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[Did you speak to Nana?]

Yeah.

I spoke to her. For a bit.

[What did you both talk about?]

It's alright. It's alright.

I wasn't splashed with water or something.

[Nana was crying.]

Yes, she cried.

Yup. She cried...

and it probably was my fault.

I'm not very sure about it.

Well... how should I put it?

[Are you alright, Aoba?]

[Yesterday, things kind of led to a quarrel.]

[People who can hear,]

[people who can't hear,]

[and people who lost their hearing halfway.]

[Everyone's different.]

[I was told that we wouldn't understand one another.]

[It has nothing to do with you, so don't worry.]

Nothing to do with me?

[Sorry for getting you involved in this.]

It's okay.

[Thanks for lending me the books.]

[I came to return the books you lent me.]

[Check whether I've returned everything.]

[It's troublesome to meet you again to return them.]

[Okay, sure.]

[I'll wait here.]

[This...]

[Sorry.]

[I lent out too many,]

[so I don't know whether everything has been returned.]

[Actually, I haven't read half of them yet.]

[You can return them after you've finished reading.]

[No, I'm not reading them anymore, so it's fine.]

[The books that you recommended to me]

[weren't all that interesting, to be honest.]

[You said they were interesting.]

[You said you liked them,]

[so I pretended to like them too.]

[No need to reject me.]

[The one who rejects sort of becomes the bad guy, isn't it?]

[I was the one who went liking you all on my own.]

[You and I are friends, and will forever be.]

[You need not be the bad guy.]

[I'm fine.]

[See you.]

[I have to bring this back home.]

[silent - Episode 7]

What are you doing?

I was thinking of borrowing some books.

Did you ask Sou?

He told me to help myself to whatever that's in the house.

Did Sou meet his high school friends?

Yeah. Seems like they're hanging out together like the old days.

What's with that dissatisfied look? Isn't that great? Sou is having fun.

He's playing futsal with them, like they did back in high school.

He can't go back to those high school days. Everything's different now.

All these years, he had been working without having to meet anyone,

Nana was the only friend he had,

and he gradually spoke less and less to us.

He'll get hurt if he gets involved with people who can hear.

That's why he has lived this way until now.

Just when he

finally has settled into a peaceful, quiet life,

I don't want to let him get involved with anyone who'll disrupt that.

That...

that... is just selfishness on your part.

Alright, nothing else needs revision in particular.

Any further questions?

Nothing, right?

Say...since when did you start losing your hearing?

When I was 18.

So, is it because of that, that's why you couldn't speak anymore?

I'm fine with that, anyway.

I was just curious to know, that's all.

Erm, sorry about that. When it comes to work,

it's no problem at all for you to communicate through email as always.

Sorry for saying such unnecessary stuff.

[Sorry to keep you waiting.]

It's fine. Were you meeting someone?

[It's work.]

[Something cropped up at the office.]

[I'm uncomfortable with dealing with people.]

[So although I've settled into my current job,]

[I sometimes encounter such situations.]

[It makes me nervous, and tired.]

Sorry.

Could you say it one more time? I don't quite understand.

[It's fine. I'm just complaining about work.]

Is that so?

About the other day, is she alright now?

That lady... Nana.

[You need not worry about her.]

I've already placed my order.

[It's been a while since we came to a family restaurant together.]

Indeed. Since high school?

[We were often scolded for staying there and chatting till late.]

By the restaurant staff, right?

And by our parents, too.

[And also,][Hikaru.]

That's right. Hikaru, too.

He sure was angry.

Even now, he often gets angry with me.

We really chatted a lot.

I've been curious all this time...

[What is it?]

You... don't speak with your voice.

Why?

For people who could originally hear,

many of them speak it out.

That was what I heard.

So I wonder why you aren't doing that.

It's not that I want you to speak out,

but at times when I don't understand what you sign,

you had to repeat yourself again,

and type out the text.

So I thought it was troublesome.

[You mean that being with me was frustrating, so you want me to speak it out?]

No, it's not what I mean.

I was only wondering whether there's a reason for that.

[You're someone who likes listening to people's voices, after all.]

[I just felt that signing is more than sufficient.]

[Nana is the only person I chat with,]

[so I felt there was no need to speak out.]

