Disclaimer: I do not own Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
Gumi: pfffft- HAHAHAH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT THIS IDEA- it's all so stupidly sweet and cute but... Oh well, let's just see what others will think of this one!
Aya: oh my God, Gumi. HOW CAN YOU HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS IN A WEEK XD.
Kassanōra: oh wow, this seems to be a cute story! Although I don't understand why you picked this location for their gang thing XD
Story 2 :
The Crane Game, The Photo Booth, and My Love
Saturday, 11:50 AM.
The fresh summery feel of the air felt really good. Although, for some, the day was not as expected. Yesterday, Onodera Ritsu, was once again asked out on a date by the annoyingly hot but demonic editor in chief of their department.
Well, it's not like he went on this date because he wanted to.
"How...and why...did I even get into this shit?...", Ritsu groaned internally, trying not to ruin the beautiful (and by beautiful, I mean horrid(for him anyway)) atmosphere around the two. People stared at them quite normally, although some blushed, and you could hear some girls taking their phones out and suddenly starting to take pictures of them walking close to each other. Or should I say, holding hands?
But, is this supposed to be considered a date? To top it all off, Kisa, Yukina, Chiaki, and Hatori all went along with the two.
How did he get into this?
Flashback!
"Ritsu...", the taller man back-hugged the brunet, "what do you want now?! You've been bothering me since this morning!", Ritsu yelled back. "Go on a date with me.", the younger one blushed.
"Don't ask me that when we're here in the office, you idiot!"
"Ask? It's more like a demand..."
"W..whatever! Either way, I won't go!"
"Nee nee, are you seriously that eager to avoid being alone with Takano in as many ways possible, Ricchan?", Kisa chuckled, "i-it's not like...um...", he stuttered. "Well then, if that's where you're going with, then how about I invite Kisa and Hatori along? So it'll be like a "gang" thing."
"W-what?"
"Oh oh oh!", Kisa raised his hand, "yes?", Takano asked, "can Hatori and I bring along a friend?",
"Hm. Sure."
Flashback end!
And that's how he got into this..."gang" thing. "Hey, c'mon, at least enjoy it while the day lasts. Isn't this going to be fun enough for you?", Takano placed both his hands behind his head, "well, I wouldn't know...I haven't even been to the place you guys told me we'd go to..."
"You've never been in an arcade before?"
"No..."
"Not even in high school?"
"I told you, my mom never lets me go to those...well, at least she lets me when I'm going with some friends.", he shrugged. "Oh, I see. Well, today, I'm going to draw you into the fun, even though I only experienced going to arcades for a very short amount of time.", he chuckled, "how about you, Kisa? Have you been in any arcades?"
"Well, I guess I have experienced going there one time when I was in high school.", Kisa answered, "well, I'm pretty sure Hatori-san has never been to any, right?", Ritsu giggled a bit nervously, "well, I let Chiaki go to some. I only go with him and guard him though, I've never really played any of the games there."
"Well, first of all, let's pick where to eat. Then, we could go to the arcade nearby, and have dinner.", Takano reminded them.
"Can we...um...go to...the...Rabbit Café? I...wanted...to go there since I got back from England...but...I never really got to go there either...", he awkwardly giggled, "seriously? You never got to even a rabbit café? Just how much of a pampered prince are you?", Takano harrumphed, "um..."
"Alright, alright, well, if it's not a bother to everyone else to eat there?"
"Nah, it's fine with us!", everyone yelled happily, especially Yukina.
"Yay!", the way Ritsu "yay"ed was just absolutely adorable, all of them blushed at this adorable guy's gesture, and one of them, Takano, had only a straight face but inside he was just like a fujoshi fangirling over a very hot and sexy yaoi manga. (Just like me XD)
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After a while, they ate in a local restaurant. After eating, they walked around to find the arcade they were talking about just yesterday.
"Oh, isn't it that one over there?", Ritsu pointed at a building that had colorful lights and people crowding around the entrance, "it seems busy today, doesn't it?"
"I don't know...I think they're not crowding over the entrance, I think they're crowding over that Taiyaki stand over there?", he also pointed at the stand next to the building.
"Hmm. It seems so, well, at least it's not that crowded inside. Come on, let's go.", Hatori walked in first. Along came Chiaki, Kisa, Ritsu, Yukina, then the last was Takano.
