Grace

by Dahunts

A story of compassion, friendship, drama, and love. AN: Any comments or anything would be greatly appreciated. If this goes well, I'll upload a new chapter every week(?) Also feel free to message me directly to talk! I take no credit for any lyrics or anything found to be real. I may have also left a hidden reference or two for other animes as well. See if you can find them.

13. Chapter 12

"Finally. You're awake." she said. I sat up and stretched out my spine a bit. "were the drugs fun?" she asked. It surprised me that she knew; I thought I hid it pretty well. "How did you know?" I asked her. "well, you gave me one of the funniest looking smiles I have ever seen when you gave me the stuffed dog last night. That, and I could smell whatever it was you smoked all over you." I was pretty embarrassed . I smiled a bit and tilted my head down. "I'm sorry. I guess you didn't expect me to go out and buy drugs with the money you gave me..." She kept silent for a moment. She sighed. "It's fine I suppose. I did tell you to spend your money as you want. Just let me know whatever it is you're doing." She said.

"Yes, Ms. Kurumi."

I went and brushed my teeth again. After finishing, I sat back down on my bed. "I feel like having fun today." She said out of nowhere. I looked at her.

"Anywhere you go, I'll follow." I said in a half-joking tone.

She laughed a bit. "Show me something you humans do for fun." I looked at the clock. It was five minutes to noon. "There's an arcade down the road from here." I suggested. "A what?" She asked. "An arcade. It's filled with cool games and funny noises. I think it's pretty fun." I tried to explain. She seemed unsure, but willing to go. We left the hotel; I was leading.

It didn't take us long to reach the arcade. There wasn't a single person inside, except for a maintenance guy. I looked at Kurumi and I could almost feel the excitement she was giving off. "What's that one?" she asked, pointing to a crane machine. "Go on ahead and check it out. I'll explain when I get there. I have to make change first." I said. She nodded and made a B-line to the machine. I went of to the side to a change machine. I pulled out a couple dollars and had them converted into quarters. Before I could make it back to Kurumi, the maintenance man stopped me. "Weren't you here last night?" he asked. "Huh?" I was pretty confused. "Yeah. You kept mumbling something about winning a gift for your sister or something. You did manage to win a stuffed dog or something from that crane machine there."