Kodomo no Jikan Episode 04

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"My Mother"

"Watashi no O-kaa-san" (わたしのおかあさん)

Airdate: 2 November 2007

Previous Episode → 03

Next Episode → 05

## Synopsis

This episode begins with Aoki giving his students a homework to write a composition about their parents. Upon hearing this Kuro shouts out that this is an invasion of privacy and Rin tries to calm her down, whilst looking sad. After this lesson Aoki is walking the corridors whilst thinking that these compositions will be a great way to find out about his students' parents before the home visits. But, he then walks past Shirai and Oyajima talking about home visits being cancelled. Aoki interrupts them to say that a homeroom teacher should get to know their students' situations at home. But, Shirai says that there's nothing that he can do anyway.
Later in the teacher's lounge, Aoki is reading through some papers, but is upset due to many parents cancelling their meetings. Aoki says that he really wanted to get to know more about his students, so Houin suggests that he go look at old class-registers. In the documents room, Aoki is looking at a picture of his students in the first grade and laughs at how they all looked back then. But, he then looks at Rin's documents and finds out that she is living with a relative because her mom is dead, and her father is divorced; and so, he feels badly for having set that composition.

That night, Rin is struggling to write her composition, and then when she leaves her desk, her relative - Reiji -sees the composition and gets slightly angry. On the next day, Rin shows her completed essay to Aoki, then everyone else in the class does the same. After reading Rin's essay, Aoki feels very bad about what he did, and thinks that Rin only acts the way she does becausse she need affection. So, when Rin offers for him to watch her practice the bars, he agrees. On the bars, Rin slips and lads on top of Aoki, so he then takes her to the medical room to put a couple of bandages on her. Rin then asks him to carry him to the classroom, and he does so.

Next lesson Aoki says that they will be using the pool on the next day, and to hand other a piece of paper to their family. But, when handing it to Rin, Aoki accidentally says to give it to her guardian (not parents), which leaves the girl very shocked, and then very sad.

In the pool, Rin is having fun with Kuro and Mimi, but when Aoki walks past, she turns quiet and ignores him. When Rin is rinsing herself off on her own, Aoki come ups behind her and apologises. When Rin asks if he has pity for her, Aoki says that it's partially true, and the girl walks past him, head held low into a small room. When Aoki goes to stop her, Rin starts to strip off her swimsuit, with her back to him, which forces him to close the door and go away.

Quite a while later, they have gym class, and Rin has been ignoring Aoki since the pool. They play volleyball, but Rin is too preoccupied thinking about Aoki to pay attention. At the end of the school day, Aoki asks Kuro and Mimi to help him apologise properly to Rin, but Kuro doesn't want to help fix a mistake that he made. But Aoki states that it's for Rin, not him. So Kuro says that Rin isn't sad that her parents aren't around, and then she thinks about the real reason being that Rin has fallen in love with Aoki. But instead of telling him that last fact, Kuro tells him to figure it out on her own, and runs away.

That evening, Aoki decides to go to Rin's house and talk to her guardian. He is welcomed in by Reiji and told that Rin is currently out. Once inside, Aoki asks Reiji for the details about Rin's mother and situation. Reiji says that he is Rin's mother's cousin, and that he lost his parents 4 years ago, then he as taken in by Rin's mother. After then being told that he cares a lot for Rin, Reiji says that Aoki had better be careful around the girl; but, before Reiji could explain the meaning behind that, Rin comes home.
Upon seeing Aoki, Rin jumps back in surprise. and asks why he is there. Aoki then decides to leave, and is glad that Rin's home is so warm. When Rin asks Reiji what he thinks about her teacher, he replies that Aoki must like her a lot, otherwise he wouldn't of visited their home, which Rin is happy to hear.

On the next day, Aoki goes to walk up a staircase, but is stopped by Rin standing at the top, obstructing the path. She asks him why he came to her house, and he replies that she is important to him. Rin then jumps down and kisses Aoki on the lips. Aoki then gets angry as that was his first kiss.