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The second youngest (which is Ritsu) of the group stared in awe at the color and structure of the arcade. It was all so beautiful. It was the first time he went to something like that.
I wish I had went to something like this with Takano sooner...
...wait...WAIT, WHAT AM I EVEN THINKING?!
"Hey, what game do you want to play first?", Kisa asked Yukina who was also staring in awe. "Eh? Ah, um...I guess I can play one of those fighting games? Though I don't really know how to play them a bit...", Yukina awkwardly laughed, "oh, well I'll try to teach you then!", he then grabbed the blonde's wrist and dragged him to where the fighting games were.
"I guess I'll just stick with you guys...I don't really...play anything else but the crane games...although I'm not really good at it.", Chiaki was nervous, too nervous. Well, there wasn't anything he should be nervous about, right? Hatori was there, right?
"Crane games?", Ritsu asked out loud. The three, Hatori, Takano, and Chiaki, all looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "You seriously don't know what crane games are?", Takano asked him, quite irritated at the fact that his lover's(not yet) parents never teach him to go have fun in these kinds of places, and as well as the fact that he doesn't know what a crane game is. Like, seriously, just how pampered is this guy?
"What? Well, it's not like I ever got the chance to go to these places...and besides, I never once even got any chances to go as an adult."
"It's my first time...", Ritsu whispered. "Well, that's fine, come on, we'll show you what exactly crance games are and how fun and irritating they can be.", Hatori said as he started walking towards the crane games section, irritating? How can you say that?", Ritsu asked, walking along with the others, "well, when you drop the toy back when you were about to drop it in the prize claim box, it's sort of irritating I guess.", Takano explained. "Um..."
When they reached the section, Takano tried to find something he could give to Ritsu, something he'd...love. Not just something he'd like.
He looked in every single one of them, but he can't find the right one. Hatori and Chiaki already started playing and trying to get the ones they wanted. Right then, he noticed Ritsu only stood where he was earlier, he was bowing down, blushing, kind of like he wants to say something but he can't say it out loud. "Hey."
"Huh?", he was startled, he quickly looked at Takano, as they were now facing eye to eye. "Oh- I'm sorry...I was a bit startled..."
"Sorry for startling you. Anyways, you see something you like?", he asked, "oh...um...uh..", he was shaking a little, his blush only grew redder, and his lips parted every second but also closed back, he was trying to say something but he just can't. "Are you okay? You look very nervous.", Takano asked in a very sweet and soft tone of voice. "Ah...I'm fine...", when he raised his head up, his gaze quickly went towards the certain bluish purple colored crane game that was pretty big and had different variations of a fluffy cat plush.
Takano noticed this and also that Ritsu's eyes were darted and glued at the slightly slant-positioned, fluffy, mint green rabbit plush in the crane game. So he wants that huh.
Ritsu didn't notice it, but Takano already went towards the game and put in one token. When he finally realized this, he asked, "w-what are you doing?"
"I'm getting that mint green rabbit for you, what does it look like I'm doing?", he answered, clearly still focused on getting that plush. Ritsu blushed harder, why was Takano doing this for him? It's not like he was forced to do this? So why?
Chiaki then suddenly appeared behind Ritsu, "are you okay, Onodera-san?", he smiled warily, "ah! I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm fine."
"Oh, aren't you going to play?"
"Well...I guess, I can...but...I don't know what...what he'll like..."
"Aww, that's okay, even big things can come from small things. How about you go try that one over there? Seems pretty easy.", he pointed at the one crane game that had only medium sized plushes. "I guess I can try..."
He went over the game and put in one token.
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After seconds of playing, he finally got the medium sized navy blue cat plush. He assumed Takano would like this, since he does love cats. He stared at it for a second before blushing madly at the thought of Takano accepting this.
After a minute, Takano came back with a large mint green rabbit plush hanging on his head. "Takano!"
"I...", right then, Ritsu stared in awe at the plush, he blushed at the fact that Takano wasted his time to get this for him. Takano took the plush off his head and handed it over to Ritsu. "I...um..thank you...", he smiled halfway. He patted his adorable little Ritsu. "You're welcome."
"I-I...!"
"Hm?"
"I...also...got...you a...plush...", he blushed madly like in the resemblance of a freshly picked strawberry. "Oh...why thank you, darling.", he teased, getting the cat plush off Ritsu's hand as he kissed the brunet's forehead. "D-don't call me darling, idiot!", he blushed hardly again.
