# E7 - I'm Home, Welcome Home
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U2JWEV/im-home-welcome-home)
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***SIGN*** Tadaima, Okaeri
***SIGN*** I'm Home, Welcome Home
**[01:42] Hiromu**
Masaki.
**[01:44] Masaki**
Hiro-san, I'm such a failure.
**[01:48] Hiromu**
What do you mean?
**[01:50] Masaki**
I ran away again.
**[01:53] Masaki**
Like I always do.
**[01:55] Hiromu**
Masaki.
**[01:58] Masaki**
Hiro-sa—
**[02:00] Hiromu**
You did nothing wrong.
**[02:03] Hiromu**
There's nothing more important
than you keeping yourself safe.
**[02:15] Masaki**
I wish... I could say the same thing.
**[02:20] Masaki**
But I'm terrified out of my mind.
**[02:24] Masaki**
And I hate that about me.
**[02:28] Masaki**
I'm afraid of rejection.
**[02:30] Masaki**
Rejection of myself... but more so,
of everything I care about.
**[02:36] Masaki**
I think, "If only I weren't the type I am..."
**[02:39] Masaki**
But I'm also so sick of thinking that.
**[02:43] Masaki**
That's why I ran away from here long ago.
**[02:46] Masaki**
Still, I thought that being with you
must have made me stronger.
**[02:53] Masaki**
Why do I have to be so weak?
**[02:59] Masaki**
*I'm the only one failing to grow.*
**[03:03] Hiromu**
That's normal.
**[03:07] Hiromu**
Everyone's afraid of being rejected
by people they care about,
**[03:10] Hiromu**
and of the things they
care about being rejected.
**[03:14] Hiromu**
I've felt that way, too.
**[03:16] Hiromu**
But...
**[03:18] Hiromu**
You're the one who told me it would be okay.
**[03:21] Masaki**
It's not the same. You're not like me at all.
**[03:26] Masaki**
I keep falling into the same patterns.
**[03:29] Masaki**
I can't count how many times
you've helped me through them.
**[03:33] Masaki**
I feel absolutely pathetic.
**[03:35] Masaki**
I have so much love in my life...
**[03:39] Masaki**
I have you, Hikari and Hinata...
but this never changes.
**[03:45] Masaki**
After so many years, I'm still stumbling
over the same things again and again.
**[03:54] Hiromu**
You're being silly.
**[04:00] Hiromu**
I know about all that already.
**[04:03] Hiromu**
That's why I'm here with you.
**[04:08] Hiromu**
That's why I chose to be with you, Masaki.
**[04:11] Hiromu**
Every time you stumble, I'll take your hand,
and recount it all with you...
**[04:20] Hiromu**
How Hikari smiles when he's with you.
**[04:24] Hiromu**
The look on Hinata's face
as she sleeps in your arms.
**[04:28] Hiromu**
And look on your face as you gaze at them.
**[04:34] Hiromu**
I'll recount it all, until you
remember and smile.
**[04:38] Hiromu**
That's what building a life together is about.
**[04:45] Hiromu**
I remember your face when you gaze at me.
**[04:53] Hiromu**
*He's such a warm person.*
**[04:59] Hiromu**
You cry way more when you're happy
than when you're sad.
**[05:05] Masaki**
*The warmest I've ever known.*
**[05:07] Hiromu**
You don't have to force yourself to forget.
**[05:10] Hiromu**
You don't have to throw it away.
**[05:11] Hiromu**
I love the person you are now.
**[05:16] Hiromu**
And the person you were for
twenty years before I met you...
**[05:19] Hiromu**
I love him, too.
**[05:30] Masaki**
I'm so proud to be your mate.
**[05:37] Masaki**
From the bottom of my heart.
**[05:53] Yuki**
You think Masaki-san's okay?
**[05:55] Matsuo**
He'll be fine. Hiromu said
he'd handle it, remember?
**[05:59] Yuki**
Yeah.
**[06:00] Yuki**
I feel so helpless again.
**[06:04] Yuki**
I got mad and barked at him,
**[06:06] Yuki**
but that cousin of his just shot me down.
**[06:09] Matsuo**
This's happened before, right?
**[06:13] Yuki**
With Hiromu-san's dad?
**[06:16] Matsuo**
You talked about how much
you loved that family.
**[06:20] Matsuo**
Knowing you feel that way is doing
more than enough to help them.
**[06:24] Matsuo**
You showed real guts today, too.
**[06:27] Yuki**
I guess.
**[06:30] Yuki**
Hey, Matsu-san.
**[06:32] Yuki**
Caring about someone for real
is actually kind of hard, isn't it?
