[Yuichi comes home after having a serious talk with Kaori. Yuichi shows obvious signs of being depressed.]
YuichiI'm home.
Yuichi
Yeah. [Picks up Piro] How is Akiko-san doing?
Nayuki-san made egg-drop porridge and took it to her.
Yuichi
I see. [Hands Piro to Ayu]
What's wrong? You don't look so well.
Yuichi
Eh? Yeah, it's because it was so cold outside. [Yuichi turns and walks away toward his room. A few minutes later, Ayu comes to Yuichi's room.]
[Knocks on the door] Yuichi-kun, I'm coming in. [Ayu opens the door and Piro walks in first. Ayu sees Yuichi laying on his bed.] Ah! It's pitch black in here. Can I turn the lights on?
Yuichi
No, please don't.
Yuichi
When it gets bright, I turn to ashes.
[Laughs and walks closer to Yuichi's bed, sitting next to him.] So you're a vampire?
Yuichi
You need something?
No, not really. I just I just felt that it'd be better to stay close to you.
Yuichi
Mind your own business.
Yuichi
[Small laugh] You're so strange.
Yuichi
[After a short pause] Thank you.
[Yuichi and Shiori are eating curry for lunch at school, a food known for being spicy.]
[Looks down at the food with a apprehensive look] It looks spicy.
Yuichi
The curry they serve here is pretty good. [Yuichi takes a bite of the curry. Shiori watches in surprise as he enjoys it.] What's wrong? Eat up.
Y-Yes. [Shiori takes a scoop of the curry and slowly lifts it up to her mouth before slipping it into her mouth. Almost instantly, Shiori shows signs of panic.]
Yuichi
Are you all right?
[Takes a drink of water] To tell you the truth, I can't take spicy food at all.
Yuichi
What? Then what about wasabi?
I don't even want to see it.
Yuichi
Mustard?
[Covers her ears with her hands] I don't even want to hear of it.
Yuichi
Tabasco?
It's the enemy of all humankind!
Yuichi
Ice cream?
Yuichi
Why did you order curry then?
[After a short pause and then while slightly blushing] I wanted to eat the same thing you were eating.
[After her bath, Ayu comes into Yuichi's room to tell him the bath is ready.]
Yuichi
You keep your hair band on even after you take your bath, eh?
This? [While slightly blushing] It's because I got it as a present from someone precious to me.
[Shiori's birthday party is underway and Jun notices that most of Yuichi's friends are girls.]
So Shiori-chan was the girl that came to get you the other day.
I knew I had seen that face from somewhere before. You're the one that was standing in the courtyard, right?
Yuichi
Oh yeah, you were the one who first found Shiori there.
That's right! And you laid your hands on her without my permission!
Yuichi
Don't say such misleading things.
Shiori-chan, Minase, and eh...Tsukimiya Ayu-chan, was it?
And Shiori-chan's classmate. And you're close with Kurata-san and Kawasumi-san from the third-year class, aren't you? [Jun jumps up and grabed Yuichi in a neck hold.] You pimp!
[Shiori's birthday party has just ended and everyone's outside the café.]
Yuichi
Yeah right, after how much you were laughing?
Are you all right, Shiori-chan? Are you tired?
No, I'm fine. It was fun. I'm glad I was able to share some time with you. [Shiori pauses and looks to her sister her is looking the other way.]
Shiori-chan, let's have lunch together next time.
SSShiori's classmate
Then me, too.
Yuichi
You go to a different school.
I'm in, too. It's a waste to let Aizawa have all the fun.
Yuichi
I told you to not say misleading things.
Why? Don't you want to make a cute girl like her your girlfriend?
You really don't have an eye for girls, do you, Aizawa-kun? [Both Shiori and Yuichi are shocked at what she said.]
Yuichi
[After a short pause, and then with a smirk on his face.] Mind your own business.
