"Hah… hah… hah…" they panted as they ran into the hotel lobby. Last place was close between Kiri and Kuguru.
"So which one of you two is paying? The convenience store is right over there," Baku asked, pointing at the shop in the left corner. The two looked at each other.
"Fine, I'll do it. Your money quota is almost gone anyway," Kuguru said.
"Thanks. If I had to buy food for these two twice in one night…" Kiri sighed, relieved that the hole in his pocket wasn't getting any bigger.
"Then what are we waiting for yo?" Tetsuya asked.
"Each person chooses one packet and that's it!" Kuguru called after them.
"They seriously can't be controlled, can they?" Kiri said, looking at Gao and Baku, each one holding onto two packs each.
"I've given up trying to get them to put it down anyway. It's hopeless," Kuguru said, shaking her head.
"So guys…" Gao mumbled as he crunched on a chip. "Are we allowed up yet?"
"We can if Nisei-sensei allows it," Baku said.
"How about that, we can go tell him now since he's over there," Tetsuya said, pointing at the side of the information desk. Nisei-sensei was running through his papers, making sure that his class lists were in place.
"I'll go tell him," Zanya offered.
The others dug into Gao's opened bag of chips and stuffed it into their mouths. Seeing Zanya's green light signal, the others joined him and they went up in the lift together.
"How about we all meet up in Gao's house 5 minutes later? I wanna sit down for a while," Kuguru said as they approached their rooms.
"Yeah, and I need time to heal my wounds in my pocket," Kiri sighed.
"Fine, but the night won't last forever. Especially with the 10.30 lights out rule," Baku said.
"You think anyone's gonna follow it?" Zanya asked.
"Some will. Others won't even care," Kiri replied.
"Not me," Gao said.
"I don't think any of us care, right?" Tetsuya asked, smiling.
"No, not really," Kuguru replied.
"So what time do we end our game?" Gao asked, hoping for a late answer.
"More importantly, what game do we play?" Zanya asked, pointing out that they hadn't even decided on the game.
"A harmless game of 'Would you rather'?" Kiri suggested.
"Emphasis on 'harmless'," Zanya muttered.
"Sure thing! So we meet at my room in 5, okay?" Gao asked.
"We got it!" they agreed and headed back to their rooms.
"So… who goes first?" Gao asked while chewing a cheese-flavoured chip.
"Kiri should start since he suggested it, right?" Tetsuya said, looking at the unprepared boy just make himself comfortable on the bed opposite him.
"Uh what? Umm…"
"We don't have all day," Baku said.
"Err… I pick Gao!" he exclaimed suddenly.
"Who me?"
"Yeah! Umm… would you rather…" he said, thinking of a question to throw Gao's way. "Would you rather be able to skip training once or eat 3 full plates of octopus balls?" he asked.
"Let me think…" Gao mumbled. "I choose the octopus balls!"
'Now how did I see the choice of food coming…" Kiri thought to himself.
"My turn! I pick…Baku!"
"What would you possibly have to offer me?" Baku asked, ruffling his bangs trying to act cool. The others simply rolled their eyes at his actions.
"This will bring you down to earth! Would you rather sleep with your mom or your dad?" Gao asked with a devious smile on his face.
"WHAT KIND OF A QUESTION IS THAT?!" Baku shouted and asked at the same time, definitely embarrassed. "I sleep alone!"
"If you had to, who would you pick, mama's boy?" Gao asked and everyone looked at the boy, forcing an answer out of him.
"I am NOT a mama's boy! Er… I pick… my dad!" he exclaimed, trying to hide his blush with his hands.
"Daddy's boy then," Zanya mentioned nonchalantly and the others laughed.
"This question is closed! Now it's my turn, let's see who gets sent into hell!" Baku exclaimed. "I pick…" He didn't finish the sentence, but looked at Zanya and started smirking. Zanya caught on and sighed, knowing that he was the victim.
"What is your question?" he asked uninterestedly. Baku looked at him for a while longer, his smirk getting bigger and bigger.
"I'll save your embarrassment for later," Baku said, keeping Zanya on edge.
"Why don't you spit it out?! You scared of something?"
"I have my reasons. I pick… Tetsuya."
"Why me, yo?"
"No reason. Would you rather…, no, I'll give you a situation. Okay, you're at a cliff side. You see me and a random damsel hanging off the cliff, slipping anytime soon. You only have time to save one person. Would you rather save me or the girl?"
"No offense bro, but I choose the girl."
"Why?! I'm your friend and she's just some random girl you don't know squat about!" Baku asked, surprised at him choosing the girl rather than himself.
"I wouldn't be able to pull you up anyways, and besides, you should know how to swim by now," Tetsuya reasoned.
"He is right about the inability to haul you up," Zanya muttered.
"Watch it ninja, I've still got your question in mind!"
"Guys, remember I've still got my turn to choose!" Tetsuya exclaimed, breaking up the tension between the two. "I pick Kuguru." The girl looked at Tetsuya with a smile on her face. "Say some random buddyfighter challenged you to a match. You don't bother building another deck for yourself. You go to Gao. Would you rather borrowing his Magic Guts deck or his Brave Soleil deck?"
"Brave Soleil."
"Why such an easy question?!" Gao asked.
"I like to not overwork myself thinking of stuff that doesn't really matter."
"I suppose it's alright. There was no rule that all the questions had to be embarrassing," Kiri said.
Baku: Why is it ending?!
Phoenix: Cause I want it to. I'm not making it any longer. I'm really tired right now. I already made it a point to update it once every two days, and I intend to press the post new chapter button before 12am.
Baku: Fine, I see your point.
Phoenix: Thank you. *yawns* Isn't somebody else supposed to be even more anxious about their safety in this game?
Baku: I just want to see his face when I ask the question.
Zanya: Leave me alone, would you?
Phoenix: Unfortunately the game will be cut short, I won't be doing all their questions to each other. That's cause I want to skip to the next part in my story quickly. So enjoy, review please and until the next chapter! Bye bye~