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00:00:05When I cancelled the condo, the Realtor stared at me.

00:00:11You've already paid the $45,000 down payment.

00:00:15Aren't you waiting for your fiancé to come back and sign with you?

00:00:18No.

00:00:19He's busy taking his first love shopping near Mount Fuji.

00:00:22For five years, every winter, Ryan Hale went to Japan.

00:00:26He called it business.

00:00:28But the photos he posted were always of Fuji's snow-covered peak.

00:00:32Whenever I asked when he would take me there for our honeymoon, he said,

00:00:35Next time.

00:00:36Then yesterday, in an old camera he'd left at home, I found dozens of pictures.

00:00:41The same woman, the same angles, the same background.

00:00:44Cherry blossoms, white snow, Mount Fuji.

00:00:47The only trip he had ever taken with me was to the next city over to look at this condo.

00:00:51Maya, we don't need all that flashy stuff.

00:00:52We just need a real life together.

00:00:56I believed him.

00:00:57When it was time to sign the cancellation papers, I looked at the condo I had decorated myself and suddenly

00:01:02broke down.

00:01:03I cried so hard I could barely breathe.

00:01:06Do you still want to cancel?

00:01:08Yes.

00:01:09My resignation had already been approved.

00:01:12This was my last night in the city.

00:01:14Mount Fuji would never come to me.

00:01:17But I could walk away.

00:01:22Maya, did you really cancel it?

00:01:24I did.

00:01:26The down payment was $45,000.

00:01:28You just canceled it by yourself?

00:01:30Yes.

00:01:31Does Ryan know?

00:01:32He's in Japan.

00:01:33For work?

00:01:33I didn't answer.

00:01:35Did you tell him?

00:01:36No.

00:01:37Maya, even if you're fighting, the condo isn't something you can just...

00:01:41I found dozens of photos in his old camera.

00:01:43Same woman.

00:01:44Same mountain.

00:01:45Five years.

00:01:46Hannah Pierce?

00:01:47Yes.

00:01:48Are you sure it's not a misunderstanding?

00:01:50What kind of business trip involves photographing the same woman in the same place for five winters?

00:01:55Claire stopped talking.

00:02:02On the way, Ryan sent me a text.

00:02:04A photo.

00:02:04Hot chocolate in a white ceramic cup.

00:02:06A little deer was painted on the side.

00:02:08Caption.

00:02:09It's snowing in Tokyo.

00:02:10Freezing.

00:02:11I recognized that cup.

00:02:13He had sent me almost the same photo last winter.

00:02:15Same angle.

00:02:16Same composition.

00:02:17Back then, I asked him which cafe it was.

00:02:19He said he'd wandered in at random and couldn't remember.

00:02:22But there was another photo in the old camera.

00:02:23A scarf I'd never seen.

00:02:25Five years.

00:02:26Every winter.

00:02:28The same cafe.

00:02:29The same cup of hot chocolate.

00:02:31The same woman.

00:02:32And what he sent me was always food and scenery.

00:02:36Never the person beside him.

00:02:42Size five.

00:02:43I wore a seven.

00:02:45Rye, wear this pair next time.

00:02:47The last ones rubbed your heels.

00:02:48Rye.

00:02:49Five years together.

00:02:51And I had never known he had a nickname.

00:02:53He had never let me call him that.

00:03:00The note field read,

00:03:01Hannah's birthday gift.

00:03:03Hannah's birthday was February 15th.

00:03:06Mine was March 9th.

00:03:08Last March 9th,

00:03:09I asked Ryan if he could have dinner with me.

00:03:11He said he had a business dinner.

00:03:12I waited until 11 that night before he texted.

00:03:15Just got home.

00:03:16You asleep?

00:03:16Happy birthday.

00:03:17I'll make it up to you.

00:03:18Make it up.

00:03:19Just like next time.

00:03:20Neither ever came true.

00:03:233,000 photos on his backup phone.

00:03:2511 of me.

00:03:267 were from the first year we dated.

00:03:28In the next four years,

00:03:29there were four.

00:03:30There was a folder called Tokyo Snow.

00:03:32Every shot was beautifully framed,

00:03:34softened by light,

00:03:34like a magazine spread.

00:03:36When he took pictures of me,

00:03:37he always tapped the shutter once

00:03:38and handed the phone back.

00:03:39No angle,

00:03:40no light,

00:03:41no care.

00:03:42Can you try to take one where I look nice?

00:03:45It's just a photo.

00:03:46Good enough.

00:03:47Good enough.

00:03:48Those two words were what he gave me most.

00:03:51Did you eat?

00:03:53Yes.

00:03:54I'll be back the day after tomorrow.

00:03:55Flight lands at 3.

00:03:56Okay.

00:03:57Your voice sounds off.

00:03:59I'm tired.

00:04:00Sleep early.

00:04:02Rye, the car's here.

00:04:04Coming.

00:04:05Hannah's calling me.

00:04:06I have to go.

00:04:06Why is she at your hotel?

00:04:07She's staying next door.

00:04:08We're just going out to eat.

00:04:09Every year?

00:04:10Our schedules happen to overlap.

00:04:11Don't overthink it.

00:04:12He smiled naturally,

00:04:13as if explaining something

00:04:13that did not need an explanation.

00:04:15Oh, I got you a fridge magnet.

00:04:16Took forever to pick one.

00:04:19Five years of love.

00:04:21Every souvenir I had ever received from Japan.

00:04:23Hannah got hot spring hotels,

00:04:25kimono experiences,

00:04:26birthday surprises,

00:04:27and a nickname only she could use.

00:04:30Cute, right?

00:04:31Hannah helped me pick it.

00:04:32Even the gift he bought for me

00:04:34had her fingerprints on it.

00:04:35I typed,

00:04:35What did you bring, Hannah?

00:04:37I replied with one word.

00:04:38Nice.

00:04:44Your fridge magnet.

00:04:48What's that?

00:04:49For Hannah.

00:04:50A scarf.

00:04:50She said she liked the patterns in Tokyo.

00:04:52Last winter,

00:04:53I told him I wanted a cashmere scarf.

00:04:55He said,

00:04:57Why buy another scarf?

00:04:58Don't you already have several?

00:05:00The several in my closet

00:05:01were all ones I had bought myself.

00:05:03You bought her a scarf?

00:05:05She asked.

00:05:06It was on the way.

00:05:07I'm dead tired.

00:05:08Four hour flight.

00:05:10When are you taking me to Japan?

00:05:12Why bring that up all of a sudden?

00:05:14It's not sudden.

00:05:15I've been asking for five years.

00:05:17When this busy stretch is over.

00:05:18Next time, I promise.

00:05:20Next time.

00:05:21The 17th next time.

00:05:23I said nothing more.

00:05:28Maya, is Ryan back?

00:05:29Isn't he?

00:05:30He is, Mrs. Hale.

00:05:31You two need to hurry with the wedding.

00:05:33People keep asking me about invitations.

00:05:35We're still preparing.

00:05:37Hannah came by last week

00:05:38and helped me choose candy favors.

00:05:40She picked four flavors.

00:05:41See what you think.

00:05:42Hannah helped you choose them?

00:05:44Yes.

00:05:44She said you were busy with work

00:05:46and came over on her own.

00:05:47Such a thoughtful girl.

00:05:49Mrs. Hale,

00:05:49you can tell me about wedding details.

00:05:51You don't need to trouble her.

00:05:52Trouble?

00:05:53She comes over all the time.

00:05:54Three or four times a month.

00:05:56More often than you.

00:05:57In our second year together,

00:05:58I suggested visiting his mother every week.

00:06:01Ryan said,

00:06:02No need to go that often.

00:06:03My mom doesn't like the house too lively.

00:06:06So I changed it to once a month.

00:06:08Later, he said,

00:06:09You're busy.

00:06:10Once every two months is fine.

00:06:12So it wasn't that his mother disliked visitors.

00:06:14She disliked me visiting.

00:06:16Hannah came three or four times a month

00:06:17and no one found her annoying.

00:06:20Mrs. Hale,

00:06:20I'll handle the favors.

00:06:22All right.

00:06:22But the ones Hannah picked are really good.

00:06:24Use them as a reference.

00:06:26You asked Hannah to help your mother

00:06:28choose our wedding candy?

00:06:30She wanted to go herself.

00:06:32And you knew?

00:06:33Of course.

00:06:34My mom told me.

00:06:35Why didn't you tell me?

00:06:37What was there to say?

00:06:38She was just helping.

00:06:40Why is she helping with our wedding?

00:06:42Weren't you busy?

00:06:44When did I ever say that?

00:06:46You work late every day.

00:06:48I figured you didn't have time.

00:06:50Did you ask me?

00:06:52Fine, fine.

00:06:53From now on,

00:06:53you can do everything yourself.

00:06:55Satisfied?

00:06:58The impatience had arrived.

00:07:00It was always like this.

00:07:02First,

00:07:03don't overthink it.

00:07:04Then,

00:07:05what is there to say?

00:07:07Finally,

00:07:08fine,

00:07:08you're right about everything.

00:07:11Nothing was ever solved.

00:07:20Hannah's pot roast tastes just like mine.

00:07:24Hannah looked more at home in that kitchen than I ever had.

00:07:27She knew where the plates were,

00:07:29which drawer held the spices,

00:07:31what Mrs. Hale liked to eat.

00:07:32In five years,

00:07:33every time I visited,

00:07:34I had to ask.

00:07:35Because I went too rarely.

00:07:37Because Ryan said I didn't need to go often.

00:07:40Maya,

00:07:40let me be honest.

00:07:41I watched Hannah grow up.

00:07:43She and Ryan know each other inside out.

00:07:46You're a good girl,

00:07:46but you aren't very good at taking care of people.

00:07:49You should learn from Hannah.

00:07:52Why aren't you eating?

00:07:55I'm not hungry.

00:08:02What's that?

00:08:03Oh, this.

00:08:05Hannah's birthday gift.

00:08:06A necklace.

00:08:09Ryan's R.

00:08:12Custom made.

00:08:13Took two months.

00:08:15Our engagement ring had been bought online.

00:08:17When it arrived,

00:08:18he opened the package

00:08:19and slid it directly onto my finger.

00:08:22I wanted to choose one in a store.

00:08:24Rings are all the same.

00:08:26No need to make a trip.

00:08:28You had a necklace custom made for her?

00:08:31It's her birthday.

00:08:33Just something small.

00:08:35What did you give me on my birthday?

