REQUESTED BY: Animebunbuns

A/N: One of two requests from this person! Enjoy!

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The arcade was absolutely bustling today. You could hardly focus yourself as the loud chatter proved too much a distraction. Still you persisted, fingers flying between buttons and your eyes glued to the screen.

It was until someone tapped on your shoulder, and you jumped and accidentally sent your character straight into an obstacle, killing you.

You kissed your teeth and turned, expecting to tell them off, but to your surprise it was your boyfriend. "Oh, Hajime! I didn't know you'd be here today."

"Yeah, Natsumi's older brother promised to take her and she insisted I tag along." He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "As scary as he can be, I swear she's scarier."

"Preaching to the choir on that one," you huffed a laugh, having fond memories of the girl yourself. "Anyway, since you're here we should play something! What do you wanna do?"

He shrugged, stuffing his hands in his pockets as you walked away from the machine. "I haven't really been around here before..."

Your eyes brightened, and you held his arm and lead him around. The arcade was like your second home, having spent every last penny of your 'arcade fund' part of your allowance studying various games and their mechanics. Fitting for your talent as the Ultimate Developer, you supposed.

Of course, since it was packed today there was no chance in hell that you were getting on the more popular machines, such as the DDR machines by the back wall. You noticed the play tickets piled high on the side of the machine and an equally-large amount of people standing around waiting.

You found a racing game (two player, thankfully) and sat down in one of the seats. "How about a race? Best two out of three, loser buys bubble tea."

"You're on." He nodded, sitting down in the next seat over.

You grinned. This was one of your best games; there was no way you could lose!

Sure enough, three races later you were humming happily, sipping at your (f/flavor) bubble tea hand-in-hand with Hajime, who was out around eight-hundred yen.

"Don't mess with the master, dear!" You said in a sing-song voice, giving him a cheesy grin.

"I admit, I thought I had a chance there," Hajime chuckled. "You're good at it, though."

"Only because I've practiced it like, a thousand times." You gestured by waving your drink in a circle. "I wanna do a racing-type game someday with all of the characters from the Princess Piggles anime. A favor from Hifumi, I guess."

He stifled a laugh, looking at you with wide eyes. "Seriously? That old magical girl anime?"

"Hey, the guy's got taste." You shrugged, taking another sip.

The two of you found a bench to sit at, and there you sat, drinking your tea and watching people go about the mall.

You leaned back against the bench and sighed happily. "I really needed this break, Hajime. Thanks."

"I honestly had no idea I was gonna run into you today," he admitted with a soft smile. "I guess luck brought us together today."

"More like the gods decided that I deserved a break from programming," you groaned, but with no real heat behind your tone. "You're a life saver, I owe you one."

"It's a date then," he nonchalantly took another sip, leaving you making a choked noise. "Say, seven PM on Saturday?"

"S- sure," you uttered, eyes wide. Then you stopped. "Wait a minute, did you just finesse me into using up a favor on a date?"

His only answer was a sly smile.

"... Kiss me, you fool," you demanded, cheeks pink.

He complied with a chaste kiss to your lips, and it left you glowing for the rest of the afternoon.

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A/N: Please tell me what you thought, feel free to request, and I'll see you guys later!