01x03 - Episode 3

[bunniefuu]

He's mine.

Don't flatter yourself.

Huh?

Oh! Wait... wait!

You always just play it off and run away.

If you hate me, just say it!

I don't hate you!

It's not like I hate you...

Ah... no, well...

Takoi-san.

Yes?

I like you.

How did this happen...

So I...

I don't actually hate Shiono.

Ah...

We're closed.

Oh...

What happened?

What on earth is going on?

"Duty First, Kiss Later"

[Episode 3]

Good morning.

You scared me.

I came over because you looked so down.

Are you okay?

Do I look like something's wrong?

You don't look so good.

Hungover?

You could say that.

That's rare for you.

Did something happen?

Is it about Shiono?

Yeah.

Wait, how did you know?

It's obvious.

[Yama-no-michi Police Station]

Takoi.

This is for you from Yamada-san.

Which one?

What do you mean, which one?

The old man?

"I apologize for my ignorance of your situation.
I wish you happiness always. - Yamada"

I apologize for my
ignorance of your situation.

I wish you happiness.

Ugh...

What is this?

I apologize for my
ignorance of your situation...

Hey.

Yeah.

Oh.

So it's grapes.

Time to dig in.

So sweet. They're delicious.

Heading out for questioning.

- Take care.
- Take care.

I'm heading out!

Hey, Shiono.

[Yama-no-michi Police Station]

I won't come looking for you again.

Please don't tell anyone about this.

Huh?

Goodbye.

What?

Didn't you already tell the old man?

What are you doing?

You're on the clock, right?

Takoi-san.

Don't follow me.

- Where I need to go is right there.
- Didn't I tell you not to follow me?

Um...

I wanted to talk about yesterday...

Why am I always running?

That girl, I remember...

Hikari-chan.

I'm Takoi. We met at the
Yama-no-michi Police Station.

Do you remember me?

Why aren't you at school?

My stomach hurts just
thinking about going to school.

I see.

Can you get to school by yourself?

Yes.

Okay.

Ah.

Here, take this.

If anything happens,
can you call this number?

I'll help you anytime you need it.

"Sergeant Takoi Heisuke Chief of Criminal
Affairs, Saitama Yama-no-michi Police Station"

I'm Takoi Heisuke.

Thank you.

Be careful not to trip.

She must be devastated.

Yeah.

Her dad had an affair and got into
a fight with the woman's husband.

He ended up hitting him and got arrested.

What a piece of trash.

I'm stuffed.

Wow, you ate way too fast, didn't you?

We have a crime prevention
campaign this afternoon.

The higher-ups want the Criminal
Affairs Division to attend too.

Whoa, is it that time already?

Yeah.

At least we get to enjoy
a relaxing lunch, Takoi.

Don't jinx it,
or we'll be swamped today.

That happens way too often.

Alright.

Please, let nothing go wrong today.

Okay.
Alright, let's go.

Yes, sir.

- Take care.
- We're heading out!

So sweet!

You can have some more.

No one's delivering bento boxes anymore.

Takoi Heisuke.

But no one will be delivering
them in the future either.

It ended before it even began.

I have my own issues to deal with.

At this rate, you'll be
living in the dorms forever.

With Shiono.

Here.

Sorry.

Say.

Hmm?

Hypothetically speaking.
Yeah.

Let's say you're single
right now, Hasegawa.

Okay.

And there's someone you think
you could absolutely never date.

If they confessed their feelings
to you, what would you do?

Hey.

You shouldn't ask a married
man a question like that.

I'm just speaking hypothetically.

If it were me...

I'd give dating them a shot.

Give it a shot?

Can you really say it's
absolutely impossible?

You haven't even dated them yet, right?

But they must have braced themselves,

prepared for rejection,

and gathered the courage
to confess to you, right?

Doesn't that make
your heart flutter a little?

Aren't you a little too old
for your heart to be fluttering?

[Incoming Call: Misuzu Mama]

Hey, Mama, what's wrong?

Are you kidding me?! You b*stard!

I'm a cop!

Takoi.

You dared to call the cops?

Damn right I did.

Was I supposed to just
watch you k*ll someone?

This is all your fault!

Always hanging all over that guy!

We can talk about this later.

Let go of me!

