Cupcake Crush
Nakasua Kasumi looked down at the decorated orange pumpkin cupcakes placed perfectly on a jack o’lantern tray. Cute, almost as cute as possible, so nearly but not quite as cute as her. Perfect.
“Kasumi? What’s that?” Osaka Shizuku’s smooth voice sounded behind her,
“Oh, Shizuko, you startled me.”
Shizuku glanced over Kasumi’s shoulder, “Trying to bribe someone?”
“No.” Kasumi pouted, “No one should be deprived of Kasumi’s sweets.”
Shizuku bit back a giggle, “So this has nothing to do with your being cast as a hag in the first year’s haunted hallway?”
“Kasumi will cast a curse on you if you keep asking silly questions.” More pouting, “Also, why can’t Kasumi be a cute cat, with ears and a tail?”
Shizuku grabbed a cupcake and bit into it, “Well, I’d let you, but…”
“What?”
Shizuku rubbed her cheek against Kasumi’s, purring, “But I’ve already practiced for my role.”
“Kasumi is not petting you.”
Shizuku widened her eyes and raised her paws, “Wait’ll you see me in the costume.”
Shizuku bopped down the hall, giggling, Kasumi could almost see a tail swaying.
Actors and idols shouldn’t mix, Kasumi decided as she crammed a comfort cupcake into her mouth.