[Gift] Naeggi's Super Cool Movie

“This is quite an extreme and impulsive decision. Are you positive this is gonna go well?”
“Why wouldn’t it? It’s awesome! C’mon, the office is just around the corner.”

Cakeygiri sighed and followed her boyfriend. After hearing about the movie script contest from one of his students at the high school he taught at, Naeggi had been adamant he was gonna win it. Cakey was honestly a bit worried. He was almost  never this serious. What could he possibly have in mind for this movie? 

Nonetheless, the two cinnas had made it to the office. Upon entering, they were greeted by a line of other cinnas waiting to pitch their ideas. Looks like they would be here a while…

Upon seeing the line, Naeggi seemed to get a bit flustered, squishing his head into his furhood. Cakeygiri leaned into him to settle his nerves. He looked at her. 

“I, uh, wasn’t expecting such a crowd. Sorry if this takes forever. Maybe we should just leave…my movie probably isn’t that great…”

“No. We made it this far, we’re not turning back. And I’m sure whatever your movie is, it’ll be good. Enough to win? Depends. But it’ll be enough in my heart.” 

This seemed to fluster Naeggi even more, but he pulled his head out of his hood at least. The two looked around. There seemed to be a cinna behind them now. He was cream, with a pink donut tail. And his eyes…they seemed to be staring into nothing, yet everything at the same time. Cakey wasn’t sure whether to be impressed or concerned. 

She then noticed Naeggi looking at one of the cinnas in front of them. Was he hairless? And was that a Bong on his tail? No, it was just a cake shaped like a bong. She had a few questions, but before she could ask them, he turned around to look at them. 

“What’re you looking at, kids? Kinda busy here.” 

Naeggi blinked. “You’re just waiting in line. How can you be busy?”

“Tryna keep all the details of my movie straight in my head. It’s gonna blow your tails off if it wins. Which it probably will, heh.” 

Cakey wasn’t convinced. “I’d like to hear it then. May help you remember it better too.”

The cinna raised a brow, but nodded. 

“Well, the movie’s called ‘Baking Bad’. Involves this teacher who needs to make money, so he decides to start baking brownies. But these brownies got…leaves…in them. You get what I mean. One of his students helps out too. Then some shit happens, like he yells at someone through a closed car window. Then he falls on the floor sobbing cuz he lost the fortnite battle royale or whatever the kids call it. Maybe I should keep the ending to myself… wouldn’t want to spoil it for everyone here.” 

Cakeygiri looked at Naeggi. His expression was unreadable…to most. Cakey could tell he wasn’t happy though. 

“WHY WOULD THE TEACHER HAVE HIS STUDENT HELP HIM BAKE WEED BROWNIES??? I would never ask Aurora to do that! Do you know ANYTHING about how high school works?” 

The bald cinna simply frowned. “Does it really matter? It makes a good movie. Now leave me alone. Go talk to someone else.” 

Naeggi bared his fangs, but turned away. Cakey decided to look for another cinna to talk to. Her eyes landed on a rabbit-eared cinna with a…cross tail? What was with cinnas these days and weird tails? Whatever. The cinna seemed to notice her staring and came over. 

“Oh, hello. How may I help you today?” 

She looked at Naeggi. “Oh, my boyfriend is a bit nervous, and I thought you might like to chat with him.” 

The cinna grinned. “Of course. I am Joshua. And you are….?”

“...uhhh, Naeggi?” 

“What a nice name. Would you like to hear about my movie pitch? I’m sure it will calm your nerves.”

“Sure.”

Joshua took in a breath. 

“So, my movie is called Morbiusoup. It starts with these two sick children, who later on, discover these soup bats who may be able to cure their illness. But turns out that the bats are infectious, and the children become werebats. A lot of killing happens. Eventually the infection is able to be nullified. But the ending is vague…hehe…” 

“Uhhhh,” Naeggi thought for a minute. “I don’t quite understand this movie.” 

Me neither, Cakeygiri thought. Honestly, it sounds like shit. 

“Oh, don’t worry. I’m sure it’ll be a hit once I pitch it. Maybe they’ll even put it in theaters twice! Surely it wouldn’t flop two times in a row!” 