I see. I got it.

I'll work hard to understand more sign language.

Sorry about that.

- Are you hurt? - I'm okay.

I'm very sorry about that.

[What's wrong?]

No, it's nothing.

Thank you for waiting.

- Who ordered Japanese-style spaghetti? - It's me.

I'll dig in.

Since it's a date, you should have canceled your appointment with me.

It's not a date. We ate at a family restaurant, that's all.

Eating with someone you like at a family restaurant is a date.

The criteria for a date is not the location.

It's the person you're with.

- It's ringing. - Yep.

Who is it?

The person you previously liked. Him. [Minato Togawa]

Please go ahead.

Hello? Yup.

What? Getting married?

You got it wrong. It's not Togawa.

Oh! Totally fine with me. I'm close friends with them.

Send me the invitation. Okay.

Oh, Tsumugi is with me now, by the way.

Anything you want to say to her?

Nothing, I guess.

Nothing, huh? Okay, okay.

What about you, Tsumugi?

Can I speak with him?

Sure. Go ahead.

[What is it?]

There's something I want to ask you about.

Okay.

Are you two still meeting each other?

Sou? Yeah, we occasionally go out and eat.

I see, I see.

So, what is it about Sou?

When he chats with you, well... his voice...

have you ever heard him speak with his voice?

No, he often types it out on the smartphone.

I know, right.

Oh, but he did call my name.

The both of us were talking in your apartment.

I was using the app, but I stepped away

and continued talking without realizing that he couldn't hear me.

Okay.

And then, Sou said, "Minato".

He asked me whether it would be better if he spoke out.

It's actually fine if he didn't want to.

Nobody's forcing him to, anyway.

Yeah.

I think he probably also didn't want to

say the reason why he didn't want to speak.

I guess you're right.

Do you know Nana? Sou's friend?

Yeah.

She's someone whom he didn't need to verbally speak to,

so it may be easier to open his heart to her.

Sorry. I probably said too much.

No... I'm the one who--

who probably said too much.

Don't worry.

As long as you face him and talk, it'll be fine.

Thanks.

It's nothing.

Oh, so... let me pass it over to Mako.

Togawa...

Yes.

We'll link up on LINE again, then.

Alright. Bye.

Did something happen?

I heard that among people who could originally hear,

many of them speak it out.

They can just speak normally.

Not many of them use sign language.

Normally, huh?

Just because many of them speak out,

I just assumed that was a normal thing for them to do.

And then, Sakura was rather bothered

by the questions I was asking.

Even if only a few, there are people who don't speak out.

They still exist, huh...

They exist, but...

just when they finally appear in front of your eyes...

[I wish to speak to Nana. Could you give me her contact number?]

[What kind of person is Nana like?]

Come in.

Excuse me.

What is it?

Sorry to disturb you outside lesson time.

It's alright.

Please sit.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

[What is it?]

Well...

It's fine.

Actually...I'll get straight to the point.

Sorry.

Let me speak till the end,

and I'll listen to your questions and complaints.

[Noted.]

[Please go on.]

[I heard a lot of things]

[about you, from Sakura.]

[He said you're someone who can lend a listening ear.]

[The two of you met when he needed someone who can listen to what he has to say.]

[You listened to all his worries and troubles.]

[He said if he hadn't met you]

[at that time,]

[he wouldn't have been able to survive.]

[He was sad that he gradually couldn't hear anymore,]

[but even after he lost his hearing,]

[the reason why he wasn't sad all the time]

[was because you were there for him.]

W-Wait...

Sakura...didn't ask me to tell you that.

When I asked him

what kind of person you are,

this was what he told me.

Sakura can be who he is now,

is all thanks to you, I feel.

I don't think any amount of gratitude

I have for you would make you happy.

But...I want to tell you that.

[For the past eight years,]

[I kept worrying about]

[whether he was doing well.]

[Rather than wanting to see him again,]

[I wanted him to live every single day happily with someone.]

[That was my only wish.]

[That's why,]

[I'm really glad that you had been]

[by Sakura's side all this while.]

[That's definitely what Sakura thinks, too.]

[Thank you so much for that.]

That's all.

[You memorized how to sign for all this?]

Yes.

The teacher from my sign language class

translated it for me.

