I tried to not lose sight of Dan in the huge crowd as we waited in line to enter the airplane and soon be on our way to Las Vegas. I watched as Dan pulled his suitcase onto the plane; knowing him, He's probably packed a DS, his laptop and most likely forgot to bring something important.
We both sat in our seats and as I was resting my arm on the arm chair, I felt something smooth slip through my fingers. I look at Dan, and he stares over in the opposite direction while his hand was intact with mine. I flipped my hand over so that our palms were touching and smiled as I saw him use his other hand to cover his face out of embarrassment.
"This seat 13C?" An unfamiliar voice breaks the mood and we both flinch and immediately break our hands free in the process.
"Y-Yes, it is." I answered the man, who sat next to me. I could've sworn he gave us a dirty look before he made himself comfortable in the seat next to mine.
The airplane ascends and I feel the pressure pushing down onto my chest as the outside view of concrete from the window descended into a mix of blue and white. Excited by the view, I leaned over the man, who sat on the window side, to take a closer look.
"AHEM." The man cleared his throat.
"Ah- Sorry!" I sat back down into my seat. I decided to mentally nickname him Angry Pete, not because he didn't let me look out the window, but because he seemed to be glaring at us a lot for no reason. I failed to understand how he could dislike someone this much when he's just met them, but maybe he's had a bad day.
"You weren't even doing anything wrong!" Dan hissed into my ear.
"Maybe I got into his personal space." I whispered back.
A while after the plane had finished descending into the sky; I noticed that Dan was taking glances at me, as if he wanted to tell me something. Or maybe he was glancing right through me and looking at Angry Pete, I wasn't sure but I pretend to not notice him. He looks away again in an attempt to make himself look subliminal as he attempts to place his hand into mine, which was resting on my leg, but he misses and touches me in…Other places instead.
"Ah!" I yelp slightly.
Dan takes a quick look at where his hand is and pulls it back straight away, red faced and embarrassed. I could've sworn that this has happened to me sometime before… (Reference to Chapter 7: Wrong Timing)
"S-Sorry…" He mumbles quietly.
"It's fine." I chuckle. Of course Dan always manages to get into awkward situations somehow.
Dan sees a paper towel and starts playing around with it to distract himself. Dan starts humming as he rolls the towel in a circular motion with his fingers and I listen quietly, tranced by his voice. That was, until I heard a loud and obnoxious sound from my other ear. I quickly glanced over to see that it was Angry Pete pulling his window blind up and down to get Dan to be quiet. What the hell was this man's problem?! Dan wasn't even singing, it was barely a hum. Good thing I managed to record Dan's humming on video, since I may not get a chance to hear his humming again.
Even after Dan stopped humming, the man continued to give us a dirty look every once in a while and I was starting to reach my limit. He clearly didn't like it when Dan and I were together, so out of sheer frustration, I pulled Dan closer to my face and kissed him as he was looking at us. Luckily this was when the airplane was starting to land a so we were able to get away from Angry Pete as soon as possible since we've arrived in Vegas.
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I started unloading my stuff into the hotel room and I was having difficulty putting all my stuff somewhere. Both Dan and I had an issue because due to our low budget, we were only able to book a small room that we could share in a cheap hotel. As soon as I sit on the bed I hear something creak, and it wasn't the springs inside the mattress. I wasn't sure if this bed could even withstand my weight for one night.
"Those pictures of the bedrooms that they posted online should be considered false advertising." I commented as Dan had just finished inspecting the bathroom's quality.
He laughed. "I know right, practically 99% of those pictures were either photoshopped, or outdated."
I knew that he was going to lie next to me on my bed, so I rolled over and let half of my body hang off of the bed just so he could fit comfortably. Was this hotel made for garden gnomes or something? As soon as Dan lies down on the bed, I hear a loud sound.
CREAKKKK
"I don't trust this bed." I commented.
"Yeah, me neither." Dan stayed silent for a few seconds, but then opened his mouth to speak again. "So what was with that sudden kiss, Phil?"
"I wanted to annoy Angry Pete." I told him.
"Ohhh? Is that the only reason you'd kiss me?" Dan pouted. "I'm a bit offended."
"I promise the next kiss will be more sincere."
Dan raised an eyebrow. "And when will that be?"
