(20th April) The ring of my phone shooked me from the depths of sleep, shattering the peace of my weekend. With a groan, I grabbed the device. "Who dares disturb my precious weekends," I grumbled like old man, voice sounds like someone who just woke up from sleep. "waht doo yu wan" (yawn)
"It's Mizuki. Let's hit the mall yo , it's weekend. I have already convinced Shihana to join us and she's coming. " came Mizuki's energetic voice on the other end.
"Thanks, but I'll pass," I mumbled, still half-asleep.
"Get up, lazy ass. I'll drag you out if I have to," Mizuki threatening... Me...? Seriously. I thought he's a pretty soft and kind guy (cries inside)
Despite my attempt to protests, I found myself reluctantly agreeing to join them (got forced) later that day. As we met up at the mall, I couldn't resist a stare at Mizuki for disrupting my weekend peace.
After aimlessly wandering the mall, we stumbled upon an arcade, its neon lights attracting us inside. "Want to check it out?" Mizuki asked, excitement evident in his voice.
"Yeah, why not," I replied, while Shihana nodded in agreement, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.
Mizuki, with a mischievous grin, declared he would buy the tokens and promptly collected money from both Shihana and me before running off to the counter for exchange. I gave him few money notes from my monthly allowance...
Left alone, Shihana and I stood awkwardly next to each other amidst the flashing lights and buzzing sounds of the arcade. I couldn't help but steal glances at her... her brown eyes were captivating, and her hair flowed like silk. I want to touch it. They look so smooth
Caught in the act, our eyes met briefly, and I quickly averted my gaze, feeling a blush creeping up my cheeks. I cleared my throat awkwardly, searching for something to say to break the tension. "Uhm..."
Mizuki returned, distributing tokens to each of us with a totally dishonest face. Before I could question him about the remaining money, he announced his intentions to play another game and dashed off, leaving us alone once again.
"Shall we check out the basketball game?" Shihana suggested, breaking the silence with a smile. I'm glad she said something, I wanted to be the one who ask but I don't have the guts to do so
"Sure, sounds like fun," I replied, feeling a surge of excitement as we headed towards the game, our adventure at the arcade unfolding before us.
We went to the basketball game together while mizuki was nowhere in sight.
I Inserted some tokens and the timer started. I took a ball and threw it. I actually made it into the hoop. "Nice shot" she said. We both start throwing and try to get a high score.
At the last seconds, I accidentally touched her hand and got embarrassed but she didn't noticed it apparently. I can feel that my ears were red.
"Aww too bad, We only got 10 points" Shihana said "Correction, the 10 points all from me" I replied with chuckles. "Ay, we are a team, we work together and points are ours to share" she spoke while smiling. Her face radiating positive energy which made me happy somehow.
I like her vibe so much, sometimes I pushed her away cause it's just too much for me. I just feel too happy and too embarassed to be honest with myself sometimes. I guess, I need to be more true with myself as this kind of things, might perish in the future. I wished for the best that time.
We continued walking around the arcade to find a game to play...