"Here are your orders."
A little while later, water and two parfaits came. However, the person serving us wasn't Sumika-senpai. I calmed my heart down slightly as I sighed in relief.
"Uhm, excuse me?"
Akane asked.
"Yes?"
The man stopped.
"What happened to the waitress serving us?"
She asked.
"Oh, you mean Sumika-san. Her shift just ended."
"Thank you for telling us."
The man walked away.
"Looks like she won't be coming back."
Anastasia said.
"Yeah."
I whispered under my breath.
I drank my glass of water and put it back onto the table.
Sumika-senpai is someone I should avoid while in school. I even thought of Sakai-senpai as someone I should avoid but now that I've met Sumika-senpai and she found my identity in a flash, I'm convinced that she is my top person to avoid.
"Mmm! This is delicious!"
Akane shouted.
I wish I could be as carefree as her.
---
"Now this is more like what I was imagining. Shopping for clothes."
Anastasia brought us to a clothes store.
"Eh, but we were shopping for clothes before. Remember, the underwear."
Akane said, jokingly.
"That place is no place where a boy like myself should be."
"Let's go shopping then."
Akane picked out an outfit first and went into one of the changing closets. She invited me in but I declined her almost instantly.
What's wrong with her? Trying to get me to pick out underwear and see her body?
"How does it look?"
She came out with a black mini-dress. The dress was clearly too tight on her body.
I turned away.
"Pick something else."
"Aww..."
She pulled the curtain.
I feel like she's been acting more childish these days. Or is it just me?
"Shoya."
I turned to see Anastasia with a t-shirt in her hand. She handed it to me.
It was a cool black t-shirt with a white square and a white sword on it.
"Oh~!"
"You like it?"
"Yeah."
This suits my taste.
"Really now?"
I heard her whisper. I looked up at Anastasia.
"I think I'll buy it. Thanks--"
When I looked at her, I couldn't see her eyes. She was looking down at the floor for some reason.
"Anastasia?"
I called out to her but there wasn't a reaction. Suddenly, she began walking toward me. Surprised, I instinctively walked backward. I hit a wall and stayed there as she approached me.
"A-Anastasia?"
Before I knew it, she slammed the wall. Her hand was beside my face.
"Since you're going to buy it, why don't you express your thanks?"
I was about to!
Her face moved closer to mine. She put her lips near mine and breathed softly. My lips twitched from the sudden sensation.
What's going on? Am I going to experience another kiss? What? What? What? What?! I'm not mentally prepared for this!
"Shou-kun! How do you like thi--"
Akane stopped midway as she observed Anastasia get closer to me.
"Oi, oi, oi..."
Surprisingly, Akane wasn't stopping us. Although, her hair suddenly turned white and her face was contorted with rage.
Is she crazy using her Singularity here?!
Anastasia's arm was off the wall, so I ran toward Akane.
"What the hell do you think you're--"
I touched her arm and activated Black Exodia. Her white hair disappeared.
"--doing?"
The girl blushed and she looked me in the eyes with a confident smile on her face.
"Did you have a change of heart?"
"Wait what?"
Did she not notice her Singularity run out of control due to her emotions? God, that's going to make things complicated.
Well, at least I saved everyone in this place from becoming a relic of the Ice Age.
---
"Haha! Take that!"
"You! I'll get you!"
After buying some clothes, we decided to go to the arcade, where I'm currently smashing Akane in some Street Warrior Zero.
"I'm winning!"
"No, you're not! I'm absolutely destroying you!"
Yes, as I said, I am absolutely destroying Aka--what, no! No, no, no! There's no way I'm--.
Akane beat my character up and used her ultimate, finishing me off once and for all.
[GAME OVER! YOU LOSE!]
"No!"
I slammed the machine. After, I made sure I didn't break anything.
I need to keep my emotions in check, otherwise, I'll be destroying something by accident. Anyway, there's no way she beat me!
"You cheated, didn't you?!"
"No, I didn't! I won by pure skill! Don't be a sore loser!"
"But, but--"
"There, there."
Anastasia put her hand on my shoulder.
"I'll beat her for you."
I stared at her before answering.
"Go for it."
She smiled.
I got off of the arcade machine and she got on. The both of them inserted a single token and began selecting their characters.
[RILEY! MEENA!]
Once their characters were selected, Akane picked a stage and the battle began.
It was best to three.
It started. Akane began beating the living hell out of Anastasia.
"Hm? How do I even use this?"
Gah, she didn't even know how to play and yet she insisted on beating Akane. Now I know that Akane will win for sure.
Akane won the first round.
The next round started and Anastasia began fighting back more. She was able to get Akane's HP bar down to half before she died.
That was nice progress.
"Haha! What do you think of me, the Street Warrior Queen?!"
Akane boasted.
"Calm down, Akane. You still haven't won."
Anastasia said calmly, without smiling.
"Yeah but there's no way you can beat me now."
"We'll see about that."
The third round started and Anastasia began pulling off combo after combo.
"W-w-what?!"
Akane panicked.
That match went to Anastasia.
[PERFECT!]
Yup, she didn't even land a single hit on him.
The fourth round began and the same thing happened with the same results.
"This can't be happening!"
Akane couldn't believe it.
The final round began and Anastasia put Akane into an air combo before unleashing her ultimate and finishing the fight.
Anastasia won.
"No way! All three rounds with all perfects?!"
Akane shouted.
Wow... I guess she's skilled.