"Welcome." "Are you going home?" "Yes." "It would be nice if you can hurry up and get accepted at the same college and start living alone." "Then we can be together like this every day." "Yes, that would be nice." "What about dinner?" "I don't need it." "I already ate." "Your grandfather is here." "Oh, Onee-chan!" "What were you doing?" "You're late!" "Is something wrong, Grandpa?" "Sit down." "I just was telling Kakeru and the others now." "Yui, you be my adopted child too." "That's the best thing to do for your future." "Let's do that." "Wait a minute!" "Where did this come from?" "Besides, is this something we can decide on our own?" "I already talked to your father." "What do you think that guy did?" "Wait!" "He ran out without even answering me." "You guys kicked him out because you couldn't forgive a guy who drove your mother to suicide, right?" "Then refuse all financial support from him and tell him!" "That you're going to my adopted children." "Grandpa, what's adopted?" "That means you're going to be Grandpa's child." "But Grandpa isn't my dad." "Your father relinquished his right to raise you guys." "What's relinquish*?" "Is he cleaning?" "(*hoki (relinquish) also means broom)" "That's not what it means." "That guy doesn't have an ounce of paternal love." "What's paternal?" "Paternal is, you know... it's written with kanji characters for "father" and "character"..." "Paternal refers to the love that should come naturally to fathers, but there are people who question the existence of such a thing for fathers who, unlike mothers, don't actually bear their children." "What kind of an explanation is that?" "I told you to step out." "I'm terribly sorry." "But Urara-san is here." "Dad, what are you yelling about!" "I told you I was going to be late, so don't start talking until I got here." "What were you doing until now." "My bike got a flat tire, so I took the bus, and when I was letting a grandma have my seat, her cane came down right on my foot, but as I ran with the pain, I fell down the stairs" "and sprained my ankle." "What the heck are you doing!" "I told you, don't yell at me!" "That's why the kids don't like you." "Haven't you realized that yet?" "Anyway, let your father know." "That you're going to be my adopted children." "What are you talking about?" "The best thing for the kids is for Onii-san to come home where he belongs!" "Don't worry, guys." "I'll go see Onii-san." "I'll tell him to clearly state that he won't give you guys up for adoption." "That's not what these kids want!" "You don't know what you're talking about." "We're going home." "Come on!" "Ouch, ouch...!" "Ow..!" "Don't step on my foot...!" "Don't pull me there!" "That hurts!" "Dad, hurry up, we're going...!" "Ah~ Peace and quiet, finally." "What are we going to do, Onee-chan!" "Onee-chan!" "Just ignore them!" "Wait a sec!" "How can you say such an irresponsible thing!" "Shouldn't we be doing something, Onee-chan?" "So that Urara and Grandpa will leave us alone." "Then what do you suggest we do?" "We talked it over, and we think the only thing we can do is go see Dad." "What the heck is that?" "It's kinda unreasonable to think we can continue living like this." "Dad's gonna end up going to my parent-teacher-conference and the neighborhood associating meeting too anyway." "That's something you guys decided on your own, isn't it?" "When I wasn't around." "Then if I asked you, would you have gone?" "Then can you guys forgive a jerk like him?" "I won't forgive you if you go see him on your own, you hear?" "Then what are we going to do if the old man comes again!" "Jeez, can you not yell at me?" "Like Grandpa." "Don't change the subject." "You're the oldest, aren't you!" "Will you stop following me?" "Okay, I got it!" "Mita-san, stop them from fighting!" "It's time for me to go." "Excuse me." "Mita-san, what do you think we should do?" "That is..." "Are you going to say "For everyone to decide" again?" "Don't be like that." "Tell us what to do for a change." "What are we supposed to do when we're suddenly told we're gonna be adopted?" "No matter what happens..." "I will