I pulled Dan closer and let my lips brush against his, until we gradually pulled our faces even closer and started making out. He allowed my tongue slip through his lips and tangle onto his like two liquorice laces being tied together. It was weird, having your tongue sit inside someone else's mouth, but intriguing at the same time.
As I was in the mood and ready to take it a step, or even several steps, further, I jumped on top of Dan to get into position but freeze the second I hear a loud sound coming out from the bed.
SNAP! CLASH!
I stared at Dan wide eyed as he stared back at me with the same expression on his face as the top part of the bed was tilted downwards. Based off the angle that we were in, I speculated that the top two legs of the bed had either fallen or snapped in half.
"Told you I didn't trust this bed."
Since the hotel manager had to find a way to fix my bed, Dan and I decided that we should probably spend some time going outside to explore Las Vegas. At first we had no idea where to start first, but then I remembered that Las Vegas is the land of gambling, so I suggested that we go check out any nearby casinos. I then felt a tug on my arm and assuming that it was Dan, I touched their hand but then realised that this person had painted fingernails once I took a closer look.
"So you're interested?" A girl with huge breasts and a tight dress purred in my ear. She licked her lips, careful to not smudge her lipstick and tugged my arm more tightly.
'Oh.' I thought to myself. 'So she was one of those women.' I'd forgotten that we were bound to encounter people like this, since this is a gambling district that we're walking through. I blushed in embarrassment because I wasn't used to dealing with people like this, and she kind of reminded me of my ex, Janet, which hit me with nostalgia.
"He's not interested." Dan says, yanking me away from her grip.
"But I've got room for three~"
"Still not interested."
Dan then proceeded to drag me in the opposite direction of where she was, and I just let him pull me wherever, even though we'd probably get lost at this rate. We then decided to enter the closest casino that let us in without a membership requirement, and as soon as we entered the casino, we were greeted by an array of bright lights. The loud music, the coin sound effects, and the colourful lights was encouraging me to spend money the same way Christmas spirit and lights made people buy Gingerbread Frappuccino's from Starbucks.
"So …What Should we do first?" Dan asked me in confusion as he clutched the Casino money in his hands.
I scanned around the room for something safe that we could start off with first, until I spotted a magic carpet, Aladdin styled Slot machine. Something about the genie's voice which cried out 'Play to win!' and his waving hands convinced me to want to try it.
I pointed at the machine. "How about that one?" I asked Dan.
Dan laughed. "Really Phil? You wanna try that one?"
I chuckled. "Well why not? It's got magic, genies and maybe a chance to win?"
"Okay Fine but if we addicted and lose a lot of money, then it's your fault." Dan joked as we both headed for the slot machine. He slotted in quite a few coins, one after another, and I could tell that he didn't know what to do due to the confused expression on his face.
"Dan I think that's enough coins." I chuckled.
"Whoops, I think I just spent half of our savings on a single slot machine." Dan placed his hand on the handle and looked at me for a second. He doesn't pull for the handle and I know that it's because he's waiting for me to pull it with him.
I notice that he's using his left hand to pull the lever, the hand that he had his soulmate counter installed in. The numbers are still the same as I first remembered them; zero's splayed across the screen. I nervously placed the hand with my soulmate counter on it on top Dan's as I gripped the lever. I breathe in heavily and let the sensation of his touch calm me down as I hold onto the lever tightly. We both looked at each other, seconds before we both dragged the lever down at the same time, and watched the pictures in the slot machine run wild.
The first slot stops at the word BAR.
So does the second.
And the third…
BAR as well?!
As me and Dan stood in front of the slot machine, stunned as the genie sings 'You are a winner!' continuous amounts of coins started pouring out of the machine. I can't believe it. We won. I watched Dan as he started cheering and I smiled. In more ways than one, I guess I am pretty lucky. As soon as we exchanged the money and realised that we had gotten more money than the amount we used to get to Las Vegas, Dan looks at me in the eyes.
"So what do we do with all this money now?" He asks me, still smiling.
I thought about it for a few minutes and then glanced at our soulmate counters, almost as if I was expecting an answer just from looking at them. I had imagined that a lightbulb was above my head at this moment, because I'd thought of something to spend the money on.
A/N: Sorry for the slow update DX I had a hard time processing my ideas _' Hope you enjoyed this, Next chapter will be the finale ;w;