The End Of Summer
Cast:
Sagara Mao - Sagara Seiji's sister - age 12
Nakamura Yun - age 13
August, 2017
Kneeling before a table in her living room, Sagara Mao stares resignedly at her towering pile of unfinished summer homework. She is dressed for comfort in a lavender tracksuit, with her brown hair falling in braids behind her back. Healthy snacks are arranged at the center of the table. It is clear that she has taken great care to arrange a situation where she should be able to make swift progress.
Crunch.
Crunch.
"Ooh, I have got to try that!"
Mao glares over the top of her mountain of doom at the girl who is reclining on the sofa. Unlike Mao, Nakamura Yun has come over wearing a white sundress and has clearly spent time teasing her dusky red hair into a fancy configuration. She is munching on potato chips and flipping through a fashion magazine.
"Need help?" Yun asks, acting as if she has just noticed Mao's gaze.
"Help? Yun, I invited you over so we could study together."
"That's what I'm doing, though?" Yun answers, flipping another page in her magazine. "If there's something you don't understand, I'll gladly help you out."
"I meant homework, not fashion!"
Yun lowers her magazine. "I'm not dumb, you know. I'm going to be a model, so I need to study fashion. That doesn't mean I can't help you with your homework."
"But I want to help you, too! How can I help you with your homework when you didn't bring any?"
Crunch. Mao's left eyebrow twitches as Yun pops another potato chip into her mouth.
"Yun?"
Yun swallows, then shakes her head. "I'm sorry, that just wouldn't work. I can't make you study fashion with me when you have all that homework left, and I left the rest at home because it's already done."
Mao groans. Her forehead his the table with a light thud.
"Mao? Are you okay?"