not express my opinion on family matters." "Mita-san, I don't need dinner tonight." "I have to make preparations for the photo exhibit." "Very well." "Onee-chan, tie my hair." "Why don't you ask Mita-san do it?" "I want Onee-chan to do it." "I'm busy today so I don't have time." "Mita-san, please." "Have a nice day." "Mita-san, I have a favor to ask." "What is it?" "I'm coming over today after work." "I'll make something and wait for you then." "Okay." "See you later." "Natori-san, are you really planning to marry her?" "You gotta be kidding." "She was down after her affair with the chief was found out, so I'm just being nice to her." "You don't think I'm really serious about her, do you?" "I didn't think so." "Excuse me." "Hey!" "What is it?" "I will not allow you to make Kazama-kun unhappy!" "Excuse me?" "She told me, who was always covering up my true feelings, that it was okay to be myself." "She's the first person I loved from the bottom of my heart!" "What are you talking about?" "Hey, wait a minute." "Who are you to talk to me like that anyway." "Take your time and look around." "The number you dialed cannot be connected." "Excuse me." "Uh..." "Did something happen, Mita-san?" "Kakeru-san asked me to "Go see Dad and and ask him what he intends to do about the adoption." "But don't tell Onee-chan."" "Kii-san was saying, "I don't want to be adopted by Grandpa." "Hurry up and put Dad's rock in here."" "Kaito-san said, "If you don't do something soon, Urara's gonna butt in and cause a big mess again."" "Cream, Onii-san?" "I'm fine." "How about you, Mita-san?" "No thank you." "Gads!" "It's gone bad!" "Oh..." "Shall I have them replace it?" "That's okay." "It happens all the time." "Anyway, Onii-san, why don't you just tell my dad off?" "That you'll raise the kids yourself." "Yeah." "But will your dad even listen to me?" "Don't worry." "I'll go with you and back you up." "Yeah, thanks." "But...what do you think, Mita-san?" "What do you mean?" "I know I'm pathetic, but..." "I'm not confident at all that I can take a stand against Father-in-Law like Urara-chan says." "What are you saying?" "Men should have courage." "Courage!" "The kids are saying they don't want to be with me, so" "I don't think I'll be very convincing." "Don't worry." "I tell you, it's best for the children to be with their father." "Besides, I still can't forget her." "I love her." "You mean the woman you had the affair with?" "So, for me to say I'll raise the children properly as their father isn't quite right, I don't think." "I don't want to lie anymore." "To myself or to the children." "Uh.." "Sorry." "I just snuck out during lunch break so I should get going." "See you." "Okay, thanks." "Do you want me to relay that to the children?" ""I still can't forget her." "I love her." "So, for me to say I'll raise the children properly as their father..."" "No, no, no..." "Come on, give me a break." "Then what shall I tell them?" "So..." "Um..." "I'll do something about it..." "No, that's not it..." "For now, let me think about it..." "That won't work..." ""So..." "Um..." "I'll do something about it..." "No, that's not it." "For now, let me think about it..." "That won't work..."" "No, no, no..." "That's not what I meant." "So, um..." "I have a feeling the kids will get mad no matter what I say." ""So, um..." "I have a feeling the kids will get mad no matter what I say."" "For the time being, you don't have tell them anything!" "I'm sorry." "Very well." "Adoption?" "Yes." "Things are pretty intense in your household as usual." "I'm sorry." "It's not pleasant subject, is it, Senpai?" "Oh..." "I don't mind." "I'll protect you, Asuda." "Sorry~ Yui-chan~" "Can you come to the house now and talk to my dad?" "Huh?" "Why do I have to do that?" "Don't worry." "I promise" "I won't let my dad yell at you!" "That's not the issue." "Come on." "Please!" "This can't go on, something has to be done." "...You think so too, don't you?" "Then take those feelings out on my dad!" "You got it, Dad?" "Promise not to yell." "Be quiet!" "I know!" "You're already starting to yell, I'm telling you." "Never mind