] Rikuo**
It's unused. You'll be fine.
**[16:23] Fukuda**
You should give it to Shinako.
**[16:25] Rikuo**
No way. That'd be a bad idea.
**[16:28] Fukuda**
But giving it to my wife is fine?
**[16:30] Kozue**
I wouldn't mind.
**[16:38] Kozue**
Such a cute necklace.
**[16:56] Haru**
*I miss Rikuo.*
**[17:06] Rou**
I'm home.
**[17:08] Shinako**
Welcome.
**[17:09] Shinako**
You're home early.
**[17:11] Rou**
I ran back as fast as I could.
**[17:13] Rou**
Okay, let's start.
**[17:15] Shinako**
Sure, sure.
**[17:21] Rou**
This art book...
**[17:23] Rou**
Thanks, I've been wanting this.
**[17:26] Rou**
Do you remember the gift
I got you when we were kids?
**[17:29] Shinako**
I do.
**[17:31] Shinako**
We didn't have money,
so everything was handmade.
**[17:34] Shinako**
Like the kaleidoscope Yu-kun made for me,
**[17:38] Shinako**
the portrait of me that you did...
**[17:41] Shinako**
I still hold on to them dearly.
**[17:44] Rou**
I still have mine, too.
**[17:46] Rou**
Like the mystery creature
you made out of felt.
**[17:50] Shinako**
Please forget about that.
**[17:52] Shinako**
I'm not a good artist, unlike you two.
**[17:57] Rou**
We haven't done that ever
since my brother died.
**[18:02] Shinako**
We haven't.
**[18:19] Rou**
Shinako, want me to draw your portrait?
**[18:31] Rou**
You can stay right there.
**[18:32] Rou**
Pull your chair back just a little.
**[18:36] Rou**
Yeah.
**[18:36] Rou**
Look forward a little, and be natural.
**[19:22] Shinako**
*That's right.*
**[19:25] Shinako**
*His dad's back in Kanazawa right now.*
**[19:44] Rou**
Could you loosen up your shirt a little?
**[19:47] Rou**
Make it sexy.
**[19:51] Shinako**
I think I'll go home if you're
going to be like that.
**[19:54] Rou**
Huh? I was just being funny
because you looked so tense.
**[20:01] Shinako**
Yeah, I'll go.
**[20:02] Shinako**
You have cram school tomorrow.
**[20:04] Shinako**
Let's call it a night.
**[20:08] Shinako**
Okay, goodnight.
**[20:10] Rou**
Goodnight?!
**[20:12] Rou**
It's only eight!
**[20:17] Shinako**
Not good.
**[20:19] Shinako**
Come to think of it,
it was just the two of us.
**[20:28] Shinako**
It's still only eight.
**[20:30] Shinako**
I wonder what I should do...
rent a movie or something?
**[20:39] Rikuo**
This is from when we went
to the river in our first year.
**[20:44] Kozue**
You're so young.
**[20:47] Fukuda**
It's okay, I'll get it.
**[20:51] Kozue**
Shinako-san was really
pretty in college, too.
**[20:57] Kozue**
Taka-chan's barely in the photos.
**[21:01] Kozue**
So, how are things, Uozumi-san?
**[21:04] Kozue**
With you and Shinako-san.
**[21:07] Rikuo**
I mean... they're...
**[21:09] Rikuo**
I don't really know, actually.
**[21:11] Kozue**
It gets complicated when you've
been friends for a long time, huh?
**[21:15] Fukuda**
Yeah, that's it.
**[21:17] Fukuda**
Okay, we'll be waiting.
**[21:20] Kozue**
Who was it?
**[21:21] Fukuda**
That's a secret.
**[21:36] Shinako**
Good evening.
**[21:38] Shinako**
I guess I'm here after all.