Shigure Sohma: There, isn't that better? Yuki's still looking for some ice, if you want it.
Tohru Honda: I'm sorry.
Shigure Sohma: You must be tired. It's a lot to happen in one day.
Tohru Honda: Mm-hm. I... I lost my home again.
Shigure Sohma: Are you ok?
Tohru Honda: Yes. It's sad... but... not as sad as other things.
Shigure Sohma: Like what?
Tohru Honda: Like... not telling mom "be safe" on the day she died. I said that every morning: "bye! be safe!"... except that day, I didn't say it. I had a test. So I stayed up studying almost the whole night. And when it was time for mom to go to work, I didn't wake up. I couldn't tell her "be safe". And she never came home. I used to think about quitting school. Working. Mom told me she didn't finish school... but she always wished that she did.
Kyoko Honda: That's why I need you to stick with it, so you can tell me what it feels like to hold that diploma in your hand. And then, maybe, you can have the life I never got to have.
Tohru Honda: When she said that, that's when I knew. Why she worked so hard. It was all for me. And with everything she did... I couldn't even get up long enough to say "goodbye" as she was walking out the door. Not even that one little thing... and then she was gone. So now, I have to finish high school like mom wanted me to no matter what. I have to hold that diploma in my hand. I have to... for her. I can't give up... just because... of a fever... like this.

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