Volume
6:
Kotoko
returns home feeling sad. When Mama asks her if she
wants to eat or take a bath, Kotoko tells her that
she just wants to sleep. Mama is worried by Kotoko's
response. Kotoko breaks down in tears in her room.
The next
morning, the family is shocked to see Kotoko's
condition. She looks haggard and Mama asks her if it's
because she works too hard. Kotoko replies that it's
because she didn't get a good sleep. Yuki then teases
Kotoko that with her face right now, Naoki will
probably be scared to death. He is surprised when
Kotoko agreed with him as he expected her to
retaliate. Kotoko then goes off to school without
taking her breakfast.
Satomi
and Zinko asks Kotoko if the reason that she is upset
is because Naoki tells her not to come to the place
where he works. Then Satomi tells Kotoko that she
will be late for the class that she is taking with
Naoki. Kotoko tells her that she is not going today
and suggest that they go somewhere to play. But
Satomi and Zinko has other plans.
At Donny's,
Reiko asks Naoki is there is anything wrong with
Kotoko since these few days she has not been coming
to the restaurant. She also mentions that she was
surprised when Kotoko missed the English class. When
Reiko leaves, Naoki seems quiet......
When
Naoki goes to tennis training, he asks Sudou about
Kotoko's whereabouts. Sudou tells him that Kotoko
hasn't been coming to the training this whole week.
Kotoko
fainted and she finally tells Satomi and Zinko about
what she saw the other night. And also Kotoko tells
them that she really is giving up on Naoki as now
there'll be no chance at all.
Yuki
meets Naoki at the park. And Yuki tells Naoki that
these few days Kotoko has been weird. Naoki then asks
what's wrong with her, Yuki tells him that she hasn't
been eating well either and that Mama is worried
about her. He also tells Naoki that Mama says it must
be Naoki's fault to Naoki's annoyance. Yuki then asks
why Naoki wants to meet him and Naoki says that it's
because he wants to see Yuki and Chibi.
Satomi
and Zinko confronts Naoki. They tell Naoki about what
Kotoko saw and also the fact that Kotoko is giving up
on him after these years because she believes that
she no longer has any hope. After Satomi and Zinko
leaves Naoki says to himself, "So that's why...."
Satomi,
Zinko and Kinnosuke tries to cheer Kotoko up by
buying her lot's of delicious food but Kotoko tells
them that she is not hungry and tells that they
should go ahead without her.
As she
stands outside, she looks for guys who can replace
Naoki. Then as she sees Naoki she thinks to herself,
"Ah! This one is good..." then she realises
that it is Naoki. Naoki tells her that it has been so
long since he has seen her. Kotoko answers yes
awkwardly and Naoki asks her what's wrong. He then
tells her that he's waiting for someone. Kotoko then
asks him about his new house. Naoki replies it's nice
and big, Kotoko thinks to herself that Naoki is right,
it IS big. As they continue talking, Kotoko talks
about living alone but Naoki tells her that not
exactly alone because Reiko is also there. As she
cries as she thinks Naoki is confirming that he is co-habiting
with Reiko, she hears someone calling Naoki, "Irie
Teacher". Kotoko then learns that this girl is
actually Reiko's sister, Ayako. Like Reiko, she
insults Kotoko. She also gloats the fact that Naoki
is her tuition teacher and that he has been coming to
her house to teach her. Kotoko then grabs Naoki and
asks him if the reason that he has been going home
with Reiko is because of this and that they are not
co-habiting. Naoki pushes her hand away and tells her
no such thing and it's all her imagination only. As
Naoki leaves with Reiko and Ayako, Kotoko jumps up
for joy.
The
Valentine's Day is here again. Kotoko is attempting
to make another chocolate for Naoki. Mama supports
her move. As Kotoko is making the chocolate, her
stomach hurts but she preserveres, imagining Naoki's
reaction when she gives him her chocolate.
Kotoko
braves the snow to give Naoki the chocolate. In Donny's,
Kotoko is told by Reiko that waiting for Naoki is
useless as Naoki that day is going to have to go to
Reiko's house to tutor Ayako. Her stomach still hurts
as she has not eaten anything. As Naoki refills her
cup, Kotoko excuses herself to the ladies. But on her
way there she fainted. After she comes around, the
manager of the restaurant suggests that Naoki should
send her home.
As the
snow is getting worse, Naoki suggests that they
should go to his house and then calling Mama to pick
Kotoko up. At Naoki's place, Kotoko asks if Reiko has
been to Naoki's place. Naoki replies no and that
Kotoko is the first person he has invited to his
house. Kotoko is happy about this.
When
Naoki calls Mama to ask her to pick Kotoko up from
his place, Mama response is that it's snowing outside
so she doesn't feel like going out and will only pick
Kotoko up the next day. Kotoko has no choice but to
spend the night at Naoki's place. Kotoko is very
nervous about the prospect.
