# E4 - Love 4. The pretty boy becomes friends.
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZ7JWJ/love-4-the-pretty-boy-becomes-friends)
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***SIGN*** fscx90}Nakayoshi* Magazine 70th Anniversary Commemorative Work
**[00:04] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
Haven't I told you, Ruka?
**[00:07] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
You have a "destined partner."
**[00:10] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
You must not fall for anyone else, but her.
**[00:14] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
If you fall for anyone else, you will never
be able to meet your "destined partner."
**[00:23] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
Ruka. Find your "destined partner"
and become a true vampire.
**[00:29] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
Become the Lord, who will take my place.
**[00:33] (Flashback) Ruka {Flashback}**
I know, Founder.
**[00:36] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
So you must not fall in love with anyone.
**[00:39] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
No matter what, whether it be a woman...
**[00:41] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
or a man.
**[00:46] (Flashback) Ruka {Flashback}**
I won't fall in love.
**[00:50] (Flashback) Ruka {Flashback}**
Not with anyone.
***SIGN*** Vampire Dormitory
***SIGN*** The pretty boy becomes friends.
**[02:29] Takara**
Oh man, we have school today.
**[02:32] Takara**
What a pain.
**[02:34] Juri**
What are you talking about?
**[02:36] Juri**
You got plenty of rest over the weekend.
**[02:38] Mito**
Juri! Takara!
**[02:40] Juri**
Mito?
**[02:42] Mito**
Have you seen Ruka?
**[02:43] Juri**
Ruka?
**[02:44] Takara**
Did something happen?
**[02:45] Mito**
Well...
**[02:47] Mito**
Ever since we got back from camping,
he keeps wandering off alone.
**[02:50] Mito**
And we keep missing each other every day.
**[02:52] Takara**
Huh. I always see you guys
together, so that's weird.
**[02:57] Mito**
It is, right?
**[02:59] Mito {M}**
* He leaves really early in the morning*
* and comes back late at night.*
**[03:02] Mito {M}**
* He hasn't drunk my blood*
* since the camp. I bet he's hungry.*
**[03:13] Mito {M}**
* Ruka left for school*
* without me again this morning.*
**[03:17] Mito {M}**
*I haven't really seen him for a week now.*
**[03:24] Mito**
Ruka!
**[03:27] Mito**
I finally caught you!
**[03:30] Ruka**
What do you want, Mito?
**[03:33] Mito**
What do you mean by that?!
**[03:34] Mito**
You haven't sucked my blood at all lately!
**[03:37] Ruka**
Hey! Keep your voice down!
**[03:39] Mito**
Come with me, then!
**[03:41] Ruka**
H-Hey!
**[03:53] Mito**
Here. You can drink my blood.
**[03:58] Ruka**
I'm... not hungry.
**[03:59] Mito**
Liar! You haven't had any in a week!
**[04:03] Mito**
Ruka...
**[04:05] Mito**
Drink a lot of it. A whole week's worth.
**[04:09] Mito**
Okay?
**[04:19] Ruka**
I said I'm not hungry!
**[04:24] Mito**
Ruka...
**[04:37] Mito {M}**
* No matter how I look at it,*
* he's clearly avoiding me.*
**[04:40] Mito {M}**
*Was it too much that I asked him to love me?*
**[04:46] Komori**
Is something troubling you?
**[04:49] Mito**
Komori-san.
**[04:51] Komori**
Lemon balm tea has a calming effect
to soothe the soul.
**[04:55] Mito**
Thank you very much.
**[05:01] Mito**
It's delicious!
**[05:03] Komori**
Could it be that it has something
to do with Ruka-sama?
**[05:06] Mito**
Oh, um...
**[05:08] Mito**
Actually, Ruka's been avoiding me lately, and...
**[05:12] Mito**
He won't drink my blood,
**[05:14] Mito**
and I'd hate to think it's my fault
that he's starving himself.
**[05:21] Komori**
Mito-san, you are very kind.
**[05:24] Komori**
I see... No wonder he's craving
more than just your blood.
**[05:30] Mito**
Huh?
