02x15 - See You Later

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Sorry about my mom.

It's fine. See you then.

Okay.

Yuki, is something the matter?

Mom changed my conference date
last minute.

Jeez.

It's already a miracle
that she's coming, I guess.

Don't be so full of it.

All the zodiac members
will come back to me in the end.

Forever unchanging.

The conference is meant for you…

for you to think about
your own path, your own future.

So… Yuki,

please do your best.

Stop meddling.

I'll do my best to meddle!

What?

At any rate, we started the conferences!

For now, I just want to start working.

I don't feel secure
with just my dad's income.

Don't say that.

Are you interested in a particular job?

Particular job?

Uo, you'd be a great model.
You'd be so cool and marvelous.

Oh, really?

Being a model sounds good.

A model?

Don't just decide on a whim.

Well, for now…

I just hope I can graduate.

Saki, stay strong!

That's up to how motivated you are.

Whether or not we've set our career plans,

we're all graduating in
a little over a year.

Did you see?

Who's the hottie?

Ms. Mayu might fall for him!

Yes! That's it, Mayu!
The pissed face I wanted!

Ms. Shiraki?

Oh… right. I heard that
Mr. Soma here has been swamped…

Thank you so much for coming
during a busy time. You're so thoughtful.

Not at all.
I just did what anyone would do.

What is this? It's like an icy wind
blowing from my right.

Why don't we start?

Yes, ma'am! Thank you very much!

You're planning to
start working right away?

Yes.

You're sure you don't want to
further your education?

It's not too late to
apply for scholarships.

No, thank you. I will start working.

I want to graduate high school
and start working…

as before.

And you're moving out of Soma's house
after graduation?

Yes.

Why not become my wife, then?

What?

I'm already years old.

People have been telling me
to settle down.

That's…

That won't do.

A proposal is important to a woman.
Don't ask her so casually.

That must be why you can't get married.

What's this? Are you the type
who still idealizes marriage proposals?

You'll waste away
your marriageable years like that.

What is this diamond dust…

-Honda?
-Yes?

Your plan is to start working for now.

There's still time, so think carefully.

Okay.

Honda.

Don't try to bear everything by yourself.

Okay…

Done already? It went by too fast.

Well, Shigure, thank you very--

Sorry, Tohru. Will you go first?

I need to talk to your teacher
about something unrelated.

But…

the diamond dust…

Tohru, you're not making any sense.

Please excuse me.

Man, I've fallen for you again
after seeing your teacher side.

You're just here to spite me.
You're even wearing Hatori's suit.

I'm amazed you realized it's his!

Must be the power of your stubborn love!

He's so infuriating!

No need to be so cross.

After all, if you and Hatori got married,
we would've been relatives.

I'm so glad I didn't touch you.

You stayed behind to tell me this?

Yes, I did!

Fine. Whatever.

I wanted to talk to you about Honda too.

Treat her with more care.

She's a reasonable girl,
but she can't bear everything herself.

I can't tell how much you know.

A relative told me the same thing too.

Are others, like that girl,
just things to you?

Like fallen books and scraps of paper?

Whatever it seems,

I'm treating her with exceptional care,
despite being me.

I meant you, at your core.

Impossible. You can't expect more
with my personality.

That's not even my job in the first place.

What nonsense… You're probably not kind
to those you love either, are you?

Honda, don't figure out
what this guy's really like.

Oh, come on!
You talk like I'm evil incarnate.

Tohru.

-Tohru!
-What?

Why are you spacing out?

No, it's nothing.

-Tohru, something's on your mind.
-What?

I feel turbulent waves from you.

It's nothing serious.

I'm just anxious
thinking about my future again…

No… it's not that.

It reaches deeper.

Doesn't that make everybody anxious?

I'm anxious about it too.

Pops said to think more seriously
about my future.

-Me too. I was asked to graduate.
-Really?

Dude, that's the minimum expectation.

As for you,
don't you usually overthink things?