Unknown
to Kotoko and Naoki, Mama calls Kotoko's father to
tell him about Kotoko spending the night at Naoki's
place but Kinnosuke picked up the call instead. Mama
then proceeds to tell him about Kotoko and Naoki. He
is horrified and dashed out into the snow to go to
Naoki's working place.
Meanwhile,
Naoki goes out to get some food for Kotoko. While
alone, Kotoko is kind of amazed that his house is so
clean..she was hoping that she can clean up his house
for him.
Kinnosuke
arrives at Donny's and is told that Naoki has gone
home. He then proceeds to demand to know where Naoki's
place is. He then dashed into the snow again. As he
is walking in the snow, he sees Naoki. He tries to
chase after him but his sandals broke, making him
lose Naoki.
After
dinner, Kotoko is worried about their sleeping
arrangement as there's only one bed. When Naoki gives
her the bed, she couldn't sleep and keeps talking to
Naoki. She keeps asking him if she can have the
lights on as she is afraid of the dark and also if he
is okay sleeping on the floor. Naoki annoyed, then
asks her if he sleeps on the bed then everything will
be okay, right? Kotoko quickly replies that she will
sleep on the floor. Naoki then asks if she is nervous
and Kotoko quickly replies no. But Naoki continues
saying that Kotoko is nervous about spending the
night with him as she is worried if something might
happen between them. Naoki then tells her not to
worry as nothing will happen. Kotoko then thinks it's
maybe that she is not attractive and starts tearing
up. Naoki then asks her if she is diappointed and she
quickly says no. Naoki then tells her the reason that
nothing is going to happen is because he doesn't want
to give Mama the satisfaction is anythign happens.
Kotoko feels better then. As the night progresses,
Naoki realises that Kotoko is a very restless sleeper.....
The next
day, as Naoki and Kotoko walks to school, they
noticed an ambulance and a crowd. Unknown to them, Kinnosuke
has collapsed in the snow. In school, another poster
has been posted on the school board. This time is a
drawing of Kotoko and Naoki sleeping together. Naoki
confronts Mama who is among the crowd. She asks
Kotoko about last night and is disappointed with
Naoki. She then asks Kotoko about her chocolate. When
Kotoko tries to give it to Naoki, Naoki has already
gone off. Kotoko then asks herself, what was
yesterday for?
The exams
is coming again and Kotoko and her classmtes decides
to asks for Naoki's help, annoying him. Naoki bursts
out saying that they are always like that furthermore
they are doing a different course so how should he
know about their subject. Naoki then thinks that they
will stop bugging him. After he knocks off from work,
he sees them waiting for him outside Donny's.
Since
Naoki, doesn't want to help, Kotoko resolves to work
hard on her own. On the day of the exam, she arrives
looking haggard. Naoki tells her that she looks
horrible and Kotoko tells him it's because she wants
to be in the same class with him. During the test,
Naoki helps her by telling her one of the answers.
Kotoko is so happy about this that she forgots to do
her paper as she daydreams, leaving only 3 min for
Kotoko to complete the paper.
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The
Tennis Club is recruiting new members. Ayako decides
to join. She not only beats Sudou in the selection
process and also beats Reiko. She then asks Naoki to
play with her. Kotoko and Reiko watches on with
jealousy.
During
lunchtime, Sudou tells Kotoko that in Donny's there's
a job opening after securing a treat from her. Kotoko
then warns Sudou not to tell Ayako. Kotoko gets the
job to Naoki's horrid. He then tries to teach her the
things around the restaurant to no avail.
After
knocking off, Kotoko is tired but Naoki tells her
that he's more exhausted than her. She then tells him
about the trip that the parents are going to take so
she has to take care of Yuki.
That
night, she cooks dinner for Yuki. Yuki seems listless
and Kotoko asks him if the food is good, he responds
uncommittedly. Thinking that he is saying yes, Kotoko
tells him to finish up then. Later, when Kotoko asks
him to take his bath, she discovers him on the floor,
complaining about his stomach. Kotoko not knowing
what to do, quickly calls Naoki who instructs her to
what to do. At the end of the phone call, Naoki tells
her that he's depending on her.
In the
hospital, Kotoko is told that Yuki needs an operation.
Remembering Naoki telling her that he's depending on
her,she agrees that Yuki should be operated. When
Naoki arrives, the operation has ended and is a
success. Kotoko puts up a brave front in front of
Naoki and quickly makes excuses to excuse herself (I'm
not really making sense am I???? O_o). Naoki follows
her and found her in tears. Naoki then hugs her (not
a hug hug but a hug nonetheless...:) and tells her
thank you. Kotoko then turns around and hugs him
tighter. ^_^
Kotoko is
visiting Yuki in the hospital though he doesn't
appreciate her effort....Mama scold him for being
like that. Mama thanks Kotoko for her help in
bringing Yuki to the hospital but Yuki ignores Kotoko.
