This is currently being written since my first part of the Tales From Odaiba series, Hikeru, is on hold because I was locked out of the Google account I used to write it, and I am working to fix that problem. This fic is gonna be less focused on dialogue and action, as the arc of this story, as you can tell from the beginning, is going to take place over at least seven months in this universe in which all the Tales From Odaiba stories are set.
Of course he's late…, Meiko muttered to herself, irritated. Matt was always late. He thought it was cool, but, at least to Meiko, it stressed her patience beyond its limits. At that moment, Matt entered the Prince & Princess restaurant on the coast of Odaiba. He looked as if he had just escaped a murder attempt by his closet. That is, he looked messy and unclean.
"Finally! I've been waiting for hours!" Meiko said, dryly. She had, in fact, only been waiting for the past ten minutes, but she wanted to stress to Matt not to arrive late again, as this was a matter of great importance to both of them. Matt pulled out the script.
"High time you pulled the script out. We have got to study our lines, after all. We both have pivotal roles in this play, so we must study." Meiko stressed (she was stressed, and so took her stress out on her cast mate and good friend).
"Two questions, princess. One, why are you so mad? The play's not for seven months! And, two, why couldn't we have just gone to your house or something? Is this a date?"
"That was three questions. I'm mad, because you kept me waiting, and you never keep a lady waiting. We can't study at my house for two reasons. One, you know my parents would assume you're my boyfriend, and bother us both with endless questions. Two, we're kinda… going through stuff, and can't have people over," Meiko said monotonically.
"Damn. That sucks. Wait… you never answered my third question," Matt observed.
"Let's get studying," Meiko said. "End of discussion." And so they studied, and so they ate. And so they finished with both tasks. The pair hung out for a while at Matt's house after studying, but eventually got bored of conversation.
"Hey, Matt?" Meiko asked.
"Y-yeah?" Matt responded tiredly.
"Wanna play, like, cards or something?" Meiko questioned.
"Nah. I would play cards with ya, but my brother took them. For his girlfriend." Matt chuckled.
"TK... has a girlfriend?" Meiko asked, shocked.
"Probably," Matt grinned. But apparently he's sleeping over at Cody's. That's what he told Mom, at least. I suspect he's got other plans.
"You mean…?" Meiko started.
"Yup." Matt chuckled. "We've got a pretty big collection of games, board and video both."
"I'll pick board games. What games does your family own?"
"Well, we've got a sugoroku board, chess, et cetera…" Matt trailed off, listing the board games his family owned, which was quite a lot.
"Wait. You own a sugoroku board?! I own one! I love that game! I know it's actually incredibly old, but it's still so good! Can we play that, please?" Meiko gushed.