He chuckled, "sorry, sorry.", he said. The others were still busy in their own business on the other game sections. Ritsu decided to stroll around for a bit, along with Takano, although he did wish to be alone. Well, half of him wanted that.
What caught the brunet's attention was the creamy blue and bluish purple colored photo booth beside the racing game.
The booth looks so cute...
He was too captivated, to he decided to check it for a while. Takano realized Ritsu had gone into the photo booth, "oi, what are you doing?", he asked as he opened the small curtain covering the entrance of the booth and saw Ritsu checking every single part of the structure. "I...um.."
"If you want to take a photo, just take one."
"I..."
"What? Or do you want to take photos with me?", he smirked. "I-I don't want to!"
"Sure you don't~"
"Hmph!", he stormed away, but he secretly wanted to take photos with Takano, well obviously he wasn't one of the people who would be so shameless as to even embarrass themselves by saying they want to take a picture like it's the most casual thing to do in the whole world.
"Aww, come on,", he back hugged the brunet so tightly he could barely move away. Other people started staring at them, "just one picture? Please~?"
"...mmn..."
"Is that a yes?"
"Fine already!"
Takano smiled as he took Ritsu's hand to his and dragged him inside the photo booth, people began to go back to thier own business.
Inside the photo booth
"hey, scoot over, I can't see the camera.", Takano complained, "s-sorry! J-just...bear with it...for a while..."
Ritsu was resembling a fresh strawberry now, being this close to Takano, it was too much! More than that, they were taking pictures!
Well, at least they'd have some memories of that day.
After taking a dozen pictures, they went out, only to be greeted by the other members of the gang. "Ooh, making memories now, are we~? Teehee!", Kisa giggled as he teased the two, "uh-huh.", Takano chuckled as he took the photo collage from the side of the booth.
"B-because of you scooting me over I almost fell, y'know!", Ritsu scolded the raven-haired man. "Well, it's better for you to fall— in love with me~"
Hatori, Chiaki, Yukina, and Kisa looked at him with blank faces, "stop being so cheesy."
"That was cheesy? Come on, it was good!"
"No it wasn't!", Ritsu pouted, "I want to kiss you right now. You look so cute."
"Noo!", he moved away from Takano from that on till they reached their destination.
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The Rabbit Café was the best café Ritsu has ever been in. He could pet some rabbits, he could snuggle them, touch their fluffy ears, he had so much fun.
After that, they all said their "good night"s as each pair parted from the other pairs, "bye bye, Ricchan, Takano, Hatori, Chiaki-kun! Thanks for today!", Kisa waved happily as he was dragged away gently by Yukina as he also said his "good bye" and "thank you"
"Thanks for the invite, Takano, I couldn't have been so happy today if it weren't for today.", Hatori smiled a bit, as Chiaki blushed a little and thanked Takano and Ritsu for the wonderful day.
So now, it was only the two left, it was pretty dark, and you know how Ritsu's very afraid of the dark.
"You okay? You seem cold, c'mere.", he opened his arms wide for Ritsu, he smiled sweetly at the brunet, "I-I'm not cold...", he averted his gaze and blushed. Takano frowned a little, he was a bit upset at the fact that Ritsu's still being stubborn as he always used to be. "You can try being a little bit gentle and warm, right?"
Ritsu looked at him with a pout, "...t...thank you...for inviting...me today...", he said, blushing, "hm...", the taller of the two patted the smaller one on his head in a very sweet and caring manner.
"You're welcome, Ritsu~"
The day has ended, but their love has yet to bloom, more treasures to come ︎
Gumi: amg, MY HAIKU DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY SENSE DOES IT XD! (The Haiku is the very very last line I put there, if it's not following the 5,7,5 syllable rule, please tell meXD cuz I'm not really sure if I did it right XD)
Aya: the first two parts make sense, but the last 5 syllable one doesn't make sense to me at all, it sounds like wrong grammar.
Kassandōra: well, it wasn't like she did even have a choice, well, it was the only 5 syllable one she was able to connect to the first two parts XD
Gumi: ;-;'damn Haikus...WHY DOES IT EVEN NEED TO BE 5,7,5 SYLLABLES, GDI! AGH
Aya and Kassandōra: well it's not like you can change the way it works!
Gumi: ;-; yeah...yeah...