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Their little group walked through the game booths section until Sora and Rosetta wandered over to the ring-a-bottle game.
"Look Sora, you can win a goldfish!"
Immediately, the redhead's eyes lit up. "Really? That's amazing!"
May left to grab some kettle corn nearby while Leon and Ken came up behind the other two girls. Having heard Sora's excitement, Ken saw his opportunity.
"I can win you one," he offered.
"Oh," Sora blinked at that, "that's ok, I-"
The rest of what she was saying was ignored as Ken hailed the game person over.
Be bold. Be confident. Stand your ground.
The dating book had offered him this advice before and he has seen it work. "I'll play." Ken passed over a few bucks and the person in the booth gave him five colored plastic rings.
"You need to get three rings around the bottles in order to get a fish. Get all five and you'll win a little aquarium for the lil guy."
Five it is, Ken told himself.
He tossed his first ring and it bounced off of the glass soda bottles. His shoulders slumped a little, but then he told himself he'll just buy her a proper fish bowl later on.
Get three. He needed three for a fish.
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May went to buy a second bag of kettle corn.
"Ken," Sora protested as he paid yet again to play the game, "it's ok!"
"No," he huffed out, "I can do this."
Rosetta came back with an over stuffed teddy bear. "Look Sora! I won at the shooting game!"
The young Diabolo's win rubbed Ken the wrong way. Already Rosetta won three stuffed animals and a paper fan, but he has yet to win one lousy stinkin' goldfish...
He tossed. The ring bounced off yet again. The game was rigged, he knew it!
"Um Leon, could I put these in your car?"
Said man looked over at the bright stuffed toys in Rosetta's arms. He had volunteered his car to take all of them here, thinking it was nonsensical for each one to find their own rides. Though, something told him that he knew that Sora would appreciate the gesture.
Why? He didn't know.
There was something wrong with him, so he did not question any of his actions at the moment. He made his appointment with the doctor the Kaleido Stage was affiliated with for Monday at 9AM.
Until then he decided to just go with it.
"Alright," he said. And then the two were off to the parking lot.
Sora had seen the interaction and it made her smile. It's nice to know he's becoming more social. She turned back to the game when Ken let out a frustrated sound.
He pulled out his wallet only to see his money gone. "I'll be back."
"K."
May returned with her kettle corn. "So now what?"
Sora blinked at May and then turned to the game.
"Could I try?" she asked the game person, holding out some dollar bills.
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When Ken returned from the ATM, he saw Sora holding a little clear bag.
He gaped at the little goldfish swimming in it. "Y-You won one?"
May snickered. She couldn't hold the sound back. "In the first three tosses."
Sora beamed as she stared at her fishy friend. "He's got some black above his mouth like a mustache!" She giggled again as she thought of a name. "Does Mr. Charlie Chaplain work for you?"she cooed to the bag.
The fish wiggled. Sora took it as a 'yes.'
Ken took it as 'I'm a blasted, short lived, five dollar fish and I don't care.'
May took it as 'entertainment.'
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