Not entirely pleased with the ending but eh, its all just writing practice y'know

/Snake? Snake?! SNAAAAKE!/

"Daichi, how can you be so bad at this game?"

"Shut up dude! This game's hard, its a thinking man's game y'know! You gotta plan things out through these treacherous jungles of Russia. Its perfectly understandable to fail at times."

"W-Well Daichi maybe if you stopped using guns and focused more on stealth you would get farther."

"I don't know how you got past The Pain, or Ocelot or through pressing the power button honestly."

Io stifles a giggle and Daichi pouts at Hibiki's observation. Io's parents were out and she and Hibiki had planned on going somewhere but Daichi wanted to borrow her ps2 and the two couldn't resist seeing him fail. Dates can take place anytime but watching your friend blow at video games and subsequently poke fun of them is a special moment to experience. So they let him play there in lieu of borrowing it.

"Listen I can do this."

"Um Daichi, Snake is starving. You forgot to feed him again."

Daichi hangs his head down in shame and procceeds to have Snake hunt for food as Hibiki's says "Speaking of food I could go for some. You guys wanna order a pizza? Considering how much Daichi blows in the 30 minutes it'll take to get here he'll have made no progress, so you could take a break to eat."

"Okay you know what? If you're gonna talk smack you can just go." Daichi gets Snake caught by the guards and Daichi proceeds to have him run. "Ah geez! W-Why don't you two go leave and make out or something!" He says frantically, fiddling on the controller. Trying to not to die again and embarrass himself further.

"Well if you insist."

"H-Hibiki!"

Hibiki slides an arm around Io's shoulder and looks intently in her eyes. Io starts blushing at the idea of making out while Daichi is there.

"W-We can't d-do that!"

"Can't we..." He holds Io's chin, his face drifting closer and closer to Io's. She attempts to push away but just can't resist him. Io closes her eyes ready for him. She's nearly shaking in anticipation waiting for him. And so they kiss. And it feels hot and electric, their affection making their hearts pulse for each other. Her hands on his chin bring him closer, she's lost in the moment. Hibiki puts his other arm lower, reaching to go under Io's shirt. He-

"OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH!"

The two separate, forgetting for the moment that Daichi was there. Io flushes in embarrassment until she looks at Hibiki's downcast look and giggles at him and he smiles back. At least glad he could make his girlfriend laugh.

"Okay first you criticize my play style and then you're gonna make me the third wheel?"

"S-Sorry Daichi."

"But hey its good we're here Or else he wouldn't be able to ask you how to get past the swamp, or the Ocelot unit or the caves or-"

"Hey how was I supposed to know to use the cigar!" Daichi cross his arms indignantly, pouting. "Smoking's bad."

"Daichi, you accidentally got Snake caught again."

"Daichi, friend, pal, amigo, you need to stop. Just do easy mode for Polaris' sake."

"First off don't even joke about that, he'd probably show up. Secondly my pride as a man won't allow me."

"Aaaand Snake's dead again. This is sadder than mgs 3's ending."

Io starts tearing up. "Don't even joke about that..." She see near sniffling.

"Io no!" He grabs her and hugs her. "It'll be okay! Just think about mgs 5! The Kaz hamburgers!"

Io calms down before sighing and looking up at the ceiling in a daydream. "Ah Kaz..."

"DAICHI LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE! Damn it no I'm losing her to a 2-D man. Think about Quiet instead!"

Io goes back to sniffling.

"DAMN IT DAICHI! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!

"Um I'm just gonna go into the other room to order that pizza."