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Mrs. Igarashi: [Addressing a young Igarashi] Miya. Will you run an errand for me?

Mrs. Igarashi: Tenma-kun, will you go with her?

Young Tenma: Sure.

Mrs. Igarashi: I'm so glad your family lives across from us. I can work without worrying.

Mrs. Igarashi: Miya-chan, be a good child, like Tenma-kun. Miya-chan, do you understand?

[Present day. Igarashi is staring off into space.]

Voice: Miya-chan!

(*)

Tenma: What's wrong?

Igarashi: N- nothing.

Tenma: The sun's gone down and it's gotten cold, hasn't it?

Tenma: Shall I carry that for you?

Igarashi: [Pulling her bag away] No– it's fine. I can do it.

Tenma: Mou! Recently you've been acting like such a stranger, Miya-chan!

Igarashi: [Angry] All I said was that I can carry my own things!

Old ladies: [Watching] Oh, look. They're so cute together. Etc.

Igarashi: (What will I do? What should I do?)

(*)

[Close-up of Igarashi's shocked face.]

Igarashi: (WHA–?)

(*)

[Hasukawa and Mitsuru are face-to-face with Igarashi and Tenma.]

Hasukawa: (Wha–?)

Tenma: [To Mitsuru] Sempai!

Hasukawa: (What is Igarashi-san doing here?)

Note: She's thinking: "Why is Hasukawa here?"

(*)

[Little superdeformed Hasukawas run around in his head in a blind panic.]

Superdeformed Hasukawas: Uwaa! Uwaa! Uwaaaaaa!

Hasukawa: (What'll I do? What should I do? It's so sudden!)

Hasukawa: (I wanted to see you.)

Hasukawa: (I wanted to see you again.)

Heart FX: doki doki doki doki doki doki doki doki doki doki

Hasukawa: (Yeah. I know that look.)

[Igarashi is staring.]

Hasukawa: (It's the face you make just before you start to cry.)

(*)

Hasukawa: (What. . .)

[Mitsuru and Tenma chat, unaware of what's going on.]

Mitsuru: So, Igarashi's mom is coming back?

Tenma: Yes. In September.

Tenma: It looks like she can stay for a while.

Tenma: Ah! Miya-chan! Did you thank him properly for his help?

Igarashi: Eh?! Uhhh. . .

Tenma: That's no good! You have to do it properly! Come on! Right now!

[Igarashi bows to Mitsuru.]

Igarashi: Please accept my apologies for what happened then.

(*)

[Igarashi and Hasukawa stare at each other.]

Tenma: [Noticing Hasukawa] Who's this?

Mitsuru: Our Dorm Head. Any thanks should be said to him.

Tenma: Oh. Is that so. . .

(*)

[Igarashi bows to Hasukawa while Tenma and Mitsuru watch.]

Igarashi: Sorry.

[Hasukawa stares at her silently.]

Tenma's voice: Well, see you.

Mitsuru's voice: Yeah.

(*)

Tenma: And a good New Year to you!

[Mitsuru waves.]

Mitsuru: (What a geezer.)

[Tenma looks over his shoulder, a suspicious look on his face.]

[Mitsuru and Hasukawa stand in the station in front of the ticket machines.]

Mitsuru: Well, shall I buy your ticket? 160 yen.

Hasukawa: . . . Sempai.

Mitsuru: Hm?

[Hasukawa's nose has started bleeding.]

Blood falling on the floor FX: Pota [plop]

(*)

Mitsuru: [Exasperated, holding out kleenex] Hey, cut it out! Tissue! Tissue! Don't use your hand.

Hasukawa: [Wiping his nose on the back of his hand] . . . Hempai, I . . .

Hasukawa: [Now using a kleenex] What should I do?

Mitsuru: What, huh? What can I say? I've never been in this situation. [sweatdrop]

Hasukawa: It feels like the inside of my head is filling up with blood. . .

Hasukawa: It hurts. I don't know why, but. . .

Hasukawa: I can't help but feel disappointed.

[Mitsuru, rather self-consciously, hugs Hasukawa.]