**[05:33] Female Customer**
Don't you think he's just
as hot as the workers here?
**[05:40] Mito**
Ren!
**[05:41] Mito**
You came to visit?
**[05:43] Ren**
Are you feeling better?
**[05:44] Mito**
Oh, come on.
**[05:46] Mito**
It's been a week since we went camping.
**[05:48] Mito**
I'm feeling great!
**[05:52] Ren**
Then why the facade?
**[05:55] Ren**
Hey. I'm gonna borrow him for a bit.
**[05:59] Ren**
Let's go.
**[06:00] Mito**
H-Hey! Hold on!
**[06:05] Komori**
Oh, my.
**[06:07] Komori**
He's been taken away.
**[06:10] Ruka**
That bastard...
**[06:13] Komori**
Let's see how you'll answer
this one, Ruka-sama.
**[06:20] Mito**
H-Hey, Ren?! W-What's all this about?!
**[06:31] Ren**
We're here.
**[06:32] Mito**
Huh?
**[06:38] Mito**
This is...
**[06:39] Ren**
It's my first time having a friend,
**[06:43] Ren**
so I don't know what I should do
to make you feel better.
**[06:48] Ren**
That's why I'll tag along with you
**[06:51] Ren**
to anything you want, whether
it's shopping or whatever.
**[06:53] Mito**
Ren... But, I don't really
have anything I want to...
**[07:06] Store Employee 1**
Thank you very much!
**[07:08] Customer A**
Thanks!
**[07:10] Customer B**
I'm so glad I was able to get this dress!
**[07:13] Customer A {Background}**
Yeah!
**[07:13] Mito {M}**
* If only I weren't dressed like a man*
* and I'd met Ruka as a girl...*
**[07:21] Ren**
H-Hey! That's a store for women!
**[07:27] Store Employee 1**
Welcome!
**[07:28] Store Employee 1**
Feel free to take a look around!
**[07:31] Mito**
Wow...
**[07:34] Mito**
Oh!
**[07:36] Ren**
H-Hey!
**[07:38] Mito**
Excuse me! Can I try on this dress?
**[07:41] Ren**
Try it on?!
**[07:43] Mito**
Sorry, Ren.
**[07:45] Mito**
I'll be quick, so bear with me, okay?
**[07:49] Ren**
I'll wait outside until
you're done getting dressed.
**[07:54] Store Employee 2**
I'll show you to the dressing room, then.
**[07:57] Mito**
Okay.
**[08:08] Mito {M}**
*I forgot...*
**[08:10] Mito {M}**
* Were girl's clothes always*
* this soft and fluffy?*
**[08:15] Mito {M}**
*It's me as a girl.*
**[08:20] Customer C**
Don't you think these are so cute?
**[08:22] Customer D**
Super cute! Let's go in and look!
**[08:24] Customer C**
Whoa, he's such a hottie.
**[08:27] Customer D**
I wonder if he's waiting for his girlfriend.
**[08:28] Customer C**
I'm jealous.
**[08:29] Ren**
Come on, Yamamoto...
**[08:32] Mito {M}**
*If Ruka saw me like this, then maybe he'd...*
**[08:40] Customer E**
Hey, I saw a man go into the dressing room.
**[08:45] Customer F**
Eww, seriously?
**[08:47] Customer E**
Let's take a peek inside.
**[08:49] Mito {M}**
*Oh, no! What should I do?!*
**[08:52] Customer F**
All right, on go.
**[08:54] Customer E & F**
And—
**[08:55] Mito {M}**
*No!*
**[08:59] Ruka**
You need something from my friend?
**[09:03] Mito**
Huh? Ruka?
**[09:06] Ruka**
What's wrong with a girl or boy
wearing whatever they want?
**[09:10] Ruka**
I think he'd look much better than you two.
**[09:13] Customer F**
Huh?! How rude!
**[09:15] Customer F**
Let's go home!
**[09:19] Ruka**
Geez.
**[09:20] Mito**
Ruka...
**[09:23] Mito**
Thank you.