00:08:38Last year...

00:08:39I think I sent you money?

00:08:43You didn't.

00:08:45Then I forgot.

00:08:47I'll make it up next time.

00:08:49Next time.

00:08:51Always next time.

00:08:55Ryan.

00:08:56Do you think what we have is normal?

00:08:59Why wouldn't it be?

00:09:00You custom order Hannah a necklace

00:09:03and buy me a fridge magnet.

00:09:05You celebrate her birthday and forget mine.

00:09:08You let her go to your mother's house

00:09:10while I don't even get the chance.

00:09:12Do you think that's normal?

00:09:17You're doing this again.

00:09:19Hannah and I grew up together.

00:09:20What's wrong with me being nice to her?

00:09:23What about me?

00:09:25Am I not good to you?

00:09:27We've dated for five years,

00:09:29bought a condo,

00:09:30and we're getting married.

00:09:31Isn't that enough?

00:09:32Maya, we don't need all that flashy stuff.

00:09:34A steady life matters more than anything.

00:09:37All that flashy stuff.

00:09:39Hot spring hotels were flashy.

00:09:41Custom necklaces were flashy.

00:09:44Birthday surprises were flashy.

00:09:46He gave all the flashy things to Hannah.

00:09:48What he left me was a steady life.

00:09:52You're right.

00:09:56Let's live steadily.

00:10:01The next day,

00:10:02Ryan's college friend Owen texted me.

00:10:04Maya, we're having a get-together Saturday.

00:10:06Are you coming?

00:10:07What get-together?

00:10:09Old classmates.

00:10:10Hannah will be there too.

00:10:11Hannah would be there too.

00:10:12Of course.

00:10:17The necklace Ryan had made.

00:10:19On her.

00:10:21Rye!

00:10:22Maya's here!

00:10:23Don't call her that like she's already family.

00:10:25They're not married yet.

00:10:27Set a date?

00:10:28We're still looking.

00:10:30Hannah's helped a lot, right?

00:10:31Your mom said she runs over all the time.

00:10:33She's just helpful.

00:10:34I'm only helping a little.

00:10:35Maya's so busy.

00:10:36She called me by name with such warmth.

00:10:37But my fiancé's custom necklace was sitting at her throat.

00:10:40Hannah, that's a gorgeous necklace.

00:10:42Who gave it to you?

00:10:44A friend.

00:10:45What kind of friend is that generous?

00:10:47It's custom, isn't it?

00:10:49I gave it to her.

00:10:50Birthday gift.

00:10:51I bought it casually.

00:10:53Casually.

00:10:54Two months for a custom order.

00:10:56And he called it casual.

00:10:57You bought one for your fiancé too, right?

00:10:59Maya doesn't like wearing things like that.

00:11:01It wasn't that I didn't like them.

00:11:03He had never bought me any, so he assumed I didn't like them.

00:11:06You don't mind, do you, Maya?

00:11:08No.

00:11:08You're so generous.

00:11:10Halfway through dinner, Owen started making trouble.

00:11:12Come on, let's test how well you know each other.

00:11:14Ryan, what's your fiancé's favorite flower?

00:11:16Roses?

00:11:17No.

00:11:17Lisianthus.

00:11:18Her birthday?

00:11:19March 9th?

00:11:20He got it right, only after a pause.

00:11:22What is she most afraid of?

00:11:23She isn't afraid of anything.

00:11:24Maya's brave.

00:11:25I was afraid of the dark.

00:11:27I told him that our first year together.

00:11:28He had forgotten.

00:11:29Terrible.

00:11:30Hannah, your turn.

00:11:32What's Ryan's favorite coffee?

00:11:33Americano.

00:11:34Light sugar.

00:11:35Warm.

00:11:36What is he most afraid of?

00:11:37Thunder.

00:11:38When he was little, lightning hit a tree in his yard and he cried.

00:11:42His catchphrase?

00:11:43Good enough.

00:11:45Hannah knows Ryan better than his fiancé.

00:11:48We've known each other ten years.

00:11:49Ten years.

00:11:49She had known him ten.

00:11:51I had known him five.

00:11:52She knew he was afraid of thunder.

00:11:54I didn't.

00:11:54It wasn't that I didn't want to know him.

00:11:56He had never told me.

00:11:58With me, every answer was whatever, anything, nothing worth telling.

00:12:02With Hannah, he lit up like a different person.

00:12:09Maya, I want to say something.

00:12:11Don't take it the wrong way.

00:12:13Say it.

00:12:14Rye can be careless, but he's not a bad man.

00:12:17Don't be too hard on him.

00:12:19I'm not.

00:12:20He told me you've been emotional lately, always getting upset over things about me.

00:12:25He had told Hannah about the problems between us.

00:12:28Maya, I'll be blunt.

00:12:30If you can't give him even this much trust, then what's the point of marrying him?

00:12:36He goes to Japan with you every year.

00:12:38What exactly am I supposed to trust?

00:12:41Those are business trips.

00:12:43Business trips don't happen in the same place every year, at the same hotel, photographing the same woman.

00:12:49Maya, Rye and I are friends.

00:12:52If you insist on imagining something else, that's your problem.

00:12:57By the way, for the living room wall in your condo, I suggested warm gray.

00:13:02Rye thinks it looks better than the cream white you chose.

00:13:06The living room wall.

00:13:07I had chosen cream white and watched the workers paint it twice.

00:13:11Ryan had not gone there once, but he had let Hannah give opinions, and he liked hers better than mine.

00:13:21What took so long?

00:13:23Washing my hands.

00:13:25Let's go.

00:13:25We'll drop Hannah off.

00:13:28Can't she go by herself?

00:13:30It's on the way.

00:13:33Hannah lived on the east side.

00:13:35We lived on the west side.

00:13:38On what planet was that on the way?

00:13:41You take her.

00:13:42I'll get a cab.

00:13:44Don't make a scene.

00:13:45Come on.

00:13:50Rye, remember this song?

00:13:52It played in that izakaya in Tokyo last year.

00:13:54I remember.

00:13:56I remember.

00:13:56You even sang along.

00:13:58In the back seat, I was an extra passenger.

00:14:04Maya, rest early.

00:14:06Rye, don't forget that thing next week.

00:14:08I know.

00:14:10I know.

00:14:14What thing?

00:14:16Helping her move a cabinet.

00:14:18She can hire movers.

00:14:20Why waste money on that?

00:14:23Last year, I asked him to move one box of books for me.

00:14:27He said his back hurt and told me to hire movers.

00:14:31For Hannah's cabinet, he would go himself.

00:14:35Ryan, do you ever feel like you're better to Hannah than you are to me?

00:14:41She grew up with me.

00:14:42Being good to her is a habit.

00:14:45But you're the one I'm marrying.

00:14:47Isn't that enough?

00:14:49Enough.

00:14:54Ryan, can you stay home today?

00:14:56What's wrong?

00:14:57I want you to spend the day with me.

00:14:59Sure.

00:15:00I don't have plans anyway.

00:15:01Really?

00:15:02Really.

00:15:02What do you want to do?

00:15:03Nothing.

00:15:04Just stay home.

00:15:05Okay.

00:15:08Ryan, do you love me?

00:15:10Why ask that all of a sudden?

00:15:12I want to hear you say it once.

00:15:13I'm marrying you.

00:15:15What do you think?

00:15:16Marriage and love aren't the same thing.

00:15:18What's going on with you today?

00:15:19I just want to hear you say it.

00:15:21Maya, of course I-

00:15:23It's Hannah.

00:15:24Don't answer.

00:15:25Let me see.

00:15:26She says a pipe burst at her place.

00:15:27Water everywhere.

00:15:28She can call building maintenance.

00:15:30It's the weekend.

00:15:31Maintenance is off.

00:15:32Then she can call a plumber.

00:15:33By the time a plumber gets there, her apartment will be flooded.

00:15:35I'll go take a look.

00:15:37I'll be back soon.

00:15:37Ryan, you promised you wouldn't go out today.

00:15:41I know, but this is urgent.

00:15:43You always say that.

00:15:45A pipe burst.

00:15:46I can't just ignore it.

00:15:48What about me?

00:15:50What about you?

00:15:51You're fine.

00:15:53I was fine.

00:15:54He always thought I was fine.

00:15:57Hannah's burst pipe was urgent.

00:15:58My broken heart was not.

00:16:00In our first year together, when he confessed, he said,

00:16:04Maya, I want to spend my life with you.

00:16:06That day, he took me to a little Western restaurant place and said we would come back every anniversary.

00:16:12He forgot the second year anniversary.

00:16:14In the third year, I reminded him and he said,

00:16:17It's just a bowl of noodles.

00:16:18Another day is the same.

00:16:19In the fourth and fifth years, I stopped mentioning it.

00:16:22He never remembered again.

00:16:24Go.

00:16:25One hour tops.

00:16:27I'll come back and be with you.

00:16:29Don't be mad.

00:16:32One hour passed.

00:16:34Then two.

00:16:36Then three.

00:16:39Almost done.

00:16:40The pipe's fixed, but there's water everywhere.

00:16:41I'm helping her mop.

00:16:42When are you coming back?

00:16:44Soon.

00:16:47Another hour passed.

00:16:49He texted,

00:16:51Hannah says thank you for letting me come.

00:16:53She's treating me to lunch.

00:16:54I'll head back after.

00:16:56I didn't reply.

00:16:58Then he sent.

00:16:59Eat first.

00:16:59Don't wait for me.

00:17:03I had asked whether he loved me.

00:17:05He never finished the sentence.

00:17:07Because Hannah's phone call mattered more than my question.

00:17:10I didn't actually own much in this home.

00:17:12One suitcase for clothes, half a suitcase for books and small things.

00:17:15On the bathroom counter, I had only a toothbrush and a bottle of cleanser.

00:17:19Hannah had more here than I did.

00:17:21Canvas juice.

00:17:22A jacket.

00:17:23A mug.

00:17:24A tube of lipstick.

00:17:26Ryan, I canceled the condo.

00:17:29I'm returning the ring.

00:17:31I'm returning the five fridge magnets, too.

00:17:34Find someone else for the honeymoon.

00:17:37Hers.

00:17:37All of it.

00:17:39This home was full of Ryan and Hannah.

00:17:42My whole life here fit into two suitcases.

00:17:47Where to?

00:17:49The train station.

00:17:52Three hours later, the train arrived.

00:17:54In this new city, no one waited at the exit.

00:17:58This time, I didn't mind.