It is my business. [Kaori finally turns toward Shiori and Yuichi.] Because Shiori is... Shiori is...[Short pause.] ...my litter sister. [Everyone is shocked to hear this, though mainly those that didn't already know.] Right, Shiori?
Why didn't you say that in the beginning? Ah, could it be- [Yuichi slaps his hand on Jun's mouth.]
Yuichi
Zip it.
Come, let's be off. [Kaori starts to lead the others away from Yuichi and Shiori.]
Oh yeah, I have practice!
[Kaori stops and turns back to face Shiori and Yuichi.] Shiori, um... [Short pause.] Let's chat a lot later.
Aizawa-kun, take care of my sister, please.
Yuichi
Yeah. [Kaori has one more look at Shiori and then turns to continue walking with the others.]
[Seven years prior to the present in the story, Yuuichi and Ayu are talking together in the shopping district.]
Yuichi
That doll I gave you...
This? [Ayu motions to the doll she's holding.]
Yuichi
That doll is actually not an ordinary doll. It's a mysterious doll that grants a wish for the owner. [Short pause.] You just thought I was lying, didn't you?
Yuichi
But it's true.
Yuichi
But it can only grant three wishes. Of course, it doesn't accept "I want more wishes." Put yourself in the shoes of the one that has to grant them.
Who's going to grant them?
Yuichi
Me.
[Short pause and then after a small laugh] I see.
Yuichi
So I can't grant wishes that are impossible for me, either. By the way, I'm poor. [Ayu laughes] Now, say any wish you have.
Then, here's my first wish. [Holds the doll as if she is praying to it.] Please don't forget about me. Even if you go home because winter vacation is over, please remember me from time to time. And think, "Right, I met a strange girl in that snow-covered city." That enough, so please don't forget. That's my first wish. [Looks up at Yuichi] Is that no good?
Yuichi
I told you that I'd do anything I can. I promise. I'll never forget about you, and I will come back to this city. When I do, let's eat taiyaki together.
Yuichi
By the way, the taiyaki will be on me.
[Nayuki is just about to start the track team tournament, while Ayu, Yuichi, Jun and Nayuki's mother watch on the sidelines.]
I'm getting worried. Nayuki-san will be all right, right? She'll win, right?
Yuichi
I wonder. I feel like she's not nervous enough for the match.
That's not true! Nayuki-san will win it for sure!
Yuichi
You're the one that said you're worried.
[To Yuichi, trying to keep his voice down.] Hey, don't make a grade school girl your girlfriend, all right? There are a lot of problems with that.
[Annoyed] I'm the same age as Yuichi-kun and Kitagawa-kun. [Jun is shocked and screams out.] You're overreacting!
You're really in high school? Which high school?
Yuichi
Apparently you can go when you want and leave when you want.
There's no homework, and taiyaki is served for lunch.
Does that kind of school even exist?
Yuichi
[Voice hushed] Don't take it seriously.
[Yuichi and Nayuki are walking hope after Yuichi just bought her a present for winning the track team tournament.]
Hey, Yuichi. [Yuichi, who is walking a little ahead of Nayuki, stops and turns around. After a short pause, Nayuki speaks again.] Don't give Ayu-chan too much trouble, okay?
Yuichi
If anything, I think it's usually me that's troubled by her.
You don't understand. Ayu-chan is...
Yuichi
What about Ayu?
[Looks away.] It's a secret!
Yuichi
Give me a hint.
It's meaningless for me to say it. [Nayuki starts to walk towards Yuichi.]
Yuichi
Hint two!
Nope. Only one hint. [Nayuki keeps walking past Yuichi.]
Yuichi
Bonus chance! [He goes to catch up to her.]
Yuichi
Special chance!
Yuichi
Attack chance!
[Seven years previous, Ayu is waiting on a bench for Yuichi with a present to give to him.]
[Ayu notices Yuichi running up to her and stands up to face him while smiling.] You're late, Yuichi-kun.
