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-Do that for me. -What's that?

-Ride on your shoulders. -Oh, okay. You can ride on my shoulders all the way home.

Okay, come on. Oh, thanks.

Okay, lift your legs!

What's the matter? Who's that?

Is he Morio's friend?

No, um...

Ahh...um...

I'm a "hofu" at a nearby preschool.

Um...that is...um..."Hofu" is what you call a male "hobo" (daycare/preschool teacher).

Ah...and...um...Yayoi-san and I are...that is...how do you say...

-I'm uh...merely...uh...what you'd say, her next door neighbor, or rather, her neighbor across the way... -This child...

...is my son.

His name is Toru.

It's ironic, isn't it?

That we have the same name, of all things.

I'm sorry.

I...

really wanted to tell you several times...

but...

but...

Until now, I

loved only him.

I couldn't see anything but him.

But...

after I met you...

for the first time...

That's why I...

You should have told me sooner.

You dummy.

You didn't have to agonize by yourself.

You have a funny face. Do it again, do it again!

Morio. Are you alright?

Is that so.

So both your parents have already passed away.

Then did you have the baby all by yourself when you were 19?

No, until he was born, I was living with my stepfather in Shizuoka.

He's a very good man, and he gave me a lot of support.

Is that right. I can see that.

I mean, I always felt that you must have been raised properly with lots of love.

But my stepfather decided to remarry, and

I realized I shouldn't depend on him forever.

How about going out for dinner tomorrow? The three of us.

Introduce me properly. To Yayoi-chan's Toru-kun.

But...

Don't worry.

We'll get along fine. Alright?

We'd better get going.

Toru-kun's probably worried.

Let's go.

Yay! We're going out for dinner?

Remember the Onii-san you met yesterday? He wants to go eat something yummy with you.

Why?

Well...that's because...um...

-I want hamburger! -Hamburger again?

Then...okonomiyaki*! (*Japanese pancakes)

-Alright then, okonomiyaki it is! -Yay!

Got the trash!

Everything locked up!

Dinner with...that Onii-chan?

-Yeah. You wanna come too, Morio? -Uh, no, today I'm a little...

Is that right?

The three of you are having dinner, huh?

-Morning. -Good morning.

Ah...that's right. Where should we go tonight?

I've never eaten out with a kid before.

Toru said he wanted okonomiyaki.

-Okonomiyaki? -We don't have our mind set on it or anything.

-Anything and anywhere is fine with us. -That's fine. Okay. Let's have okonomiyaki.

Here you go. All done.

-Sorry for making you do this. -What, you're so docile today.

I went to see Yayoi-chan yesterday.

I heard you knew.

Why didn't you tell me?

Well...you know...

When I considered Yayoi-chan's feelings...

I thought maybe if

it might be a shock to you and things might not work out

-or something... -We're going out to dinner. The three of us.

Don't worry, it'll be fine.

Anyway...I'll do fine.

Really?

Somehow I can't picture Toru with a kid.

Really?

-Yeah. -Here you go. Lunch Special.

Looks good.

Mommy!

-Oh, Yayoi-san. You're early today. -Yes.

Thank you.

-Bye bye. -Bye bye.

It's unusual to see her in a skirt.

-Morio Sensei, not again? -Huh?

Will you stop seeing her off looking so pathetic?

Hi.

I'm sorry, we're late.

This is Toru. He's 5 years old.

Nice to meet you. My name's Toru too.

-Anyway, let's eat. Okay? -Yeah, I'm sitting here.

Well...these things happen.

You don't care about the shape, do you? As long as it tastes good.

-Right? -Yeah.

-Toru-kun, do you like roller coasters? -Roller coasters?

You like them a lot, don't you? This Onii-san's amazing. He makes roller coasters.

Why?

-Well...because... -That's his job.

Toru!

Look at this, you're making a mess.

He's always like this. What am I going to do with you.

I'm sorry! Please use this.

Don't do that.

-Do "GAO" for me. -Huh?

Morio always does it for me.

-Morio? -Our neighbor.

Ah, your neighbor.

-Come on, do "GAO." -No, Toru.

Like this?

You have to make a funnier face.

-This is no fun. -It's no fun, isn't it?

Shall we go back to our seat?

I wonder if Yayoi-san and Toru-kun's doing okay.

But you know, I like kids, but I don't know.