00:18:16When I canceled the condo, the realtor stared at me.

00:18:22You've already paid the $45,000 down payment.

00:18:27Aren't you waiting for your fiancé to come back and sign with you?

00:18:30No.

00:18:30He's busy taking his first love shopping near Mount Fuji.

00:18:34For five years, every winter, Ryan Hale went to Japan.

00:18:38He called it business, but the photos he posted were always of Fuji's snow-covered peak.

00:18:44Whenever I asked when he would take me there for our honeymoon, he said, next time.

00:18:48Then yesterday, in an old camera he'd left at home, I found dozens of pictures.

00:18:52The same woman.

00:18:54The same woman.

00:18:55The same background.

00:18:56Cherry blossoms.

00:18:57White snow.

00:18:58Mount Fuji.

00:18:59The only trip he had ever taken with me was to the next city over to look at this condo.

00:19:03Maya, we don't need all that flashy stuff.

00:19:05We just need a real life together.

00:19:08I believed him.

00:19:09When it was time to sign the cancellation papers, I looked at the condo I had decorated myself

00:19:14and suddenly broke down.

00:19:15I cried so hard I could barely breathe.

00:19:17Do you still want to cancel?

00:19:20Yes.

00:19:21My resignation had already been approved.

00:19:23This was my last night in the city.

00:19:26Mount Fuji would never come to me.

00:19:29But I could walk away.

00:19:34Maya, did you really cancel it?

00:19:36I did.

00:19:38The down payment was $45,000.

00:19:40You just canceled it by yourself?

00:19:42Yes.

00:19:43Does Ryan know?

00:19:44He's in Japan.

00:19:45For work?

00:19:46I didn't answer.

00:19:47Did you tell him?

00:19:48No.

00:19:49Maya, even if you're fighting, the condo isn't something you can just...

00:19:52I found dozens of photos in his old camera.

00:19:55Same woman, same mountain, five years.

00:19:58Hannah Pierce?

00:19:59Yes.

00:20:00Are you sure it's not a misunderstanding?

00:20:02What kind of business trip involves photographing the same woman in the same place for five winters?

00:20:07Claire stopped talking.

00:20:13On the way, Ryan sent me a text.

00:20:15A photo.

00:20:16Hot chocolate in a white ceramic cup.

00:20:18A little deer was painted on the side.

00:20:20Caption.

00:20:20It's snowing in Tokyo.

00:20:22Freezing.

00:20:22I recognized that cup.

00:20:25He had sent me almost the same photo last winter.

00:20:27Same angle.

00:20:28Same composition.

00:20:29Back then, I asked him which cafe it was.

00:20:31He said he'd wandered in at random and couldn't remember.

00:20:33But there was another photo in the old camera.

00:20:36A scarf I'd never seen.

00:20:37Five years.

00:20:38Every winter.

00:20:39The same cafe.

00:20:41The same cup of hot chocolate.

00:20:43The same woman.

00:20:44And what he sent me was always food and scenery.

00:20:47Never the person beside him.

00:20:54Size five.

00:20:55I wore a seven.

00:20:57Rye, wear this pair next time.

00:20:58The last ones rubbed your heels.

00:21:00Rye.

00:21:01Five years together.

00:21:03And I had never known he had a nickname.

00:21:05He had never let me call him that.

00:21:12The note field read.

00:21:13Hannah's birthday gift.

00:21:15Hannah's birthday was February 15th.

00:21:18Mine was March 9th.

00:21:20Last March 9th, I asked Ryan if he could have dinner with me.

00:21:22He said he had a business dinner.

00:21:24I waited until 11 that night before he texted.

00:21:26Just got home.

00:21:27You asleep?

00:21:28Happy birthday.

00:21:29I'll make it up to you.

00:21:30Make it up.

00:21:31Just like next time.

00:21:32Neither ever came true.

00:21:353,000 photos on his backup phone.

00:21:3711 of me.

00:21:387 were from the first year we dated.

00:21:40In the next four years, there were four.

00:21:42There was a folder called Tokyo Snow.

00:21:44Every shot was beautifully framed.

00:21:45Softened by light.

00:21:46Like a magazine spread.

00:21:48When he took pictures of me, he always tapped the shutter once and handed the phone back.

00:21:51No angle.

00:21:52No light.

00:21:53No care.

00:21:54Can you try to take one where I look nice?

00:21:57It's just a photo.

00:21:58Good enough.

00:21:59Good enough.

00:22:00Those two words were what he gave me most.

00:22:03Did you eat?

00:22:05Yes.

00:22:05I'll be back the day after tomorrow.

00:22:07Flight lands at 3.

00:22:08Okay.

00:22:09Your voice sounds off.

00:22:11I'm tired.

00:22:12Sleep early.

00:22:14Rye, the car's here.

00:22:15Coming.

00:22:17Hannah's calling me.

00:22:18I have to go.

00:22:18Why is she at your hotel?

00:22:19She's staying next door.

00:22:20We're just going out to eat.

00:22:21Every year?

00:22:21Our schedules happen to overlap.

00:22:23Don't overthink it.

00:22:23He smiled naturally as if explaining something that did not need an explanation.

00:22:27Oh, I got you a fridge magnet.

00:22:28Took forever to pick one.

00:22:31Five years of love.

00:22:33Every souvenir I had ever received from Japan.

00:22:35Hannah got hot spring hotels, kimono experiences, birthday surprises, and a nickname only she could use.

00:22:42Cute, right?

00:22:43Hannah helped me pick it.

00:22:44Even the gift he bought for me had her fingerprints on it.

00:22:46I typed, what did you bring, Hannah?

00:22:49I replied with one word.

00:22:50Nice.

00:22:56Your fridge magnet.

00:23:00What's that?

00:23:01For Hannah.

00:23:02A scarf.

00:23:02She said she liked the patterns in Tokyo.

00:23:04Last winter, I told him I wanted a cashmere scarf.

00:23:07He said, why buy another scarf?

00:23:10Don't you already have several?

00:23:12But the several in my closet were all ones I had bought myself.

00:23:15You bought her a scarf?

00:23:17She asked.

00:23:18It was on the way.

00:23:19I'm dead tired.

00:23:20Four hour flight.

00:23:22When are you taking me to Japan?

00:23:24Why bring that up all of a sudden?

00:23:25It's not sudden.

00:23:26I've been asking for five years.

00:23:28When this busy stretch is over.

00:23:30Next time, I promise.

00:23:32Next time.

00:23:33The 17th next time.

00:23:35I said nothing more.

00:23:40Maya, is Ryan back?

00:23:41Isn't he?

00:23:42He is, Mrs. Hale.

00:23:43You two need to hurry with the wedding.

00:23:45People keep asking me about invitations.

00:23:47We're still preparing.

00:23:49Hannah came by last week and helped me choose candy favors.

00:23:52She picked four flavors.

00:23:53See what you think.

00:23:54Hannah helped you choose them?

00:23:56Yes.

00:23:56She said you were busy with work and came over on her own.

00:23:59Such a thoughtful girl.

00:24:00Mrs. Hale, you can tell me about wedding details.

00:24:03You don't need to trouble her.

00:24:04Trouble?

00:24:05She comes over all the time.

00:24:06Three or four times a month.

00:24:08More often than you.

00:24:08In our second year together, I suggested visiting his mother every week.

00:24:13Ryan said, no need to go that often.

00:24:15My mom doesn't like the house too lively.

00:24:17So I changed it to once a month.

00:24:20Later, he said, you're busy.

00:24:22Once every two months is fine.

00:24:24So it wasn't that his mother disliked visitors.

00:24:26She disliked me visiting.

00:24:28Hannah came three or four times a month.

00:24:30And no one found her annoying.

00:24:32Mrs. Hale, I'll handle the favors.

00:24:33All right.

00:24:34But the ones Hannah picked are really good.

00:24:36Use them as a reference.

00:24:38You asked Hannah to help your mother choose our wedding candy?

00:24:42She wanted to go herself.

00:24:44And you knew?

00:24:45Of course.

00:24:46My mom told me.

00:24:47Why didn't you tell me?

00:24:49What was there to say?

00:24:50She was just helping.

00:24:52Why is she helping with our wedding?

00:24:54Weren't you busy?

00:24:56When did I ever say that?

00:24:58You work late every day.

00:25:00I figured you didn't have time.

00:25:02Did you ask me?

00:25:04Fine, fine.

00:25:05From now on, you can do everything yourself.

00:25:06Satisfied?

00:25:10The impatience had arrived.

00:25:12It was always like this.

00:25:14First, don't overthink it.

00:25:16Then, what is there to say?

00:25:19Finally, fine.

00:25:20You're right about everything.

00:25:23Nothing was ever solved.

00:25:32Hannah's pot roast tastes just like mine.

00:25:36Hannah looked more at home in that kitchen than I ever had.

00:25:39She knew where the plates were, which drawer held the spices, what Mrs. Hale liked to eat.

00:25:44In five years, every time I visited, I had to ask.

00:25:47Because I went too rarely.

00:25:49Because Ryan said I didn't need to go often.

00:25:52Maya, let me be honest.

00:25:53I watched Hannah grow up.

00:25:55She and Ryan know each other inside out.

00:25:57You're a good girl, but you aren't very good at taking care of people.

00:26:01You should learn from Hannah.

00:26:04Why aren't you eating?

00:26:07I'm not hungry.

00:26:14What's that?

00:26:15Oh, this.

00:26:16Hannah's birthday gift.

00:26:18A necklace.

00:26:21Ryan's R.

00:26:24Custom made.

00:26:25Took two months.

00:26:27Our engagement ring had been bought online.

00:26:29When it arrived, he opened the package and slid it directly onto my finger.

00:26:34I wanted to choose one in a store.

00:26:36Rings are all the same.

00:26:38No need to make a trip.

00:26:40You had a necklace custom made for her?

00:26:43It's her birthday.

00:26:44Just something small.

00:26:47What did you give me on my birthday?

00:26:50Last year, I think I sent you money?

00:26:55You didn't.

00:26:57Then I forgot.

00:26:59I'll make it up next time.

00:27:01Next time.

00:27:03Always next time.

00:27:07Ryan, do you think what we have is normal?

00:27:10Why wouldn't it be?

00:27:12You custom order Hannah a necklace and buy me a fridge magnet?

00:27:17You celebrate her birthday and forget mine.

00:27:20You let her go to your mother's house while I don't even get the chance.

00:27:24Do you think that's normal?

