Jurina looked over Seika critically, wondering why she would get teased for any reason whatsoever. If she was a bit chubby in the past, that certainly wasn’t the case any more - the rigorous training from 0048 as well as the regular morning runs that she had been assigned appeared to have stripped her of most of that fat. Jurina thought that Seika was extremely cute, and wanted to cuddle her a lot.
Of course, Jurina thought that about pretty much every 00 girl.
"Well, you still had friends at school, right?" Jurina asked, smiling. "Definitely not the end of the world. And why would anyone possibly tease you for wanting to become Aanya? So cute…and cuddly…" She started drooling from the side of her mouth and a small trickle of blood came from her nose. She quickly wiped it away and acted as though nothing had happened.
"Anyway, at least you weren’t as crazy as the guys at my school thought I was. Wanting to be the first to succeed Jurina, and become Centre Nova?” She laughed. “They thought I was insane, especially since I’m already this old.”
Jurina’s eyes lit up at the mention of ‘running around’. That was the only way for her to get rid of her enormous excess of energy when she wasn’t training and practicing, and having a lot of room to run around was definitely very appealing.
"Definitely! When’s our next break…?" She thought about it. "Easter, perhaps?"
"Yep!" Seika huffed. "People teased me because they don’t understand the charms of Aanya!" Seika nodded fervently, agreeing with Jurina’s words about Anna.
"The people around you seemed really awful. But hey, you’ve already shown them wrong! Nothing can beat determination, right?"
Seika thought for a moment. “Easter sounds right. It’s only a few weeks away, isn’t it? Is it a big deal on Akibastar? It’s a holiday back home, but chocolate isn’t a big part of it. We have a feast though!”
Jurina sighed. “It wasn’t that they were awful - well, I guess the bullying about my height and hair colour was rather bad. But the Centre Nova thing was different, since I was born and raised on Akibastar. We’ve got pretty high standards for people who want to get to that point, y'know?” She smiled a little forlornly. “Sometimes, I think the standards are perhaps too high. But that’s what happens when you live on Akibastar, where every girl secretly wants to be part of 00 and get to Centre Nova, but everyone’s too scared to proclaim it out loud.”
“A feast?” Jurina’s eyes lit up again. The only thing she liked better than running was eating…And boy could she eat. Whereas the other girls stuck with half portions or one portion of what they were given by Chef Papa, Jurina was notorious for always attempting to challenge Mayuyu’s massive appetite - of course, she had never succeeded. But eight portions was still impressive. “I’m not sure about whether it’s a big deal on other parts of Akibastar, but in our neighbourhood we always host a Easter egg hunt! It’s more for the kids, but it’s always fun to participate in.”