**[06:40] Matsuo**
If everyone were honest like you,
the world would be a more peaceful place.
**[06:44] Matsuo**
You little cutie pie!
**[06:47] Yuki**
Sheesh...
**[06:48] Yuki**
This is why people call you an old man.
**[06:52] Matsuo**
I take it back.
**[06:53] Matsuo**
There's such a thing as *too* honest!
**[07:09] Masaki**
Morning!
**[07:11] Masaki**
You two are up early.
**[07:26] Masaki**
Sorry to make you wait.
**[07:29] Kazuhiko**
Nah, sorry to call you out so early.
**[07:32] Masaki**
It's okay.
**[07:37] Masaki**
He insisted on coming along.
**[07:39] Masaki**
I think he'll be good, though.
**[07:42] Kazuhiko**
That's fine.
**[07:43] Kazuhiko**
Hey, your eyes are kind of puffy.
**[07:46] Kazuhiko**
Were you crying?
**[07:49] Masaki**
You're in street clothes today.
**[07:51] Masaki**
Day off from the inn?
**[07:52] Kazuhiko**
Yeah, I've got a few days off.
**[07:57] Kazuhiko**
I wanted to talk with you before I left.
**[08:01] Kazuhiko**
The way your husband
told me off stuck in my craw.
**[08:06] Masaki**
I expressed myself badly last night
and hurt you. I'm sorry.
**[08:11] Masaki**
I knew I was being unfair about the letter.
**[08:16] Masaki**
It just got under my skin
to give it to you now.
**[08:20] Masaki**
I was surprised.
**[08:23] Masaki**
I figured you'd been all alone,
like you were back then.
**[08:29] Masaki**
So I'd say you could stay here,
**[08:32] Masaki**
and you'd stay, and then...
**[08:35] Masaki**
And then...
**[08:39] Masaki**
H-Hikari!
**[08:41] Hikari**
Ma-cha is Hi-kun and Hina-chan and Papa's!
**[08:45] Hikari**
Can't have him!
**[08:46] Hikari**
Can't have him ever!
**[08:48] Kazuhiko**
I... I wasn't trying to take him.
**[08:50] Hikari**
Were too!
**[08:51] Hikari**
Tried to take him... can't have him!
**[08:57] Masaki**
What's wrong, Hikari? Don't cry, now.
**[09:02] Masaki**
I'm not going anywhere.
I'll be with you forever, Hikari.
**[09:12] Masaki**
Sorry, Kazu-kun.
**[09:14] Masaki**
I think he's picking up on
my nervous energy.
**[09:17] Masaki**
He doesn't mean—
**[09:17] Kazuhiko**
No, he's not wrong.
**[09:20] Kazuhiko**
That's probably why he's been
hostile to me from the start.
**[09:25] Kazuhiko**
Right, kiddo?
**[09:27] Kazuhiko**
What do you like best about Masaki?
**[09:31] Hikari**
Um... um...
**[09:35] Hikari**
Ma-cha's keeyoo!
**[09:37] Hikari**
Keeyoo and smiley every day!
**[09:41] Kazuhiko**
Really?
**[09:43] Kazuhiko**
He's smiling every day, is he?
**[09:46] Kazuhiko**
It was your husband's idea
to bring the kid along, right?
**[09:50] Masaki**
No, he actually tried to stop me.
**[09:53] Kazuhiko**
So they're just similar, huh?
**[09:56] Kazuhiko**
Feels like him yelling at me all over again.
**[09:59] Kazuhiko**
I really didn't put much stock
in that old verbal agreement.
**[10:05] Masaki**
Right.
**[10:06] Kazuhiko**
But something was going on...
imprinting, pity, I don't really know...
**[10:14] Kazuhiko**
And for a long, long time, I felt like it
really was up to me to look after you.
**[10:23] Kazuhiko**
You're happy now, right?
**[10:30] Masaki**
Yes, very!
**[10:34] Kazuhiko**
*I see...*
**[10:36] (Flashback) Masaki**
Kazu-kun.
**[10:39] (Flashback) Masaki**
Want to read with me?
**[10:42] Kazuhiko**
* He's always had that*
* gentle smile, hasn't he?*
**[10:45] Hikari**
Ka-kun.
**[10:47] Kazuhiko**
Ka-kun? Me?
**[10:49] Hikari**
Bye-bye to Ka-kun?
**[10:51] Masaki**
He's got the day off, so it's bye-bye, yes.
**[10:55] Hikari**
Ka-kun, seeyoo 'gen.
**[11:01] Kazuhiko**
See you again, huh?
