Romance And Cakes
Cast:
Cure Black, Misumi Nagisa – age 18
Cure White, Yukishiro Honoka – age 18
Cure Lemonade, Kasugano Urara – age 14
Ueda Kouya – Honoka's boyfriend – age 18
December, 2007
It is cold and snowing, but so lightly that one can almost count the individual snowflakes. Bright blue stripes shine through large gaps in the clouds as couples wander together through the festive decorations that line the shopping district. It is Christmas Day.
Honoka is wearing a heavy coat and a long skirt. Now seventeen years old, her appearance is closer to that of a young adult. She walks together with a young man, holding hands even though they both wear heavy gloves.
Her companion is also bundled up in winter clothes, though traces of unkempt brown hair stick out from under his hat. A year older and a few centimeters taller, she first encountered him as a member of their high school's Biology Club. He is a passionate environmentalist, and invited her to several protests before he started asking her on dates. His name is Ueda Kouya.
They pass near a stage where a blond girl with twin-tailed hair is singing a popular ballad. As they pause to listen, Honoka's phone chimes. Nagisa has sent her a picture.
"I hope you're enjoying your Christmas date," Honoka reads. "I've got a part-time job selling these stupid cakes! They want me to sell forty cakes! Forty cakes! And that's terrible."
She shows Kouya the photo, Nagisa's selfie of herself and what are probably forty cakes.
"Let's go there," he says. "I'll buy you one of those cakes."