Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon

I want him to hold me, if only for a moment.

That's all I ask.

I won't ask for anything else.

That's what I always thought.

But...

when he held me, I couldn't let go.

I wanted to know more about him.

There is another self inside me that I don't even recognize.

It's so red.

What?

The sunset.

Do you want a drink?

Thank you.

I guess it's obvious that the sunset is red.

No.

On Mars, the sunset is blue.

- Really? - Really.

The particles in the Earth's atmosphere make the daytime sky blue...

and become redder as the sun sets.

But on Mars the opposite happens.

The sky is red during the day, and the sunset is blue.

I did not know that.

If the sunset were blue, it would be difficult to tell what time to go home.

Let's go home... in a little while.

Are you regretting this?

But if we continue...

we won't be able to stop.

Oh, so you can step back now?

I can't step back.

It's the same for me.

But, I don't want to hurt you.

Unbelievable.

You come here and still say that.

You're over thirty, you're an adult.

I'm thinking this over because I'm an adult.

Hey, do you want to bet?

A bet?

What bet?

That white board there, in the middle of the hill?

We stay friends if the first person to walk past it is a woman.

If it's a man...

we start a relationship.

I'm not just playing a game.

I can't decide for myself.

What if...

the first person to pass is a Martian?

What!

I'll never come see you again.

Stop it, please, forgive me!

I'm not forgiving you.

Don't make such a sad face.

I love you, Rikako.

I just want to make you happy.

You just want to sleep with me, don't you?

Then hurry up, do it!

You knew and understood I was married.

This is not what I want!

I can bear you having a husband.

But I'm can't permit you to see other men.

Tell that man who called you and break up with him!

He doesn't have anything to do with us!

Hello.

I'm sorry to bother you.

I'm being confined in a hotel room by an ex-boyfriend.

- I'm busy, I'm hanging up. - Wait.

I'm not lying.

He's extremely possessive, and thinks there's something between us.

- Please tell him we're not... - Hey!

Tell me the truth.

Hey!

Don't you dare touch Rikako again.

I don't take orders from strangers.

What the hell!

Rikako is mine.

What the hell did you just say?

Nobody's walking by.

Nope.

Girls?

If it's a girl?

We stay friends.

- Look! - Boys!

- Yay! - Um...

- Hurry, hurry... - Uh oh. Are they hitting on those girls?

Are they?

Look, a man on a bicycle!

A man! Good! Come here!

He passed them... he passed them!

Come here, come here, come here...

Good good, very good.

What? He stopped.

- Come on. - Hurry! They gave up on the girls.

- They were rejected... - Rejected.

They're talking to the man on the bike. Do they know him?

Wait, look.

So, it sort of was a Martian.

I wonder if it's male. Or a female.

I'm going to go ask.

Wait.

I don't care either way.

I wonder why.

I don't really know you...

but I've fallen so hard for you.

Then why don't you try hating me?

What?

Tell me, 'You're despicable.'

I guess.

You actually are despicable.

Despicable.

Delinquent.

A pervert teacher.

Indecisive. A coward.

You dress funny and what you talk about is pretty boring.

But, you laughed at my Martian joke.

I felt bad for you.

I...

I'll probably be bored of you really quickly.

I'll regret meeting you.

You might regret it so much you won't care about anything.

I had thought that no man would ever love me again.

I had waited so long for someone to want me like this.

I'm sorry, God.

I won't ask for your forgiveness.

But please give me this man, if only for this moment.

Love Affairs in the Afternoon

Episode 5

Hello.

Hello?

Something's weird.

Sorry, it's so late.

- What's wrong? - I don't know this number.

I just had a dream about Martians.

I'm going to answer it.

Hello.

I'm sorry to surprise you, it's Takigawa.

Rikako-san's...?

Yes.

Um, where are you right now?

Where I am?

Uh, what can I do for you?

No, you see, Rikako's missing.

She's always come back by the time the children come home.

She won't answer her cell phone either.

You wouldn't know anything, would you, Sawa-san?

I'll be at the Mercure Hotel, so come rescue me if I run into trouble.

- Um... - So you know? Where Rikako is?

Yes, sort of.

Excuse me, I'll call you right back.

Who is it?

I don't know. Come sit over here!

What are you doing?

Something might have happened to Rikako-san.

I'm going to that hotel.

I'll go with you.

It's fine, I'll go alone.

But what if something dangerous happens?

Then you can't come all the more.

Everyone will find out we were together.

Bye, 'Delinquent teacher'.

It might be Rikako-san.

Bye.

Hello.

Where are you, Mama?

You're home already?

I'm sorry.

Rikako-san is in a bit of...

I'll be home really soon.

Come on! I'm hungry!

I'm very sorry, we don't have any reservations under Takigawa.

- Really? - Yes.

We met before at Rikako-san's house, didn't we?

- Why are you here? - What are you doing, Tomoya-kun?

It doesn't concern you.

- Just like I thought, a stupid kid. - What?

Take Rikako home, I'll take care of the rest.

Wait a minute, who are you?

I'm nobody.

But I know a lot more about Rikako than you do. And Rikako loves me, too.

Shut up!

Stop it!

You told me there was nothing going on with this man!

Tomoya-kun!

Stop, you're getting nowhere.

It's time you learn that a woman won't go back to a man she no longer cares for.

Shut up you, old man!

Stop Tomoya-kun, this is pathetic.

If you don't want Rikako-san to despise you, apologize and leave right now.

Don't put the blame on a woman just because your life isn't going as planned.

It's not actually Rikako-san you want, you're just lonely.

What's wrong with this kid?

Shut up.

Shut up, all of you!

I'm so sorry.

I don't have any right to cheat if I can't keep things under control myself.

I'll lay low for a while.

Enough with the repenting, hurry up and go home.

Your husband is watching you.

My husband?

He was in the lobby when I came in.

Did he see you?

Of course not.