00:27:29You're doing this again.

00:27:31Hannah and I grew up together.

00:27:32What's wrong with me being nice to her?

00:27:34What about me?

00:27:37Am I not good to you?

00:27:38We've dated for five years, bought a condo, and we're getting married.

00:27:43Isn't that enough?

00:27:44Maya, we don't need all that flashy stuff.

00:27:46A steady life matters more than anything.

00:27:49All that flashy stuff.

00:27:50Hot spring hotels were flashy.

00:27:53Custom necklaces were flashy.

00:27:55Birthday surprises were flashy.

00:27:58He gave all the flashy things to Hannah.

00:28:00What he left me was a steady life.

00:28:04You're right.

00:28:07Let's live steadily.

00:28:12The next day, Ryan's college friend Owen texted me.

00:28:16Maya, we're having a get-together Saturday.

00:28:18Are you coming?

00:28:19What get-together?

00:28:20Old classmates.

00:28:22Hannah will be there too.

00:28:23Hannah would be there too.

00:28:24Of course.

00:28:29The necklace Ryan had made.

00:28:31On her.

00:28:33Rye!

00:28:34Maya's here!

00:28:35Don't call her that like she's already family.

00:28:37They're not married yet.

00:28:39Set a date?

00:28:40We're still looking.

00:28:42Hannah's helped a lot, right?

00:28:43Your mom said she runs over all the time.

00:28:45She's just helpful.

00:28:46I'm only helping a little.

00:28:47Maya's so busy.

00:28:48She called me by name with such warmth.

00:28:49But my fiancé's custom necklace was sitting at her throat.

00:28:52Hannah, that's a gorgeous necklace.

00:28:54Who gave it to you?

00:28:56A friend.

00:28:57What kind of friend is that generous?

00:28:59It's custom, isn't it?

00:29:01I gave it to her.

00:29:02Birthday gift.

00:29:03I bought it casually.

00:29:04Casually.

00:29:06Two months for a custom order.

00:29:08And he called it casual.

00:29:09You bought one for your fiancé too, right?

00:29:11Maya doesn't like wearing things like that.

00:29:13It wasn't that I didn't like them.

00:29:15He had never bought me any.

00:29:16So he assumed I didn't like them.

00:29:18You don't mind, do you, Maya?

00:29:19No.

00:29:20You're so generous.

00:29:21Halfway through dinner, Owen started making trouble.

00:29:24Come on, let's test how well you know each other.

00:29:26Ryan, what's your fiancé's favorite flower?

00:29:28Roses?

00:29:29No.

00:29:29Lisianthus.

00:29:30Her birthday?

00:29:31March 9th?

00:29:32He got it right only after a pause.

00:29:33What is she most afraid of?

00:29:34She isn't afraid of anything.

00:29:36Maya's brave.

00:29:37I was afraid of the dark.

00:29:38I told him that our first year together.

00:29:40He had forgotten.

00:29:41Terrible.

00:29:42Hannah, your turn.

00:29:43What's Ryan's favorite coffee?

00:29:45Americano.

00:29:46Light sugar.

00:29:47Warm.

00:29:47What is he most afraid of?

00:29:49Thunder.

00:29:50When he was little, lightning hit a tree in his yard and he cried.

00:29:54His catchphrase?

00:29:55Good enough.

00:29:57Hannah knows Ryan better than his fiancé.

00:29:59We've known each other ten years.

00:30:01Ten years.

00:30:01She had known him ten.

00:30:02I had known him five.

00:30:04She knew he was afraid of thunder.

00:30:05I didn't.

00:30:06It wasn't that I didn't want to know him.

00:30:08He had never told me.

00:30:10With me, every answer was whatever, anything, nothing worth telling.

00:30:14With Hannah, he lit up like a different person.

00:30:21Maya, I want to say something.

00:30:23Don't take it the wrong way.

00:30:25Say it?

00:30:26Rye can be careless, but he's not a bad man.

00:30:29Don't be too hard on him.

00:30:30I'm not.

00:30:32He told me you've been emotional lately, always getting upset over things about me.

00:30:37He had told Hannah about the problems between us.

00:30:39Maya, I'll be blunt.

00:30:42If you can't give him even this much trust, then what's the point of marrying him?

00:30:48He goes to Japan with you every year.

00:30:50What exactly am I supposed to trust?

00:30:53Those are business trips.

00:30:54Business trips don't happen in the same place every year, at the same hotel, photographing the same woman.

00:31:01Maya, Rye and I are friends.

00:31:04If you insist on imagining something else, that's your problem.

00:31:09By the way, for the living room wall in your condo, I suggested warm gray.

00:31:14Rye thinks it looks better than the cream white you chose.

00:31:17The living room wall.

00:31:19I had chosen cream white and watched the workers paint it twice.

00:31:23Ryan had not gone there once, but he had let Hannah give opinions, and he liked hers better than mine.

00:31:33What took so long?

00:31:35Washing my hands.

00:31:36Let's go.

00:31:37We'll drop Hannah off.

00:31:40Can't she go by herself?

00:31:42It's on the way.

00:31:45Hannah lived on the east side.

00:31:47We lived on the west side.

00:31:50On what planet was that on the way?

00:31:53You take her.

00:31:54I'll get a cab.

00:31:56Don't make a scene.

00:31:57Come on.

00:32:02Rye, remember this song?

00:32:04It played in that izakaya in Tokyo last year.

00:32:06I remember.

00:32:08I remember.

00:32:08You even sang along.

00:32:10In the back seat, I was an extra passenger.

00:32:16Maya, rest early.

00:32:18Rye, don't forget that thing next week.

00:32:20I know.

00:32:22I know.

00:32:26What thing?

00:32:28Helping her move a cabinet.

00:32:30She can hire movers.

00:32:32Why waste money on that?

00:32:35Last year, I asked him to move one box of books for me.

00:32:39He said his back hurt and told me to hire movers.

00:32:43For Hannah's cabinet, he would go himself.

00:32:47Ryan, do you ever feel like you're better to Hannah than you are to me?

00:32:53She grew up with me.

00:32:54Being good to her is a habit.

00:32:57But you're the one I'm marrying.

00:32:58Isn't that enough?

00:33:01Enough.

00:33:06Ryan, can you stay home today?

00:33:08What's wrong?

00:33:09I want you to spend the day with me.

00:33:11Sure.

00:33:12I don't have plans anyway.

00:33:13Really?

00:33:14Really.

00:33:14What do you want to do?

00:33:15Nothing.

00:33:16Just stay home.

00:33:17Okay.

00:33:19Ryan.

00:33:20Hmm?

00:33:20Do you love me?

00:33:22Why ask that all of a sudden?

00:33:23I want to hear you say it once.

00:33:25I'm marrying you.

00:33:27What do you think?

00:33:28Marriage and love aren't the same thing.

00:33:30What's going on with you today?

00:33:31I just want to hear you say it.

00:33:33Maya, of course I-

00:33:35It's Hannah.

00:33:36Don't answer.

00:33:37Let me see.

00:33:38She says a pipe burst at her place.

00:33:39Water everywhere.

00:33:40She can call building maintenance.

00:33:42It's the weekend.

00:33:43Maintenance is off.

00:33:43Then she can call a plumber.

00:33:45By the time a plumber gets there,

00:33:46her apartment will be flooded.

00:33:47I'll go take a look.

00:33:48I'll be back soon.

00:33:49Ryan, you promised you wouldn't go out today.

00:33:53I know, but this is urgent.

00:33:55You always say that.

00:33:57A pipe burst.

00:33:58I can't just ignore it.

00:34:00What about me?

00:34:02What about you?

00:34:03You're fine.

00:34:05I was fine.

00:34:06He always thought I was fine.

00:34:09Hannah's burst pipe was urgent.

00:34:10My broken heart was not.

00:34:12In our first year together,

00:34:14when he confessed,

00:34:15he said,

00:34:16Maya, I want to spend my life with you.

00:34:18That day,

00:34:19he took me to a little western restaurant place

00:34:21and said we would come back every anniversary.

00:34:24He forgot the second year anniversary.

00:34:26In the third year,

00:34:27I reminded him and he said,

00:34:29It's just a bowl of noodles.

00:34:30Another day is the same.

00:34:31In the fourth and fifth years,

00:34:32I stopped mentioning it.

00:34:34He never remembered again.

00:34:36Go.

00:34:37One hour tops.

00:34:39I'll come back and be with you.

00:34:41Don't be mad.

00:34:44One hour passed.

00:34:46Then two.

00:34:48Then three.

00:34:51Almost done.

00:34:52The pipe's fixed,

00:34:52but there's water everywhere.

00:34:53I'm helping her mop.

00:34:54When are you coming back?

00:34:56Soon.

00:34:59Another hour passed.

00:35:01He texted,

00:35:03Hannah says thank you for letting me come.

00:35:05She's treating me to lunch.

00:35:06I'll head back after.

00:35:07I didn't reply.

00:35:09Then he sent.

00:35:11Eat first.

00:35:11Don't wait for me.

00:35:15I had asked whether he loved me.

00:35:17He never finished the sentence.

00:35:19Because Hannah's phone call mattered more than my question.

00:35:22I didn't actually own much in this home.

00:35:24One suitcase for clothes,

00:35:25half a suitcase for books and small things.

00:35:27On the bathroom counter,

00:35:28I had only a toothbrush and a bottle of cleanser.

00:35:31Hannah had more here than I did.

00:35:33Canvas shoes.

00:35:34A jacket.

00:35:35A mug.

00:35:35A tube of lipstick.

00:35:38Ryan,

00:35:38I canceled the condo.

00:35:40I'm returning the ring.

00:35:42I'm returning the five fridge magnets too.

00:35:46Find someone else for the honeymoon.

00:35:48Hers.

00:35:49All of it.

00:35:51This home was full of Ryan and Hannah.

00:35:54My whole life here

00:35:55fit into two suitcases.

00:35:59Where to?

00:36:01The train station.

00:36:03Three hours later,

00:36:05the train arrived.

00:36:06In this new city,

00:36:07no one waited at the exit.

00:36:10This time,

00:36:11I didn't mind.

00:36:28When I canceled the condo,

00:36:30the realtor stared at me.

00:36:34You've already paid the $45,000 down payment.

00:36:39Aren't you waiting for your fiancé to come back and sign with you?

00:36:41No.

00:36:42He's busy taking his first love shopping near Mount Fuji.