Mitsuru patting Hasukawa on the back FX: Pon Pon

(*)

[Old ladies are staring at Mitsuru as he embraces Hasukawa.]

Old lady 1: Ara! Isn't that Micchan from Kouryu Temple?

Old lady 2: Oh, what's he doing? And with another boy . . . [^__^;;]

Mitsuru: (Uh. Not good.) [sweatdrop]

[Mitsuru pulls Hasukawa into the relative privacy of a phone booth. Ads for escort agencies line the walls.]

Mitsuru: (I was just thinking that this is the kind of thing [kuchidashi ni sumai].)

Mitsuru: (Even though it's none of their business.)

[At the Hasukawa residence]

Sumire: Ara? Yakkun, your face is all red. Do you have a fever or something? You didn't drink your New
Year's sake.

Sumire: [Looking at a thermometer] Sure enough, you have a cold.

Sumire: It's no good. You have to stay home and sleep.

Sumire: I'll call Ikeda-kun's house and tell him you can't meet him for Hatsumoude like you promised. Come
on, go to bed. [Imo-girl: Hatsumode is the traditional first temple visit of the New Year.]

(*)

[At the Ikedas' house. . .]

Mitsuru's voice: Ah, really? Yes, I understand. . . Well, tell Hasukawa "hi" for me.

[Mitsuru re-enters the room.]

Shinobu: What's wrong?

Mitsuru: She said he got a fever early on New Year's and he's sleeping.

Shun: Really?!

Shinobu: It's a rare man who gets an actual fever from lovesickness, isn't it?

Shun: Then, it's just the three of us for Hatsumoude?

[Mitsuru's mother pours sake for Shinobu.]

Mrs. Ikeda: Please have some.

(*)

Shinobu: [To Mitsuru] As expected, you also have a role to play in this problem.

Mitsuru: Are you saying you're going to help?

Shinobu: Don't make me laugh. I have no intention of helping him.

Shun: Suka-chan's such an idiot.

Shinobu: Omae mo mi mo futa mo nai na

Shun: [Angry] Look! I could understand about his sister-in-law! But would _you_ like to see him with
Igarashi-san?

Shinobu: You're awfully honest. But I see your point.

Mitsuru: But, y'know, there's a big difference between this time and that time with his sister-in-law.

Shun: Eh? What?

(*)

Mitsuru: *This* contest isn't decided yet.

[Sho is sitting at his desk thinking about Shun.]

Sho: (I heard what he said, but I really thought he was a girl.)

[Back at the Hasukawas' house]

Sumire's voice: Hiro-kun! Hiro-kun!

Sumire: [Excited] Look at this! It was in Yakkun's jeans pocket!

[Kzuhiro holds up an ad from the telephone booth.]

Ad: Lady Escorts! Safe! 03 (3XXX) XXXX

Kazuhiro: (What's he learning in Uguisudani?!) [sweatdrop]

Sumire: The other side! The other side!

Kazuhiro: Other side?

[Kazuhiro turns the ad over.]

Kazuhiro: [Surprised] !

(*)

[Hasukawa lies in bed.]

Hasukawa: I still have the constitution of a baby, huh?

Note: He has a fever.

Hasukawa: (. . . that's right. Igarashi-san lives in that area. It's not unusual to run into her at Uguisudani
station.)

Hasukawa: (If I go to Hatsumoude, I might meet her again.)

Hasukawa: (Maybe with *him*.)

[Hasukawa imagines Tenma's smiling face.]

Tenma smile FX: NIKO

Hasukawa: Ugh!

Hasukawa: (D- dammit!!)

Note: His fever is rising.

(*)

Hasukawa: (Why, when you like someone, does your heart have ups and downs like this?)

Hasukawa: (It's a lie when they say love is strong.)

Knocking FX: Bosu bosu

Kazuhiro's voice: Kazuya.

[Kazuhiro stands in the doorway to Hasukawa's room.]

Kazuhiro: We're going to have lunch. Can you eat?

Hasukawa: I'll eat.

Hasukawa: . . .

[Kazuhiro turns to go.]

Hasukawa: Hiro-nii.

Hasukawa: There's something I want to ask you.

(*)

[Kazuhiro stands with tears streaming down his face.]