**[11:04] Kazuhiko**
Hard to stay too serious around you.
**[11:12] Yuki**
They're back!
**[11:19] Masaki**
Hiro-san. I'm home.
**[11:23] Hiromu**
Welcome home.
**[11:30] Masaki**
Hi-kun, you really want to carry all that?
**[11:33] Masaki**
Make sure to watch your step.
**[11:35] Hikari**
'Kay!
**[11:38] Yuki**
It really is a beautiful place.
**[11:41] Masaki**
Right?
**[11:43] Matsuo**
Boy, I'm glad it all worked out.
**[11:48] Masaki**
S-Sorry for all the trouble.
**[11:50] Yuki**
He got some parting shots in, right?
**[11:53] Matsuo**
"Your husband looks like
an angry thug," maybe?
**[11:56] Matsuo**
Brilliant!
**[11:59] Hiromu**
It makes no sense.
I listened quietly and everything.
**[12:02] Hiromu**
That brat.
**[12:03] Matsuo**
It's your face. Your annoyance
always shines through.
**[12:07] Hiromu**
Lay off.
**[12:11] (Flashback) Kazuhiko**
Oh, and I was telling the truth when I said
you didn't need that letter anymore.
**[12:19] Masaki**
Oh, here we are.
**[12:21] Masaki's Mom**
*"I'll express my feelings here."*
**[12:25] Masaki**
We put the flowers here.
**[12:28] Masaki's Mom**
* "I don't know how many times*
* I wished I could have been like him.*
**[12:33] Masaki's Mom**
* If I'd understood him better, known him better,*
* perhaps things could have been different."*
**[12:39] Yuki**
What do I do? I don't know the customs...
**[12:42] Matsuo**
Just follow your heart.
**[12:44] Yuki**
Bow and clap twice?
**[12:46] Matsuo**
We're not at a shrine.
**[12:48] Hiromu**
By the way, you two make
any progress last night?
**[12:52] Yuki**
Progress?
**[12:53] Matsuo**
You shut the hell up!
**[12:56] Masaki's Mom**
* "I've forced so many things on him,*
* believing it was for the best."*
**[13:00] Hikari**
Gwave?
**[13:02] Masaki**
Yes, where your other grandma
and her family are sleeping.
***SIGN*** Ogiwara Family
**[13:06] Masaki's Mom**
* "But now that Masaki's gone,*
* I wish for only one thing."*
**[13:11] Hikari**
Gamma...
**[13:12] Hikari**
She cold without a blankie?
**[13:16] Yuki**
That's our Hikarin.
**[13:17] Matsuo**
He always sees the bigger picture.
**[13:21] Masaki's Mom**
* "I hope he meets someone*
* he can find comfort in.*
**[13:27] Masaki's Mom**
* What a wonderful thing it is to*
* have someone like that in your life...*
**[13:30] Masaki's Mom**
*Just as when Masaki was with us,*
**[13:35] Masaki's Mom**
* I pray that he ends up with someone*
* by his side who will love him.*
**[13:41] Masaki's Mom**
*I'm sure we caused him pain at times,*
**[13:44] Masaki's Mom**
*but we truly did love him.*
**[13:48] Masaki's Mom**
* I want him to live, as his name suggests,*
* in an unpretentious, straightforward manner.*
***SIGN*** Ogiwara Family
**[13:53] Masaki's Mom**
*Please, look after him."*
**[13:57] Hiromu**
Leave it all to me.
**[13:59] Hiromu**
I will protect him.
**[14:07] Hikari**
Ma-cha.
**[14:09] Masaki**
Yes?
**[14:11] Hikari**
Well... Hi-kun...
**[14:15] Hikari**
Gonna marry you, Ma-cha!
**[14:18] Yuki**
Sorry, Masaki-san.
**[14:20] Yuki**
I was showing him the picture book
I got at my cousin's wedding...
**[14:24] Masaki**
So that's it.
**[14:26] Hikari**
Ma-cha's gonna marry Hi-kun!
**[14:30] Masaki**
I'd love that!
**[14:33] Hiromu**
So the day's come at last.
**[14:36] Masaki**
Hiro-san?
**[14:38] Hiromu**
Listen up, Hi.
**[14:39] Hiromu**
Ma's married to Papa, so he can't marry you!
**[14:44] Hiromu**
Too bad, eh?
**[14:47] Hikari**
No! Hi-kun wanna marry Ma-cha and Papa, too!
**[14:52] Hiromu**
His reaction was so predictable, I'm crying!
**[14:55] Masaki**
Hiro-san...