Yuichi
Sorry... [Catches his breath] ...to keep you waiting.
I thought you wouldn't be coming today.
Yuichi
Me too; I thought I wouldn't make it today. I'm sorry I always make you wait, Ayu.
Yuichi-kun, um...[Ayu holds out her present to Yuichi.] These are for you! They're cookies I made.
Yuichi
Handmade? [Takes the small bag.] Thank you.
[Yuichi looks inside the bag to discover all the cookies are black and hard.] I'm sorry I couldn't make them very well. [Yuichi manages to take a bite of one of the cookies.] How is it?
Yuichi
It's good...
[With a smile] That's great!
[Right after they break their kiss together.]
Yuichi
Don't apologize, you idiot!
B-But I ignored your feelings, and I...
Yuichi
I love you, Ayu. Do you love me?
I...I've loved you since a long, long time ago, too! [Slight pause.] I think, if you love me, then I think I can love you back forever! [Covers her face in embarrassment, then looks up at Yuichi.] I don't really understand it, but I think it's something like that. Um...[Laughs] What am I saying? I shouldn't be saying things that aren't like me.
Yuichi
No, my thoughts are exactly the same. We've waited for seven years, so we need to take back the time we've lost.
Yuichi-kun... [Hugs him] Then let's meet here tomorrow after school, too. Like we used to.
Yuichi
Yeah. Like we used to.
[Yuichi and Ayu are just about to part ways while they go to their respective schools.]
Yuichi
Don't go following a stranger even if you're given taiyaki.
Yuichi
You are a child until you can solve cubic equations like child's play. Do you know what a cubic equation is?
Yuichi
I don't either!
[Ayu and Yuichi are sitting on a bench out in front of a convenience store.]
Yuichi
You know, Ayu, don't take this the wrong way, but you're kind of a freak.
Okay, I'm confused. Now how am I not supposed to take that the wrong way?
Yuichi
I'm just saying. You're like a weird, spazzy little boy lost in the supermarket.
Ugū, I know my way around the supermarket!
Yuichi
[Sighs] That's exactly what I'm talking about. You're in your own world. I mean it's-it's mind-boggling. You've even got your own weird lost boy language.
Yuichi, why are you calling me a boy?!
Yuichi
Not just a boy, I said "spazzy little lost boy". Hmm...I should add "crazy" to that.
Yuichi
Come on, I wanna see if you can do it. Try and say something normal. It's an important skill to have.
Okay...Let's see...[Ayu strains herself.] Yuichi, this is just stupid! [Ayu groans which causes Yuichi to laugh]
Yuichi
You can't do it!
You're mean! You didn't even give me a chance! [Yuichi catches his breath and stops laughing]
Yuichi
You're right. Sorry. Okay, give it another try. I promise I won't laugh.
I'm not going to play your dumb game.
Yuichi
Come on, now. You can't be crazy forever. Think of the future, Ayu. I mean, you're gonna have to get a job someday, aren't ya? Say you're on a job interview and you open your mouth: "Ugū, I'm Ayu. I think that taiyaki is really awesome".
Ugū. Um...That is not what I would say. You're...a stupid-head!
Yuichi
Yeah...Uh, see, I don't think I'd hire you.
Do you get some sick pleasure out of making fun of me?
Yuichi
Whoa! Hey, hey! There's nothing sick about it!
Yuichi
A spazzy little lost boy!
AYAyu and Yuichi
[Yuichi mocking Ayu] Ugū!
[Ayu is up in a tree about to make her second wish on the doll Yuichi gave her.]
Then my second wish is, I want to go to school with you. Just today. We'll make this place our school. We'll study together, eat lunch together, clean the classroom together...and I want to go home with you. Is a wish like this okay?
Yuichi
I promised that I'd grant anything I can. From now on, this place is a school. A school without rules or uniforms. A school with freedom.
Yuichi
None, of course.
