"﻿He said... he'll be taking you back." "﻿Wha-What?" "!" "But Niisan just got married!" "﻿How can a healthy 18-year-old boy live with a newlywed couple?" "﻿He said he'd take care of that" "﻿Talk the rest out with Takahiro." "you agreed to it?" "﻿You should live with your family." "okay." "Got it this actually works out great" "﻿Now I don't have to make breakfast every morning." "I gotta tell you." "﻿Misaki..." "I better go bring in the laundry." "﻿Maybe I'm just a little shocked." "﻿I honestly never would have expected ﻿Usagi-san toTsay something like that." "but" "﻿Maybe he... never really wanted me here from the start because I'm so dense..." "﻿Misaki." "it's fine!" "﻿I'll keep taking care of the chores and everything until I leave." "if you want" "﻿Don't worry." "I'll go live with Niichan." "﻿Wha... ﻿Ow!" "﻿Usagi-san!" "Stop." "﻿No!" "﻿Don't you know when enough is enough?" "!" "﻿Jerk!" "﻿What the hell was that?" "﻿What kind of face was that?" "!" "ice-cream... it-s only been half a year!" "﻿And you're already coming back?" "at the end of the month." "﻿So I'm not going to be in Osaka for much longer so come visit while you can." "I can't deny that he's right" "I won't have a ﻿reason to stay at Usagi-san's place anymore." "anyway." "taking off with things ﻿still awkward between me and Usagi-san... ﻿Even though I get to see Niichan for the first time in a while..." "﻿Misaki!" "﻿Niichan!" "﻿You made it!" "Been doing okay?" "﻿Yeah!" "we talked on the phone just this morning." "﻿But we haven't seen each other in three months!" "'" "﻿Anything new?" "Did you eat proper meals every day?" "﻿Yeah." "﻿Hm..." "Haven't you gotten smaller?" "﻿Niichan!" "let's go put your bags down at home." "﻿My lovely wife's waiting for us with something yummy on the table." "is he always going to be this overprotective?" "Misaki-kun!" "thanks." "﻿I'm sorry." "I'm a little embarrassed to be ﻿serving you when you're a better cook!" "really!" "﻿Let me know if there's anywhere in particular ﻿you want to go tomorrow." "﻿I'll look it up." "I wanna see the crab!" "The moving crab!" "too." "﻿And the eat-'til-you-drop doll!" "then let's eat curry there for lunch!" "﻿This kinda feels like... loving families" "I'm impressed ﻿you managed to get along with Usagi." "but you know ﻿he can be kind of temperamental at times." "﻿I was just worried that you were unnecessarily ﻿pressuring yourself to be careful around him." "﻿Not at all." "I know." "feel free to move into our new place first.." "it's fine!" "﻿Why does everyone talk about him like that?" "!" "and ﻿Usagi-san's been nothing but kind to me!" "﻿And" "﻿Sorry I started yelling." "﻿Misaki?" "﻿I'm gonna run over to the convenience store." "and I wanna buy some!" "﻿That was close." "﻿I almost ruined the happy family mood." "﻿Don't you get tired around Akihiko? but...!" "﻿that kinda makes him sound like scum." "﻿Of course I really love Niichan and his wife" "﻿and I think it's best for me if I live with my family." "﻿But then why... do I feel like this?" "﻿I'm so lonely I can hardly bear it.." "﻿I personally don't have any problems at all with Misaki staying here." "﻿Thank you." "think about it!" "but you just got married... ﻿It's okay." "I'm aware of all that" "Usagi." "I want Misaki to ﻿know what it means to have a family." "I was already eighteen." "so I made it all right" "﻿But Misaki was only eight" "﻿He still considers it his own fault that they died." "they would ﻿never have sped back on the freeway in that heavy rain." "﻿What are you talking about?" "That's obviously... right?" "so he never talks about it to anyone." "﻿He absolutely hates making other people feel ﻿obligated to be sensitive to his feelings." "he's become obsessed with never allowing ﻿his own selfishness to become a burden on anybody." "﻿He's been living his life constantly attentive to those around him." "even towards his own brother." "﻿So at least until he graduates and gets married ﻿I want to keep him close to us." "that it's okay to be selfish. / too." "﻿Maybe I'm being a little too protective." "I... ﻿But it's my duty to make Misaki happy." "﻿And this is something nobody but family can do for him." "﻿Misaki." "Misaki." "﻿Misaki..." "Usagi-san?" "I'm heading back now." "﻿I bought some frozen takoyaki." "too." "﻿Are you an idiot?" "﻿You went all the way to Osaka to stock up on frozen food?" "so what?" "I want to eat 'em!" "﻿I'm glad." "It's the same old Usagi-san." "did you manage ﻿to keep yourself alive this past week?" "and they exploded." "﻿What?" "!" "I can't believe you!" "is everything okay?" "No injuries?" "﻿Justta couple." "﻿Seriously?" "!" "Where?" "﻿The stove." "Egg