Kotoko asks him if he wants to eat cake, he asks back
if she made it and she tells him no. He then decided
to eat. Kotoko also offers the cake to the other
children in the hospital room though she keeps
getting their names mixed up. Naoki arrives and
insults her as she couldn't even remember the 3
children's names even though she has been there for
over a month. Kotoko however is not hurt as she
remembers the moment when they hugged.
Ayako and
Reiko then arrives though Kotoko and Mama are not
happy to see them. In fact, Ayako and Reiko
themselves are not happy to see their sibling. They
brought flowers and to make space for their flowers
in thevase, they decided to throw Kotoko's flowers
away. Reiko and Ayako tries to be friendly with Yuki.
As both of them got into an argument, Yuki tells them
off. Mama is slightly embarrased by this while Kotoko
seems happy that Yuki is telling Reiko and Ayako off.
The nurse then comes in and throws Kotoko,Reiko and
Ayako out. As it turns out, the nurse is also
interested in Naoki. :) Outside, the three girls
overheard other nurses discussing how cute is Naoki
and that they want to go and see him. That night,
Yuki wrote in his diary about the day.
While
working, Kotoko is pleased that some guys from other
university knows her until she finds out that they
are referring to Tenisu no Onna, Kotorin. Reiko
teases her and Kotoko gets back at her by telling her
that she doesn't have to take advice from someone who
cannot even beat her own younger sister. She tells
Kotoko angrily that her sister is too much since she's
the one who hired Naoki to tutor Ayako.
Kotoko
goes to the hospital to visit Yuki and meets
Kinnosuke there. He then decides to tag along with
Kotoko though Yuki is not happy to see Kinnosuke.
Kotoko tells Yuki that she has brought manga but he
rebuffs her overture. Yuki's room mate, Nobu-chan (let's
just call him this name first until I'm sure..;;^_^)
comments that Yuki is very lucky. He tells them that
he is in the hospital as he has heart problems.
Kotoko feels touched then tells Nobu-chan that she
will help him with his homework. However, Kotoko
couldn't do the work either. Eventually Naoki offers
his help. Kotoko then goes on to ask the other kids
if they need help, if they do they can ask Naoki.
Naoki is annoyed by this. At night, Yuki again wrote
about the day in his diary. Before he goes to sleep,
Yuki starts to read the manga that was brought by
Kotoko. As it is a ghost story, Yuki gets frightened.
To his horror, he sees a silhouette on the door.
The next
day when Kotoko visits, she finds out about "the
ghost" from the children. As she is afraid of
ghost, she decides to leave immediately but Yuki
tells her that since it's her fault she shouldn't
leave. What Yuki means is the manga. Suddenly,
someone suggested that they watch and find out if it's
a real ghost. As it turns out, it's Kinnosuke. When
Naoki comes up behind Kinnosuke, Kinnosuke gets a
fright.
That
night, Kotoko, Kinnosuke and Naoki stay in the room.
As time approaches 12 they heard a noise and sees a
silhouette. The children asks Kinnosuke to
investigate. They then sees an old woman and screamed.
As it turns out, it is just another patient. She is
an old woman and the thing that make a lot of noise
it one of those plastic bags containing food/water/blood
that they have in the hospital. That night, Yuki
wrote in his diary again though he makes it seem as
if he's not scared at all. :)
Nobu-chan
has a fever due to their late night adventure though
the nurse only scolds Kotoko and smiles at Naoki. ^_^
Kotoko apologise to Nobu-chan but he says that it's
okay since he had fun the night before. He also says
that he is the happiest since Yuki came to stay.
Hearing this Kotoko becomes sad.
As she
leaves the hospital with Naoki, she says that Nobu-chan
is very pitiful because he still has to stay in the
hospital while Yuki is going to be discharge the next
day. As Kotoko tries to think up of an idea how she
can help Nobu-chan, she tells Naoki that Naoki is
genius so Naoki can become a doctor. She says if
Naoki becomes a doctor, then all the Nobu-chan's in
the world would not have to suffer. Naoki then asks
her, "Me, a doctor?" Kotoko then replies
she's just saying if. She says that there's nothing
that Naoki can't do but Naoki seems to reply
negatively.
Yuki is
being discharged and he says goodbye's to his friends.
As the car goes off, Yuki sees Nobu-chan looking out
of the window sadly and he shouts, "Nobu-chan!
Bye bye!" Naoki then tells Yuki who is crying
that it's embarrasing for Yuki to cry. In the front
seats, Mama and Kotoko are also in tears.
The Irie
and Aihara household celebrates Yuki's discharge from
the hospital. Though Yuki acts cold to Kotoko in
front of everyone, he thanks her in private. Kotoko
is very happy about this and thinks to herself that
Yuki has his cute points.
-Jennifer
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