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Yumiko-chan likes video games! This is amazing since I have had anyone to go with since my senpai's went to high school! I wonder what kind of games she likes. It doesn't matter if she's any good at them or not, since I like winning, but it would be nice if she presented a challenge!
"Kirihara-kun, wait up!" Yumiko-chan yells from behind me. I stop to see that she is way behind me, and reluctantly I wait for her to catch up. Why can't she just hurry so we can play games?
"Eh, sorry Yumiko-chan," I say while rubbing the back of my head.
"I think… I'm going to start calling you Bakaya from now on like Marui-san…" Yumiko-chan says, panting.
"What? No! I said I'm sorry, I just got a bit excited!"
"No kidding," Exclaims Yumiko-chan having finally caught her breath. "You don't even run that fast in tennis!"
"Alright, since you're better now let's hurry! It's just up ahead!" This time when we moved forward the pace was slower… way too slow! It felt like two days had passed by before we finally got to the arcade.
My impatience must have shown because Yumiko-chan made a comment. "Do you think the arcade isn't going to be here if you don't move fast enough?"
"Of course not!"
"It probably wasn't smart to have ice cream before coming here…" Yumiko-chan sighs.
"That doesn't matter now," I exclaim. "You pick the game!"
I watch as her eyes scan the arcade and can feel myself begin to twitch from impatience as she takes forever!
"I haven't played any games for a while though… so I don't really know which one I should pick," She continues to scan the games.
"Yumiko-chan, just hurry up, this is boring!"
"Alright, alright, I've picked one! Sheesh, Kirihara-kun, you're so impatient," Yumiko-chan exclaims again. "Pac-Man."
What? The simplest game ever? How boring… but she did say she hadn't played for a while, so maybe she picked that one on purpose. "Fine, but just because you haven't played for a while don't expect me to go easy on you!"
"Good, I don't expect you too. I'd be insulted otherwise," Yumiko-chan seems like she feels more comfortable. That's great because if she didn't today wouldn't be a success! But now is the time to show off my gaming skills!
So, I think I'm being a good sport about playing such a simple game… It is after all, still a game. I even let Yumiko-chan go first which I think was the right choice. Though, I'm shocked at how horrible she is! I know she hasn't played any games in a while, but I thought she would be better than this! As soon as the game started off, and I mean about one second into the game she lost a life. Same when the game started up again, which meant she just had one more life now.
"Just one more life," I point out.
"I know that!" She snaps.
Her final life loads up and Yumiko-chan takes a big breath which makes me think she is kind of nervous. I figured this life would last about as long as the last two, but to my surprise it lasted longer! A lot longer! As I watched her my eyes widened because she was playing so much better than the last two lives. A fluke, this had to be a fluke! It lasted until the very end of level one letting her be able to move onto level two! Doesn't matter, though, since it's my turn and that just had to be a fluke…
"Your turn!" Yumiko-chan's smile beamed at me and I almost wanted to shield my eyes it was so bright!
"Alright! You're going to be blown away!" I shout. Taking my position in front of the Pac-Man machine, the music started up telling me the game was about to start. And start I did, started with a bang that is! One of those ghost things almost got me at first because I became slightly careless, but I managed to avoid it. It wasn't until the very last dot that I failed miserably. Those stupid ghost things cornered me without me realizing it! And I was stupid enough to think 'Oh there's just one more dot I can get that no problem' which my arrogance is what killed me the second time.
"Dammit!" I yelled out of frustration. Yumiko-chan was laughing at me as I finally got the last dot.
"You're pretty good at this, Kirihara-kun," Yumiko-chan says, smiling at me. "But now my turn for level two!
"Yeah, yeah, not a big deal," I grumble.
Yumiko-chan takes her position and I just stand there completely flabbergasted! Apparently her third life wasn't a fluke! She just flew by level two with flying colors! Not even the ghosts could trap her, nor did she seem to be struggling! However, I wasn't going to let her show me up like that, so I did the same thing. We stayed at this game too, because as soon as it finally dawned on me that she was actually good at video games I couldn't let her beat me! I mean, come on! Me, the boy known as the Devil, Kirihara Akaya, could not lose to a girl! That would just be completely embarrassing! Especially since this was such a simple game!
"Oh my! Is it really five o- clock already!" Yumiko-chan exclaimed! I looked at my phone and realized she was right! It seemed impossible, but we have spent nearly the entire day together, and I just couldn't believe it!
"Wow, it is," I say. "Should we call it a day and go home?"
"We have to, I promised my mom I would be home at five-thirty to help her," Yumiko-chan says. "I don't know what it is she needs help with but a promise is a promise, especially to a parent! Bye Kirihara-kun, today was fun! See you at school tomorrow!"
I watch as she runs off in a rush. Well, at least today wasn't boring, and it seems we've officially become friends… I should probably head on home as well. There's homework in my room that I have been putting off…
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