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Ooh.
Oh.
- -
Eh?
Uh...
Huh.
Hmm.
Meow.
- -
It's out of there!
She got all of that one!
Just look at it go!
Not again.
- You don't gotta send it into orbit!
- What are you waiting for?! Go get the ball!
Watari: Okay.
Tsubaki: Oh! Sorry! I'm on it!
- Home Run Tsubaki strikes again.
- Hey. - Oh.
Both: See you later!
Huh?
Ahh! Dead, dead, dead, dead!
Nothin' to see here, folks.
- - No. Huh?
Ow. My head.
Huh?
- Oh, it's just you, Kousei. - Uh, wait.
- I thought I was in trouble for a sec.
- Oh. Hey, Tsubaki. When did you get up here?
What happened to the window?!
And why is everything red?!
You broke it again?
But we only just got this window fixed!
- Every window I take out is another notch on the old bat.
Just hit 'em softer, please!
- You telling me not to bring my "A" game?!
This is my last season in middle school.
Gotta earn me a Triple Crown already.
- Let's just clean this up. -
Tsubaki: Ahem!
Let me grab you the dustpan, yeah?
- Guess I'll have to apologize again.
Did happen while I was here.
- Don't pick it up with your hand, dummy.
What if you cut one of your fingers open?
Well, so what if I did?
- -
- Hmm? - Oh?
- You live right next to each other,
been friends forever,
and you seek each other out no matter where you are.
- Just get married already. -
- Both: Don't be an idiot! -
Tsubaki: What are you doing up here
with your cell phone, Watari?
Aren't you in the middle of soccer practice?
Kousei: Please don't wear your cleats in here.
- Man, that stupid vice principal
chewed us out for a whole hour. He's just mad 'cause he's bald.
- Could have been worse. - Huh?
- He could have chewed you out for two, right?
I didn't even do anything,
and I had to suffer through all of that.
Clearly I'm the victim here.
What, and I'm not?
I'm not the one who built a school full of windows
right next to where they have us play softball.
They should have planned ahead.
Watari: I dig all the windows.
Makes it easier for the girls inside to cheer for me.
Tsubaki: Yeah, whatever.
Hey, are you guys hungry?
Tsubaki: Are girls and food all you ever think about?
Watari: I'm gonna hit the convenience store. You in?
Kousei: Why not?
Tsubaki: Only if you're buying.
- I'm just saying I was bleeding all over the place.
- Obviously I-- - Tsubaki: Whoa!
This ice cream's delicious! I'm stocking up.
Kousei: Never mind.
Watari: Dude, Kousei,
it sucks to be you, man.
How come you gotta write two apology letters for one window?
- One for Tsubaki and one for me.
I been dealing with her antics since we were kids,
so I'm used to it.
Breaking the suspension bridge on that field trip.
Oh, and shoving me off a high-dive board into the pool.
Watari: And that was just third grade.
Kousei: I thought I was gonna die.
- - Shut up!
- Even though I'm an only child,
it's like I have my own high-maintenance big sister.
Kousei's a real prince, huh?
Tsubaki: He's a real something.
Watari: Careful, though.
- Don't be too nice of a guy. - Kousei: Hmm?
- 'Cause when it comes to the ladies,
they usually finish up last.
- - Hmm?
Hey! I just got a text from Keiko!
I'll catch you later, guys! Whoo-hoo-hoo!
- How many is that? - She's three and counting.
- I wonder, what do those girls see in him?
Ugh. He's so shallow.
- Yeah, but he is a good guy at heart.
Don't tell him that.
- Tsubaki: What about you? - Huh?
- You crushing on anyone? - What?
Miwa told me something.
She told me, when you're in love,
the world just starts looking more colorful.
I don't think I'll ever inspire that kind of change in someone.
Stop that!
You're 14 years old!
There's no sparkle in your eye! What the hell?!
- My eyes are dark. I don't think
they're gonna sparkle that much.
Don't you throw logic at me!
You know what I'm talking about!
You're supposed to be all footloose and fancy-free!
Those eyes should be like, "Yay!"
But yours are blah.
Yeah?
I see that sparkle in your eyes all the time.
Kousei: For Tsubaki, I bet the world looks pretty colorful.
How could it not?
Must be nice.
Tsubaki: So when does your Dad get back into town?
- Uh, I think he'll be back in a month, maybe two.
Kinda up in the air, huh?
- It depends on the clients, I guess.
That makes sense.
- He knows your family's keeping an eye out for me,
and I am pretty used to being on my own.
Well, see you tomorrow.
Yep. See you.
- - Hmm?
- Oh. -
Hey, what's up?
Nah, I forgot.
I was gonna ask him, and then I totally zoned out.
I'll do it tomorrow, promise.
Stop being a spaz.
It's gonna work out just fine.
Yeah, for sure.
Don't worry.
I got you covered.
Hey there, Mom.
I'm home.
Tsubaki: Miwa told me something.
"The moment I laid eyes on him,
my old life just flew away.
Everything I saw and heard,
everything I felt,
the world around me took on color
in a way I'd never knew it could."
Kousei: But in my eyes...
...life comes through in monotone...
...black and white, like piano keys.
Kousei: There in that moment...
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