When it comes right down to it, I may have to pass on a single mother.

Don't be like that, Chu Sensei.

You're right. Yeah. That's right. Things will work out fine. Yeah.

Right?

That's right. Yayoi-san will surely find happiness.

Right?

-Another song. Let's do another one. -Good idea. Let's do it.

Pick something that's nice and cheerful.

"Heartbreak Restaurant."

Come here, Toru. Wipe your hands.

Don't touch it!

I'm sorry.

-That's okay. Toru was at fault too. -I'm really sorry.

Thank you for the dinner tonight.

-You sure you're okay here? -Yes.

Good bye then.

Yayoi-chan.

Will you be able to call me Toru?

No, never mind.

See you.

Somehow I can't picture Toru with a kid.

Will you be able to call me Toru?

Toru.

Toru-san.

-Mitsuya-san went on a business trip? -Yes. It happened rather suddenly.

I wanted Yoshikura-kun to accompany him, but Mitsuya-kun said Ryuta-kun would be fine.

If we could get a piece of the action for the resort in Sendai,

it'll be a much bigger job than the roller coaster we're working on now.

Oh, this is where Mitsuya-kun's staying.

If you have any urgent matters for him, you can contact him here.

-Yes. -Thanks.

Hello, Neverland.

Oh, Toru? Yeah. You're there already? Yeah.

About the roller coaster, we'll just have to wait and see what the owner decides to do.

Oh, Yayoi-chan's here. Do you want to talk to her?

Oh, okay.

Alright. Got it.

That was Toru. He said he didn't have anything in particular to tell you.

I see.

How come you're not playing with everyone?

-Toru-kun's water gun got broken yesterday. -What?

-That's why he's down. -I'm not down.

The okonomiyaki was really good.

You should've came with us, Morio.

-Overnight preschool? -Yes, next Tuesday.

Our Horse Class is the only class that hasn't done it yet since everyone was sick.

So we thought we'd do it as soon as possible now.

-Alright, got it. -Thanks.

-Hello. -Oh, hello.

-Uh... -Yes?

See you tomorrow.

-See you, Morio. -Yeah, see you.

What did you think about the client's reaction?

-I thought it was so-so. -Yeah.

This is unusual.

Hm?

Is something troubling you?

Did I look like it?

Ever since we got here.

Do you...

-...have a woman you like? -Huh?

If...in order to go out with that woman

say you had to change your lifestyle...

If it came to that...

Like if...

you had to prepare yourself to take on a responsibility, big enough to change your life...

Did something happen?

Nope.

Forget it.

Daddy's house is rea~lly big and the bath's rea~lly big too.

And I scrubbed Daddy's back the other day.

Then Daddy said it felt good, and gave me a kiss on my cheek.

I take baths with my Mommy too.

You're such a dummy. Mommy and Daddy are different.

Daddy's back is bigger than Mommy's so it's a lot more work to scrub his back.

-He's so persistent. -Hm?

My ex-husband.

He's nagging me to send Mai to a private school.

On top of that, while we were having this important discussion, he had a woman waiting in the car.

-I see. -How about you, Yayoi?

-About what? -The reason for your sighs.

Toru-san hasn't called you since he went on his business trip?

Looks like both of us will be having a pretty dreary Valentine's Day.

-Sorry for making you tag along. -That's alright.

But Sachiko-san, do you buy this many every year?

More or less. This is part of marketing too.

Are you okay with splitting the cost for the guys in the office?

Please. I've never done anything like this before.

Really? You never buy any?

-I only buy one every year. -One?

I get it. Just for Toru-chan?

But don't you need another one this year? For the bigger Toru-kun too.

I'm not sure...

Suddenly, I'm not so confident anymore.

On second thought, I realized I don't know anything about Toru-san.

The guy's just a kid. A kid.

Somewhere along the way, he stopped growing. Right?

Although that's his good point too.

Also, I think Toru's father's quite an influential man, and

when he was a child, they pretty much bought him anything he wanted, but

what you'd call parents' love? He doesn't have that kind of warm memories.

-Is that right? -Yeah.

So, maybe...

when he's with Yayoi-chan's Toru-kun, he doesn't know what to do.

Yes?

Something's wrong with my bath, so I'm going to the public bath, but

Toru-kun mentioned before that he wanted to go to a public bath, so I thought I'd invite him along.

