Haburashi / Onna Tomodachi (Toothbrush / Female Friends / はぶらし／女友だち)

We laughed a lot back in those days.

At the same time and at the same place...

...we sketched out our favorite dreams together...

Say, say. What do all of you want to be in the future?

I'll become a star beautician!

I'll become a school teacher!

How about you, Mayuri? You'll follow something to do with music, right?

That's my hope.

How about you, Kasumi?

I'll get married at twenty.

At twenty?!

Yeah. I'll find someone rich...

...give birth to an adorable child and live a graceful life.

If we could have seen how totally different things would be for us now...

...compared to the futures we saw for ourselves back then...

...and if we could stand there again once more...

...could we have restarted our lives then and there?

Okay! We can expect some great ratings from today's Episode Two, can't we?

Well, that'd be great...

At this rate we'll be running alone at the top of the charts.

I think we definitely will!

Since I don't want to be disappointed by raising my expectations too high...

...I won't say anything.

"Refrain After School" has a great rep in the audience questionnaires.

And hits on our drama website are through the roof, too.

Really?

Because you'll be getting your first Drama award with this one...

...the public spotlight will be quite intense on you.

Well...

Thanks for your hard work.

You won't be returning to your office again today, will you?

No.

Shall we go to your apartment?

We can't go back to that second Summer of high school. And...

...we are living in a reality different from the ones we dreamed of back then.

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Haburashi (Toothbrush)

Women Friends

Premium Drama

Episode 1 "Premonition"

Thank you.

Good night.

Good night.

What is it? Did you forget something?

Who are you?

Um... Makabe-san?

Mizue?

It's been so long...

What's the matter?

Ah... Sorry for appearing out of the blue.

How many years has it been...

Suzune, you're looking great!

We haven't seen each other since graduating high school?

Since I changed schools in our second year, it's been since then.

That's right, isn't it?

And? Has something happened?

Ah...

It's embarrassing to suddenly appear and ask you for a favor like this, but...

Could you put us up for the night?

Eh?!

I'm really very sorry! But there's no one else I can ask...

Just one night will be fine. Please.

No, no, hold on a minute...

Um... Even the hallway or anywhere'll be fine!

Because my son needs to sleep...

I've put the towels here.

Thank you.

You can use this room.

I couldn't ask this of you. Anyplace will be fine for us...

The room over there is filled with all my work materials. And besides, I have things to do there after this.

I really am sorry about this.

Yeah.

There...

Mizue, he is your child, right?

Don't say that. Of course he is.

Walking around with someone else's child at this time of night would be kidnapping, wouldn't it?

His name is Kouta. He'll be in grade school this Spring.

Since he's fallen asleep, I'll have him make his greetings in the morning.

You don't have to do that.

Working?

Ah... Yeah. I'm under a bit of a deadline.

Must be tough, huh?

Want some water?

Yeah.

Here.

Thank you. You go to the trouble of buying water...

Still, you found out about my address here, huh?

Even though I only gave my contact info to those I work with.

I called your parent's home and they told me.

I see...

To have both an apartment like this and a work office as well is something else.

No. It's a worn-out, thirty year old apartment complex.

I've lived here a long time. It's just easier for me to write here than over there.

Suzune, you keep active, don't you?

I've watched "Refrain After School." I even read the blogs for it sometimes.

Really?

This is about us, isn't it?

Ah... It's not, particularly.

But we're the models for those characters, right? The Girl's School chorus.

There are differences in the fine details, though.

That's why it's fictional.

You're incredible, Suzune.

That's not true.

You've climbed on top, haven't you?

Say. Something's happened, hasn't it? For you to suddenly come to my place.

Truth is... I was laid off.

Eh?

I've been searching for a job for so many months now...

...but haven't found anything at all...

I got turned down at lots of places when I told them I had a child, too.

Eh? Mizue, aren't you married?

I thought you'd written you had on a postcard that came to my parent's home long ago...

We broke up last year. After our break up, I came out here.

At first I would leave Kouta with my aunt in Yokohama while I worked part-time...

...but she passed away...

And since my job wasn't one that paid all that good a salary, either...

...the rent and living expenses just kept piling up...

Say, couldn't you ask your ex-husband for some financial help?

I don't want to get involved with him anymore. I don't want to meet him...

But...

What do you intend to do from here on out?

Because there's a job I've been introduced to, I'll go there tomorrow.

What about a place to live?

I've heard they have a company dormitory.

You've got all sorts of problems, don't you...

Is this all of your bags? You have more stored elsewhere, don't you?

No. That's all of it.

Look. Feel free to use as much skin lotion as you want.

Is there anything else that you need?

Ah... Um, could I get a toothbrush?

Huh?

I should have stopped and gotten one at the convenience store, though...

Ah... A toothbrush? Yeah. Um... I have some spares.

Could I borrow them? One for me and for Kouta.

I'll buy new ones tomorrow.

That's okay. They're just toothbrushes.

Here.

Thank you.

Because we know you've been lying, Mayuri!

I haven't been lying.

Don't play dumb with us!

Only one person's been doing an end run on us and giving presents to the teacher!

Is that true?

It's not...

Liar! You're always making fools of us like this.

Suzune.

Thank you so much for today. Goodnight.

Goodnight...

So long. We were under your care.

Work hard.

Yeah. Suzune, do your best at your job, too.

Thank you.

Kouta-kun, stay healthy.

So long. Let's go.

Suzune-oneechan, thank you

Huh?

Where did my hairpin go?

Huh?

Ah... I'm blocked...

Yanai Mamoru

Hello?

Where are you right now? At your office?

Yeah, that's right. What's up?

Is that manuscript coming along?

Ah... It has a "so-so" feel to it.

Where should we go for dinner this week?

I want to treat you for the high ratings we're getting.

Really? All right!

Where would you like to go?

Hmm... Then, that restaurant I told you about before.

Where the two of us could see the stars.

Should you and I share it?