"Rin-chan!" Nozomi calls out.
"I'll go to where Nuts is," Coco says, excusing himself. "See you in a bit."
Nozomi brushes some hair off her face and walks to where Rin is. The short-haired girl is, as expected, making some new accessories. Some children are surrounding her. Nozomi takes a place next to her best friend, admiring the bracelets Rin just made.
"Oh, Nozomi," Rin greets her. "Where's Coco?"
"He went to meet Nuts," she replies, trying one of the bracelets. "Wah! I love this one!"
"You can have it," the Precure of Passion says with a smile.
"Wah! Thank you, Rin-chan!" Nozomi replies excitedly, putting the bracelet she chose on. From where they are, they can hear Urara singing her first single, Tobikkiri! Yuuki no Door. The cheering from the people of Palmier Kingdom can also be heard pretty clearly.
"Have you met everyone else?" Nozomi asks.
Rin shakes her head, her eyes focusing on making some more bracelets. She gave some of them to the children. "Just you, so far."
"Oh."
Rin turns to her. "What's wrong? Did something happen with Coco?"
Nozomi smiles a little. "Not really. It's just that… he was about to say something but suddenly stopped himself. And it might be just me, but I kind of expected something."
"Nozomi, you worry too much," Rin tells her. "It's okay. Just believe in him. Maybe he's just not ready yet."
Nozomi shrugs. "I guess you're right."
Rin gets to her feet. "How about we go eat some cakes?"
Nozomi giggles, catching up to her friend's quick steps.
"Oh, Karen-san," Rin greets the doctor-to-be as she takes her seat with Nozomi next to her. "You're here too?"
"I got a little hungry," Karen replies with a smile. She has Milk in her arms.
"Nozomi, where's Coco-sama-miru?" Milk asks, her eyes looking around for Coco.
"He's with Nuts," Nozomi replies simply, starts to stuff her mouth with the cakes on the table. "Ah! This is so delicious!"
Karen tilts her head closer to Rin, whispering, "Something happened?"
Rin whispers in respond.
"Ah…"
"What is it, Rin-chan, Karen-san?" Nozomi stops eating.
"Ah, it's nothing!" Karen waves the topic off and starts eating too. "Nozomi, this is delicious! Here, try it!"
"Thanks!" Nozomi accepts gladly, stuffing her mouth with more food.
***
Coco sighs as he enters the palace's library. After some walking, he spots Nuts—also in his human form—holding a stack of papers which has to be Komachi's new novel, with Komachi sitting next to him rather nervously. The new novel is rather thick, but Nuts has almost finished reading it. He's a fast reader, after all.
"Hi," Coco greets the two as he gets close, taking a seat facing both of them.
"Ah, Coco-san," Komachi replies with a smile. "Where's Nozomi-san?"
"Oh, she's with Rin. They're probably at the cake shop by now," Coco replies.
Nuts put the novel down. He has finished reading it. He nods a little to greet Coco and faces Komachi to give her some of his comments. "Are you basing this story on everyone?" he asks.
"Ah, yes," Komachi replies, blushing a little. "Is it bad?"
"I never said so," Nuts remarks. "It's pretty good. You describe the characters very well, especially the guy with accessory shop."
Komachi blushes. "T-thank you."
Coco smiles a little. The guy with the accessory shop must be based on Nuts himself.
"I-I-I'll go to where everyone is," Komachi says with a shaking voice, standing to her feet. "I'll see you two later."
Nuts doesn't let his gaze off the green-haired girl until she's out of sight. Then, he turns to face Coco. "So, what brings you here?"
"Is that my greeting?" Coco pretends to look hurt.
"Cut the chase," Nuts says simply, keeping Komachi's novel in his bag. "Usually you would spend the whole day with Nozomi, but today you came to me after just a few hours. Something must've happened."
Coco smiles. "You always know. Well, it's really nothing big."
"I'll say whether it's big or not after you told me."