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Reno's Life: Chp 24

Elena could not believe it. Reno could not believe it. But somehow, it was true.

Reno and Elena were actually on a date together.

"I can't believe I said yes…", Elena mumbled.

"But you did!", Reno said cheerfully. "And don't worry. You won't regret it, yo"

"I can't believe you took me to the Golden Saucer", Elena added.

"Aw, c'mon. It'll be fun, yo!", said Reno. "So what do you want to do first?"

Elena looked around curiously and frowned.

'Just give him a chance', she thought to herself.

"How about we play some games in the arcade?", Elena suggested.

So they went to the arcade part of the Golden Saucer and walked around, looking curiously at the games for a while until…

"Oh! Whack-a-mole!", Elena said excitedly, pointing at one of the brightly colored games. "I love Whack-a-mole! I used to play all the time when I was a little girl. Do you mind if I…?"

Reno smiled. "Go ahead. And good luck!".

Elena thanked Reno and walked up to the machine. As she picked up the mallet to play, a big, strong looking man walked up next to her and picked up the challenger's mallet. He took one look at Elena and scoffed.

"Beating this blondie is going to be a cakewalk", he muttered. "Pshhhhh…And she's a woman. How hard could this be?"

Elena, oblivious to the man's comment, accepted his challenge.

Unfortunately, Reno heard the remark and growled.

"Hey!", Reno called out.

Both players froze and looked at Reno.

"Yes?", Elena said.

Reno walked up to Elena and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Look, 'Lena, what do you care more about? Playing this game or winning, yo?"

"Well, I want to win enough GP so that we could go on the Ferris-"

"Fair enough", Reno said, snatching the mallet away from the blonde Turk. Elena stared at him in disbelief, but let his action pass because she was curious as to what he was up to.

"Ready to lose, punk?", Reno asked.

The man snorted and the game began. After playing for only a few seconds, it was clear that the big man was better at this game than Reno. But Reno was determined to show this man a thing or two for talking about Elena that way.

'Nobody gets away with talking badly about Elena while I'm around!', Reno thought.

Suddenly, the red-head turned his mallet away from the little plastic moles and clubbed the man over the head. The man fell to the ground as Reno continued to beat him over and over with the hard wooden mallet. Elena stared in shock and remained speechless.

"And don't you dare talk about my girl that way again, you big jerk!", Reno shouted, kicking the man in the head for good measure.

Elena looked up at Reno and stared. Reno smiled innocently and put an arm around her.

"R-Reno?"

"Yeah?"

"W-What did he say?"

"Don't worry about it", Reno said. "I got the GP and that's all that matters. So...do you want to ride the Ferris wheel now?"

Elena smiled and nodded while a soft hue of pink appeared on her cheeks.

Maybe this date wouldn't turn out to be as bad as she thought.

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