splattered everywhere." "you're mad now." "you moron!" "﻿Everything's fine." "﻿I'm getting by just fine without you." "﻿What do I do?" "truly be over... ﻿Misaki?" "yeah." "I'll tell you more about it when I get back" "﻿but Niichan said he's coming to Tokyo ﻿next weekend to visit some realtors." "yeah?" "do you think I could just leave ﻿my bags and stuff at your place?" "you can barely take care of yourself without me around!" "so... geez!" "Were you taking me seriously?" "don't worry!" "﻿Oh no..." "I've gotta go." "﻿Misaki?" "﻿Are you crying?" "﻿Why the hell would I be crying?" "Don't be stupid!" "I'm going now." "cancel your ticket." "﻿Eh?" "﻿Kill some time for the next three hours." "﻿What?" "wait at the central ticket gate." "Got it?" "Why?" "﻿I'm coming over there right now!" "﻿He said he'd be here in three hours" "﻿Wa-Wait a sec!" "Usagi-san?" "﻿We don't have much time." "Run!" "﻿What's going on" "﻿The train is departing." "Please step back behind the white line." "this train..." "I can't breathe!" "﻿I won't give you up." "not to anyone." "I won't let you go anywhere." "you've got to be crazy." "Why ﻿would you come all the way here?" "it was totally pointless." "I felt ﻿like it would really be over for us." "﻿I'll settle it with Takahiro." "﻿You stay with me." "﻿And you never lie to me" "﻿and never stop yourself from being selfish!" "loving family." "I don't really" "﻿So you'll have to tell me what to do." "﻿What the hell...?" "didn't he?" "!" "he's way too protective!" "come on!" "﻿I'm perfectly aware of what I want to do and what I need to do!" "﻿It's about time he quit treating me like a kid!" "﻿Then tell me what it is you want to do." "﻿Huh?" "﻿I-I mean... ﻿I just don't want to do anything that causes you trouble." "﻿In that case" "﻿if you don't want to cause me any trouble" "﻿stay beside me." "﻿What's your answer?" "﻿Okay... huh?" "no way!" "﻿Really?" "﻿Cause I'm at my limit" "﻿I've got to have more of you." "﻿Don't do that Show me your face." "﻿No way!" "﻿Show me." "it's embarrassing!" "﻿Nobody's looking but me." "﻿That's not the problem!" "﻿Then what is?" "﻿It's embarrassing because it's you... ﻿Then I'll do something even more embarrassing." "﻿Misaki." "﻿Don't say weird things!" "﻿Why not?" "﻿You know you like it." "﻿I do not!" "Don't talk any more!" "I guess it's a bit late to be saying this" "﻿but isn't it really tough getting tickets ﻿for a luxurious sleeper car like this?" "I pulled some strings." "﻿Strings?" "﻿Usagi-san?" "﻿he fell asleep." "﻿It smells like shampoo and soap... and Usagi-san." "﻿Sapporo?" "﻿Is Sapporo in the Tokyo Metropolitan area?" "!" "﻿Do you know what a map of Japan looks like?" "﻿What?" "Huh?" "What are we doing all the way in Hokkaido?" "﻿Did we forget to get off at our stop?" "﻿This is your birthday present." "isn't it?" "﻿I don't know what to do" "﻿I'm so happy..." "﻿Here you are." "﻿Thanks!" "where do you wanna go?" "﻿Wherever you like." "﻿How does he say things like that with a straight face?" "but am ﻿I just imagining that you seem to be the happier one here?" "﻿I am very happy." "this is my first time traveling ﻿with someone for pleasure and not business." "﻿Eh?" "﻿Don't you ever go with your friends?" "it's easier that way." "﻿What about family trips?" "﻿My family doesn't do that kind of thing." "﻿So this is my first time." "﻿Let's make some great memories!" "as manyas we can" "﻿And eat lots of really good food!" "so we'll take tons of pictures!" "for sure!" "so ﻿there's lots of places I wanna go see!" "﻿Like where?" "﻿Abashiri Prison!" "﻿Sorry." "﻿Looks like I got you trying to be attentive of me again." "﻿Thanks." "﻿I'm not trying to be attentive or anything." "﻿I just thought that..." "I'd really like to make you happy... ﻿But why Hokkaido?" "because I want to buy marimo." "﻿Eh?" "﻿Marimo are cool!" "They're fairies of the lake!" "﻿Did you know some of them can get this big?" "﻿I don't particularly want one" "﻿They're not for you;" "I want them!" "I guess Lake Akan is the best place for marimo." "﻿Takahashi Misaki considered that perhaps he would ﻿have been happier living with his brother little did he realize that it was already much too late." "﻿Thus passed the summer of his 18th year." "let go of my hand!" "﻿People are staring at us!" "﻿It's not like they're people we know." "Don't worry about it" "﻿That's not the issue here!" "as a matter of fact" "﻿Is the reason he's been in such a good mood the whole time... me?" "﻿Maybe I'm justified in being a little... overconfident of myself." "but I want all the rest sir!" "﻿Should marimo be shipped refrigerated?" "I'm not quite sure... ﻿Or maybe the reason is just the marimo."