Ningen no jôken1959/I

[first lines]

Michiko:
This isn't like you.

Kaji:
Why?

Michiko:
You're running away. Don't you want me?

Kaji:
Of course I do.

Michiko:
And I want you, too. Yet we can't marry-...

Kaji:
How many times must I explain?

Michiko:
Because you might be called up? I wouldn't care if it was the day after. Of course I'd cry. I'd cry bitterly. But happiness only lies in marrying the one you love.

Kaji:
Alright. I'll take you back to my dormitory. You'll stay with me tonight. Alright?

Michiko:
Yes, I'll go.

[they start trudging through the snow]

Kaji:
No, you better go back to your own dormitory... I can't take you to mine.

Michiko:
You were just testing me. You shouldn't have done that. You're a coward and a weakling! Now I see that!