The milk tea had long been completely drunk up by the two of them, and the empty cup was thrown into the trash can along with other garbage.
The principle he adhered to from beginning to end was "no littering." The moment the cup was thrown into the trash can, Guangyou felt that his soul had been elevated a little more.
Guangyou looked up at the incandescent light on the arcade ceiling at a 45-degree angle and sighed, "There aren't many good kids like me anymore."
Ai slowly reached out and gently pinched the soft flesh of Kousuke's waist, saying to him in a disdainful tone, "Don't be so narcissistic, you're not that good."
"If I weren't good enough, how could you possibly like me?"
Kōyū rubbed the spot on his waist where she had pinched him, turned his head to glance at Ai, and said in a teasing tone.
"Only a fool would like you, you're shameless."
After saying that, Ai quickened her pace and walked in front of Kyou.
Guangyou wasn't in a hurry at all. He followed slowly behind, reached out and pulled down his baseball cap, and said, "This idiot still won't admit it."
"Trying to provoke me?"
Ai was completely unaffected by those words, and her steps didn't even falter for a second.
But she stopped short of walking. Guangyou thought she was waiting for him to catch up, but even when he walked up to Ai, she didn't move and seemed to be lost in thought.
Kōyū took Ai's hand, placed it between his own, and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing."
Ai came to her senses, shook her head, gave him a slight smile, and said, "Let's go."
"You're definitely hiding something from me."
Kōyū could tell that Ai was acting strangely; she seemed to be preoccupied with something in the arcade. He had noticed her looking distracted when he returned from buying the item.
Ai tugged at Kousuke's sleeve, took a few steps forward, and said, "No, don't overthink it."
Were you watching that before?
Kōyū followed her gaze and looked in that direction. There was a row of claw machines there. Ai had probably been looking at the plush toys inside the machines.
"no.."
Before Ai could finish answering, Kōyū pulled her to the claw machine, looked around, and asked, "Which one do you like?"
Ai hesitated for a moment, then pointed to one of the claw machines that held animal plush toys and asked softly, "Don't you think I'm childish?"
Guangyou paused for a moment, then chuckled and asked, "No way, why would you think that?"
Ai's answer surprised Kōyū. She shook her head and said, "I don't know, it's just how I feel. Maybe it's because they're so pink?"
The decorations on those animal dolls are indeed very pink and cute. Whether it's the accessories on the dolls or the overall color scheme, they exude an overwhelming girlish charm.
It's perfectly normal for girls to like this kind of thing. How could Kōyū possibly think that Ai is childish?
"I'm so happy you like these."
Guangyou observed the dolls inside the machine, pointed inside, and turned to ask, "Do you want a cat or a dog?"
Hearing this response, Ai smiled slightly, hesitated for a moment, and tentatively asked, "Can I... have both?"
Guangyou nodded in agreement without much thought: "No problem."
Are you sure you can do it?
Hearing Ai's almost teasing words, Kōyū suddenly felt a surge of competitiveness. He rolled up his sleeves, shook his hands, and said, "Today I will definitely make you take these two little dolls back."
He inserted two game coins into the machine, grabbed the joystick, and controlled the grappling hook to move within the machine.
Kōyū squinted, and after confirming his aim, pressed the button. The grappling hook then moved downwards to grab the doll.
They managed to catch it, but it fell down very quickly after they got a short distance up.
"I suspect it's coated with lubricant."
Guangyou coughed lightly and casually offered a ridiculous reason to ease the awkwardness of the situation.
Ai directly exposed Kousuke's true colors, teasingly saying, "Actually, you're just not good enough."
"A man can't say no."
Guangyou inserted two more game coins and went through another series of actions. This time, he aimed at the cat plush toy closest to the dispenser, double-checked the alignment, and then pressed the button hard, saying, "If it still doesn't work this time..."
"Then what should we do?"
Hearing Ai's question, Kōyū chuckled and said, "Then let's do it again."
History always repeats itself in such an astonishing way. The grappling hook caught the toy just like last time, but it didn't lift it very high before it fell again...
"One more time."
...
A minute passed.
Guangyou straightened up, shook his head in feigned disappointment, sighed deeply, and said, "I didn't expect this arcade to have a broken machine here."
Ai looked at Kōyū with amusement and laughed, "Don't talk nonsense, the machine is definitely good, it's just that you're not up to par."
"Cough cough..."
A blush appeared on Guangyou's cheeks, as if his lie had been exposed.
How could he not know that? But even if he did, he wouldn't admit it. It was definitely the machine's fault. If the machine wasn't malfunctioning, at least one or two fish would have been caught by now.
He had previously heard silly netizens say, "I tried more than ten times, but I couldn't catch a single one." Then he saw some experts post a picture of a bunch of plush toys, with the caption, "My luck wasn't good today, I only managed to catch this many."
Therefore, he was skeptical about the difficulty of the claw machine game. However, he had always been alone before and was too lazy to try it. After a while, he forgot about it.
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