You can ask me questions now.

Go on.

Are you using sign language with Sou?

Yes, I am.

But there are still times

when we often couldn't get through to each other.

[Sou doesn't speak it out?]

No, he doesn't.

I...didn't hear his voice.

[You're really bad at signing.]

Sorry about that.

[There are many convenient ways to convey what you want to say,]

[but if you really want to improve,]

[it's better to speak using sign language.]

You're right.

[It'll be good for you to speak to Sou often.]

[Alright, there's somewhere I have to go.]

[I'm sorry for asking you out.]

Oh, that...

Sakura...often reads that author's books.

Did you recommend that to him?

[Have you read it before?]

I read only a bit of it,

but I... can't really appreciate it.

[Same for me, too.]

Thank you.

Please hold on a moment.

All checked. Thank you very much.

Come over.

Over here.

Here.

Help me get that. The red one.

The red one. That one.

That one, you know?

[You've spoken to Aoba?]

[What did she say to you?]

["Don't you go near Sou!"]

[That was the kind of battle scene I had prepared myself for.]

[It was totally peaceful.]

[She gave a speech][about how much she'd been worried about you]

[for the past eight years.]

[She did her very best to tell me]

[using her lousy sign language.]

[She summarized what she wanted to say]

[and got her sign language teacher to translate it for her.]

[She was serious about it.]

[She reminds me of you when you started learning sign language.]

[I thought she was rather cute.]

[She said she wanted to tell me how she felt.]

[And seeing how she was trying her best,]

[it felt really lovely.]

[Her words directly came through to me alone.]

[I guess that was probably how you feel too,]

[when you chat with her.]

[The other day,][I told her that it felt like a present I gave,]

[was re-gifted to another.]

[The sign language that I taught you]

[had been used to communicate with her.]

[But right now,][it felt like I was sharing that gift.]

[And I'm glad that I gave you that present.]

[I'm really thankful that you have taught me]

[how to sign.]

[I didn't teach you for your sake.]

[I just wanted you to talk to me.]

[I was being plain selfish.]

[That's why...][I'm happy that we're able to chat like this using signing...]

[though being able to listen to each other's voices and chat]

[is still a little dream of mine.]

[Sometimes,][I do see it in my dreams.]

[Of you and I being able to hear,]

[and we could chat on the phone.]

[The both of us were holding stuff in our hands, talking to each other.]

[I guess...][I could imagine what kind of voice you have]

[based on your looks and personality.]

[When we talk in those dreams,]

[I can hear your voice.]

[But when I wake up,]

[I can't really remember how your voice sounded like.]

[I'm relieved.]

[I also have such similar dreams,]

[but there isn't any sound in them.]

[It'll be great if]

[I can properly speak and hear, like in your dreams.]

[It'll be nice]

[if I can also hear your voice.]

[You're already very talkative even without speaking out.]

[I think so too.]

[He's angry with us.]

[SPITZ]

[October 9th, 2019]Three years ago...

Three years ago?

Yes, its release date.

What, you don't have it?

I do have it.

You're reading some difficult stuff again.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

[Good work.]

You... love books, right?

Even in high school, you excelled in that subject.

Mother Tongue.

You know, that essay...

[Essay?]

The one you wrote

when we were in our second year.

[I gave that to you, right?]

I still have it. It's at home.

Want to come over to read it?

You got it all wrong.

I didn't ask you to come over to my place...

well, I do mean that, but... that's not what I mean.

[Shall we go?]

[Learn it, Speak it - Sign Language Classroom]

Are you interested in signing?

[Long time no see.]

[It's been a while.]

[Show me the signs]

[that you recently learnt.]

Recently?

"One-sided love".

[You need not learn that.]

I guess so.

The essay...

What?

What is it?

It's fine.

It's fine.

Don't worry.

You need not say it out.

Sorry.

I made some insensitive remarks the other day.

That's not what I meant.

I like your voice, and that is true.

But... There are things I like besides your voice.

So it's okay.

You need not force yourself to say anything.

Even if you don't say anything,

I like you.

It's alright.

I blurted out that I like you,

but I didn't do any signing, so I'm safe.

I'll translate the rest, alright?

I need you... to let go of my hands.

Did it get through to you?

It got through.

It got through, right?