Frustration
Cast:
Cure Muse, Shirabe Ako - age 13
Minamino Souta - Cure Rhythm's brother - age 13
Shirabe Akito - Ako's brother - newborn
May, 2015
"Hey."
"...hey."
Ako is hiding out on the roof of her grandfather's concert hall, where she has been found by Souta. The sun has already gone down, but the stars have yet to appear.
"I heard your family is looking for you, so I thought you might be here."
Ako scowls, and pulls out her phone. Rather than using her old text-to-speech app, she shoves the phone back in her pocket.
"Are you going to rat me out?"
"Whose side do you think I'm on?"
"Soccer Team."
He laughs. "Okay, you got me there. Can you forgive me for that? I'm here for you now."
"Fat lot of good you'll do. Boys don't have to learn about babies. Boys don't have to change diapers."
Souta wrinkles his nose at the thought. "It's something to do with the brat, then?"
"You don't get to call him that." Ako pokes him in the chest. "The brat's name is Akito."
"What happened?"
"Mama told me I should learn to change diapers. I did exactly as she said, but once I got the diaper off, the brat- That brat peed on me!"
"Ew."
"I was wearing one of my good dresses!"
"Wow, that really sucks. Are you gonna get even, then?"
"Souta, he's a baby. Even if he could control himself, he doesn't know any better."
"But you're still mad." It is not a question.
"Of course I'm mad! But there's nothing I can do about it, so I'm just going to wait it out."
"Sounds like you've got this figured out. Mind if I wait with you?"
This time, she actually does use her text-to-speech app. "Do as you please."