Sure. 

“Well, I best be going! I appreciate your audience!” 

Joshua then headed off. Cakey looked ahead of the line, and saw that they were almost at the front. It was almost time. 

The bald cinna went inside the pitch room. The purple and brown couple waited outside. A minute passed. Then two. Then five. Then twenty. No one said a word. Naeggi was probably too nervous. He was perfectly still, but Cakeygiri could feel his internal screaming, like a husky throwing a tantrum in a bathtub. She gently rested her head on his shoulder. 

“Alright, next!” 

The sudden command made them both jump. The bald cinna was leaving the room. He had a… very unhappy look. Well, even unhappier than before. 

Guess his pitch didn’t go as well as he’d hoped. Probably for the best. Naeggi would go into wereform if he saw that get greenlighted. 

Speaking of, Naeggi looked like he was about to explode. Cakey gently took his paw in hers, and led him into the room. 

Inside the room was a single cinna. He was brown and cream, with a bookcase for a tail. But that surprisingly wasn’t the most interesting part about him. That was his hair. It was held up in a ponytail style, but was incredibly spikey. Cakey couldn’t help but imagine replacing it with a pineapple stem. 

“Alright. My name’s Minoth. I hope your movie idea is up to my standards. I don’t like wasting my time. Lord knows how much I’ve wasted already with some of these. I mean, someone pitched a movie about-”

Naeggi raised a paw. “Sorry, Mr. Minoth, but could I begin? I don’t want to take too long.” 

“Oh, right. Go ahead.” 

He took in a deep breath, then pulled a paper out of his hood. 

“Alright. My movie is called ‘Danganronpie’”

Minoth raised an eyebrow, but nodded for him to continue. 

“The, uh, movie begins with this high schooler being accepted into this really special high school. Like, only students with very exceptional talents are accepted there. But this kid isn’t exceptionally talented. He’s just some guy, as you would say, I guess. Kinda like me…” 

Now you know that’s not true, Eggy. 

“A-anyways, everything starts off well, but then this bear comes along and tells the class that they’re trapped there forever, unless someone commits murder. It’s really messed up, I know… but no one wants to do that. So they try to come up with other ways to escape. But nothing seems to work. Eventually, one of the students, Sayacake, is accidentally killed by another student, Leonut. This causes a chain reaction of more murders…eventually there are only 5 students left, including the first guy. With the help from one of his classmates, who’s apparently a detective, he finds out that the bear is actually being controlled by a crazy girl who wants to bring the whole world to despair. But the guy refuses to give in, and he and his friends get the girl to give up. Then it turns out that the whole movie was in a virtual world, and everyone is still alive. It was all a test. A game, I guess. The movie ends with everyone leaving the school, promising to always stay hopeful.” 

Naeggi let out a breath of relief. His paws were shaking. Cakey noticed that he had barely taken any breaks while reading off his paper. He must be exhausted. But he couldn’t sit down just yet. Cakey and Naeggi looked over at Minoth for his response. 

His expression was one of slight surprise and interest. Then it quickly reverted back to its usual scowl. 

“That was…quite an experience to listen to. I can see how that would be an interesting movie…”

Naeggi’s ears perked up.
“...But unfortunately, it’s not quite what I am looking for at the moment. You are welcome to leave your papers with me, though, as I could do something with this in the future. I will also provide you with a free movie ticket for any movie you would like to see this month. Thank you. You may leave now.” 

They exited the building. Cakey could tell Naeggi was disappointed. She softly took his paw in hers.

“I’m sorry you didn’t win, Eggy.”

“Eh, it’s ok. It probably wouldn’t have done amazing anyway. But Minoth did say he might do something else with it! Plus we can go see a free movie!” 

“That’s true. Are there any you’d like to see this weekend, maybe?” 

He thought for a moment. Then perked up his ears again. 

“What about ‘Pastry in Boots?’ I’ve heard it’s really good!” 

“Sure. I’m guessing you’ll want a big popcorn too?”

“Heh…maybe.” 

Cakey smiled at her boyfriend. He smiled back. Then they walked home, paw in paw.