Kazuhiro: (It's been so long! Oh, how I've waited for this day . . . etc.)

Hasukawa: Suppose if. . .

Hasukawa: . . . when you met Sumire-chan she already had a guy she liked? What would you do?

Kazuhiro: This isn't really a hypothetical situation is it? You're no liar.

Hasukawa: I said, just suppose!

Kazuhiro: What do you mean, "what would I do?" In other words. . . ?

Hasukawa: I mean –

Hasukawa: Even though you like Sumire-chan, she has someone else she likes. And furthermore, they've
been together forever.

Note: The truth is, if that were the case, nothing would have happened between Sumire-chan and
Hasukawa's older brother.

Kazuhiro: If that's the case. . .

(*)

Kazuhiro: Would I give up?

Kazuhiro: If it's me, no matter the conditions, my answer is the same.

Kazuhiro: If the guy is careless, even if he's better than me, I wouldn't give in whatever history they share.
Even if he were my own little brother, I wouldn't take pity on him.

Kazuhiro: Sometimes you think too much about unnecessary things. Didn't you spend enough time in
contemplation during the Physical Education Festival? [Imo-girl: tankoubon 10, episode 1.]

Hasukawa: . . . !

Hasukawa: [Blushing] This problem is completely different!

Hasukawa: This isn't just about me!

Hasukawa: The girl and the other guy might get hurt. . .

Kazuhiro: Wrong. You don't worry about the other guy, dummy.

(*)

Kazuhiro: You shouldn't be too afraid of being the bad guy.

Hasukawa: Really. . .

Kazuhiro: I'm a pro at giving life advice, so I'm not mistaken.

Hasukawa: (Maybe so. . .)

Kazuhiro: However, if you think about it, you're already encroaching unavoidably on someone else's
territory: you can't give up on liking his girlfriend.

Hasukawa: (After all, I was just afraid of getting hurt, myself.)

Hasukawa: (Even though the answer was there.)

Kazuhiro: I'll tell you another thing.

Kazuhiro: If you're dumped immediately, no one but you gets hurt.

(*)

Kazuhiro: They say "evil will be destroyed."

Kazuhiro: If that happens, even if finding out is unpleasant, it's decided. But–

Kazuhiro: If it's not destroyed, maybe it's not evil. [Imo-girl: He means "If you're not dumped, maybe you're
meant to be together."]

Kazuhiro: That's for the girl to decide later.

Kazuhiro: So, her name's Igarashi-san, huh?

Hasukawa: [Blushing] How do you know that name?!

[Kazuhiro holds out the ad Sumire found.]

Kazuhiro: I just happened to see this. This is *that* meddler's handwriting, isn't it?

On the back of the ad: Igarashi 3872-XXXX

Hasukawa: (He's very conservative.)

(*)

Hasukawa: (His "Go sign" shook me.)

Hasukawa: (Anyway, I'm going to let Igarashi-san know my feelings! Everything starts with that!)

Hasukawa: [Psyching himself up as he stands by the phone] All right, then!

Kazuhiro: (How long is it going to take for him to make a simple phone call? Sheesh.)

Hasukawa: (I have to do it or nothing will begin or end.)

Hasukawa: (Here we go!)

[Hasukawa dials.]

Phone ringing FX: Tsu tsu tsu

Hasukawa's heart FX: DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI

(*)

Voice on the other end: Hello, Igarashi residence.

Hasukawa: Ah! Um! May I speak to Miya-san, please?

Voice: Speaking, but. . .

[Cut to Igarashi]

Hasukawa's voice: Igarashi-san? It's Hasukawa. Ah– Um– I–

Hasukawa's voice: I have something I want to talk to you about.

(*)

Igarashi: [Panicking] SORRY!

[Igarashi hangs up.]

Hasukawa: A! Igarashi!

Kazuhiro: Well, *that* happens, too. . . [sweatdrop]

Narr: Is it okay to end with this kind of helpless scene?! Is it fate from a past life or the track coach's curse?
Where is Hasukawa Kazuya's spring?!

Hasukawa FX: Doooooooooooo!

Arrow pointing to Hasukawa FX: This is the sound in his heart.