BEACH BOYS

Episode Seven

Since summer was getting under way, Nagisa #2 was busy everyday. Haruko was still asleep after drinking all night long and so Makoto was extra busy too.

Even though Makoto was working hard all by herself, Kaito and Hiromi spent their time at the bank since it was air-conditioned. When they both returned to Diamondhead, Makoto screamed her lungs out at them. They apologized and got back to work.

On the other hand, Masaru had to go out to pick up someone. A strange woman by the name of Michie came by. Makoto told them that she came every year at around this time. Although she didn't know Kaito or Hiromi, she told them to clean up Diamondhead. They had to clean the floors with rags and the windows. Kaito and Hiromi didn't like it but they had no time to complain.

Sakura came to visit Kaito but instead, she had to help clean Diamondhead too. Kaito stood up for her and said that she was just a guest but Sakura volunteered to help. Sakura didn't want to look like just another girl who came to the ocean to play. The only one having a good time was Michie. Sakura was forced to make the meals, and Michie stood by her to see if she was doing everything correctly. Sakura was the only one that didn't complain. She did what she was told.

The next day, Michie woke everyone up early in the morning to clean the seaside. The only one that didn't wake up was Masaru, who had ear plugs in his ears. Sakura was the first one to get up to make breakfast.

Yusuke and Yuko came over to play with Makoto but instead were forced to help out. Everything was going fine until Michie's hat flew into the ocean. For some unknown reason, she started screaming for help. Hiromi and Kaito heard this and ran to help Michie but Masaru made it first. He dove into the ocean, got the hat and returned it to Michie. She said thank you and broke into tears.

While having dinner, everyone was wondering why Michie broke into tears when her hat flew into the ocean. Masaru told everyone that Michie lost her son when he drowned in that ocean and ever since then, she has hated the ocean. Over at Makoto's room, Makoto asked Michie why she didn't tell her about this. Then Michie told Makoto, "If I had told you this, you may have grown up to hate the ocean too. And I don't want you to hate the ocean since you like being here.

That night, Sakura told Michie that she had to go back to Tokyo. Michie told Kaito that he had a very nice and responsible girlfriend. While drinking, Hiromi told Michie that he thought her son had guts. He had the guts to go into the ocean for the first time, something Hiromi couldn't do, even now. Kaito felt bad for Hiromi saying such a thing to Michie but he agreed. Michie couldn't say a word and left to go back to her room.

Before Michie left, she went towards the ocean, took her slippers off, and walked into the ocean. Everyone was surprised since they thought she hated the ocean. But this was kind of an answer to what Hiromi said the night before. She felt the same as Hiromi.

- End of Episode Seven -