**[09:27] Ruka**
H-Hey, just what are you wearing?!
**[09:29] Mito**
It's just...
**[09:30] Mito**
I thought if I dressed like this,
you'd want to drink my blood.
**[09:38] Mito**
But, oh well! It looks weird on me, right?
**[09:40] Mito**
Huh?
**[09:42] Mito**
Ruka? What's wrong?
**[09:46] Mito {M}**
*His gaze is so intense, it's making me nervous.*
**[10:00] Ruka**
Mito...
**[10:02] Ruka**
I want to feed on this feminine version of you.
**[10:08] Ruka**
But to me, you're...
**[10:11] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
You have a "destined partner."
**[10:14] (Flashback) Founder {Flashback}**
You must not fall for anyone else, but her.
**[10:20] Ruka**
You're an important friend.
**[10:25] Mito {M}**
*What?*
***SIGN*** Vampire
Dormitory
**[10:31] Mito {M}**
*A... friend?*
**[10:34] Ruka**
So you don't have to push yourself
and pretend to be a woman, okay?
**[10:38] Ruka**
It's fine the way it is.
**[10:40] Ruka**
I'll love you as a friend.
**[10:44] Mito {M}**
*As a friend...*
**[10:47] Ruka**
This is my answer.
**[10:50] Ruka**
So, I can drink, can't I?
**[10:54] Ren**
Quit it!
**[10:55] Ren**
Even if you're friends, I'm against
you drinking his blood!
**[10:59] Ruka**
Why, you!
**[11:01] Ruka**
Don't interrupt my week's worth of feeding!
**[11:03] Ren**
Starve to death, for all I care.
**[11:04] Ruka**
Stop messing around and get out!
**[11:06] Mito**
Ruka! Ren!
**[11:06] Ren {Background}**
Shut up!
**[11:08] Mito**
Thanks for becoming my friends, you guys.
**[11:13] Mito**
I'm super happy that I have
great friends like you two!
**[11:22] Mito**
All right, I'm gonna
get changed, so out! Out!
**[11:28] Ruka**
What's up with that cute girl act?
**[11:35] Mito**
A friend, huh?
**[11:39] Mito**
No way!
**[11:40] Mito**
The sang sucre's color...
**[11:43] Ruka**
It changed from blue to orange?!
**[11:45] Mito**
Yeah! That means my blood
tastes better, right?
**[11:50] Ruka**
Good job, Mito!
**[11:51] Ruka**
I'm sure it's because
I poured my love into you.
**[11:56] Ruka**
Finally, I'll be saved from
that rotten curry taste!
**[12:02] Komori**
What wonderful news!
**[12:06] Ruka**
Komori.
**[12:07] Komori**
How about it, Ruka-sama?
**[12:09] Komori**
Before you taste Mito-san's blood,
why not make it taste even better?
**[12:18] Komori**
First, I'll have you
freshen up by taking a bath.
**[12:22] Komori**
And then, I'll have you put on this,
**[12:24] Komori**
my Komori special strawberry cologne
that helps stir up a vampire's appetite.
**[12:27] Mito**
How wonderful.
**[12:29] Komori**
After you get out, please use this bathrobe.
**[12:35] Ruka**
What are you up to?
**[12:37] Ruka**
I'm going to love him as a friend.
**[12:41] Ruka**
It's not for romantic reasons,
so mind your damn business.
**[12:43] Komori**
As a friend, you say?
**[12:47] Komori**
However, because of your love,
**[12:48] Komori**
he's releasing more pheromones
than he had previously.
**[12:53] Ruka**
Pheromones?
**[12:54] Komori**
Please take extra caution
not to fall in love with him.
**[12:59] Komori**
Well then, have a wonderful night.
**[13:02] Ruka**
What d'ya mean by that?!
**[13:08] Ruka**
Jeez...
**[13:11] Mito**
Ruka?
**[13:12] Ruka**
Hey, you're out already?
**[13:15] Mito**
Um...
**[13:18] Mito**
Did I do it right?