Don't just keep it
all to yourself, all right?

It's a waste of the present…

and it worries me.

It's also important to think of
what you can do now, in the present.

Yes… You're right. Like somen, right?

Somen? Is that a joke?

What? No, it's not!
It's something Shigure once told me.

He said to take a break once in a while
and eat somen with your friends…

Really? That writer said that?

Uo, Hana. Thank you very much.

I feel better now!

No need for thanks.

I simply did what you always do for me.

Hana!

Hanajima. Don't take all the credit.

Oh, whatever.

Tohru, don't be
too trusting of that writer.

Oh, why not?

That one's pretty black inside.

-He's twisted.
-What?

Don't worry. Shigure is such a kind man.

Well, I can't help it
if you trust him so much already…

Tohru's wholehearted trust in him
must guilt him into kindness.

Oh, my. It's Kyo Soma… and who is that?

Master! Oh, he's Kyo's dad!

What, seriously? That guy is?

I thought his dad would be
a redhead like Carrots.

That's because…

They don't really look alike, but…

How handsome.

-What?
-What?

I've got to decide on a career path now?

No. You have a general idea
of what you want to do, though?

General idea?

I can't really imagine him
as a college student or a working adult.

What the heck?

It's true.

You have nothing to say to me?

An adult has no right to deprive
their child of their free will, right?

Though I believe we have the right
to worry ourselves sick over them.

Think it over. It's fine if you take
twice as long as others.

I simply wish to know your answer.

Such little time left.

Such little time.

I want to be by your side.

I can't think of anything other than that.

You're just Kyon. I can't believe
you had the nerve to catch that.

Uotani, you jerk.

Hey, let's go.

-We're heading over to your house.
-What?

Well, would you like to have
a somen party with everyone?

Even though nobody knows the answer yet…

What? Hanajima likes Teacher?

I'm unsure of how I feel about him
having an older child.

That'll work itself out. Right?

Not so fast, dammit!

Hang on, it doesn't matter
how Kazuma feels?

Graduation…

Until that day…

It's not like you have conflicts that day,
do you? I'm a busy person.

Mom's voice resounded over the phone
with its usual coldness.

Anything else? Fine, see you then.

All those feelings from the past
surged back.

I'm sinking. I'm falling.

Everything turns dark.

Mom, I want to go home too!

I don't like that room.
Akito says all these scary things!

-Oh, my.
-I don't like it. I want to go home!

Take me back with you, Mom!

Mom, please! Help me!

How wonderful that the head of the family
has taken a liking to you.

Make sure to keep getting along together.

Bye, now.

-Did I make you wait?
-Not at all.

That's good, then.

Let's get started quickly,
if you don't mind.

I don't want to waste more time.

Well, there's no need to discuss again.

What do you mean?

He'll be continuing his education.

I'm already set on
the colleges he'll apply for.

Yuki is expected to be a leader
of the Soma family in the future.

It would be shameful to lack the schooling
befitting of his status.

Hold on, what?

-Why did you… Don't just decide for me!
-You mean I made the decision for you?

-Ma'am.
-Well, isn't it true?

You're unable to decide
anything on your own.

Left to your own devices, you decided
to attend this obscure high school.

Listen, Yuki.
You have never had your own opinions.

Be quiet if you're just being defiant.

You need to start doing things properly.

Ma'am, I must ask you to stop.

You're saying something
very illogical to your child right now.

Whatever do you mean?

Say it! Say your opinions out loud.

I see. You took offense when
I called this school "obscure."

No. I couldn't care less about that.

Hurry up and say…

You must be single.
You're lucky to be so carefree.

Hurry!

It's difficult once you have children.

-Hurry!
-They're self-centered and selfish.

This one got huffy and
wouldn't listen to a thing

when we argued
about applying to this school.

That's not it.

That's not it. I just want to attend
a high school outside.

Someone didn't lure me away or anything.

How strange of you to bring it up
so abruptly though.

It's not abrupt.
I don't like the Soma family.

