Chapter 51

Synopsis
Taka gets scared after Kyouko reads a scary story that is popular at her school. Taka refuses to go to restroom by himself, but Hayato questions what is it that he is actually scared of.

Long Summary
Kyouko reads a book about a scary story about a ghost who lurks in the restroom. Kazuma, who is scared to the max, refuses to go to restroom by himself, but Takuma volunteers to go to restroom with him. Kirin and Kotaro clearly do not understand the story, and Kirin says that she wants to play with the ghost named "Hanako-chan." Usaida asks if she is sure as Hanako is a ghost. Kyouko says that her brother Kichi lent the book to her. When Ryuuichi asks Taka, who seems scared, if he can go to the restroom by himself, Taka says that he is not scared and does not have to pee even though he clearly does. Ryuu says that he can go with Taka but he again insists that he is not scared so Hayato tells him to go by himself. When Taka hesitates to leave the room, Ryuu tries to go with him but Hayato tells him to not spoil the child. Kyouko looks guilty from reading the story but Ryuu says that it's not her fault. Before Taka leaves, he grabs Kotaro's hand and drags Kotaro with him, saying that he can take Kotaro if Kotaro wants to use the bathroom. Hayato seems pissed but Ryuu says that Kotaro might have felt scared to go by himself.

When Taka tries to open the bathroom door, a cat inside suddenly meows and flies over him. Taka screams and Hayato and Ryuu rushes to the bathroom, wondering what has happened. Kotaro is patting the cat and when Ryuu asks Kotaro what happened, Takuma says that he and Kazuma met the cat in the restroom and brought the cat into the bathroom so that it would not be scared. They then forgot about the cat and left without freeing the cat. Taka cries in a corner of the room.

After that incident, Taka cannot go to the restroom by himself and is always taking an adult like Usaida and his mom. One night, Taka wakes up Hayato to go to restroom with him, annoying his brother. During cleaning time the next day, Hayato complains to Ryuu about his younger brother. Ryuu says that his brother Kotaro does the complete opposite since he looks for Hanako every time he goes to the restroom and gets disappointed when he does not find her. Usokawa tells a scary story about the time he found a huge moth on his back while using the restroom. He remembers that Hayato slapped the moth off but then wiped the moth scales off his hand onto Usokawa's back. Taizo interrupts them and says that although Hayato acts so confident, he used to be a scaredy-cat when he was young, which Hayato immediately denies.

In a flashback, a young Hayato hesitates to enter the storage for an errand. Taizo asks his son if he is afraid to go in. Hayato nods, and his father tells him to listen well. Hayato wakes up when Taka slaps Hayato saying that he needs to go to restroom. Hayato asks Taka why he is so scared and Taka says that there might be ghosts. Hayato takes Taka to restroom without turning on lights, saying that he will have a talk with the ghosts if Taka is scared of them. Hayato thinks back to the old incident when Taizo told Hayato not to run away from scary things and the more he is afraid, the more he needs to know about what it is that he is afraid of. As long as he knows, there is no reason to be afraid anymore. Hayato repeats the same thing to Taka, and Taka is amazed that there are no ghosts.

The next day, Taka tells Ryuu that he can go to restroom by himself. Taka also says that if he runs into a ghost, he will tell his older brother. When Ryuu asks Hayato what happened, Hayato says that he has no clue. Taka excitedly tells Kotaro that if they run into a ghost, they should tell each other.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Kyouko Nezu
 * Ryuuichi Kashima
 * Kotaro Kashima
 * Taka Kamitani
 * Takuma Mamizuka
 * Kazuma Mamizuka
 * Kirin Kumatsuka
 * Usaida Yoshihito
 * Hayato Kamitani
 * The Cat
 * Shizuka Kamitani (briefly)
 * Usokawa
 * Taizo Hebihara