Hey loves,

There are only 4 chapters left, including this one. So I decided to upload two chapters a week from now on, meaning next Saturday will be the last time I update this book. It will be finished then.
I am excited to end this story together with you and I hope you will like it.
Thank you for all your lovely comments and votes. You made me smile several times.
Now enjoy! <3

- Karma

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𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐...

During the next few weeks, you and Nagi concentrated on finishing the school project, making a deal to stay away from the Arcade until you held your presentation.

However, this didn't stop him from falling asleep in the middle of your study sessions repeatedly and you made him pay for it every time with him having to give you a kiss on your cheek. Not that it was much of an inconvenience for him.

Both of didn't really seem to be the shy type when it came to relationships. Nagi and you both were blunt and direct people, yet none of you asked the other one for a kiss during the first few weeks. However, your pace was about to change on a certain Friday.

"This was exhausting", Nagi said, his eyes looking sleepy as he left the school beside you. It had become a habit of him to accompany you home, while Reo gave Mika a ride with the limousine. The blond was still head over heels for the popular violet-haired boy and therefore rather grateful for your dating with his best friend.

"You're right", you agreed with the snowy haired boy, sighing. "But you know what?" You straightened your body and grinned up to him.

"We're free to go to the Arcade again", he said exactly what has been on your mind and you smiled for the both of you, happily jumping up and down.

"Yes! Finally!", enthusiastically, you grabbed his hand and pulled him with you. You were that much excited that you didn't see the flush on Nagi's cheeks as he stumbled behind you.

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"I crushed your Highscore again", you retreated from the 'Violent Combat' machine, feeling more than satisfied. Your new score slightly passed 500.000 points.

At this point they should give me a price for that much skill.

"Lemme see", Nagi leaned down, his head brushing your shoulder, his hair tickling your cheek.

He is so close.

You unintentionally held your breath, glancing at him from the side. He was so pretty, even when you looked at him closely.

His lips look so soft. I wanna kiss them.

The moment you realised the content of your own thoughts, heat spread in your face faster than you had crushed your enemies in the game two seconds earlier. You jumped a step back, accidentally bumping into someone.

As Nagi looked at you with a confused expression, you just regained your balance. "I'm so sorry", you turned around and bowed down to the person, without even looking into their face.

The whole situation reminded you of that one time you bumped into Hyo-chan in the grocery store. Right now and back then you had been caught up in your thoughts and you really wanted to slap yourself for being so unfocused.

The time before the person in front of you replied to your apology felt like a whole decade. Or even worse, like one of your chemistry classes. They feel like an eternity every damn time. Silently, you begged for it to be Hyoma again, yet you knew it was rather unlikely. He usually didn't even visit Arcades.

"(Y/N)-chan?", a familiar voice finally replied and you lifted your head, only to be greeted with the sight of Sakura smiling at you.

"Ah Sakura, I'm so sorry", you bowed down again, relieved that you actually did bump into someone like a friend again.

"It's fine, it's fine. Please stand up", she laughed it off and you complied her plea. "I haven't seen you here recently, where have you been? My shifts were super boring without you here"

"I had a school project to finish", you explained, turning towards Nagi. However, your date was totally absorbed in a round of Violent Combat.

[source: Blue Lock Manga, Chapter 150]

Is he for real?!

"Are you here together?", Sakura leaned over to you, whispering into your ear while you eyed Nagi with a dumbfounded expression.

"Yeah, we're dating", you deadpanned, not sure whether to laugh or cry.

"Oh really?!", Sakura's eyes lit up and she grinned at you. "That's so cool!"

"Is it?", you were confused by her euphoria.

"Absolutely. Look, he's tall and pretty and a gamer. What else would you want?"

"I didn't fall for him because of that"

"Oh, so you're in love?", the girl wiggled her eyebrows and you rolled your eyes while you felt heat rising to your cheeks again.

Will this ever stop?

"Maybe", you lied.

"Maybe? Aren't you sure yet? Is he no good kisser?"

"Not so loud", you whisper-yelled, putting your hand over her mouth, panically watching whether Nagi had heard her or not. He didn't seem to realise anything from the outer world in this moment though. "We've not kissed yet", you explained with a low voice.

"Really? How long have you been dating?"

"Not long, maybe three weeks?"

"Three weeks and you haven't kissed yet?!"

"Oi, lemme handle this at my pace, alright?", you countered, crossing your arms. "I've got full control over the situation"

"Is that why you stumbled over your own feet two minutes ago?", she raised an eyebrow as you pressed your lips together.

"I...", you weren't able to finish your retort since Nagi interrupted you.

"I've crushed your Highscore", Nagi announced, pointing at the screen with a neutral expression. However, you saw the short happy glint in his eyes. He definitely felt good whenever he defeated you and that motivated you even more to win against him, over and over again. And to win him over, over and over again.

You couldn't accept your defeat like that.

"Move, my turn!", you decided and he complied, standing up from the chair again. Nagi placed himself behind you, not watching you play as if he didn't want to disturb you. Instead, he leaned against the machine and said: "Good luck, if you lose you'll lemme sleep in your lap later. I'm tired"

"You can sleep in my lap either way, Sei"

"Sei?", only when Nagi repeated the short form of his first name you had just used, you realised what you had unintentionally done. You've been so absorbed in the game that you didn't realise calling him that. You froze.

