Suzuka (涼風)

- Yamato: IT TOOK ME SEVEN HOURS TO GET

FROM THE HIROSHIMA COUNTRYSIDE TO TOKYO.

I MADE THE TRIP SO I COULD START MY FIRST DAY

OF HIGH SCHOOL AT A NEW PLACE.

I WAS WALKING BY MY NEW SCHOOL TO CHECK IT OUT

WHEN I SAW THIS GIRL.

NOT JUST ANY GIRL. SHE WAS AMAZING.

I'D NEVER SEEN ANYONE LIKE HER. SHE WAS INCREDIBLE.

( theme song playing )

- YAMATO, WHAT'S TAKING YOU SO LONG?

- MIHO, YOU'LL CATCH YOUR DEATH OUT HERE. WAIT FOR HIM INSIDE.

- I'M TOO NERVOUS. HE SAID HE WOULD BE HERE AT TWO O'CLOCK.

I HOPE AUNTIE DIDN'T CHANGE HER MIND AND MAKE HIM STAY HOME.

THAT WOULD JUST SEND YAMATO INTO A TAILSPIN.

DON'T YOU WORRY.

MY SISTER SAID HE COULD COME TO TOKYO

AS LONG AS HE STAYED WITH US WHILE HE WAS HERE.

MAYBE HE GOT DISTRACTED, RIGHT, GORO?

HE'S NOT EXACTLY THE MOST RESPONSIBLE KID ON EARTH.

- SORRY, I'M LATE. I GOT DISTRACTED WALKING AROUND.

YAMATO AKITSUKI REPORTING FOR DUTY AND AT YOUR SERVICE.

- WELL, I'M GLAD YOU MADE IT, YAMATO.

BUT YOU REALLY WORRIED MY PRINCESS.

OH, SORRY.

- YOU... YOU'RE SO IRRESPONSIBLE!

- MIHO, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH YOU'VE GROWN!

YOU'VE GOTTA BE IN THE SEVENTH GRADE BY NOW.

EIGHTH GRADE.

YOU REALLY DON'T THINK TOO OFTEN BEFORE YOU TALK, DO YOU?

- YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW. YOU CAUGHT ME THIS TIME.

MY MOM TOLD ME YOU GUYS RENOVATED,

BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN I EXPECTED.

YEAH. IT'S A NICE CHANGE.

- Ayano: THE BATH AREA WAS REMODELED

INTO A DAY SPA AS WELL.

SO THIS IS MY NEW HOME.

THE PLACE WHERE I'LL BE STARTING A WHOLE NEW LIFE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU

LETTING ME COME LIVE WITH YOU, AUNT AYANO.

- STOP ACTING SO FORMAL. I'M YOUR AUNT.

- ACTUALLY, WHILE I'M HERE, YOU'RE MY LANDLADY.

- I'M YOUR AUNT FIRST. NOW GET INSIDE OUT OF THE RAIN.

WE'VE ALREADY SENT YOUR LUGGAGE TO YOUR ROOM, SO YOU'RE ALL SET.

- YOU GOTTA BE WORN OUT, YAMATO. COME ON IN AND RELAX.

OH, OKAY.

- YOUR ROOM IS 301. IT'S UPSTAIRS.

- JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX

IS FOR WOMEN ONLY.

- SO DON'T YOU GO MAKING ANY TROUBLE FOR THEM.

HEY, I'M NOT A TROUBLEMAKER.

- I THINK YAMATO IS GOING TO WORK OUT JUST FINE.

BESIDES, WE COULD USE SOME MALE HELP AROUND THIS PLACE

AND HE'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.

GIVE ME SOME CREDIT, WILL YA?

I'M GETTING ROOM AND BOARD PLUS PAY FOR MY SERVICES,

SO I'LL DO THE BEST JOB I CAN AT WHATEVER YOU LIKE.

EVEN IF IT'S SIMPLE LIKE CLEANING THE BATH.

- CLEANING THE BATH IS A LOT HARDER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.

I DON'T THINK I'D MAKE LIGHT OF IT.

NO SWEAT. I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ME AND YOU WILL, TOO.

