"Wasn't that... a little too over-the-top?"
Hugging the tiny bowler hat to her chest, Akane Hino squatted on the ground after taking so many twists and turns that she no longer knew where she was. Her flushed face had yet to cool down; whether from exhaustion or lingering embarrassment, even she did not know.
Normally, when she told jokes with everyone, even if she accidentally made a fool of herself, I would laugh along with them. So why was it that now, after getting just a little embarrassed, my legs had run away on their own?
"Because... because..."
After thinking it over and over, the only difference between the girls of the past and herself now was that Ash had appeared.
"Because I really do like him..."
Especially after learning that he was now with so many Pretty Cure... what was it called again? Singing and dancing every night?! Anyway, after doing this and that with them, would he still care so much about someone like her, whose looks were not particularly outstanding and whose personality was so straightforward, unlike the softer girls?
"But, judging by how he looked..."
Although she had once again fled in embarrassment, at least she had seen that look of approval in his eyes at the very end.
"It should have worked, right? Hehe~"
She had not been forgotten again... Whenever she thought of that, all the grievances she had endured before turned into joy that she could not help but show.
Alright, that outburst was over. Akane, be stronger! She had to hurry up and help find the others. She could not disgrace Pretty Cure in front of everyone else!
"This way, this way! That person is here!"
Hearing shouts from outside that sounded like guards calling out, Akane sensed a trace of danger