Talking Over Donuts
Cast:
Cure Sunny, Hino Akane - age 18
Cure March, Midorikawa Nao - age 18
Wester, Nishi Hayato - age 21
October, 2015
"Star Donuts, delicious and ready to eat!"
"I didn't order this much."
Akane looks up at the man in the donut truck. He has set a paper bag in front of her that she could barely carry with both arms.
He leans forward and lowers his voice. "Your green-haired friend looks like she's in a mood. Instead of the donuts you asked for, today you get the donuts you need."
He pushes the large sack into Akane's arms, then stands up straight and booms. "Thank you, come again!"
Nao is obviously concerned about something, but even so her eyes widen at the size of the bag. Akane sets it down and pushes a whole box of donuts into Nao's hands. "Let's eat first."
They are pretty good donuts. For all her worries, Nao finds herself smiling as she eats.
"So... what's eating you?"
"Eating? I'm doing the eating!" Nao attempts a joke, but then catches the look on Akane's face. "I just don't know, Akane. They put out a questionnaire at school... What colleges we want to go to, what kind of jobs we want. That stuff's going to be important when we start preparing for entrance exams next year, but I just can't seem to come up with any answers."
"You're going to stop playing soccer?"
"I'm never going to stop playing soccer! But that's a hobby, not a career. It's the same with getting married and having kids. I want to do it, but I want to do more than just that. I can't just expect my future husband to support me."
"Hm..." Akane has been eating while she listens. She polishes off her donut before responding. "There's always what you get for being Cure March, though. Even if you don't work, you'd still be bringing in some money."
"That would be cheating," Nao says firmly.
"How about working part-time?"
"That-"
Akane puts a finger to Nao's lips. "I don't mean as a career. I mean working now, while you're still in school. If you find yourself in a job you don't like, you could just quit and apply somewhere else. Maybe you'll find something that you really want to do?"
Instead of responding, Nao starts on another donut. When she's done with that one, she takes another.
And another.
"Nao?"
"That's fair. I think maybe that could work."