The Non-Compete Clause
Cast:
Cure Bloom / Cure Bright, Hyuuga Saki - age 23
Cure Rhythm, Minamino Kanade - age 18
Cure Sunny, Hino Akane - age 17
September, 2014
"'Oh, you're young. Go and tell those kids to become cooks! Hype get, or whatever they call it!' So here I am, the representing the restaurant association. Like, officially, because none of the old people wanted to do it."
Though they go to different schools, Saki has picked Kanade and Akane out from their peers and made them sit with her at the "judges" table.
"I never imagined the business world might be like that," Kanade says.
"Aren't they just pushing you around?" Akane asks.
"Kind of?" Saki samples a small dessert from one of the plates before them, then sets it down. "I mean, I probably would have done it if they'd just asked. I'm more bothered that they didn't give me a say, and that the other two judges didn't bother to show."
"Is that why you changed the format?"
"Oh yeah. This was just going to be between your two schools anyway. It didn't count for anything, and I don't really know anything about judging. So I got with your advisors and said, 'why don't we just have a feast instead?' And it worked!"
"No complaints here," Akane says, raising her fork in a mock salute. "This was probably the only way I'd have gotten to try one of Kanade's cakes."
"My cakes aren't that special!" Kanade protests.
"Hey, don't be like that now! Back in March, Cure Melody spent half of the party telling me how great your cakes are! I'm talking hours, here! Before you start getting modest, you should think about reigning her in!"
Kanade facepalms. "Oh, believe me, I'm going to give her a piece of my mind."
Saki chuckles. "Don't go too hard on her, Kanade. You can't buy that kind of promotion!"