Games
He stands in the doorway and watches the golden-haired beauty as she pounds and yells at an arcade game. Of course she is playing the Sailor Moon game and appears to be very good at it.
"Woohoo! Next level!" she yells, flexing her hands in readiness. He moves around so that he is at the other set of controls and slips his money into the slot. She only notices him when his Tuxedo Mask figure appears on the screen.
"Took you long enough," she says as the level starts. "You were standing over by the door for ages."
"I was enjoying the view," he replies. Silence falls as the two concentrate on the game. Neither notices when a small crowd forms around them, eerily silent as people try not to disturb the couple who are reaching the highest ever levels in the game.
In a flash of light the two characters are annihilated at the same time. A disappointed sound arises from the crowd around the game. The two players sigh deeply as one and enter their initials in the high score table. They turn and look somewhat startled by the crowd of people hemming them in.
Slowly a path opens and the couple wander over to one of the booths, where they sit silently for a while. Almost unnoticed, her small hand creeps into his big one, as a conversation about the game starts.
Over in the corner the game flashes the high scores: 1st SM, 2nd TM.