Sprout || Episode #9

 **SCREENCAPS COMING SOON** This episode is going to break all the ships!  Well most of them.  If you remember from last week Miyuki finally confessed to Souhei and Miku about her old fling for Hayato.

At the start of the episode we learn that it was back in middle school, but he rejected her.  Hearing that Souhei asks her if she only has Hayato in her heart.  She tells him no and claims that whenever he asked her out, it’s only been him.  The reason she hugged Hayato that day at the bus was because she was uneasy and felt like she was losing him (Souhei) or about to.

Souhei, being the adorable-nice guy that he is, thanks her for telling him the truth.  The two smile back and forth and everything seems to be fixed…

All the while, Miku is staring straight at Souhei; Hayato looking at her as Souhei’s thoughts grace the screen: “I will be with Miyuki.  I’ve decided on it.”

With everything better we see Souhei walking Miyuki home as he asks her when she wants to go out to the movies they’d mentioned the other day.   They pick a date and as they walk Miyuki thanks him as she grabs onto his arm the rest of the way.

Back at the boarding house, Miku is out watering the garden upon Souhei’s return.  Finishing up she turns over and sees him entering the house.  She gives him a friendly pat on the back as she tells him that everyone’s already come back home.

He smiles at her as she welcomes him back and heads up the steps only to stop briefly when Miku begins to ask a question only to take it back in the long haul.

That night everyone is back sharing souvenirs from their trips.  Naohara specifically shares two rare cell-phone straps of his precious Rurika to Souhei – one for him and the other for his ‘real-life’ Rurika Miyuki.  Upon receiving it, he thanks him and then excuses himself from the table.   Miku’s parents wonder if he’s just tired, but Miku looks after him in concern, mostly likely recalling what happened the day before.

Once dinner is over we see Miku going out to her bedroom balcony and pulling up the blind that separated Souhei and herself.  With the blind up and out of the way, she jumps the railing and knocks on his window.   Looking up from his futon, she gets up and opens the door.

According to Miku, “The stars are pretty.”

Pretty soon the two are stargazing.  Anyways while they’re outside Souhei apologizes to her for everything that’s happened.  She tells him it’s alright and that she doesn’t care at all.

Just as he smiles she asks him “Doesn’t that tire you?”

Souhei looks over at her confused not really meaning what she meant, until she says “that fake smile.”  Dropping his smile instantly he slowly begins to look away as she continues on saying, “Even when I try to fake it, I can’t do it that well.”

He tells her it’s because she’s too honest.  Hearing that Miku tells him that it’s in his character to force it when he’s out and about, but there’s no need to fake it when he’s home.   She then adds that she knows he was just trying to be cool in front of Miyuki and that’s why he didn’t ask her things like: “Why didn’t you tell me about Hayato up until now?” and that even though he didn’t say it, he really wanted to.

Souhei denies it, but Miku keeps going teasing him as she says it’s written all over his face.  To that he tells her once again leaning in closer that he wasn’t thinking that at all.

Miku smiles brightly over at him before letting out a laugh.  At that Souhei lets out a smile of his own and Miku asks him if that smile is fake to and he tells her it’s not. With that said Miku lays down on the deck while Souhei glances over at her uncertain.

Out on the soccer field we get to meet up with Arata and Takeru again who are washing up.  Takeru just uses Arata’s towel before the two get into a water fight over their unrequited love lives.  You know Arata with Kiyoka and Takeru with Miyuki. XD  They also mention that Souhei rushed off because he had a date – which I believe is going to be the big movie date he mentioned earlier.

While Souhei is rushing to his date he stopped by Haruka. According to her logic Miku is only dating Hayato because she wants to make him jealous.  Hearing that Souhei instantly walks over to her and tells her that Miku isn’t that kind of person and that she’s the one whose misunderstanding.   Miku doesn’t have any kind of feelings like that for him.  With that said he takes his leave.

The movie part of the date is over now as we see Miyuki and Souhei walking back from it; the two casually discussing the film and looking over the movie pamphlet.  Miyuki however notices that Souhei got not one pamphlet but two.  When she asks him about it he tells her one is for Miku because she went with Hayato the other day and was saying about how she wished she’d grabbed one.  Hearing that Miyuki looks a little uneasy once again as Souhei insists that the two go get some drinks.