**[14:57] Yuki**
Why not be this one, Hikarin? The minister.
**[15:00] Hikari**
Mi...
**[15:02] Yuki**
The person who presides over
Hiromu-san and Masaki-san's wedding.
**[15:05] Yuki**
They're very important.
**[15:07] Yuki**
Sort of.
**[15:08] Hiromu/Masaki**
*Sort of...*
**[15:11] Hikari**
Hi-kun will do dat!
**[15:13] Hiromu/Masaki/Yuki**
*He's okay with it?*
**[15:20] Yuki**
Um...
**[15:21] Yuki**
Say something like, "Do you swear
to love each other without fail?"
**[15:27] Hikari**
You swear?
**[15:32] Masaki/Hiromu**
I do.
**[15:34] Masaki**
Of course, you and Hinata, too!
**[15:45] Masaki**
All right, everyone.
**[15:47] Masaki**
Our members are assembled once more.
**[15:50] Masaki**
It's time to discuss strategy.
**[15:51] Matsuo**
For what now?
**[15:53] Yuki**
Feels like deja vu.
**[15:55] Matsuo**
So where's Masaki off to today?
**[15:57] Hiromu**
Took Hinata to the hospital.
He'll be back soon.
**[16:01] Yuki**
Hikarin doesn't cry as much when
Masaki-san leaves anymore, huh?
**[16:04] Yuki**
He's really grown up.
**[16:05] Hiromu**
Depends on the timing a bit, too.
**[16:08] Matsuo**
So what's your aim today?
**[16:12] Hiromu**
Well...
**[16:13] Hikari**
Machu! Yu-ku! Look!
**[16:17] Hikari**
Hi-kun got dis!
***SIGN*** Hee hee hee
**[16:19] All**
So cute!
**[16:21] All**
Deja vu!
**[16:23] Hiromu**
That coin purse Dad sent him
arrived this morning.
**[16:26] Hiromu**
He seems to have taken quite a shine to it.
**[16:29] Hiromu**
And now...
**[16:30] Yuki/Matsuo**
And now...?
**[16:32] Hiromu**
He's insisting on running
an errand by himself.
**[16:35] Yuki/Matsuo**
Ah...
**[16:37] Matsuo**
He still seems a little young
for that, though.
**[16:39] Hiromu**
Yeah. But...
**[16:42] Hiromu**
I just can't resist those eyes!
**[16:45] Matsuo**
You have got no willpower when
it comes to your family, man.
**[16:49] Yuki**
That's why you told us
to bring disguise stuff?
**[16:52] Matsuo**
You actually brought something?
***SIGN*** Convenience Store
***SIGN*** Supermarket
**[16:54] Yuki**
But you need to cross a pretty big street
**[16:57] Yuki**
to get to the convenience store
and the supermarket, right?
**[17:00] Hiromu**
Yep, and he's definitely too young for that.
**[17:03] Hiromu**
So I had an idea.
**[17:05] [SONG] sign**
Operation: Hikari's Errand
**[17:05] [SONG] sign**
Operation: Hikari's Errand
***SIGN*** Debut Arc
***SIGN*** Debut Arc
**[17:06] Hiromu**
Operation: Hikari's Errand, Debut Arc!
**[17:12] Hiromu**
All right, Hikari.
**[17:14] Hiromu**
I'm putting the letter we wrote
to Grandpa right here.
**[17:18] Hiromu**
Walk slowly. No running!
**[17:20] Hiromu**
If you run, the letter will fly out!
**[17:24] Hiromu**
You know the way, right?
Because you always go with Ma.
**[17:27] Hiromu**
Put it in the mouth of the red robot
on the way to the park.
**[17:30] Hikari**
Got it!
**[17:32] Hiromu**
And that will send it to Grandpa.
**[17:35] Hiromu**
Give it your best, okay?
**[17:36] Hiromu**
If you can't reach the robot's mouth,
**[17:39] Hiromu**
just ask a nice man
with a mustache and glasses!
**[17:42] Hikari**
'Kay!
**[17:43] Matsuo**
*The "disguise" came in handy after all, huh?*
**[17:46] Hiromu**
Great. Get to it!
**[17:50] Hikari**
Okay!
**[17:52] Hikari**
Bye-bye!
**[17:54] Hiromu/Matsuo**
Have a good trip!
**[17:58] Hikari**
Bye-bye!
**[18:05] Hikari**
Bye-bye!
**[18:06] Matsuo**
*He's going nowhere.*
**[18:09] Matsuo**
Still, a letter was a great idea.
**[18:12] Matsuo**
It's a pretty straightforward trip.
