Orange you glad we caught up?

Yuri stared at the orange in Kohaku's hand. On the one hand, she was not one to back down from a challenge. On the other hand, this thing looked like it had been at the fruit stand since Kohaku's father was still in diapers. Who the hell would pay double the price for that?!

However, her gurgling stomach made up her mind.

"Fine." Yuri muttered as she used one hand to grab the orange from her friend, cringing as she felt how squishy it was. "I have to sell this thing for double the price within one hour?"

"That's the deal." Kohaku confirmed, "Except... Now you have fifty-nine minutes."

Yuri wasted no time getting to work...

Time went on and a disgruntled Yuri kept trying to sell the moldy orange, each time getting a different variation of the same response.

"EWW! Get that thing away from me! And put some freaking clothes on!"

"Lady, you couldn't pay me to take that thing off your hands!"

"That's... I... Are those... Excuse me, I'm gonna throw up!"

"I wouldn't pay that insane price even if that thing were still a seed!"

"That's an orange?! I thought it was a fuzzy baseball!"

"... Why are you naked in a box?"

Yuri groaned as she tapped her foot, clinging tightly to the box with one hand as she thought about what to do.

"Okay, Yuri. You just need to sell this orange in the next," she looked up at the clock on a pole, "five minutes. You can - FIVE MINUTES?! HOW THE HELL AM I GONNA SELL THIS THING IN FIVE MINUTES?!"

"WILL YOU SHUT THE HELL UP, YOU BI- Miyahira?!"

Recognizing the voice, Yuri turned around and gulped at the taller woman standing in front of her, recognizing her old bully from highschool: Nobunaga Yoshi. Thankfully, over the years, Yoshi had kept her distance from Yuri once the two headed off for college, mellowing out some as she pursued her teaching degree. The two were never friends, however.

"Y-Yoshi!" Yuri yelped, tightening her grip on the box.

"Ugh!" Yoshi groaned, "Not so loud. I was up all night grading my student's exams, and when I did finally get to sleep, that stupid stray cat that lives under my porch kept yowling all night and now I have a splitting headache."

The taller woman looked Yuri over and asked, "By the way, why are you -"

"Look, it's a long story that I don't have time to tell. I have less than four minutes to -" Yuri paused as an idea came to her, "Say, Yoshi? What if you tried throwing something at that cat?"

"I lost three rain boots that way..."

"No, I mean something that send the message to get lost." Yuri said with a smirk as she gestured to the moldy orange in her hand, "And for only ¥1498.10, I can provide you with -"

"¥1498.10?!" Yoshi asked in disbelief, "Why would I buy that disgusting thing for that much when I can just go over to that stand, buy one for half the price, and wait for it to go bad?"

"Because if you buy this orange within the next," Yuri panicked as she looked at the clock, "two minutes, I'll... I'll..."