FINE, SO MAYBE IT'S A BIT HARDER THAN I THOUGHT.

BUT THIS PLACE IS HUGE.

THEY'VE GOT JACUZZIS, THEY'VE GOT SAUNAS.

IT'S TOTALLY HIGH END AND MODERN.

I BET THIS PLACE FILLS UP WITH GIRLS FROM THE SCHOOL.

I WONDER IF SHE'LL BE HERE.

- YAMATO, WHY AREN'T YOU DONE YET?

FOR SUCH A SIMPLE JOB, YOU SURE ARE TAKING FOREVER.

YOU NEEDED TO BE DONE WITH THIS LIKE AN HOUR AGO.

OKAY. I'LL TRY IT LIKE THIS.

NOT BAD FORM, HUH?

- YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT FASTER THAN THAT.

OKAY, THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER.

- THEY'RE HERE. - WHO'S HERE?

- CUSTOMERS! COLLEGE GIRLS WHO LIVE IN THE COMPLEX

LISTEN, YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL AROUND THEM.

THEY CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.

DANGEROUS? HOW?

- GREAT, THEY'RE NOT DONE CLEANING OUT THE BATH YET.

- HOW MUCH LONGER ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT?

( gasps )

- HEY, I HEARD ABOUT YOU. AREN'T YOU YAMATO,

THE LANDLADY'S NEPHEW?

- Oh, I'M SO EMBARRASSED. ALL I'M WEARING IS A TOWEL.

WHAT A BAD FIRST IMPRESSION.

- YOU KNOW, THE LANDLADY FORGOT TO MENTION TO ME

HOW CUTE YOU ARE.

- ( exclaims ) - NO!

YAMATO, OUT OF THE BATH. NOW. YOU CAN FINISH LATER.

( exclaims )

THIS IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

UH... IT'S NOT...

IT WAS JUST A MISTAKE!

AS USUAL, MY TIMING WAS JUST PERFECT.

THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR WISHING SHE'D STOP BY.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC AS TO WHEN.

GEEZ, SHE MUST THINK I'M A TOTAL PERV.

- Miho: YAMATO? - Ayano: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

UGH! YOU CREEP! GET OUT!

Miho: THAT'S SUZUKA'S ROOM!

- I THOUGHT I WAS GOING INTO MY ROOM. I SWEAR! I DIDN'T KNOW!

- WHAT ARE YOU, BLIND? LOOK AT THE DOORPLATE!

- IT SAYS SUZUKA ASAHINA RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE DOOR.

YOUR ROOM IS OVER HERE. NUMBER 301.

- I JUST MOVED IN SO I'M STILL GETTING USED TO THIS PLACE.

YOU'RE SO CARELESS, YAMATO.

- I TOLD YOU NOT TO MAKE ANY TROUBLE FOR THESE GIRLS!

- I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT THIS, ASAHINA.

NOW, APOLOGIZE TO THE YOUNG LADY.

SORRY FOR BARGING IN ON YOU.

I NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED

THAT SHE'D BE LIVING RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME.

THIS IS ONE EXCELLENT DINNER YOU COOKED UP, AUNT AYANO.

IF I DIDN'T FEED YOU,

WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND OF GRUEL YOU'D SHOVEL DOWN YOUR THROAT.

I CAN FEED MYSELF. IT'S NOT LIKE I'M A DOG.

- THAT'S TRUE. AT LEAST A DOG WOULD KNOW WHICH APARTMENT

HE'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO.

- I TOLD YOU, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

- I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU INVITING ME TO DINNER.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAD A HOME-COOKED MEAL.

YOU'RE WELCOME OVER ANY TIME I'M COOKING, ASAHINA.

- WHY IS IT YOU'RE SO NICE TO HER,

WHEN YOU TREAT ME LIKE I'M A FOOL?

- BECAUSE, UNLIKE YOU, SHE'S GOT THE HOPES

OF ALMOST EVERYONE AROUND HERE

WEIGHING DOWN ON HER. IT'S GOTTA BE EXHAUSTING.

ASAHINA'S AN AMAZING TALENT.