-That hurts, Morio. -What, this is nothing.

-I'll scrub your back now. -Okay.

-Does it hurt? -Not at all.

-Does this hurt? -No, not at all.

-Does this hurt? -It doesn't hurt at all.

-Yes? -I have a package for Koyabashi-san. Can you hold it for him?

Alright.

Look at this big one I made. See. Feel it.

Hey, Dad. Don't put your towel in the water.

Oh, I'm sorry.

-Oops, I got scolded. -That's no fun.

Okay, Toru-kun. Then let's do water gun next. -Water gun?

It really is a water gun!

-How do you do it? Teach me, teach me! -Alright. You put your hands together like this.

-Room 725 please. -Certainly.

Dad, here.

-Thank you very much. -I'll take my leave now.

Good night.

-Morio Sensei. -Yes?

This...

was delivered to your place.

Leave!

Morio Sensei?

When I was working for my previous company,

due to circumstances, I drove a company to bankruptcy.

As a result, the president of the company disappeared, and remains so to this day.

The son of the president - his name is Kentaro-kun -

he's shut himself up in the house ever since,

and has never attended elementary school.

-But Morio Sensei shouldn't feel totally responsible... -No.

The fact remains that I broke an innocent child's heart.

Besides...

I'm doing this partly for myself too.

If I continue to mope around like this,

I felt that I'd hate myself even more.

I know...that it's not a matter that can be resolved by apologizing.

But...

to convey my desire to help in any way I can...

as many times as I have to...

I'll go as many times as I have to...

Because

if I want them to understand my feeling,

if I have a thought I want to convey,

I'll just keep doing my best and

then my sincere feeling

would certainly touch people's heart, that's how I...

I'm sorry, I got carried away.

Really...

I hope someday they'll understand.

Yes.

-Toothbrush OK! -Pillow case OK!

Towel OK!

Chocolate OK too!

-Huh? -Here!

-Alright! Thank you very much. -You're welcome.

Say, Toru, did you get one from Mai-chan?

Oh, you lover boy!

-Thank you then. -Certainly.

Don't forget to go to the bathroom before you go to bed.

Don't keep on talking in bed.

Don't cry if you wake up in the middle of the night.

You too, Mommy. Don't cry because I'm not there.

-See you. -See you.

See you then.

-Oh, Morio Sensei. -Yes.

-Here. -Huh?

Uh...this is for me?

For everything you do for us.

Really? This, well... Thank you very much.

I mean, really?

Go ahead and eat away.

Why am I spending Valentine's Day with Miyuki-san...

What. I'm sorry you have to be with an old single mother on a special day like this.

Speak for yourself. Why aren't you on a date as usual since you don't have Mai-chan tonight?

I'm not in the mood for that.

Did something happen?

A day like today has special meaning, right?

-I don't want them to get the wrong idea. -Oh, I see.

You don't have to worry about that with me.

-But Chu-chan, don't we look like a cute couple from the outside? -No, we don't.

Sorry for being an old hag.

If I want them to understand my feeling,

if I have a thought I want to convey,

I'll just keep doing my best and

then my sincere feeling

would certainly touch people's heart, that's how I...

Will you be able to call me Toru?

-Oh, Sachiko, you're still here. -You too.

-Did you just get back from Sendai? -Yeah.

Man, I'm beat. We had a tougher time than I expected.

Did you call Yayoi-chan?

No.

I'm...a little...disappointed in you.

I'm leaving now. Good night.

-One more place! Let's go to one more place! -Okay, okay.

-Huh? -Huh?

Okay, okay. Time for good kids to go to bed. Alright? Watch out!

-Be quiet! Be quiet! -Morio Sensei.

-You have a visitor. -A visitor?

Oh, hello.

I stopped by the house, but she wasn't there.

Can you please give this to Toru-kun for me?

Yes. I can do that.

-Looks like you have a tough job. -It's a job I love, so...

Bye then.

I'm sorry, Yayoi-chan.

For not calling you.

It's alright.

-It's alright. -But...

I wanted...you to know my feeling.

My

true feeling.

I want to be by your side.

By Toru-san's side.

Chu-chan, how do you work this thing?

Even if there the karaoke boxes were all full...

Hey, Chu-chan, come here for a minute.

"Welcome home. Yayoi"