00:36:46For five years,

00:36:47every winter,

00:36:48Ryan Hale went to Japan.

00:36:50He called it business.

00:36:52But the photos he posted

00:36:54were always of Fuji's snow-covered peak.

00:36:56Whenever I asked when he would take me there for our honeymoon,

00:36:58he said,

00:36:59next time.

00:37:00Then yesterday,

00:37:01in an old camera he'd left at home,

00:37:02I found dozens of pictures.

00:37:04The same woman,

00:37:06the same angles,

00:37:07the same background.

00:37:08Cherry blossoms,

00:37:09white snow,

00:37:10Mount Fuji.

00:37:11The only trip he had ever taken with me

00:37:13was to the next city over

00:37:14to look at this condo.

00:37:15Maya,

00:37:15we don't need all that flashy stuff.

00:37:16We just need a real life together.

00:37:20I believed him.

00:37:21When it was time to sign the cancellation papers,

00:37:23I looked at the condo I had decorated myself

00:37:25and suddenly broke down.

00:37:27I cried so hard I could barely breathe.

00:37:29Do you still want to cancel?

00:37:32Yes.

00:37:33My resignation had already been approved.

00:37:35This was my last night in the city.

00:37:37Mount Fuji would never come to me.

00:37:41But I could walk away.

00:37:46Maya,

00:37:47did you really cancel it?

00:37:48I did.

00:37:50The down payment was $45,000.

00:37:52You just canceled it by yourself?

00:37:54Yes.

00:37:54Does Ryan know?

00:37:55He's in Japan.

00:37:57For work?

00:37:58I didn't answer.

00:37:59Did you tell him?

00:38:00No.

00:38:01Maya,

00:38:02even if you're fighting,

00:38:03the condo isn't something you can just...

00:38:04I found dozens of photos in his old camera.

00:38:07Same woman,

00:38:08same mountain,

00:38:09five years.

00:38:09Hannah Pierce?

00:38:11Yes.

00:38:12Are you sure it's not a misunderstanding?

00:38:14What kind of business trip involves

00:38:16photographing the same woman

00:38:17in the same place for five winters?

00:38:19Claire stopped talking.

00:38:25On the way,

00:38:26Ryan sent me a text.

00:38:27A photo.

00:38:28Hot chocolate in a white ceramic cup.

00:38:30A little deer was painted on the side.

00:38:32Caption,

00:38:32it's snowing in Tokyo.

00:38:34Freezing.

00:38:35I recognize that cup.

00:38:36He had sent me almost the same photo last winter.

00:38:39Same angle,

00:38:40same composition.

00:38:41Back then,

00:38:42I asked him which cafe it was.

00:38:43He said he'd wandered in at random

00:38:44and couldn't remember.

00:38:45But there was another photo in the old camera.

00:38:48A scarf I'd never seen.

00:38:49Five years.

00:38:50Every winter.

00:38:51The same cafe.

00:38:53The same cup of hot chocolate.

00:38:55The same woman.

00:38:56And what he sent me was always food

00:38:57and scenery.

00:38:59Never the person beside him.

00:39:06Size five.

00:39:07I wore a seven.

00:39:08Rye,

00:39:09wear this pair next time.

00:39:10The last ones rubbed your heels.

00:39:12Rye,

00:39:13five years together.

00:39:15And I had never known he had a nickname.

00:39:17He had never let me call him that.

00:39:23The note field read,

00:39:25Hannah's birthday gift.

00:39:27Hannah's birthday was February 15th.

00:39:30Mine was March 9th.

00:39:31Last March 9th,

00:39:33I asked Ryan if he could have dinner with me.

00:39:34He said he had a business dinner.

00:39:36I waited until 11 that night before he texted.

00:39:38Just got home.

00:39:39You asleep?

00:39:40Happy birthday.

00:39:41I'll make it up to you.

00:39:42Make it up.

00:39:43Just like next time.

00:39:44Neither ever came true.

00:39:463,000 photos on his backup phone.

00:39:4911 of me.

00:39:507 were from the first year we dated.

00:39:51In the next four years,

00:39:53there were four.

00:39:54There was a folder called Tokyo Snow.

00:39:56Every shot was beautifully framed.

00:39:57Softened by light.

00:39:58Like a magazine spread.

00:40:00When he took pictures of me,

00:40:01he always tapped the shutter once

00:40:02and handed the phone back.

00:40:03No angle.

00:40:04No light.

00:40:05No care.

00:40:06Can you try to take one where I look nice?

00:40:08It's just a photo.

00:40:10Good enough.

00:40:11Good enough.

00:40:12Those two words were what he gave me most.

00:40:15Did you eat?

00:40:16Yes.

00:40:17I'll be back the day after tomorrow.

00:40:19Flight lands at 3.

00:40:20Okay.

00:40:21Your voice sounds off.

00:40:23I'm tired.

00:40:24Sleep early.

00:40:26Rye, the car's here.

00:40:27Coming.

00:40:29Hannah's calling me.

00:40:29I have to go.

00:40:30Why is she at your hotel?

00:40:31She's staying next door.

00:40:32We're just going out to eat.

00:40:32Every year?

00:40:33Our schedules happen to overlap.

00:40:35Don't overthink it.

00:40:35He smiled naturally,

00:40:36as if explaining something

00:40:37that did not need an explanation.

00:40:39Oh, I got you a fridge magnet.

00:40:40Took forever to pick one.

00:40:43Five years of love.

00:40:45Every souvenir I had ever received from Japan.

00:40:47Hannah got hot spring hotels,

00:40:49kimono experiences,

00:40:50birthday surprises,

00:40:51and a nickname only she could use.

00:40:54Cute, right?

00:40:55Hannah helped me pick it.

00:40:56Even the gift he bought for me

00:40:57had her fingerprints on it.

00:40:59I typed,

00:40:59What did you bring, Hannah?

00:41:01I replied with one word.

00:41:02Nice.

00:41:08Your fridge magnet.

00:41:12What's that?

00:41:13For Hannah.

00:41:13A scarf.

00:41:14She said she liked the patterns in Tokyo.

00:41:16Last winter,

00:41:17I told him I wanted a cashmere scarf.

00:41:19He said,

00:41:20Why buy another scarf?

00:41:22Don't you already have several?

00:41:24The several in my closet

00:41:25were all ones I had bought myself.

00:41:27You bought her a scarf?

00:41:29She asked.

00:41:30It was on the way.

00:41:31I'm dead tired.

00:41:32Four hour flight.

00:41:33When are you taking me to Japan?

00:41:36Why bring that up all of a sudden?

00:41:37It's not sudden.

00:41:38I've been asking for five years.

00:41:40When this busy stretch is over.

00:41:42Next time, I promise.

00:41:44Next time.

00:41:45The 17th next time.

00:41:47I said nothing more.

00:41:52Maya, is Ryan back, isn't he?

00:41:54He is, Mrs. Hale.

00:41:55You two need to hurry with the wedding.

00:41:57People keep asking me about invitations.

00:41:59We're still preparing.

00:42:01Hannah came by last week

00:42:02and helped me choose candy favors.

00:42:04She picked four flavors.

00:42:05See what you think.

00:42:06Hannah helped you choose them?

00:42:08Yes.

00:42:08She said you were busy with work

00:42:09and came over on her own.

00:42:11Such a thoughtful girl.

00:42:13Mrs. Hale,

00:42:13you can tell me about wedding details.

00:42:15You don't need to trouble her.

00:42:16Trouble?

00:42:16She comes over all the time.

00:42:18Three or four times a month.

00:42:19More often than you.

00:42:21In our second year together,

00:42:22I suggested visiting his mother every week.

00:42:25Ryan said,

00:42:26no need to go that often.

00:42:27My mom doesn't like the house too lively.

00:42:29So I changed it to once a month.

00:42:32Later, he said,

00:42:33you're busy.

00:42:34Once every two months is fine.

00:42:36So it wasn't that his mother disliked visitors.

00:42:38She disliked me visiting.

00:42:40Hannah came three or four times a month

00:42:41and no one found her annoying.

00:42:43Mrs. Hale,

00:42:44I'll handle the favors.

00:42:45All right.

00:42:46But the ones Hannah picked are really good.

00:42:48Use them as a reference.

00:42:50You asked Hannah to help your mother

00:42:52choose our wedding candy?

00:42:54She wanted to go herself.

00:42:56And you knew?

00:42:57Of course.

00:42:58My mom told me.

00:42:59Why didn't you tell me?

00:43:01What was there to say?

00:43:02She was just helping.

00:43:04Why is she helping with our wedding?

00:43:06Weren't you busy?

00:43:08When did I ever say that?

00:43:10You work late every day.

00:43:12I figured you didn't have time.

00:43:14Did you ask me?

00:43:16Fine, fine.

00:43:17From now on,

00:43:17you can do everything yourself.

00:43:18Satisfied?

00:43:22The impatience had arrived.

00:43:24It was always like this.

00:43:26First,

00:43:26don't overthink it.

00:43:28Then,

00:43:29what is there to say?

00:43:31Finally,

00:43:31fine,

00:43:32you're right about everything.

00:43:35Nothing was ever solved.

00:43:43Hannah's pot roast tastes just like mine.

00:43:47Hannah looked more at home in that kitchen than I ever had.

00:43:51She knew where the plates were,

00:43:53which drawer held the spices,

00:43:54what Mrs. Hale liked to eat.

00:43:56In five years,

00:43:57every time I visited,

00:43:58I had to ask.

00:43:59Because I went too rarely.

00:44:01Because Ryan said I didn't need to go often.

00:44:04Maya,

00:44:04let me be honest.

00:44:05I watched Hannah grow up.

00:44:07She and Ryan know each other inside out.

00:44:09You're a good girl,

00:44:10but you aren't very good at taking care of people.

00:44:12You should learn from Hannah.

00:44:16Why aren't you eating?

00:44:19I'm not hungry.

00:44:25What's that?

00:44:27Oh,

00:44:28this.

00:44:28Hannah's birthday gift.

00:44:30A necklace.

00:44:33Ryan's R.

00:44:36Custom made.

00:44:37Took two months.

00:44:38Our engagement ring had been bought online.

00:44:41When it arrived,

00:44:42he opened the package

00:44:43and slid it directly onto my finger.

00:44:46I wanted to choose one in a store.

00:44:48Rings are all the same.

00:44:49No need to make a trip.

00:44:52You had a necklace custom made for her?

00:44:55It's her birthday.

00:44:57Just something small.

