Asahi and Miyako walk for awhile and pay another visit to the old woman, they finally reach the arcade after awhile, by this time the area was already starting to liven up and people could be seen doing all sorts of activities in the arcade, Asahi stepped in and took a look around, he had forgotten to buy a bottle of water earlier at the vending machine since they had went to see the old woman.
After standing at the front door for a few seconds he spots a counter which had a display showing an array of drinks and snacks, he went up to the counter with Miyako in tow and bought two bottles of water for each of them, "Go buy some coins." Asahi pointed to a machine on the back end of the main room where you could exchange money for coins to be used in the arcade.
Asahi went to sit down on a bench at the side as Miyako struggled to figure out how the machine worked, she started forming a small line behind her as she couldn't find where to put the money into, Asahi saw the people behind her getting relatively impatient and walked over awkwardly to help her.
After buying a few tokens, they went to sit down on the bench again to see how many tokens they had, "We have, 24... 25... 26..." Asahi points at each coin as he counts them one by one, "60." Miyako said.
Asahi looked at Miyako in admiration as she could count so fast despite the coins being in his hand, After a short rest they both went to look around at what games they could play, a racing game was the first they encountered and after showing Miyako where to insert the coins, they started racing against each other, Asahi was always good at arcade games and especially the racing ones, so he showed off his skill to Miyako.
Miyako being new to arcade games got last place and Asahi got first, then they notice three kids were watching them play, "Wow you're so good at it!" One child said to Asahi, and the other "You're so bad!" Miyako felt slightly angry at the kids but didn't show it.
Asahi got along surprisingly well with the kids and went around with Miyako to have fun with them, they played a zombie shooter game where Miyako panicked and nearly hit her head with the toy gun as the kids laughed and she got progressively more annoyed at them.
After awhile Miyako started getting competitive with the kids and they started challenging each other enthusiastically to a game of their choice, after competing with each other, Miyako won none and the kids were disappointed that Miyako was really bad at arcade games, she was still annoyed at the end but still had a lot of fun with the kids, "You looked like you enjoyed yourself there." Miyako was sweating as Asahi handed her a handkerchief, she wiped her forehead and said, "I did?" Asahi looked proud for a reason Miyako couldn't figure out.
"You were smiling, laughing and having fun with the kids, what else could that be?" Asahi said happily with a bright smile, the kids had left earlier when they're parents had come to fetch them, the kids had wanted to play with the two of them some day later and said they would come back soon, Miyako looked happier than Asahi had ever seen before, this was the first time she had played with kids much younger than her, she wanted to play with them some day too but remembered that she wouldn't be able to and it broke her heart.
Asahi looked concerned for Miyako and tried to cheer her up, "Why don't we go get some lunch somewhere close? I know a great place!" Asahi pointed his finger outside and puffed out his chest, after playing for awhile and catching their breaths, Miyako nearly falls on the ground after running around too much when her body was already still in bad condition, Asahi is shocked after seeing her lying on the ground while he was packing their stuff to head out, he lifts her up and carries her outside to sit on the bench to breathe some fresh air after being in the arcade for too long it felt tiring.
Miyako is panting and he tells her that they should rest until she feels better, she felt guilty again that she was making Asahi spend his time with her when he could go and have fun by himself without her, "Why do you always stay with me even though I hold us back?" Miyako sadly said staring at the ground, "Because being with you is already good enough!" Asahi continued to talk enthusiastically to cheer Miyako up, she looks up at the sky holding back tears, she silently says, "wouldn't you have been better off without me?" She wipes her eyes using her arm, Asahi doesn't know what to say.
Afterwards, they head towards the place that Asahi was talking about earlier, but the friendly atmosphere between them had vanished leaving only space for silence, Asahi desperately thought of something to say but couldn't find the right words, even while he was eating, he was unknowingly disturbing the whole restaurant with his face, he looked serious and very deep in thought making him stick out amongst the people in the area.
Whilst Miyako was silent the whole time even when eating she ate slowly and silently, the atmosphere between them resembled two enemies facing each other in battle, Asahi wanted to break the tension between them by saying something, but he felt it wasn't appropriate in this situation, but he knew that if nothing changed soon, the rest of their days would feel empty, Miyako knew this as well but said nothing as she didn't want to speak because if she did, she would feel too much sadness and guilt to bear it.
They returned to their hotel in silence, intimidating anyone who saw them along the way with their intoxicating atmosphere and dreadful silence, Asahi thought of something that he could finally say after the whole day has passed, he was excited to regain the friendliness between them and asked Miyako to sit down as he brought a chair from one side of the room to the middle where he wanted to have a talk.
Miyako reluctantly sat down and bit her lip trying to suppress her emotions, she felt guilty about ruining the day and didn't want to express her feelings, Asahi tries to get her to talk about how she feels, "The situation today really drastically changed huh...." Try as he might, but Miyako remained silent, "Look, you can say whatever you want, I won't mind and I'll listen to what you have to say okay? now, just talk to me." Miyako was being stubborn and still refused to speak as her expression worsened, Asahi decided to use brute force to get her to talk, he yelled "Miyako, I won't be able to know how you feel if you don't tell me, and if things continue like this we won't be able to enjoy our last few days..." The now wide eyed Miyako said, "I.... apologise, I just.. don't know why you're being so kind to me." She begins tearing up as she speaks.
"I don't know what you're thinking... and I'm the one who got us into this situation, I know that I don't mind, but I'm still not sure what you think, I feel like you've been lying to me about how you feel this whole time.. you say that you don't mind but I don't know what you really think." At this point Miyako is fully expressing her feelings and crying, "You even let me rest when you haven't even rested yet, you talk to me happily even though I don't say much at times, I make the atmosphere awkward and I don't want to make you feel like you have to slow down for me..."
Asahi is relieved after hearing what she had been thinking of the whole time they'd been together, Asahi walks up to her and places his hand on her shoulder, Miyako looks up at him as she wipes away her unending stream of tears, "It's true that I reeeallly don't mind at all." Even now, he tries to lighten the atmosphere by talking in a serious but comedic manner, "So you can rest easy, my true feelings are as I have always said they were, as for the reason why I am kind to you.. that's..." He scratches his cheek thinking of what to say.
Suddenly he feels very tired and nearly collapses, Miyako quickly catches him before he hit the floor and worriedly asks, "Are you okay? hello!" Asahi's vision becomes narrower as he falls into a deep sleep, Miyako panics wondering if something is wrong and decides to let him rest for awhile until he wakes up, she carries him onto the bed stressing her body more in the process.
She pants tiredly and tucks him into bed and goes to shower, she had been sweating quite a lot today so she went to have a warm shower, in the shower she thinks about what Asahi just said to her, "I can rest easy..?" She then remembers what her mother told her, she had completely forgotten the conversation they had, she remembers she had already decided to have as much fun as she could and to enjoy being with Asahi since they only had a very short time left, she clenches her fist with determination and quickly showers to head to bed so that she can talk to Asahi in the morning, for the first time in awhile, she slept calmly without thinking about anything.