**[18:15] Hiromu**
And just about the right distance.
**[18:17] Hiromu**
Still, we should follow him.
I really do worry...
**[18:19] Hikari**
Papa!
**[18:23] Hiromu/Matsuo**
*He's back already!*
**[18:26] Tomoko**
Hello there, Fujiyoshi-san!
**[18:28] Hiromu**
Yuki-kun's mother. Hello.
**[18:31] Tomoko**
Matsuo-kun? Staying the night again?
**[18:35] Tomoko**
I have all these delicious amanatsu oranges.
**[18:37] Tomoko**
I walked out to come share them,
and found Hikari-chan right there!
**[18:41] Tomoko**
I was so surprised to see him all alone!
**[18:44] Tomoko**
Is Masaki-kun out at the moment?
**[18:46] Hiromu**
Well, yes...
**[18:48] Hikari**
Um... Hi-kun's...
**[18:51] Hikari**
Hi-kun's...
**[18:52] Hikari**
Hi-kun's got an ewwand!
**[18:56] Hiromu**
He's trying to run an errand.
**[19:02] Hikari**
Scary doggie! Scary!
**[19:04] Matsuo**
He's back.
**[19:07] Hikari**
Papa! Fowwer!
**[19:09] Matsuo**
Back again?
**[19:12] Yuki**
He didn't show up at the mailbox,
so I came back.
**[19:15] Yuki**
Is he okay?
**[19:16] Matsuo**
Still wearing that?
**[19:19] Hikari**
Yu-ku's got a moospash!
**[19:22] Hiromu**
*And you're already busted!*
**[19:24] Hiromu**
Still, Hikari...
**[19:26] Hiromu**
He's made no progress.
***SIGN*** Break Time
**[19:29] Hiromu**
How about we eat a snack?
**[19:31] Hikari**
Nope!
**[19:34] Hikari**
Hi-kun's good to go!
**[19:36] Hikari**
Hi-kun's going!
**[19:44] Yuki**
Rain?
**[19:45] Matsuo**
Looks pretty bad!
**[19:46] Hiromu**
Hikari! Get in, quick!
**[19:52] Hiromu**
What a surprise, huh?
**[19:54] Hiromu**
It was so sunny before.
**[19:57] Yuki**
Forecast called for clear skies all day.
**[20:00] Matsuo**
That's the rainy season for you.
**[20:03] Hiromu**
Let's run the errand tomorrow, Hi.
**[20:06] Hikari**
Letter got all wet...
**[20:17] Hiromu**
Still good to go, Hikari?
**[20:20] Hiromu**
I've got another favor to ask you.
**[20:23] Hiromu**
It's a very, *very* important errand.
**[20:26] Hiromu**
Can you handle it?
**[20:35] Hikari**
Go unner da roof.
**[20:37] Hikari**
Stay unner da roof.
**[20:39] Hikari**
Promise!
**[20:47] Masaki**
Thank you!
**[20:52] Hikari**
Ma-cha!
**[20:54] Masaki**
Hikari!
**[20:57] Masaki**
I'm home!
**[20:59] Hikari**
Fo'you! Umbella!
**[21:01] Masaki**
You brought an umbrella?
**[21:03] Masaki**
The rain came down so
suddenly, I was shocked!
**[21:06] Masaki**
Papa was right.
**[21:08] Masaki**
You really did run an errand
all by yourself!
**[21:10] Masaki**
You weren't scared?
**[21:12] Hikari**
Nope!
**[21:12] Masaki**
You're my hero, Hikari!
**[21:16] Masaki**
Thank you!
**[21:20] Yuki**
Hikarin looks so happy!
**[21:21] Matsuo**
It wasn't quite how we expected,
but I'd call it a success.
**[21:26] Hiromu**
Huge success!
**[21:28] Hiromu**
The recording, too!
**[21:32] Hiromu**
I guess that frog purse will have to
wait a little longer to shine.
***SIGN*** fs34\pos(268.316,196.421)\fscx200\frz2.069}gam*mmmmmqa
***SIGN*** tha*nk*iou
**[21:41] Hikari**
*"Gampa, thank you!"*
**[21:45] Hiromu**
*"This letter was sent in conjunction*
**[21:49] Hiromu**
* with Operation: Hikari's Errand,*
* "Mail a Letter by Himself" edition.*
**[21:52] Hiromu**
* I'm sharing this glimpse of his daily*
* growth, since you missed most of it.*
**[21:57] Hiromu**
*Regards, Hiromu."*
**[21:59] Koji**
That second part was so mean!
**[22:03] Koji**
But...
**[22:05] Koji**
Thank you.