SHE'S BEGINNING HER FRESHMAN YEAR AT AOBA HIGH SCHOOL

JUST LIKE YOU. SHE GOT SCOUTED LAST YEAR

AND OFFERED A SPOT ON THE TRACK AND FIELD TEAM.

WHILE YOU MADE IT IN AFTER SITTING ON A WAITING LIST.

- SHE WAS SCOUTED? THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

SO THAT'S WHY SHE WAS PRACTICING ALONE

WHILE EVERYONE WAS ON BREAK.

- MY MONEY IS ON HER MAKING THE OLYMPIC TEAM SOMETIME SOON.

AND WHEN THAT DAY COMES AROUND,

I'LL TELL EVERYONE SHE USED TO EAT DINNER AT MY PLACE.

- WELL, I HOPE I DON'T DISAPPOINT YOU.

SHE'S SO COOL. ALMOST PERFECT.

THERE'S NO WAY SHE COULD BE THE SAME AGE AS ME.

- Ayano: ASAHINA, DO YOU WANT ANOTHER BOWL?

OH, NO THANK YOU. I'M FULL.

- FOR SOMEONE SO ACTIVE, YOU SURE HAVE A TINY STOMACH.

NOT ME!

- THE MOVE HASN'T SLOWED DOWN YOUR APPETITE.

I'M A GROWING BOY!

SO, YOU WERE SCOUTED. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THAT'S AWESOME.

WHEN I PLAYED BASEBALL IN JUNIOR HIGH, I COULDN'T CATCH OR HIT.

THE WHOLE TEAM LAUGHED AT ME AND MADE FUN OF ME ALL THE TIME.

I GOT SO FED UP WITH IT ONE DAY THAT I TOLD EVERYONE

I'D BUY THEM ALL SODAS IF I COULDN'T GET A HIT.

AND WHAT DO YA KNOW, I GOT MY FIRST BASE HIT THAT DAY.

JUST CALL ME LUCKY, I GUESS. - THAT'S SO LIKE YOU, YAMATO.

- MMM-HMM. IT'S ALL OR NOTHING WITH YOU.

- WHAT WERE YOU GONNA DO IF YOU STRUCK OUT?

YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY THINK I CONSIDERED FAILURE AN OPTION,

SO I GUESS APOLOGIZE.

- NOTHING GETS UNDER MY SKIN MORE THAN

IRRESPONSIBLE THINKING.

THANKS AGAIN FOR THE MEAL.

WHAT THE HECK IS HER PROBLEM?

SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO ACT SO DAMN SERIOUS.

( doorbell rings )

- MIHO? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

- SUZUKA, LISTEN. YOU'VE GOT THIS WHOLE THING WRONG.

PLEASE DON'T HATE YAMATO.

I KNOW HE CAN BE CLUMSY AND CARELESS

WITH THE THINGS HE SAYS,

BUT HE'S GOT SOME GOOD QUALITIES, TOO.

HE'S NICE AND FUNNY, A GOOD COOK, HE LIKES DOGS.

AND IN THE BATH, WHEN HE FELL ON MEGUMI, IT WASN'T HIS FAULT.

SAOTOME HAD BEEN TEASING YAMATO.

AND THAT'S WHEN I JUMPED IN AND PUSHED HIM OUT OF THE WAY.

- SO THAT'S WHY YOU CAME? - YEAH.

- YOU LOOK AFTER HIM WELL, DON'T YOU?

- CALL IT MATERNAL INSTINCT OR SOMETHING,

BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE LEAVING HIM ALONE.

THANKS.

YOU'RE WELCOME. HEY.

WOW, HE'S CUTE.

IS THAT YOUR BOYFRIEND OR A TRACK BUDDY?

WELL, HE'S, UH...

- IT'S GOTTA BE SOMEONE YOU ADMIRE.

HE LOOKS A LOT LIKE YAMATO, DOESN'T HE?

WHAT?

- OH, NOTHING. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

JUST DON'T HATE YAMATO, OKAY? THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

SEE YA.

- I DON'T THINK THEY LOOK ALIKE AT ALL.

WHAT IS UP WITH ASAHINA?