"Oh San look its one of those grabbing machine!" Brittany squeals excitedly, pulling on Santana's arm. "And look at the cute ducky you can win!"
"Britt, those things are a major rip off. By the time you eventually win, I could have bought you one in the shop."
Brittany pouts her bottom lip out and gives Santana her sad puppy face. They'd been wandering through the amusement arcade, looking for those cool zombie shoot 'em up games they played together. It made Santana feel more badass. Brittany wasn't a huge fan of the gory scenes but loved watching how animated Santana got and how into the game she was.
It was this totally dorky side of Santana that no one else knew, that was totally adorable and made Brittany fall in love with her a little more each day.
"Don't pull that face, you know I can't resist that face," Santana sulked.
"Pleeeeeeeeeaaasseee," Brittany begged, pulling on Santana's arm like a five year old child.
"Fine!" Santana rolled her eyes, trying her best to hide the huge small that was spreading across her face.
Brittany jumped up and down on the spot and clapped her hands, before running over to the machine.
Santana followed and stood beside her, "I'm shockingly terrible at these things baby, don't expect me win on first go."
Brittany stood directly behind Santana, wrapping her hands around her waist and leant her chin in the crook her shoulder, "s'ok, it won't make me love you any less."
Santana smiled and pulled some change from her purse. She found a quarter and held it out in front of her, "Make a wish."
Brittany squeezed her eyes closed. She pulled Santana's hand towards her and kissed the coin, "for luck," she smiled.
Santana put the coin into the machine and watched the lights come on and the grabbers came to life. Some cheesy, arcade music played a countdown.
She moved the grabber with the joystick, looking for the perfect spot for it to fall so it would grab the stuffed toy. There was one at the back that she felt might be easy to get. She moved the joystick forward and moved it slightly to the left and pressed the button on top for it to drop down.
The metal grabber fell down on top of the plushy and the arms shut tight around the toys neck.
Santana felt Brittany take a sharp intake of breath and their eyes widened. She knew at some point before the collection drop, it would fall out the arms, but it didn't. The grabber kept making it's way to the drop.
It opened it's arms and dropped the cuddly duck into the collection hole.
Santana felt some kind of self-satisfaction that she was able to win a toy for her girlfriend. She bent down and retrieved it from the tray at the bottom of the machine and puffed out her chest a bit in pride as she handed it to Brittany.
Brittany smiled from ear to ear and claimed the toy from Santana, "Thank you."
"You're welcome," Santana smiled back.
"I knew you'd be lucky."
Santana placed a tender kiss on Brittany's lips and snaked her arms around her waist, "Of course I'm lucky, I have you don't I?"