00:44:59What did you give me on my birthday?

00:45:02Last year,

00:45:03I think I sent you money.

00:45:07You didn't.

00:45:09Then I forgot.

00:45:11I'll make it up next time.

00:45:13Next time.

00:45:15Always next time.

00:45:19Ryan,

00:45:19do you think what we have is normal?

00:45:22Why wouldn't it be?

00:45:24You custom order Hannah a necklace

00:45:26and buy me a fridge magnet.

00:45:29You celebrate her birthday

00:45:30and forget mine.

00:45:32You let her go to your mother's house

00:45:34while I don't even get the chance.

00:45:36Do you think that's normal?

00:45:40You're doing this again.

00:45:42Hannah and I grew up together.

00:45:44What's wrong with me being nice to her?

00:45:46What about me?

00:45:49Am I not good to you?

00:45:50We've dated for five years,

00:45:53bought a condo,

00:45:53and we're getting married.

00:45:55Isn't that enough?

00:45:56Maya, we don't need all that flashy stuff.

00:45:58A steady life matters more than anything.

00:46:01All that flashy stuff.

00:46:02Hot spring hotels were flashy.

00:46:04Custom necklaces were flashy.

00:46:07Birthday surprises were flashy.

00:46:09He gave all the flashy things to Hannah.

00:46:12What he left me was a steady life.

00:46:16You're right.

00:46:19Let's live steadily.

00:46:24The next day,

00:46:26Ryan's college friend Owen texted me.

00:46:28Maya, we're having a get-together Saturday.

00:46:30Are you coming?

00:46:31What get-together?

00:46:32Old classmates.

00:46:34Hannah will be there too.

00:46:35Hannah would be there too.

00:46:36Of course.

00:46:41The necklace Ryan had made

00:46:43on her.

00:46:45Rye!

00:46:46Maya's here!

00:46:47Don't call her that like she's already family.

00:46:49They're not married yet.

00:46:50Set a date?

00:46:52We're still looking.

00:46:54Hannah's helped a lot, right?

00:46:55Your mom said she runs over all the time.

00:46:57She's just helpful.

00:46:58I'm only helping a little.

00:46:59Maya's so busy.

00:47:00She called me by name with such warmth,

00:47:01but my fiancé's custom necklace

00:47:03was sitting at her throat.

00:47:04Hannah, that's a gorgeous necklace.

00:47:06Who gave it to you?

00:47:08A friend.

00:47:09What kind of friend is that generous?

00:47:11It's custom, isn't it?

00:47:12I gave it to her.

00:47:14Birthday gift.

00:47:15I bought it casually.

00:47:16Casually.

00:47:18Two months for a custom order.

00:47:19And he called it casual.

00:47:21You bought one for your fiancé too, right?

00:47:23Maya doesn't like wearing things like that.

00:47:25It wasn't that I didn't like them.

00:47:27He had never bought me any,

00:47:28so he assumed I didn't like them.

00:47:30You don't mind, do you, Maya?

00:47:31No.

00:47:32You're so generous.

00:47:33Halfway through dinner,

00:47:34Owen started making trouble.

00:47:36Come on, let's test how well you know each other.

00:47:38Ryan, what's your fiancé's favorite flower?

00:47:40Roses?

00:47:40No.

00:47:41Lysianthus.

00:47:42Her birthday?

00:47:42March 9th?

00:47:43He got it right only after a pause.

00:47:45What is she most afraid of?

00:47:46She isn't afraid of anything.

00:47:48Maya's brave.

00:47:49I was afraid of the dark.

00:47:50I told him that our first year together.

00:47:52He had forgotten.

00:47:53Terrible.

00:47:54Hannah, your turn.

00:47:55What's Ryan's favorite coffee?

00:47:57Americano.

00:47:58Light sugar.

00:47:59Warm.

00:47:59What is he most afraid of?

00:48:01Thunder.

00:48:02When he was little,

00:48:03lightning hit a tree in his yard and he cried.

00:48:06His catchphrase?

00:48:07Good enough.

00:48:09Hannah knows Ryan better than his fiancé.

00:48:12We've known each other ten years.

00:48:13Ten years.

00:48:13She had known him ten.

00:48:14I had known him five.

00:48:16She knew he was afraid of thunder.

00:48:17I didn't.

00:48:18It wasn't that I didn't want to know him.

00:48:20He had never told me.

00:48:22With me, every answer was whatever, anything,

00:48:24nothing worth telling.

00:48:26With Hannah, he lit up like a different person.

00:48:33Maya, I want to say something.

00:48:35Don't take it the wrong way.

00:48:37Say it.

00:48:38Rye can be careless, but he's not a bad man.

00:48:41Don't be too hard on him.

00:48:42I'm not.

00:48:44He told me you've been emotional lately,

00:48:46always getting upset over things about me.

00:48:48He had told Hannah about the problems between us.

00:48:51Maya, I'll be blunt.

00:48:54If you can't give him even this much trust,

00:48:58then what's the point of marrying him?

00:49:00He goes to Japan with you every year.

00:49:02What exactly am I supposed to trust?

00:49:05Those are business trips.

00:49:06Business trips don't happen in the same place every year,

00:49:09at the same hotel,

00:49:11photographing the same woman.

00:49:13Maya,

00:49:14Rye and I are friends.

00:49:16If you insist on imagining something else,

00:49:18that's your problem.

00:49:21By the way,

00:49:23for the living room wall in your condo,

00:49:24I suggested warm gray.

00:49:26Rye thinks it looks better than the cream white you chose.

00:49:29The living room wall.

00:49:31I had chosen cream white

00:49:32and watched the workers paint it twice.

00:49:35Ryan had not gone there once,

00:49:36but he had let Hannah give opinions,

00:49:38and he liked hers better than mine.

00:49:45What took so long?

00:49:47Washing my hands.

00:49:48Let's go.

00:49:49We'll drop Hannah off.

00:49:52Can't she go by herself?

00:49:54It's on the way.

00:49:57Hannah lived on the east side.

00:49:59We lived on the west side.

00:50:01On what planet was that on the way?

00:50:05You take her.

00:50:06I'll get a cab.

00:50:08Don't make a scene.

00:50:09Come on.

00:50:14Rye, remember this song?

00:50:16It played in that izakaya in Tokyo last year.

00:50:18I remember.

00:50:19You even sang along.

00:50:22In the back seat,

00:50:23I was an extra passenger.

00:50:28Maya, rest early.

00:50:30Rye, don't forget that thing next week.

00:50:32I know.

00:50:38What thing?

00:50:40Helping her move a cabinet.

00:50:42She can hire movers.

00:50:44Why waste money on that?

00:50:47Last year, I asked him to move one box of books for me.

00:50:51He said his back hurt and told me to hire movers.

00:50:55For Hannah's cabinet, he would go himself.

00:50:59Ryan, do you ever feel like you're better to Hannah than you are to me?

00:51:05She grew up with me.

00:51:06Being good to her is a habit.

00:51:08But you're the one I'm marrying.

00:51:10Isn't that enough?

00:51:13Enough.

00:51:17Ryan, can you stay home today?

00:51:20What's wrong?

00:51:21I want you to spend the day with me.

00:51:23Sure.

00:51:24I don't have plans anyway.

00:51:25Really?

00:51:26Really.

00:51:26What do you want to do?

00:51:27Nothing.

00:51:27Just stay home.

00:51:29Okay.

00:51:31Ryan.

00:51:32Hmm?

00:51:32Do you love me?

00:51:34Why ask that all of a sudden?

00:51:35I want to hear you say it once.

00:51:37I'm marrying you.

00:51:39What do you think?

00:51:40Marriage and love aren't the same thing.

00:51:42What's going on with you today?

00:51:43I just want to hear you say it.

00:51:45Maya, of course I...

00:51:47It's Hannah.

00:51:48Don't answer.

00:51:49Let me see.

00:51:50She says a pipe burst at her place.

00:51:51Water everywhere.

00:51:52She can call building maintenance.

00:51:54It's the weekend.

00:51:55Maintenance is off.

00:51:55Then she can call a plumber.

00:51:56By the time a plumber gets there, her apartment will be flooded.

00:51:59I'll go take a look.

00:52:00I'll be back soon.

00:52:01Ryan, you promised you wouldn't go out today.

00:52:05I know, but this is urgent.

00:52:07You always say that.

00:52:09A pipe burst.

00:52:10I can't just ignore it.

00:52:12What about me?

00:52:14What about you?

00:52:15You're fine.

00:52:17I was fine.

00:52:18He always thought I was fine.

00:52:20Hannah's burst pipe was urgent.

00:52:22My broken heart was not.

00:52:24In our first year together, when he confessed, he said,

00:52:28Maya, I want to spend my life with you.

00:52:30That day, he took me to a little western restaurant place and said we would come back every anniversary.

00:52:36He forgot the second year anniversary.

00:52:38In the third year, I reminded him and he said,

00:52:41It's just a bowl of noodles.

00:52:42Another day is the same.

00:52:43In the fourth and fifth years, I stopped mentioning it.

00:52:46He never remembered again.

00:52:48Go.

00:52:48One hour, tops.

00:52:51I'll come back and be with you.

00:52:53Don't be mad.

00:52:56One hour passed.

00:52:58Then two.

00:52:59Then three.

00:53:03Almost done.

00:53:04The pipe's fixed, but there's water everywhere.

00:53:05I'm helping her mop.

00:53:06When are you coming back?

00:53:08Soon.

00:53:11Another hour passed.

00:53:14He texted.

00:53:15Hannah says thank you for letting me come.

00:53:17She's treating me to lunch.

00:53:18I'll head back after.

00:53:19I didn't reply.

00:53:21Then he sent.

00:53:22Eat first.

00:53:23Don't wait for me.

00:53:27I had asked whether he loved me.

00:53:29He never finished the sentence.

00:53:31Because Hannah's phone call mattered more than my question.

00:53:33I didn't actually own much in this home.

00:53:36One suitcase for clothes.

00:53:37Half a suitcase for books and small things.

00:53:39On the bathroom counter, I had only a toothbrush and a bottle of cleanser.

00:53:43Hannah had more here than I did.

00:53:45Canvas shoes.

00:53:46A jacket.

00:53:47A mug.

00:53:47A tube of lipstick.

00:53:50Ryan, I canceled the condo.

00:53:52I'm returning the ring.

00:53:54I'm returning the five fridge magnets too.

00:53:57Find someone else for the honeymoon.

00:54:00Hers.