That's how I always felt
and how I still feel now.

You never once said that you disliked it
since you were a child.

Am I… your tool?

What does it matter?

So what if you're a tool?

That's enough!

I have enough foolishness
from Ayame already!

The head of the family has taken
a liking to you, so what more do you want?

My words

hold no meaning or power

and die before reaching you.

I remember thinking that
if that was the case,

I never wanted to speak again.

Greetings, all! I have finally arrived!

What a profound mystery rain is!

For not only does it prevent one
from wakening,

but it also leaves one's hair
impossible to style!

But worry not, Yuki!

Your brother, who holds you most dear,
now graces you with his presence!

Why in the world did you come here?

These roses are for you.

You are a magnificent person
who has guided my beloved brother

and bestowed upon him
the romantic situation

of having a female teacher.

I offer these with respect.

Okay… thanks.

Now, let us begin this conference at once!

Answer me, Ayame!

Will you be quiet, Mother?
We must discuss Yuki's precious future.

It would be sheer folly to interfere.

You're the one who came to interfere!

I didn't realize Mom was so bad
at handling Ayame.

Aya really is influential.

Regardless, I won't have you
interfering with Yuki!

You never did before!
You neglected him in the past!

You'll turn Yuki as useless as you are
if he's around you!

I can depend on him.

He can be ridiculous sometimes,

but he's not useless.

Stop!

Don't report this to Hatori.

Worry not. I'm sending a text message.

That's the same thing!

When did the two of you get…

My, what's this? Have we conveyed
our deep brotherly love?

Don't you understand?

Yuki gave me a second chance, you see.

And even the nil he felt toward you
is becoming something existent.

Don't you understand?
You're like how I used to be.

Not realizing how much you've trampled
the things precious to you.

I will not be spoken to like…

You dare speak to your mother like this!
Never have I been so insulted!

You don't know the hardships
I've been through!

If only I knew…
I wish I had never given birth to you two!

Leave her be. There's no talking to her
in that enraged state.

Please do your best.

Please do your best!

I'll go talk to her.

Oh, dear. Will you be okay?

Thanks for coming today, Ayame.

"Hear me out, Tori…"

I didn't think you'd actually show up.
The date was changed and everything.

Gure told me.

Jeez, him again…

Oh, but you had it hard.
Isn't my mother something else?

She has a peculiar susceptibility
to have love for money and status.

Though, I must say that her inability
to adapt to my innate royal disposition

is rather unfortunate,
despite being my mother.

But it's my failure that caused
Mother's expectations to fall upon Yuki.

If only she felt some remorse.

But he said he could depend on you.

Mom, wait!

Wait!

What is it? Let me tell you,
your life will be a complete waste

if you keep going on like this.

Was she always this small?

Her shoulder is so thin.

She felt so large
when I was young, though.

I thought that if she abandoned me,
if she deserted me,

everything would turn dark,
and it would be the end to everything.

I'm…

I'm alive…

Alive in this world,
and I want to be part of it.

In order to be part of it,
I need to put in effort.

I want to put in that effort.

And the end result might not be
something you approve of,

but to me, it will be something
I can be proud of.

So please, don't decide for me yet.

Please don't decide
what my life will be and end it.

I'll continue my education,

but I'll decide where to apply on my own.

-President!
-What?

I've been looking all over for you!
Come with me!

What? Right now?

Come on, hurry up!

See you later.

See you later.

The lingering chilly wind
after the rain clears

tells that winter is on its way.

But the warmth in my chest
proves that the light surely burns.

Though it's so tiny that
it might go out with a slight puff of air,

it surely burns.

STUDENT COUNCIL ROOM

Commander! You are the commander!

The one born to be the commander
of our School Defense Force!

I may do just that!

Do something about him.
Nothing's getting done!

What…

the hell are you doing, you idiot brother?

Yuki!

-Commander!
-Sorry for the trouble.

You have it rough all the time, Hatori.

"Ask Him For Me."