**[13:27] Ruka {M}**
*That mischievous bastard of a butler!*
**[13:29] Mito**
I still can't tell if my blood
tastes better or not,
**[13:33] Mito**
but I'm sure it'll be all right!
**[13:35] Mito**
Because both you and Ren
love me as a friend!
**[13:41] Ruka {M}**
*A sweet strawberry scent?*
**[13:44] Ruka**
Not Ren.
**[13:48] Ruka**
I love you far more than he does, Mito.
**[13:53] Ruka**
Don't I?
**[13:57] Mito**
Yeah.
**[14:01] Mito**
Ruka.
**[14:03] Mito{M}**
*As a friend... that's right.*
**[14:08] Mito{M}**
*Nothing more or less.*
**[14:19] Mito{M}**
*He's drinking longer than usual.*
**[14:22] Mito**
Ruka, how does it... taste?
**[14:28] Ruka**
You...
**[14:33] Ruka**
changed from a rotten curry
to a rotten strawberry!
**[14:38] Ruka**
Blegh.
**[14:39] Mito**
What?! It didn't taste better at all, then!
**[14:43] Ruka**
I'm gonna go take a bath to feel better.
**[14:45] Mito**
Wha...
**[14:50] Mito**
I guess it's no good unless
the heart changes red.
**[15:00] Ruka**
Just now, I was so into it
until he said my name.
**[15:04] Ruka**
Enough to forget how awful it tasted.
**[15:08] Ruka**
Does this mean I like...
**[15:11] Ruka**
No way! He's a man!
**[15:14] Ruka**
Just because I'm no good with women
doesn't mean I'd fall for a guy!
**[15:17] Ruka**
He's flat as a board, short,
and just a regular high school boy!
**[15:24] Ruka**
But just for a sec, I thought he was cute.
**[15:28] Komori {Flashback}**
*Please take extra caution...*
**[15:32] Ruka**
If this keeps up, I'll...
**[15:37] Ruka**
Mito!
**[15:38] Ruka**
Go get a girlfriend!
**[15:44] Mito**
Huh?! What do you mean a girlfriend?!
**[15:47] Ruka**
If you get a woman to love you, your
nasty blood might taste decent for once!
**[15:51] Mito**
Excuse me?
**[15:53] Takara**
Okay, okay!
**[15:55] Takara**
It just means Mito's a boy, after all!
**[15:58] Takara**
I'll set up a mixer! Leave it to me.
**[16:01] Mito**
I-I didn't ask for that, y'know.
**[16:04] Ruka**
Sweet! Now Mito's sure to get a girlfriend!
**[16:07] Takara**
Hey, four girls from the girls'
school next door said they'd come!
**[16:12] Juri**
Wait, four? You volunteered me, too?!
**[16:15] Takara**
Come on, Juri! Cute girls are gonna be there!
**[16:20] Juri**
I'm not going.
**[16:22] Juri**
Ask someone else.
**[16:24] Takara**
What, for real?
**[16:29] Takara**
Do you guys have any other
friends who could make it?
**[16:37] Juri**
Stupid Takara.
**[16:45] Ren**
Why do I have to be the one
to go to this thing?
**[16:48] Ruka**
Your dear friend Mito is in need
of your help. That's why.
**[16:53] Mito**
Sorry, Ren.
**[16:56] Ren**
And you. Stop smelling like a sweet
fruit and man up a bit, will you?
**[17:01] Mito**
Huh?
**[17:05] Takara**
The girls are here!
**[17:14] Takara**
Whoa!
**[17:17] Maina**
We are first-year students from
Yurigaoka Girls' School next door.
**[17:22] Maina**
My name is Maina Makimura.
**[17:26] Maina**
All of us are fans of Café La Fraise and
are truly honored to be invited today.
**[17:33] Mito {M}**
*They're the real deal. True ladies.*
**[17:36] Maina**
Um...
**[17:39] Maina**
I do have something I would like
to speak with Mito-san about.
**[17:43] Maina**
Would that be acceptable?
**[17:46] Mito**
What? Me?!
**[17:49] Other Girls**
Oh, my! Maina-sama, you're so bold!