that." "Start talking." "Yui-chan, he looks like this, but" "Grandpa's actually pretty sweet." "So why don't you tell him your honest feelings?" "Since you're the oldest, as a representative of your siblings." "That's right." "You persuade your brothers and sister to be my adopted children." "Wait a minute, Grandpa!" "If you tell them, they'll agree to it too." "Don't say unnecessary things, Dad." "Today too, she was on date" "and I made her come here..." "Urara-chan!" "Yui." "What in the world are you thinking?" "Having illicit sexual relationship at a time like this!" "Will you stop using perverted words like that?" "I have a serious relationship with him!" "What's that supposed to mean?" "Don't tell me..." "You're not pregnant, are you?" "Cut it out, Dad." "How can you think" "Yui-chan would do something like that?" "I'll never ever be in Grandpa's care!" "What did you say?" "!" "Yui-chan, you calm down too..." "I want you guys to be happy because you're Nagiko's children!" "What's so bad about that?" "!" "Then Grandpa, did you love Mom?" "What are you saying!" "Of course I did!" "Then why was Mom complaining all the time?" "That Grandpa's judgmental about everything and you always complain about anything the family did." "No way..." "Onee-chan said that?" "Mom was saying that" "Grandpa causes hardship for everyone around him." "That it was really because of Grandpa that Grandma died." "Shut up!" "Doesn't it seem that all your precious people end up dying?" "Wait..." "Stop it, Dad!" "Hey..." "Yui-chan!" "Yui-chan, wait!" "Yui-chan!" "Hey!" "I said wait a minute!" "Yui-chan." "Yui-chan!" "Hey..." "I'm sorry it turned out like this." "But I'll do something about Dad." "Please don't interfere anymore!" "Isn't it about time you realized?" "Everyone finds you annoying." "That whenever" "Urara-chan tries to do something, nothing good comes out of it." "Just leave us alone." "Both of you, Grandpa and Urara-chan!" "I think Onee-chan's home." "Mita-san, don't tell Onee-chan." "Hey, what were you talking about?" "Nothing." "Mita-san, you tell me." "I'm sorry but..." "I was told "Don't tell Onee-chan."" "What are you guys doing sneaking around behind my back?" "We're not sneaking around." "You won't do anything, so we only asked Mita-san to go ask Dad what he's thinking." "So what did he have to say?" ""For now, you don't have to say anything to the children." "I'm sorry," is what he said." "What's that?" "I will get the bath ready." "What are we going to do, Onee-chan?" "Do whatever you want to do!" "Whether you guys get adopted or not has nothing to do with me!" "Wait a sec." "Is that what the oldest daughter should be saying!" "I didn't ask to be born as the oldest!" "You guys just happened to be born from the same parents, that's all!" "What's that?" "Are you serious?" "What does that mean?" "It means she doesn't care what happens to us." "No...that's not true, is it?" "Onee-chan." "Damn you!" "You're out there until this hour making out with a guy." "What's making out?" "Huh?" "So that's like kissing and screwing..." "Don't teach Kii weird things!" "Shut up!" "You don't care about us anyway!" "Stop it!" "Don't fight, you two!" "Don't..." "What?" "What about dinner?" "I don't need it." "But will you make those guys shut up?" "Very well." "Ahh~ Stop!" "What is this?" "Everyone of you." "Leave me alone!" "Uh..." "Yui-chan." "Sorry." ""Tranquility" Asuda Yui" "I don't want to go home anymore." "What happened?" "My mom's being a real pain lately." "I don't know if she doesn't like you coming to the house or what, but she was nagging me yesterday too." "I'm not a kid." "I'd sure like to go somewhere." "Then why don't we go somewhere far away?" "Huh?" "Lately, every time I see my family, I've been wanting to get out of that house as soon as possible too." "If I'm with someone I love, it doesn't matter where." "Why don't we stay together until we die?" "Just the two of us." "Yeah..." "We should." "Then I'll go home and get my stuff." "Are you going out?" "I'm leaving this house." "I just want to be with the person I love without being bothered by