Begin!
~Normal POV
"Hm, looks like I won again."
"Oh, shut the fuck up, and start the next round!" Ann commanded, bitterly.
Akira laughed. Despite beating her at this game at least 7 times now, Ann kept insisting on rematches. It's not like he minded though. Sojiro was out running errands, so the shop was closed downstairs, and Morgana had gone for a walk; it was the perfect day for Akira to hang out with his beautiful friend. And there was nothing better than relaxing and playing video games.
Especially when combined with the added bonus of Ann being so adorably grumpy with every loss. The way she pouted slightly and gave him a little glare just made him laugh. He'd seen Ann angry before: that wasn't it. It was "mildly frustrated" at best. No, if she were really that angry he would have suffered the punishment by now. This was all in good fun.
"Ann, don't you think it's time you concede-?"
"No! I wanna beat you at least once today! How about we make a wager out of it?"
"Alright, shoot."
"We do one more round. If you win, then I'll…" She paused and considered her options. "I'll bake you any treat you want!"
Akira smiled. He'd tried some of Ann's baking before; it was exceptionally tasty. "I like where this is going. And on the off chance that you win?"
"You have to treat me to dinner this weekend; anywhere I want." She answered, with a wink.
"You drive a hard bargain, Panther, but I suppose that wouldn't be too bad. I accept."
With that, the two started up another round of their fighting game. It was a long and intense battle. Akira won the first round, Ann won the second, leaving it to either of them to finish it…
And by some miracle of chance: Ann won.
Akira stared at the screen in disbelief. "What?!"
Ann was giggling beside him. "Aha! I finally got you! I told you I could do it!"
He sighed, "Ok, ok, I can admit when I've lost." He couldn't help smiling again when he looked over and saw how giddy she was. Ann's bubbly nature really was infectious.
"I'll pick out a place beforehand and we'll meet up at seven on Saturday, for our date. Sound good?"
"Yeah, that-" Akira stopped when it registered in his brain what she'd said. "Did you- Sorry, I didn't catch that; did you say… date?"
Ann started fiddling with one of her ponytails bashfully. "I did say that… Unless that's a problem for you..."
"That's not a problem at all. I'd love that," He replied, with a soft smile.
"You would?! I-I mean, I'd love that too…"
There was a pause while the two smiled at each other before an idea dropped into Akira's head.
"Did you plan this?"
"Maybe a little bit... And what are you gonna do about-" She was interrupted by him leaning over and kissing her.
When he pulled away, he smirked. "That."
Ann's face was cherry red now, but she was as smiley as ever. "Did you want to keep playing," She asked.
Akira pretended to think about it, then set aside his game controller, and moved to sit closer to her. "We can get back to it later…"
~The End!
This breaks my usual "minimum 1000 word count" rule, but it was a cute little idea I wanted to share.