Calm down.

Let go!

Don't do anything stupid.

Move.

Let's go.

Behave yourself.

Misuzu.

We've been over for a long time!

Besides...

I've been really busy lately.

Don't ever come back.

Huh?

Misuzu...

Keep protecting me from now on, Takoi.

No... wait a minute, Mama.

Don't look down on me!

Cuff him.

Let's go!

Are... are you okay?

You're bleeding.

It's fine.

But...

I'll leave the rest to you guys.

Are you alright?

You'd better go to the hospital.

Takoi...?

Ah, where's Shiono?

I heard he was hospitalized.

Seriously?

Yes.

He took a pretty hard
hit to the head, after all.

It's all my fault.

I just heard Shiono was discharged.

Huh?

Really?

Yeah.

Thank goodness!

Do you want to go check on him?

What are you doing?

Ah... nothing.

Since you're here, come on in for a bit.

Huh?

Come in, hurry up and come in.

Not drinking today?

Yeah, not today.

What about the bar?

Are you taking a break for a while?

No way, I'm reopening right away.

Otherwise, my regulars
won't have a place to drink.

Spoken like a true Mama.

I'm going to make that
guy pay for everything.

By the way, [that other guy's]
name is Shiono-san, right?

He's really handsome.

Is he your partner?

No, he's not.

We're not even in the same department.

Really?

But, how should I put it...

He's a really charming guy.

Yeah.

I thought he was cold at first.

I didn't expect him to
step up and protect Takoi.

He's exactly my type.

By the way, who is this box for?

I'm going to eat it myself.

Yeah, right.

Huh?

Takoyaki is meant to be eaten hot.

But you haven't touched it.

And it doesn't look like
you're going to offer me any.

So, it must be for someone else.

Are you a detective or something?

Don't underestimate a bar
Mama's observation skills.

Hurry up and deliver it.

It won't taste good if you wait too long.

It's the same with everything.

You have to strike while the iron is hot.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Right?

Thanks for the treat.

Thank you, Mama.

Let me know if you ever need anything.

I'll take you up on that.

Go on, hurry up.

Ouch! That hurts!

What are you doing?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

I came to check on you.

I figured you must be having a hard time.

Thank you.

I was just heading out to buy some things.

Oh.

Huh?

Your injury must be pretty bad, right?

It's fine, it's actually nothing serious.

I'll wash it.

Huh?

Can I have some takoyaki?

It's already cold.

You don't need to worry about me.

A little ointment and
I'll be fine in no time.

The brain scan came back clear too.

Yeah.

Do you think it's all your fault?

Yeah.

It's my fault.

It's exactly like you said.

I was being too nosy.

And I ended up getting someone hurt.

Misuzu-san came to
visit me at the hospital.

Huh, Mama?

She kept apologizing to me.

Saying it was all her fault
things turned out this way.

Then she just kept talking about Takoi-san.

She couldn't stop singing
Takoi-san's praises before she left.

I really don't know why she even came.

You're so gentle with everyone.

Always giving people the wrong idea.

If it were me, I'd be really pissed off.

But you've also helped a
lot of people because of it.

Because that's just who Takoi-san is.

Isn't that a good thing?

I don't find it funny.

Now I have even more competition.

Thank you.

Okay.

All clean.

That's great.

Huh?

What?

Are you blushing?

It's actually been bothering me.

Is that so...

Well...

I thought you hated me.

Why?

Did I do something?

Weren't you always saying mean things?

And...

No matter what I did,
you always got in my way.

And you always looked down on me.

Plus, you were especially cold to me.

Because...

I was just really annoyed.

Huh?

I know Takoi-san likes women.

No matter what,

I could never be an option for you.

So...

I was just frustrated.

I wanted you to notice me.

Even though I don't
think we could ever date,

I just wanted to tell you.

I like you.

I'm sorry.

You have something on your head.

Huh?

What is it?

Cabbage. Kamekichi's food.

That's hilarious.

How did you even get that on your head?

[This drama is purely fictional.]

[Next Episode]

You should head back too.

I'm going to arrest you.

I wanted to be alone with you.

What do we do now?

If I go back and hurt him again...

Shut up.

I hate Takoi-san the most.

Takoi-san...

Can you take responsibility for this?