anyone." "Besides, even if I'm not around, my siblings will be fine if Mita-san's here." "Have a nice day." "The party you called cannot answer the phone." "Please leave a message after the beep." "Hey, you wanna go somewhere?" "I'm meeting someone." "Woah." "Looks good again today!" "Mita-san, when is Onee-chan coming home?" "I want her to tie my hair." "She said "I'm leaving this house."" "What the hell is that?" "She just wants to be with the person she loves without being bothered by anyone." "Why didn't you stop her?" "I do not have the right to do that." "What are we going to do?" "Kakeru-chan, Kai-chan!" "What to do..." "Let her be!" "Damn irresponsible fool!" "You are being connected to the voice mail center." "Kazama-kun." "Sorry, do you have a minute?" "Didn't I tell you?" "To stop acting like a stalker." "You should stop going out with Natori-kun." "I heard him say the other day." "That he's not serious at all about going out with you." "You were down after being found out about me, so that guy just took advantage of the situation..." "Don't ever say that again." "Aren't you ashamed of yourself for saying degrading things about people?" "No..." "I only want you to be happy." "Please stop bugging me." "What happened to the Chief I liked?" "Excuse me." "Dad!" "Find anything?" "Nope." "What about the phone?" "She's not answering, just voice mail." "Is Onee-chan on the train already?" "Dad, do you know anywhere she might go?" "No, I don't have a clue." "Does this mean Onee-chan won't be coming home anymore?" "Of course not, Kii." "You don't think Onee-chan will run out on you guys, do you?" "Then..." "What about you, Dad?" "What are you going to do about us?" "You don't mind if Grandpa adopts us?" "It's not that, but..." "Then why don't you say that to him!" "Yeah, but..." "I have to consider how you guys feel..." "I don't want to be adopted!" "I have no idea what you're thinking, Dad." "Sorry." "No way!" "Elope?" "Seriously, I wish she could see that there's no way I can do that." "I'm already recommended for college." "Plus Asuda's been a little shaky lately." "I found out after going out with her that she's, like, too serious." "You should go out with me then." "You wanna come over to my house today?" "Can I?" "I'm really gonna come over." "Sure, I don't mind." "I believed in you, Senpai..." "I believed that you truly loved me." "You're just like my father!" "It's not what you think." "Don't touch me!" "Mom, did you feel like this too?" "When you were betrayed by Dad..." "Sorry, but I was following you." "I figured you'd tell me to leave you alone, so" "I couldn't call out to you." "Let's go home, Yui-chan." "Welcome home." "Mita-san, where's everyone?" "They're all out looking for Yui-san." "Mita-san, I'm leaving Yui-chan in your care." "What do you mean by that?" "That's, um..." "I think she was about to kill herself." "I brought your laundry." "Just put it away wherever." "Very well." "When" "I was little," "I loved Dad the most in the whole world." "Although after I got into high school, someone else became number one..." "In the end, I'm betrayed by everyone I love." "Just like Mom." "I can't take this anymore." "They're all dirty dogs." "I'm disgusted with myself the most!" "I shouldn't have been born." "If Mom didn't get pregnant with me, she wouldn't have married that jerk and wouldn't have had to kill herself!" "Mita-san." "Yes." "Please kill me." "Very well." "No!" "Stop!" "Very well." "I was just startled earlier because it happened so suddenly." "Now, even if I say "Stop,"" "you can ignore me." "Very well." "Wa...wait a minute!" "Please, stop!