Second to Last Love (最後から二番目の恋)

Ryota?

You really did come, didn't you?

For the sake of lonely women in Kamakura it's said there's an angel around.

I'll allow you to work as an angel.

This is my love.

If I would do, I'll be your friend.

Then, let's get along together.

The friend I'm not in love with.

What part of me didn't work out?

Should I say it?

Okay...

Ah, that's right.

'Morning.

Ah, 'morning.

Sabu-chan came. Her name is Saburo.

Ah. Saburo.

Adorable, isn't she?

Yeah.

Okay...

Well, should we have some breakfast?

Yeah.

Right?

Okay. Then, let me get ready.

Ah, Chiaki.

Huh?

Ah... um...

Huh?

I...

Ah, I'm okay, I'm okay.

Don't worry about me Don't worry about me, okay?

Then, this is okay?

Yeah.

Ryota, it's okay for you to be here.

Well, we'll live together as friends.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, it's quite nice here, isn't it?

Yeah.

It's kinda healing, isn't it?

'Morning.

'Morning. Ah, Brother.

Huh?

Do you have any free time on Sunday?

We have a group reservation for then.

Yeah, sure... Sun...

Sunday?

Yeah.

Ah, I made plans with a friend for then.

A friend?

Yeah.

That's unusual. Who is it? Who is it?

Well, it's no one in particular...

Tell me. It's okay. Who is it?

Oi! Mari, Mari, Mari!

Are you okay, oi! Are you okay? Oi!

Wait, Mari.

Oi! Get a grip on yourself.

Over here, over here... sit down.

Is it a lack of sleep?

Yes. The inside of my head is all confused and has become chaos.

Shin-chan, some water.

Some water.

I didn't sleep at all.

What's the matter?

Since the explanation would be long and complicated, I'll pass on telling you.

Because my brother is exceedingly conservative, I don't think he'd understand it anyway.

Look Mari. I've gotten to this age...

...having grown to adulthood in this stormy world.

So if you tell me, I'll listen.

It makes me happy that you say that.

However, you have that complicated sense of superiority over the minority that says, "I don't want to understand"...

That's enough Mari. That's enough.

Wait, wait!

I'm sorry.

Oh, Erina! 'Morning!

Yeah, yeah. 'Morning.

What's with the "yeah, yeah, 'morning'? It's morning, after all.

It's her age, it's her age.

Good morning! What a great morning, right?!

You need to lower the tone of your voice a little when you come in...

Did something good happen, Nori-nee?

I guess. Wanna hear it?

What is it? Never mind.

Say, say, let me tell you.

Don't want to hear it. Don't want to hear it.

'Cause it's a great story.

Good morning!

Ah, Chiaki! Ohayogozaimasu!

What happened? Have you finally cracked?

No, she was cracked from the start.

Ah, is that right.

What is that?!

Geh! Takayama Ryota!

Who?

Ah, yes, yes. This is Takayama Ryota-kun...

He'll be staying at my place for awhile...

...so I thought I should introduce him.

Ah, is that right.

For those times when I'm not around. Since you might think he's some suspicious person.

I wanted to show him off a little.

Well, you're being rude to him.

These are the ones I spoke to you about earlier, everyone in the fun Nagakura family.

Hello.

What's with that way of introducing us?

No, no, no.

Ehh... What's this? Chiaki's new man? Is he?

No, well, he's not that. How can I explain this.

Alias Post-it Man.

The person you could say who plunged Chiaki-sama into the abyss of despair.

How do you know that?

Well, that's okay. That's right. Yes.

So, this is the Post-it guy. Please get along with him.

Ehh...

Eh. Ah, I'm Shinpei.

An ex-boyfriend of Chiaki's, just like you.

You're brothers.

Stop it with that way of talking, Noriko.

Ah, is this the Angel?

That's right, that's right. This is the Angel, Shinpei-kun.

But he's getting married soon, so he's retiring as an Angel, right?

Yeah. That's right. I'll make you breakfast.

And, this beautiful young girl here is...

Ah, hello. I'm Erina.

That's right. This is Erina.

And, this is Mariko. With a promising future as a screenwriter...

...she's my lover at work.

Thank you.

I am Nagakura Mariko. Nice to make your acquaintance.

Where are you looking? Turn around!

This here is the funky housewife, Noriko. Because she's bad news, be careful around her.

What's with the "bad news"?

What about it?

Well, since I'm so happy, who cares!

Hold on there. You shouldn't be so happy first thing in the morning.

Hey Chiaki, listen to this. It happened the other day...

Wait, Noriko. Wait, Noriko.

What is it?

Hold on. I haven't been introduced yet.

Eh? Geez. Hurry it up then.

Ah, that's right. Sorry 'bout that.

You be quiet.

This is the Nagakura family's eldest son...

...Wahei-san.

Hello.

Hello.

Well, thing is, see...

Yoshino-san. Yoshino-san. Yoshino-san. Wait.

You, uh, somehow gave captions to everyone else, right?

Yes.

Somehow, somehow or other.

That's right.

I don't get one?

Ah. You want one?

Well, it's not that I want one particularly.

Let's give you one. Let's see...

This is the man who was dating both a mother and her daughter.

He also found himself being chased for his body by a beautiful woman writer...

Yoshino-san. Yoshino-san. Yoshino-san.

...but he turned coward and turned her down.

Yoshino-san, that's enough already. Thank you very much.

Um, you were really saying some unnecessary things there.

Yes.

Ah, if you'd like, please take a seat. We'll prepare breakfast for you.

Yes, yes, sit down, sit down.

Are you all done, Nii-chan?

And? What's this? He's come back to you? That's great, Chiaki.

Congratulations.

It was like I was the only happy one.

Rather than him coming back...

...you could call us, well, friends?

You could say we're merely friends who will be trying to live together.

Ehh...

Because we'll be separated by floors, right?

Such a thing is impossible between a man and a woman.

That may be in your case, but it's pretty common, right?

It's just impossible for that to work out, right?

I have heard that as well.

What do you think, Onii-chan?

Well, for me...

...well, I have a slightly different meaning from how Noriko tells it.

But I do have to ask myself if it really wouldn't be impossible.

Well, I'm not saying there's anything wrong about it particularly.

But, I guess that is impossible.

It's normal to live together as merely friends.

Well, you may be friends, but it's no different from how you were before.

No, no, It was before that. Before. Before that, when we were just friends.

What happened before that has nothing to do with it.

Excuse me, excuse me. Dad, you and Souta-kun's Mama made a promise to become friends, didn't you?

Eh? How do you know that?

Souta told me over the phone.

He said his Mama is incredibly happy.

Dad, you said that to her, didn't you? "Could we become friends?"

Ehh...

He said she's incredibly happy about that.

That story is totally different from yours.

What you said before. It's the same case, right?

It only works when it's healing gravure women, huh?

Speaking of which...

Ryota-kun, why did you break up with Chiaki?

Huh?