**[17:53] Takara**
Y-You did it, Mito!
**[17:55] Takara**
She's already requesting you!
**[17:57] Mito**
B-But...
**[17:58] Takara**
Go get 'em, lover boy!
**[18:03] Mito**
U-Umm...
**[18:06] Maina**
Would you care to join me
for a little stroll outside?
**[18:09] Mito**
Huh? S-Sure.
**[18:19] Mito {M}**
*I can't believe I'm alone with a girl.*
**[18:22] Mito {M}**
*What should I do?*
**[18:24] Maina**
My apologies.
**[18:25] Maina**
You must find my abruptness ill-mannered.
**[18:28] Mito**
Oh, uh, not really.
**[18:30] Maina**
Are you interested in relationships, Mito-san?
**[18:38] Mito**
U-Um...
**[18:42] Ren**
Hey. What's up with this?
**[18:45] Ren**
Weren't you the one who set this up?
**[18:47] Ruka**
I didn't really do anything.
**[18:49] Ruka**
I just told him to go get
a girlfriend, and...
**[18:52] Ren**
It's way too soon for
Yamamoto to go out with a girl!
**[18:54] Ruka**
What are you, his guardian?
**[18:58] Ruka {M}**
* Well, either way.*
* They look pretty good together.*
**[19:07] Mito**
Watch out!
**[19:11] Mito**
Are you okay?
**[19:12] Maina**
Yes...
**[19:17] Maina**
Mito-sama, I...
**[19:22] Ruka**
I'm going home.
**[19:23] Ren**
Hey. You...
**[19:25] Ren**
You look like you got your
heart broken or something.
**[19:27] Ruka**
Of course not!
**[19:29] Ruka**
He's a guy, and... just a friend. That's all.
**[19:38] Maina**
Mito-sama, I actually have someone
I've loved for a while now, and...
**[19:45] Mito {M}**
*Is she confessing?!*
**[19:47] Mito**
U-Um, Maina-san, I—
**[19:51] Maina**
I've admired Ruka Saotome-sama for so long!
**[19:56] Mito{M}**
*What? Ruka?*
**[19:59] Maina**
I heard you were rooming with him
and I just couldn't bear waiting!
**[20:04] Maina**
As his friend, do you know
if Ruka-sama has a girlfriend?
**[20:10] Mito {M}**
*A friend. That's right.*
**[20:13] Mito {M}**
*I'm only a friend to Ruka.*
**[20:16] Mito {M}**
*And yet, why does my chest hurt so much?*
**[20:20] Maina**
Mito-sama?
**[20:23] Mito**
Oh, uh, no, I don't think he does.
**[20:26] Maina**
Oh really?
**[20:29] Maina**
I don't think we'll ever have
the chance to be together.
**[20:32] Maina**
However, I was worried that it would
trouble him were I to confess my love.
**[20:37] Mito {M}**
*She's such a good girl.*
**[20:39] Mito {M}**
*She's the total opposite of me.*
**[20:42] Mito {M}**
*If only someone like her was Ruka's...*
**[20:45] Mito**
Um, I don't think he'd
be troubled by it at all.
**[20:49] Mito**
As his friend, I want Ruka
to be happy too, so...
**[20:55] Maina**
I'm so glad I was able to consult you
on this matter, Mito-sama!
**[21:11] Mito {M}**
* Yeah. Everyone should always wish*
* for their friends' happiness, of course.*
**[21:17] Mito {M}**
*After all, I'm...*
**[21:19] Ren**
Yamamoto!
**[21:22] Mito {M}**
*...only a thrall and a friend to Ruka.*
**[21:27] Mito**
Ren.
**[21:33] Mito**
Sorry.
**[21:36] Mito**
Can I borrow your shoulder for a sec?
**[21:41] Ren**
Yamamoto...
**[23:20] Ren**
No! Don't come out!
**[23:23] Mito**
What?
**[23:24] Ren**
Yamamoto, get... away from me.
**[23:29] Ren**
If you don't... he's gonna come out!
**[23:38] Mito**
Ren?!