Title: Dark Serenity – Betrayal of the Soul
Author: Queen Serenity
Fandom: Sailor Moon
Chapter: Seven – Fun At the Crown
As planned, Serena took Tina to the Crown arcade after school.
As soon as they arrived, Serena only paused briefly to wave hi at Andrew before heading directly to the Sailor V game. Before inserting a coin, she grinned over at Tina, winking. "This is Sailor V, my absolute fave game!"
Serena played until she lost (which didn't take long), and let out a wail as she was beat. Poor Tina was treated to the sight of the near-fully grown girl bawling her eyes out.
But, to Tina's surprise, the waterworks stopped as suddenly as they had started and Serena looked calmly over at a bewildered Tina. "Your turn."
She inserted another coin and ushered the other girl over to the machine. Serena was expecting the girl to do poorly, but was shocked, however, when the girl got much, much further than she had. When Tina was finally beat by the enemies on the game, Serena was staring at the girl, eyes wide. "How the heck did ya do that? I've never gotten that far!"
Tina smiled brightly, blushing slightly. "I guess I forgot to mention to you… I'm a Sailor V fanatic, too!"
"Wow!"
They ordered some sodas and sat at one of the tables to sip them. Serena noticed a poster on the wall near them and let out a mournful sigh, causing the other girl to look up from her soda. "What's wrong, Serena?"
Serena pointed at the poster. "See that? That's a poster for that new Sailor V home video game. Unfortunately, though, the rental place doesn't carry it and I can't afford to buy it, especially since my mom cut off my allowance because of my grades! I'll NEVER get to play it!" She started to wail, but Tina stopped her.
"Don't cry, Serena! Have I got some good news for you!"
The tears stopped. "Wha-?"
Tina smiled brightly. "I just got the game recently, and have it at home! If you want to, then you could stay over tonight since it's a Friday. We could stay up all night, playing it! How's that sound?"
Serena gazed in avid disbelief and joy at the other girl. "WOW, do you really mean it!"
"Uh huh. We could stay up and pig out on junk food and do girl talk while we play." Tina grinned widely.
Serena was, needless to say, overjoyed over the idea. "Oh, wow, this is soooo cool! But… I gotta ask my mom first, or I'll be in big trouble! Wanna go with me to my house when we leave here, so I can ask her?"
"Sure!"