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "Don't come!" "Don't come!" "Don't come..." "Please, stop!" "Don't come!" "I'll really kill you!" "Aren't you scared of dying?" "No." "By chance, have you ever tried to die?" "I have." "Then why didn't you die?" "According to Harumi-san at the referral service," ""God is probably telling you that you still have reason to live"" "...that's what she told me." "Yui!" "Yui?" "What are you doing, Yui!" "Stay away." "What are you doing, Onee-chan!" "I'll die if you get close to me." "Then tell me." "Is there any reason for me to go on living?" "I don't want to suffer like this anymore." "The person I love betrays me, and" "I'm powerless to do anything." "I'd be better off dead!" "That is..." ""For you to decide" again?" "That is because you are blessed." "What's so blessed about me?" "You have this home." "You still have a family who loves you." "If you die, you know yourself how much you will be hurting these people." "Yui." "Mom gave you your name." "We had just graduated from college, so when we found out she was pregnant with you," "Grandpa objected strongly, but your mother insisted that she was going to have the baby no matter what." "It was a long hard labor, so" "I'm sure it must have been tough for Mom, but all through labor, she was saying," ""I'm going to do whatever it takes to have this baby." "This baby has to be born." "This child will bind* the family together, she said." "(*kanji character for Yui means to tie or bind)" "If you weren't born," "Kakeru, Kaito, and Kii wouldn't have been born either." "Yui, if you're not around, this family will fall apart." "It doesn't matter what happens to me, but not you." "You can't disappear from this house." "You have to keep on being everyone's Onee-chan." "If Onee-chan isn't around, who am I supposed to fight with?" "My plan is to get into a better college than Onee-chan and look down on you, so my plan will be messed up if you're not around." "Onee-chan, aren't you going to tie my hair anymore?" "Mita-san, do you have rubber bands?" "I do." "Come here, Kii." "There, Kii." "Thank you." "Dad." "Will you let Grandpa know that you're declining his offer?" "To adopt us." "Huh?" "Oh, yeah..." "Alright." "Also, prove to us that you love us." "Prove to us that we're the most important people in the world to you." "I don't want to be betrayed anymore." "I don't want to be scared all the time that we might be abandoned either." "I want you to show us that you love us and put Dad's rock in this can." "This is how we all feel." "Kii-san has gone to bed, so I shall take my leave." "Mita-san." "Yes." "I'm really fortunate to always have fluffy clean sheets to sleep in, aren't I?" "Maybe Mom was giving us encouragement every time she changed the sheets." "That "After a good night's sleep, you can deal with anything."" "I wish I had realized when Mom was alive." "Mita-san, earlier you told me "You still have a family who loves you."" "Could it be that your family died?" "I'm sorry, but I cannot disclose personal information." "Don't be like that." "Tell me." "Earlier, you expressed your thoughts for us." "For the first time." "Here's the bill for today's extra hours." "Excuse me, I'd like to check out please." "Yes, thanks." "Hello." "Help me, Chief... if you still love me." "Please, tell us." "Did Mita-san's family die in an accident or something?" "Listen." "Give me a break, okay?" "That kind of information is, you know." "That's why she doesn't smile anymore, right?" "The other day when I ordered her to smile, she said if I insist, she'd have to quit." "Akari-chan said that?" "She even told us she tried to die." "She said it was then that Harumi-san told her," ""God is probably telling you that you still have reason to live."" "But... you know, at that time she was already a mere shell of herself..." "You know." "After something like that happened, it's understandable." "Ah~ No, no!" "You won't get a word out of me anymore." "Okay, out of my way." "Could it be that the reason she always goes to the amusement park and buys a family meal without doing anything is because that place holds memories for her?" "Come to think of it, the three of them used to go there frequently." "Alright, let's go!" "Hey!" "W-wait!" "Hey!" "Hey...!" "Don't tell Akari-chan you heard it from me!" "Excuse me, but would you mind not standing behind me?" "Mita-san, you had a husband and a child, didn't you?" "The amusement park you go to all the time is a place the three of you went often, right?" "Why did they die?" "Mita-san's family." "Please tell us, Mita-san." "I killed them."