00:54:01All of it.

00:54:02This home was full of Ryan and Hannah.

00:54:06My whole life here fit into two suitcases.

00:54:11Where to?

00:54:12The train station.

00:54:15Three hours later, the train arrived.

00:54:18In this new city, no one waited at the exit.

00:54:22This time, I didn't mind.

00:54:40When I canceled the condo, the realtor stared at me.

00:54:46You've already paid the $45,000 down payment.

00:54:51Aren't you waiting for your fiancé to come back and sign with you?

00:54:53No.

00:54:54He's busy taking his first love shopping near Mount Fuji.

00:54:57For five years, every winter, Ryan Hale went to Japan.

00:55:02He called it business.

00:55:03But the photos he posted were always of Fuji's snow-covered peak.

00:55:08Whenever I asked when he would take me there for our honeymoon, he said, next time.

00:55:12Then yesterday, in an old camera he'd left at home, I found dozens of pictures.

00:55:16The same woman.

00:55:17The same angles.

00:55:19The same background.

00:55:20Cherry blossoms.

00:55:21White snow.

00:55:22Mount Fuji.

00:55:23The only trip he had ever taken with me was to the next city over to look at this condo.

00:55:27Maya, we don't need all that flashy stuff.

00:55:28We just need a real life together.

00:55:32I believed him.

00:55:33When it was time to sign the cancellation papers, I looked at the condo I had decorated myself

00:55:37and suddenly broke down.

00:55:39I cried so hard I could barely breathe.

00:55:41Do you still want to cancel?

00:55:44Yes.

00:55:45My resignation had already been approved.

00:55:47This was my last night in the city.

00:55:50Mount Fuji would never come to me.

00:55:52But I could walk away.

00:55:58Maya, did you really cancel it?

00:56:00I did.

00:56:01The down payment was $45,000.

00:56:04You just canceled it by yourself?

00:56:05Yes.

00:56:06Does Ryan know?

00:56:07He's in Japan.

00:56:09For work?

00:56:10I didn't answer.

00:56:11Did you tell him?

00:56:12No.

00:56:13Maya, even if you're fighting, the condo isn't something you can just...

00:56:16I found dozens of photos in his old camera.

00:56:19Same woman.

00:56:19Same mountain.

00:56:20Five years.

00:56:21Hannah Pierce?

00:56:23Yes.

00:56:24Are you sure it's not a misunderstanding?

00:56:26What kind of business trip involves photographing the same woman in the same place for five

00:56:30winters?

00:56:31Claire stopped talking.

00:56:37On the way, Ryan sent me a text.

00:56:39A photo.

00:56:40Hot chocolate in a white ceramic cup.

00:56:42A little deer was painted on the side.

00:56:44Caption.

00:56:44It's snowing in Tokyo.

00:56:46Freezing.

00:56:46I recognize that cup.

00:56:48He had sent me almost the same photo last winter.

00:56:51Same angle.

00:56:52Same composition.

00:56:52Back then, I asked him which cafe it was.

00:56:55He said he'd wandered in at random and couldn't remember.

00:56:57But there was another photo in the old camera.

00:56:59A scarf I'd never seen.

00:57:01Five years.

00:57:02Every winter.

00:57:03The same cafe.

00:57:04The same cup of hot chocolate.

00:57:06The same woman.

00:57:08And what he sent me was always food and scenery.

00:57:11Never the person beside him.

00:57:17Size five.

00:57:19I wore a seven.

00:57:20Rye, wear this pair next time.

00:57:22The last ones rubbed your heels.

00:57:24Rye.

00:57:25Five years together.

00:57:27And I had never known he had a nickname.

00:57:29He had never let me call him that.

00:57:35The note field read,

00:57:37Hannah's birthday gift.

00:57:39Hannah's birthday was February 15th.

00:57:42Mine was March 9th.

00:57:43Last March 9th, I asked Ryan if he could have dinner with me.

00:57:46He said he had a business dinner.

00:57:47I waited until 11 that night before he texted.

00:57:50Just got home.

00:57:51You asleep?

00:57:52Happy birthday.

00:57:53I'll make it up to you.

00:57:54Make it up.

00:57:55Just like next time.

00:57:56Neither ever came true.

00:57:583,000 photos on his backup phone.

00:58:0111 of me.

00:58:017 were from the first year we dated.

00:58:03In the next four years, there were four.

00:58:06There was a folder called Tokyo Snow.

00:58:08Every shot was beautifully framed.

00:58:09Softened by light.

00:58:10Like a magazine spread.

00:58:12When he took pictures of me,

00:58:13he always tapped the shutter once and handed the phone back.

00:58:15No angle.

00:58:16No light.

00:58:17No care.

00:58:18Can you try to take one where I look nice?

00:58:20It's just a photo.

00:58:22Good enough.

00:58:23Good enough.

00:58:24Those two words were what he gave me most.

00:58:26Did you eat?

00:58:28Yes.

00:58:29I'll be back the day after tomorrow.

00:58:30Flight lands at 3.

00:58:32Okay.

00:58:33Your voice sounds off.

00:58:35I'm tired.

00:58:36Sleep early.

00:58:38Rye, the car's here.

00:58:39Coming.

00:58:41Hannah's calling me.

00:58:41I have to go.

00:58:42Why is she at your hotel?

00:58:43She's staying next door.

00:58:44We're just going out to eat.

00:58:45Every year?

00:58:45Our schedules happen to overlap.

00:58:47Don't overthink it.

00:58:47He smiled naturally as if explaining something that did not need an explanation.

00:58:51Oh, I got you a fridge magnet.

00:58:52Took forever to pick one.

00:58:55Five years of love.

00:58:57Every souvenir I had ever received from Japan.

00:58:59Hannah got hot spring hotels, kimono experiences, birthday surprises, and a nickname only she could use.

00:59:06Cute, right?

00:59:07Hannah helped me pick it.

00:59:08Even the gift he bought for me had her fingerprints on it.

00:59:10I typed, what did you bring Hannah?

00:59:12I replied with one word.

00:59:14Nice.

00:59:20Your fridge magnet.

00:59:24What's that?

00:59:25For Hannah.

00:59:25A scarf.

00:59:26She said she liked the patterns in Tokyo.

00:59:28Last winter, I told him I wanted a cashmere scarf.

00:59:31He said, why buy another scarf?

00:59:34Don't you already have several?

00:59:36The several in my closet were all ones I had bought myself.

00:59:39You bought her a scarf?

00:59:40She asked.

00:59:42It was on the way.

00:59:43I'm dead tired.

00:59:44Four hour flight.

00:59:45When are you taking me to Japan?

00:59:47Why bring that up all of a sudden?

00:59:49It's not sudden.

00:59:50I've been asking for five years.

00:59:52When this busy stretch is over.

00:59:54Next time, I promise.

00:59:56Next time.

00:59:57The 17th next time.

00:59:59I said nothing more.

01:00:03Maya, is Ryan back?

01:00:05Isn't he?

01:00:05He is, Mrs. Hale.

01:00:07You two need to hurry with the wedding.

01:00:09People keep asking me about invitations.

01:00:11We're still preparing.

01:00:13Hannah came by last week and helped me choose candy favors.

01:00:16She picked four flavors.

01:00:17See what you think.

01:00:18Hannah helped you choose them?

01:00:19Yes.

01:00:20She said you were busy with work and came over on her own.

01:00:23Such a thoughtful girl.

01:00:25Mrs. Hale, you can tell me about wedding details.

01:00:27You don't need to trouble her.

01:00:28Trouble?

01:00:28She comes over all the time.

01:00:30Three or four times a month.

01:00:31More often than you.

01:00:33In our second year together, I suggested visiting his mother every week.

01:00:36Ryan said, no need to go that often.

01:00:39My mom doesn't like the house too lively.

01:00:41So I changed it to once a month.

01:00:44Later, he said, you're busy.

01:00:46Once every two months is fine.

01:00:48So it wasn't that his mother disliked visitors.

01:00:50She disliked me visiting.

01:00:51Hannah came three or four times a month.

01:00:53And no one found her annoying.

01:00:55Mrs. Hale, I'll handle the favors.

01:00:57All right.

01:00:58But the ones Hannah picked are really good.

01:01:00Use them as a reference.

01:01:02You asked Hannah to help your mother choose our wedding candy?

01:01:06She wanted to go herself.

01:01:07And you knew?

01:01:09Of course.

01:01:10My mom told me.

01:01:11Why didn't you tell me?

01:01:13What was there to say?

01:01:14She was just helping.

01:01:16Why is she helping with our wedding?

01:01:17Weren't you busy?

01:01:19When did I ever say that?

01:01:22You work late every day.

01:01:24I figured you didn't have time.

01:01:26Did you ask me?

01:01:28Fine, fine.

01:01:29From now on, you can do everything yourself.

01:01:30Satisfied?

01:01:34The impatience had arrived.

01:01:36It was always like this.

01:01:38First, don't overthink it.

01:01:40Then, what is there to say?

01:01:42Finally, fine.

01:01:44You're right about everything.

01:01:47Nothing was ever solved.

01:01:55Hannah's pot roast tastes just like mine.

01:01:59Hannah looked more at home in that kitchen than I ever had.

01:02:03She knew where the plates were, which drawer held the spices, what Mrs. Hale liked to eat.

01:02:08In five years, every time I visited, I had to ask.

01:02:11Because I went too rarely.

01:02:13Because Ryan said I didn't need to go often.

01:02:15Maya, let me be honest.

01:02:17I watched Hannah grow up.

01:02:18She and Ryan know each other inside out.

01:02:21You're a good girl, but you aren't very good at taking care of people.

01:02:24You should learn from Hannah.

01:02:28Why aren't you eating?

01:02:31I'm not hungry.

01:02:37What's that?

01:02:39Oh, this.

01:02:40Hannah's birthday gift.

01:02:42A necklace.

01:02:45Ryan's R.

01:02:48Custom made.

01:02:49It took two months.

01:02:51Our engagement ring had been bought online.

01:02:53When it arrived, he opened the package and slid it directly onto my finger.

01:02:58I wanted to choose one in a store.

01:03:00Rings are all the same.

01:03:01No need to make a trip.

01:03:04You had a necklace custom made for her?

01:03:07It's her birthday.

01:03:09Just something small.

01:03:11What did you give me on my birthday?

01:03:14Last year...

01:03:15I think I sent you money?

01:03:19You didn't.

01:03:21Then I forgot.