Yuichi
No tests! You can skip school when you want. You can come when you want and leave when you want.
That's a nice school! Then I'll add something, too...Taiyaki is served for lunch every day!
Yuichi
Taiyaki every day?
Yuichi
Every day is a little...
No! It'll be served every day!
Yuichi
[After a short pause] Let's meet at this school, again.
Yuichi
Yeah, next time I come to this city.
We'll meet at this school!
Yuichi
You got it!
[Ayu just feel off from the tree and cannot move.]
Yuichi
Ayu! Ayu!
[Opens her eyes] Yuichi...kun...
Yuichi
Don't talk. I'll take you to the hospital right away.
It hurts. It really hurts.
Yuichi
I got it, so don't talk.
[Small laugh] I fell...I'm supposed to be good at climbing trees, too. [Suddenly feels something] What's this? I don't feel the pain anymore. What's going to happen to me?
Yuichi
If it doesn't hurt, then it's absolutely fine.
Yep. [Short pause] Heh? My body doesn't move.
Yuichi
It's fine if it doesn't move. I'll take you.
But...if I can't move...we can't play. [Starts to cry] Yuichi-kun. Will you...play with me again?
Yuichi
[About to cry] Yeah, of course. I even have something to give you.
I'm glad. Then it's a promise.
Yuichi
Yeah.
Pinky promise. [Tries to move her hand.] I can't move. If I can't move my hands, we can't make a pinky promise. I'm...such a fool.
Yuichi
[Grabs her hand and makes a pinky promise.] There, we can still make a pinky promise. We did make a promise, Ayu. It's a promise so...
Yuichi
[Short pause] Come on, if you don't let go, it doesn't become official. You have to let go of me. We have to let go of it together, or else it won't be official. Ayu? [Breaks down] Ayu!!!
[Yuichi gets into Nayuki's room after it had been locked all day.]
Get out of here. Please, Yuichi. I don't want to see anyone. I want...to be alone...
Yuichi
Hey, long time, no see. It's been a couple of days. I saw you finally ate something. Did you like my cooking? Well, I know it's no great shakes compared to the stuff Aunt Akiko can make but...[Stops himself short] Come on, Nayuki. Are you seriously going to sit in here and keep blaming yourself forever? Aunt Akiko's going to pull through. She lives her life by her own rules. There's no way something this stupid can take her away.
Yuichi...Are you a miracle worker? [Pause] Mom and I...we were always together; the two of us. For as long as I can remember, in this town, in this house, it's just always been us. I don't-I don't even know what my dad looks like. Still, because I always had Mom, I never felt lonely at all. We were able to make it this far together and...And now, because of me, I'm going to be...all alone in the world...
Yuichi
You're not going to be alone. You're one of the most popular girls at school, you know that? People like Kaori and Kitagawa and all your teammates think you're great. And you've got me, too.
Yuichi
Yeah. I'm right here with you, aren't I?
I don't believe you. [Yuichi gasps] How could I? You forgot about me for seven years. [Yuichi looks with remose.] You're a liar. You never once responded at any of the letters I sent you.
Yuichi
I know...but I read every one of them...
Since I didn't hear from you, I thought maybe you never got them somehow. When I heard you were coming back here to stay with me and Mom, I was almost too scared to go and meet you at the train station. I was sure I'd see you there, but you wouldn't recognize me or remember my name. [Yuichi takes out the red bead in his pocket.]
Yuichi
I, uh...I remember what happened seven years ago. [He walks over to her.] It was the last day of winter break and we were saying goodbye at the station...and you came with the snow bunny...I'm so sorry. Can you ever forgive me? [Presents the red bead to her.]
All of that...is in the past...
Yuichi Would it be okay if I stayed in here with you for a little longer? Nayuki?
No. [Pause] Please go away. [Pause] I can't...be happy anymore...[Starts crying] I don't know how I could be...Because...I was always with Mom and she was the one who...
Yuichi
Nayu-
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