Competitive Tiers
Cast:
Cure Muse, Shirabe Ako - age 14
Minamino Souta - Cure Rhythm's brother - age 14
Natsuki Ai - Cure Rouge's sister - age 14
Midorikawa Keita - Cure March's brother - age 14
September, 2016
Natsuki Ai has not been having a good day. Her school's soccer team, lead by her boyfriend, the ace, has been defeated by their opponents. This would not normally be a problem. It is not as if she expects them to win every game. However, since they were playing against the school that Ai's great rival attends, and her great rival's childhood friend turned boyfriend is a member of their team, Ai would have preferred that they win just this one game at all costs.
On top of that, she was almost bowled over by other spectators more than once while she was out of her seat during the intermissions.
But all is not lost.
Since the game is over, the players have been released. Ai has located her boyfriend and is presently attached to his arm. She has prepared a trump card for use against her great rival-
Who-
Is-
Right-
Ahead.
"Ako! Souta! Fancy meeting the two of you here!" Ai greets her cheerfully, with her best magnificent bitch smile.
"Meeting each other after a game that both of our boyfriends played in," Ako deadpans in response. "It's like seeing a double rainbow."
As the girls posture, their boyfriends casually bump fists. That they just played on opposite sides seemingly doesn't matter at all.
"Oh! I just remembered!" Ai begins, pulling out her smartphone. "I got the most interesting picture during the game!"
With a flick of her finger, Ai displays her trump card and shows it to Ako. The image's timestamp is visible and less than an hour previous. It is clear from the background that it was taken near the field during the game. In it Souta can be seen kissing a girl who isn't Ako.
"So unfortunate! It seems that your boyfriend doesn't love you as much as mine does!"
Souta's jaw drops. "How is this even- That never happened!"
He turns to Ako to makes his excuses, but Ako looks only at Ai's phone. Touching the screen with one finger, she slides to the left.
The next image has a timestamp only a few seconds later, and shows the scene from a different angle. The girl that Souta appeared to be kissing is actually a meter or more away, and Ai can be seen beyond the pair, taking the other picture with her phone.
Ai's phone clatters to the ground.
"What- How did you do that? How did you do that?!"
Ako smiles, then wordlessly puts a finger to her lips.
Keita laughs like this is the funniest thing he has seen in weeks.