Masquerade Games
Cast:
Cure Macaron, Kotozume Yukari - age 17
Julio, Kuroki Rio - age 13
May, 2017
"Disgusting. You lot haven't even noticed that your admiration causes her pain."
"What?" "That's not true..." "It can't be..."
For girls who claimed to admire Kotozume Yukari for how much she stands out, the members of her fan club seemed dead set on being as alike as possible. They also had developed a nasty habit of ganging up on people they didn't like -most people other than themselves and Yukari- then declaring that the other was unworthy and should stay away from her.
"It is the truth," Julio insists, advancing as the girls shy away. "You claim to be her friends, but not even she can tell you lot apart. Do you even have names? Let's hear them."
Their morale cracks, and they all run off in different directions. Once he is sure that they are gone, Julio begins to remove his mask.
"That wasn't very nice," a woman's voice says from behind him.
Julio spins, but there is nobody there. Behind his back, a lavender-haired girl wearing a domino mask and cat ears drops down from a tree and taps him on the shoulder.
"Cure Macaron!"
"Who might that be, I wonder?" She taps the edge of her mask as she replies. "I'm just a catgirl who happened to be passing by."
"Fine, be that way... but we don't have to be enemies, you know. We're kindred spirits. Like you, Kotozume Yukari, I have languished in the shadow of a brilliant older sister. Why not join forces? Nobody cares what we younger siblings do."
"An amusing proposal," the girl says, flashing a cat-like smile. "One problem, however: Wherever did you hear that I have a sister? I have always been an only child."
Julio's eyes widen. "You- You-"
"Who, me?" She points coquettishly at her chin.
"This isn't over!" He screams, then runs away.