Meanwhile Hayato is working at his part-time job when Miku and her friends (Ami and Fumiko) happen to stop in for a visit.  During their stay there the girls take notice about all the young customers gossiping about Hayato which leads the two to ask Miku if she’s jealous.   She tells them not at all, which causes them to question her love for her boyfriend.  Especially when they mention how jealous she was when it came to Souhei.  And that if you love someone shouldn’t you be jealous?

Unfortunately, Hayato is close enough to eavesdrop.

Back to Souhei and Miyuki, the two are walking back from shopping.  Miyuki apologizes to him for dragging him around like that, but he tells her it’s alright because it was refreshing to see shopping from her a point-of-view.  Why?  Because according to Souhei none of the women at the boarding house seem like girls.  He says that Kiyoka is kind of western and Miku is like that.  And if he had to pick any of them Auntie (Miku’s mom) would be the most feminine.  However, upon hearing Miku’s name once more on their date we get see Miyuki looking a little down once again. At the café Miku and her friends depart and tell Hayato they’ll be waiting for him where Kou is.

As the two walk, Souhei soon asks if he should walk her all the way to the bus stop.  Miyuki continues on in silence, not making any eye contact.  Then, she finally speaks up and asks Souhei just how long he’s planning on staying at the boarding house.  When he tells her a while and asks why she’s asking she says, “Sou-chan you’ve become distant.”

Realizing what she’s getting at Souhei tells her that he feels comfortable there and that right now it really feels like home to him – and if she asked him to move out at that moment it would be really tough on him.  Miyuki nods slightly; clearly getting upset.

“That’s not what I’m trying to say.  Why won’t you understand?”  Hearing that Souhei tells her he’s not sure what else he can do.  Just to make her feel better he calls, texts, and even makes plans to see her on a daily basis.  But hearing that, Miyuki says that everything he’s been doing is for her sake and that it really isn’t want he wants to do.  So she’s forcing him.  Souhei looks down, his smile gone as he thinks over what she’s saying.

Hearing his silence she pouts as she says, “its fine already.  I don’t need your texts, calls, or dates!” and storms off.  However, Souhei doesn’t let her go just like that, he chases after her and grabs her hand only to have her rip away as she yells, “Were you only thinking of me the whole time today!?”

Once again Souhei remains silent.

“Were you only looking at me? Can you say that you love me overall? I can say it.  I love the Sou-chan who loves only me.  That way… I don’t love the Sou-chan right now.” That said, Miyuki dashes off and this time Souhei doesn’t move.

“Sou-chan it’s not fair.”

Miku is now making her way over to Kou whose practicing soccer.  She tells him that Hayato is supposed to come later and asks to accompany him until then.  Kou instantly agrees as the two begin small talk and kick the ball back-and-forth.

Meanwhile Miyuki is walking along the highway on the side of the bridge, still upset from her fight with Souhei. The screen shifts back to the Miku and Kou practicing as Souhei appears before them.  He smiles over instantly as he walks over to them upon Kou’s spotting of him.   He sets his things down and begins to play with them; just as Miyuki gives him a call.   Not getting an answer, she lowers her hand-phone and begins to cry. Hayato on the other hand is just arriving on the scene when he notices Miku and Souhei talking with one another.  Seeing them he walks off completing ignoring that fact that he said he’d be there.

Then, as a train passes below the bridge where Miyuki was standing, we see that Miyuki is no longer there and that the only thing we see of her is her hat falling from the top.

Anyways, the next morning Souhei get’s a phone call.  Apparently Miyuki never came home last night.  Hearing that he rushes out and grabs his bike drawing the attention of Miku and her father.  Miku instantly goes over to him – it’s here where he tells her that the two of them kind of had a fight.  Miku automatically thinks it’s the one from the other day, but he tells her it isn’t.  With that he leaves the boarding house and begins the search.

And that’s the episode for the week. Pretty good with the whole trouble in paradise for Souhei and Miyuki as well as Miku and Hayato.   Though that ending was a bit over the top.  .__.