"Aw, c'mon, the movie theaters again?" said Ui. She and Azusa stood in front of the bus stop, waiting for the next bus to arrive.

"Well, do you have any other ideas?" said Azusa. She flipped her bus pass around her fingers absentmindedly. "We've already been to the arcades twice this week, and the week before that we went to the beach together. It's been, what, a month since we last went to the movies?"

"True, but still . . ." Ui said, squeezing Azusa's hand. They both blushed, as holding hands in public was still new to them.

"We've been planning this all week, and I even splurged on getting us into the 3D showing."

"Y-You don't have to spend so much money on me just for one date," said Ui.

"It's fine. I got my paycheck and I have more than enough to cover for the both of us."

"Speaking of, how's that summer job going?"

"It's mainly just been sorting papers and typing a lot. This guy named Cody has been bugging me. He keeps on talking to me and trying to touch me and hug me, and he keeps saying all this nasty stuff," said Azusa, scowling. "Boys are the worst."

"Did you report him?"

"Yeah, and now he blames me for almost getting him kicked out of the internship program. It's his fault."

"Aw," said Ui, giving Azusa a quick hug.

"I'm okay. I blocked him online so that he won't bother me."

"That's good," said Ui. Hearing the bus, she let go of Azusa's hand and reached for her bus pass in her purse. The two girls boarded the bus and kept on chatting as the bus headed towards their destination.

"Wow," said Azusa, looking up at the massive building. "The height still impresses me every time we come here."

"Me too," Ui said in reply. Azusa took her hand as they walked past a large group of people staring down at their phones.

"What are they doing?" asked Ui.

"I think they're playing some new game that just came out," said Azusa, peering at one of their phone screens. "People have been getting outside a lot lately."

"I see. Well, I don't have much time to wander around these days. Must be nice, being able to play games like that."

"Ui, hate to break it to you, but you're actually a really fast learner when it comes to games. If we both downloaded that right now, I'm pretty sure you'd be a top-rank player within a day."

"Aw, really?"

"I don't know if you took that as a compliment or not. Oh well . . ." Azusa mumbled.

"Did you say something?"

"Hmm? No, I didn't say anything. Do you want popcorn? My treat."

"Aw, no, you already paid for the tickets. Don't go buying popcorn too!"

"Race ya to the concessions stand then?"

"Hey!"

Popcorn in hand, the girls made their way up the stairs and found some good seats near the back of the theater.

"I heard that the short film before the movie's supposed to be insanely cute," said Azusa.

"Hey! No spoilers, please," said Ui, popping a piece of popcorn into her mouth. "Mm, I think we should have put more butter on this."

"You sure? I don't want to be too unhealthy with the snacks."

"I mean, it's fine. I don't mind," Ui said, smiling. The lights started to dim as the last of the trailers started playing. Azusa lifted the armrest between them and snuggled up against Ui's arm.

"Comfortable?" Ui asked. Azusa nodded, then realized that Ui couldn't see her head move in the darkness.

"Yup," she said.

The pre-movie short film started playing. The story was about a small bird, and the sequence was so adorable that all the girls in the audience were saying "Awww!" by the end.

"It's so cute!" Ui said, shaking Azusa's arm in excitement. Azusa smiled, ignoring the fact that Ui was unintentionally pushing her against the armrest on the opposite side.

"You're this excited, and the movie hasn't even started yet, Ui," said Azusa, rubbing her upper arm.

"I'm sorry, I really like cute things."

"You mean like me?"

"Yes, exactly like you," Ui said. She put her palms on either side of Azusa's face and squeezed. "You and your squishy face."

"My face isn't squishy."

"Yes it is."

"Shh!" came a voice from behind them. Azusa and Ui jumped, surprised. They looked up at the screen and realized that the movie was about to start.

"Whoops," they said at the same time. They looked at each other in the light of the opening credits, and started giggling.

"That was awesome! I was so moved!" Azusa said, stretching. They stood outside the movie theater, waiting for their bus to arrive. They avoided talking about movie spoilers, as there was a line of people waiting to enter the theater. It would be rude to start talking about the movie now in case those people were about to watch it themselves.

"So, what do you want to do next?" said Ui. The bus was crowded this time, so the girls were forced to stand in the aisle and hold onto the rails.

"Well, we can head to the restaurant now, or we can wander around this part of town some more."

"Yeah . . . hey, Azusa," Ui nodded her head towards the back of the bus, where a young boy was looking around with his phone, and then smiling and swiping furiously at his screen.

"I think he's playing that same game as that group earlier, right?" said Azusa, looking back at Ui, who was now pulling out her phone. "Wait . . . no, you not, are you?"

"Mmhm. Can't stop me now, I'm too intrigued."

"Trust me, the game's not worth it. I tried it out but it slows down my phone too much, and the servers are always down."

"Maybe it'll work with my phone. I mean, after all, it's the fastest model so far."

"Yeah, but still, it's not exactly something that you want to get addicted to -"

"And . . . done!" said Ui. She activated the game and was immediately taken to an in-game map.

"Seriously? It takes me like five or more minutes just to get past the loading screen, and you're already in?"

"Oh, um Azusa, what do I do with…?"

"Turn off the virtual reality mode, Ui, it makes it much easier."

"Alright. Oh, yay! I caught it!"

"Not bad. Great, looks like you're gonna be playing this with the rest of the world, huh?"

"Yup," said Ui. "Hey, this one looks cute!"

Azusa looked over at Ui's screen. A cute pink animal was hopping around Ui's phone screen. A flick of Ui's finger, and the creature disappeared into a capsule.

"Not even five minutes into the game, and you've already caught the one of the rarest ones in the game? I'm done . . ." said Azusa, looking down sadly at her phone.

"Azusa? Azusa, can you hear me? Oh no, I've broken her spirit…" Ui said, worried that she had hurt her girlfriend. "Azusaaaa…"

"Kidding!" said Azusa, leaning over and kissing Ui on the cheek. Immediately Ui went beet red and almost fell over onto an old lady sitting near them.

"There, we're even now," smiled Azusa. It took Ui every ounce of mental strength she possessed in order to not freak out.

"Y-Yeah…we're even."