The Wedding Of Milky Rose
Cast:
Milky Rose, Mimino Kurumi - age 23
Mimino Sunao - Kurumi's husband - age 27
Cure Dream, Yumehara Nozomi - age 22
Coco, Yumehara Kouji - Nozomi's husband - age 29
Cure Aqua, Minazuki Karen - age 24
Cure Beat, Kurokawa Ellen - age 18
Cure Sunset, Ohana Lulani - age 14
Cure Wave, Olina Lulani - age 14
Kintolesky, Sugimoto Kaneda - age 33
Sugimoto Hino - Kaneda's daughter - age 5
Hanamin, Yukine Hanako - Ellen's bandmate - age 18
Morioka Takayuki - Ellen's bandmate - age 24
Randou Ichigo - Sunao's friend - age 24
May, 2015
Kurumi is the last of her immediate peers to wed, and has returned to Japan for the occasion. True to form, it is a grand event. Outdoors, on a beach, with many of her friends and other PreCures in attendance. A contingency plan for bad weather has proven unnecessary: It is a beautiful spring day.
Karen has spent the morning with Kurumi. Even being three months pregnant does not slow Karen from assisting her best friend. Nozomi has also been helping out, mainly coordinating matters to do with the bridesmaids. It is hard to connect the woman who is now casually speaking in English with Cure Sunset and Cure Wave with the awkward, clumsy, and unmotivated girl who Nozomi was when they first met... but then, Kurumi has also changed quite a lot from when she was younger.
As it is tradition, Kurumi and her husband-to-be will not see each other until the ceremony has begun. Instead, the best man helps to coordinate the groom's side of things. Sugimoto Kaneda is a long-time friend of Sunao's, and for this occasion has been persuaded to at least wear a shirt. As strange as it seems, that musclehead has been married for years now.
The ceremony itself is no more elaborate than tradition demands. The bridesmaids all wear the same purple rose-themed dresses. They are escorted by groomsmen in perfectly normal tuxedos, and without excessive pageantry.
The bride is preceded by two flower girls, one of whom is Kaneda's daughter, Hino. She is noticable because of her lavender hair. Unlike in rehearsal, she restrains herself to scattering flower petals and does not try to show off any ballet moves.
Kurumi's wedding dress is entirely white, with only some blue and purple roses to provide color... and of course, her luxurious purple hair.
Not being a bridesmaid herself, Nozomi has been sitting with her husband among the guests of the bride. Rin and Urara and their husbands are seated nearby. However, it is only Nozomi who is forced to leave with sudden and unexpected indigestion. As they are outdoors and on a beach, it is not as if she can completely hide what happens next, but at least she manages to be behind most of the other guests and not to take attention from the bride. She manages to avoid making a mess of her dress, and Kouji remains behind scooping sand over the evidence.
The rest of the ceremony is without abnormality. Almost. After the bride and groom seal their marriage with a kiss, Sunao proceeds to lift Kurumi over his head, seemingly just because he can.
For the reception, the wedding party climbs up from the beach onto a beautiful lawn where catering has been set up under awnings. Crab, shrimp, fresh fruit, and salad are laid out to feed the guests. There is also live music, provided by Cure Beat & The Fairy Tones... The Fairy Tones apparently being Hanamin and Takayuki the trumpeter, as the three of them make up the entire band.
There is also wedding cake. Kurumi and her new husband make the first cut and receive the first pieces, then the guests are served as they reach the front of the line. Nozomi finds herself in line behind Ohana and Olina.
"We don't need a guide, Olina. We've got smartphones and Google!"
"You just want to go to Akihabara! We got out of school because we said this trip would be educational!"
"I never said that!"
"Maybe I could help?" Nozomi interjects. "I'm going to be a teacher, you know."
"Could you?" Olina asks, eyes sparkling. "We have two days left before we have to fly back home, and Ohana wants to waste them playing around!"
"Akihabara is a cultural landmark!" Ohana insists.
"It certainly is unique," Nozomi says. "Olina, where do you want to go?"
"We should visit Nagasaki. Or Hiroshima."
"What fun would that be?" Ohana objects.
"You know, Ohana, it has been almost seventy years since the events you're likely thinking of. I'm sure we could find plenty of interesting and fun things in either of those cities... but they're just too far away. Even on the Shinkansen, it would take several hours to get there, and you only have two days. Why don't I take you both to a few places in Tokyo?"
Ohana and Olina get their pieces of cake. Nozomi is about to continue the conversation, when Karen stops her and pushes a plate into Nozomi's hands.
"You, Yumehara Nozomi, passing on wedding cake? I can't allow that."
"Karen, I was just sick earlier. It would be a waste."
"Don't you have a separate stomach for sweets? You won't know until you try."
Karen pushes the plate back into Nozomi's hands, and for the first time Nozomi notices that there is something besides a fork hidden beneath it. She stops trying to refuse, then tells Ohana and Olina that she'll be back in a few minutes.
The first set ends, and the band takes a break. Randou Ichigo, a friend of the groom, has been hanging around staring at the bassist, and now he offers her a piece of cake.
Hanako objects. "I couldn't. That cake is only for the guests."
"Well, I'm a guest, and I took more than I can eat. Do you want it to go to waste?"
"If you put it that way, I guess I could have a little?"
"Awesome! Now, if you don't mind my asking, where did you learn to play like that?"
When Nozomi returns, she has a big smile on her face. She first seeks out her husband, who is talking with Kurumi. She practically jumps in between them, waving a small object with two lines on it.
"Kouji, Kurumi, look! I'm going to be a mother!"
"Nozomi? You're- That's fantastic!"
Kurumi huffs indignantly. "I'm happy for you, Nozomi. Of course, I plan to have children as well. In fact, Sunao and I will be working hard on that, starting tonight. I'm sure ours will be smarter and better behaved than yours. Of course, if your kids show decent results, maybe one of yours could marry one of mine someday!"
"Oh, that could be fun!" Nozomi's smile gets even brighter.
Kouji coughs into his hand. "Blood related."
Kurumi smacks him on the temple. "Honestly, Kouji! Our last common ancestor was born in the Meiji era! Why don't you stop with that already?"