01:03:23I'll make it up next time.

01:03:25Next time.

01:03:27Always next time.

01:03:30Ryan, do you think what we have is normal?

01:03:34Why wouldn't it be?

01:03:36You custom order Hannah a necklace and buy me a fridge magnet.

01:03:41You celebrate her birthday and forget mine.

01:03:44You let her go to your mother's house while I don't even get the chance.

01:03:48Do you think that's normal?

01:03:52You're doing this again.

01:03:54Hannah and I grew up together.

01:03:56What's wrong with me being nice to her?

01:03:58What about me?

01:04:01Am I not good to you?

01:04:02We've dated for five years, bought a condo, and we're getting married.

01:04:07Isn't that enough?

01:04:08Maya, we don't need all that flashy stuff.

01:04:10A steady life matters more than anything.

01:04:13All that flashy stuff.

01:04:14Hot spring hotels were flashy.

01:04:17Custom necklaces were flashy.

01:04:19Birthday surprises were flashy.

01:04:21He gave all the flashy things to Hannah.

01:04:24What he left me was a steady life.

01:04:28You're right.

01:04:31Let's live steadily.

01:04:36The next day, Ryan's college friend Owen texted me.

01:04:40Maya, we're having a get-together Saturday.

01:04:42Are you coming?

01:04:43What get-together?

01:04:44Old classmates.

01:04:46Hannah will be there too.

01:04:47Hannah would be there too.

01:04:48Of course.

01:04:53The necklace Ryan had made.

01:04:55On her.

01:04:57Rye!

01:04:57Maya's here!

01:04:59Don't call her that like she's already family.

01:05:01They're not married yet.

01:05:02Set a date?

01:05:04We're still looking.

01:05:06Hannah's helped a lot, right?

01:05:07Your mom said she runs over all the time.

01:05:09She's just helpful.

01:05:10I'm only helping a little.

01:05:11Maya's so busy.

01:05:12She called me by name with such warmth.

01:05:13But my fiancé's custom necklace was sitting at her throat.

01:05:16Hannah, that's a gorgeous necklace.

01:05:18Who gave it to you?

01:05:20A friend.

01:05:21What kind of friend is that generous?

01:05:23It's custom, isn't it?

01:05:25I gave it to her.

01:05:26Birthday gift.

01:05:27I bought it casually.

01:05:28Casually.

01:05:29Two months for a custom order.

01:05:31And he called it casual.

01:05:33You bought one for your fiancé too, right?

01:05:35Maya doesn't like wearing things like that.

01:05:37It wasn't that I didn't like them.

01:05:39He had never bought me any.

01:05:40So he assumed I didn't like them.

01:05:42You don't mind, do you, Maya?

01:05:43No.

01:05:44You're so generous.

01:05:45Halfway through dinner, Owen started making trouble.

01:05:48Come on, let's test how well you know each other.

01:05:50Ryan, what's your fiancé's favorite flower?

01:05:52Roses?

01:05:53No.

01:05:53Lysianthus.

01:05:54Her birthday?

01:05:54March 9th?

01:05:55He got it right only after a pause.

01:05:57What is she most afraid of?

01:05:58She isn't afraid of anything.

01:06:00Maya's brave.

01:06:01I was afraid of the dark.

01:06:02I told him that our first year together.

01:06:04He had forgotten.

01:06:05Terrible.

01:06:06Hannah, your turn.

01:06:07What's Ryan's favorite coffee?

01:06:09Americano.

01:06:10Light sugar.

01:06:11Warm.

01:06:11What is he most afraid of?

01:06:13Thunder.

01:06:14When he was little, lightning hit a tree in his yard and he cried.

01:06:17His catchphrase?

01:06:19Good enough.

01:06:21Hannah knows Ryan better than his fiancé.

01:06:23We've known each other ten years.

01:06:25Ten years.

01:06:25She had known him ten.

01:06:26I had known him five.

01:06:28She knew he was afraid of thunder.

01:06:29I didn't.

01:06:30It wasn't that I didn't want to know him.

01:06:32He had never told me.

01:06:34With me, every answer was whatever, anything, nothing worth telling.

01:06:38With Hannah, he lit up like a different person.

01:06:44Maya.

01:06:45I want to say something.

01:06:47Don't take it the wrong way.

01:06:49Say it?

01:06:49Rye can be careless, but he's not a bad man.

01:06:52Don't be too hard on him.

01:06:54I'm not.

01:06:56He told me you've been emotional lately, always getting upset over things about me.

01:07:00He had told Hannah about the problems between us.

01:07:03Maya, I'll be blunt.

01:07:06If you can't give him even this much trust, then what's the point of marrying him?

01:07:12He goes to Japan with you every year.

01:07:14What exactly am I supposed to trust?

01:07:16Those are business trips.

01:07:18Business trips don't happen in the same place every year, at the same hotel, photographing the same woman.

01:07:25Maya.

01:07:26Rye and I are friends.

01:07:28If you insist on imagining something else, that's your problem.

01:07:33By the way, for the living room wall in your condo, I suggested warm gray.

01:07:38Rye thinks it looks better than the cream white you chose.

01:07:41The living room wall.

01:07:43I had chosen cream white and watched the workers paint it twice.

01:07:46Ryan had not gone there once, but he had let Hannah give opinions, and he liked hers better than mine.

01:07:57What took so long?

01:07:59Washing my hands.

01:08:00Let's go.

01:08:01We'll drop Hannah off.

01:08:04Can't she go by herself?

01:08:06It's on the way.

01:08:09Hannah lived on the east side.

01:08:11We lived on the west side.

01:08:13On what planet was that on the way?

01:08:17You take her.

01:08:18I'll get a cab.

01:08:20Don't make a scene.

01:08:21Come on.

01:08:26Rye, remember this song?

01:08:28It played in that izakaya in Tokyo last year.

01:08:30I remember.

01:08:31You even sang along.

01:08:34In the back seat, I was an extra passenger.

01:08:39Maya, rest early.

01:08:42Rye, don't forget that thing next week.

01:08:44I know.

01:08:50What thing?

01:08:52Helping her move a cabinet.

01:08:54She can hire movers.

01:08:56Why waste money on that?

01:08:59Last year, I asked him to move one box of books for me.

01:09:03He said his back hurt and told me to hire movers.

01:09:07For Hannah's cabinet, he would go himself.

01:09:11Ryan, do you ever feel like you're better to Hannah than you are to me?

01:09:17She grew up with me.

01:09:18Being good to her is a habit.

01:09:20But you're the one I'm marrying.

01:09:22Isn't that enough?

01:09:25Enough.

01:09:29Ryan, can you stay home today?

01:09:31What's wrong?

01:09:33I want you to spend the day with me.

01:09:35Sure.

01:09:36I don't have plans anyway.

01:09:37Really?

01:09:38Really.

01:09:38What do you want to do?

01:09:39Nothing.

01:09:40Just stay home.

01:09:41Okay.

01:09:42Ryan.

01:09:43Hmm?

01:09:44Do you love me?

01:09:46Why ask that all of a sudden?

01:09:47I want to hear you say it once.

01:09:49I'm marrying you.

01:09:51What do you think?

01:09:52Marriage and love aren't the same thing.

01:09:54What's going on with you today?

01:09:55I just want to hear you say it.

01:09:57Maya, of course I-

01:09:59It's Hannah.

01:10:00Don't answer.

01:10:01Let me see.

01:10:01She says a pipe burst at her place.

01:10:03Water everywhere.

01:10:04She can call building maintenance.

01:10:05It's the weekend.

01:10:06Maintenance is off.

01:10:07Then she can call a plumber.

01:10:08By the time a plumber gets there, her apartment will be flooded.

01:10:11I'll go take a look.

01:10:12I'll be back soon.

01:10:13Ryan, you promised you wouldn't go out today.

01:10:17I know, but this is urgent.

01:10:19You always say that.

01:10:21A pipe burst.

01:10:22I can't just ignore it.

01:10:24What about me?

01:10:26What about you?

01:10:27You're fine.

01:10:29I was fine.

01:10:30He always thought I was fine.

01:10:32Hannah's burst pipe was urgent.

01:10:34My broken heart was not.

01:10:36In our first year together, when he confessed, he said,

01:10:39Maya, I want to spend my life with you.

01:10:42That day, he took me to a little Western restaurant place and said we would come back every anniversary.

01:10:48He forgot the second year anniversary.

01:10:50In the third year, I reminded him and he said,

01:10:52It's just a bowl of noodles.

01:10:54Another day is the same.

01:10:55In the fourth and fifth years, I stopped mentioning it.

01:10:58He never remembered again.

01:11:00Go.

01:11:01One hour tops.

01:11:03I'll come back and be with you.

01:11:04Don't be mad.

01:11:08One hour passed.

01:11:10Then two.

01:11:11Then three.

01:11:15Almost done.

01:11:15The pipe's fixed, but there's water everywhere.

01:11:17I'm helping her mop.

01:11:18When are you coming back?

01:11:20Soon.

01:11:23Another hour passed.

01:11:25He texted,

01:11:27Hannah says thank you for letting me come.

01:11:29She's treating me to lunch.

01:11:30I'll head back after.

01:11:31I didn't reply.

01:11:33Then he sent.

01:11:34Eat first.

01:11:35Don't wait for me.

01:11:39I had asked whether he loved me.

01:11:41He never finished the sentence.

01:11:43Because Hannah's phone call mattered more than my question.

01:11:45I didn't actually own much in this home.

01:11:48One suitcase for clothes, half a suitcase for books and small things.

01:11:51On the bathroom counter, I had only a toothbrush and a bottle of cleanser.

01:11:55Hannah had more here than I did.

01:11:57Canvas shoes.

01:11:58A jacket.

01:11:59A mug.

01:11:59A tube of lipstick.

01:12:01Ryan, I canceled the condo.

01:12:04I'm returning the ring.

01:12:06I'm returning the five fridge magnets, too.

01:12:10Find someone else for the honeymoon.

01:12:12Hers.

01:12:13All of it.

01:12:14This home was full of Ryan and Hannah.

01:12:18My whole life here fit into two suitcases.

01:12:23Where to?

01:12:24The train station.

01:12:27Three hours later, the train arrived.

01:12:30In this new city, no one waited at the exit.

01:12:34This time, I didn't mind.

01:12:36The train station.

01:12:38The train station.

01:12:39The train station.

01:12:42The train station.

01:12:44The train station.

01:12:45The train station.

01:12:46The train station.

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