'GΛMΣ ӨVΣЯ', the screen informed you.

At this point, you definitely just wanted to curl up and die. Instead, you looked up to the boy who held your gaze with white locks falling around the red tips of his ears.

"I...", you weren't sure what to do. Should you apologise? Or play it cool? The only thing you definitely knew was that you thought too much about what to do and what not, most of the time you were with him.

You sighed, deciding that this had to change for the sake of the two of you being comfortable with each other like you've been before. "May I call you...Sei? It...it just came off of my lips, I don't know..."

Damn, (Y/N), you really screwed this up.

"Sure", Nagi replied. "It's cute when you call me Sei. I like it. But you lost, so have to let me sleep in your lap now"

He was about to kneel down and lay his head onto your thighs when you quickly stood up from the chair, almost stumbling over it. In the last moment, Nagi caught you, preventing you from hurting yourself. "Gotta be more careful"

You didn't reply. His face only being inches apart from yours made you flustered. As you didn't move, Nagi slowly put you in a straight position again and let go of you. "Let's go home"

He meant your grandma's house. Ever since the night he had slept at your home, he visited every few days to sleep there. It was some kind of silent agreement between the two of you and you enjoyed it pretty much. You slept better when Nagi was lying beside you.

Although you felt kind of bad for him. Your insomnia was almost gone when he was there, yet he still waited every time until you fell asleep before he allowed himself to doze off at night.

"Sure", you agreed, suddenly feeling exhausted from all these worries and unfamiliar thoughts. Also, you were a little disappointed that you screwed up in Violent Combat due to your overthinking.

Sakura was observing the whole situation with a pained expression. You had almost forgotten about her again, only seeing that she still stood only two meters farther when you wanted to leave the Arcade.

"Ah Sakura, sorry, I almost forgot about you again"

"It's okay, you're a customer and on a date - you should be busy"

"Thank you for your understanding. How about we talk another day? I'm rather tired right now"

"Sure, I'll message you later, have a nice evening"

"You too", with a gentle smile she shortly hugged you for a goodbye and you were grateful for her understanding. As you watched the girl leave and attend some of her tasks, Nagi suddenly placed his head on top of yours.

"Who's that?", he asked curiously.

"Ah, that's Sakura. She works here. We're friends"

"You have a lot of friends"

Hearing that being said about yourself, you were kind of surprised. You remember well the days where it had been different. But after shortly reminiscing what happened during the past year, you had to admit that Nagi was right. You had met some wonderful people you could gladly call your friends.

"Yes", you smiled to yourself. "Maybe you are right"

"Are you sleepy?", he asked, lifting his head and walking around you, looking down to your face.

"Yes", you replied, still confused by your unnatural tiredness. "Maybe because all this stress about the project is finally gone and now my body knows that I can finally rest again"

"A body knows that?"

"I think so", you rubbed your eyes, trying to get rid of your exhaustion. Suddenly, Nagi turned around and squatted in front of you. "Come on, I'll carry you home"

He...what?! Like Reo does with him sometimes?!

"What, Sei, are you sure? The way is too long and I'm..."

"I am strong and you are tired. Wanna carry you. Hurry, I'm hungry", his tone didn't allow any disobedience. He sounded cute when he wanted to convince someone in a non-threatening way.

You gulped but then obeyed, carefully hugging his neck and placing yourself on top of his back. As Nagi carried you out the door, he was very careful to not bump your head at the doorframe.

"Isn't it a pain for you to carry me?", you asked curiously. "I miss your gloomy 'whatta pain'. You don't say it that often anymore"

"Oh really? I didn't realise", Nagi said before a comfortable silence came up, only some cars and his calm steps being heard. You nuzzled your nose into his neck and took in his familiar scent, which always achieved to comfort you. You felt like almost dozing off, when he spoke up again. "Maybe it's because things aren't that much of a pain when you're there"

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After having dinner with your grandma, Nagi and you layed down in your bed. It was only shortly after 6pm, however both of you were very tired. As promised, Nagi layed down on your lap and you played with his fluffy hair as he drifted off to sleep.

He looks so cute.

It was hard for you not to screech out of affection when you looked at his naturally beautiful face. He was the most beautiful boy on earth for you and you couldn't imagine having anyone else by your side.

Carefully, you traced along his features with your fingertips. Along his warm temple, down his cute nose, however you hesitated when you wanted to reach out for his lips. You couldn't bring yourself to touch them, yet again the thought of kissing him filled your mind.

Suddenly, you heard your phone buzzing. It was laying beside you on the bed and you looked at it only to find a message from Sakura.

Sakura
Hey, just wanted to ask if you wanna
meet tomorrow? I am free. ^^
Beside that, you and your date would

be much more comfortable with each
other if you finally kissed.
Good luck, XOXO

You
Thank you, Sakura! I will keep that in
mind and update you tomorrow.
Let's meet at 2pm in front of the Arcade.
Are you ok with that?

Sakura
Sure! Can't wait! ;)

She's such a great friend. I'm glad I met her. Maybe we can go see that new movie of My Hero Academia in the cinema if she likes anime...I really wanna get to know her better.

Nagi shifted in your lap, which caused you to place your phone on your night stand and watch him as he slowly opened his eyes.

Did I wake him?

"Wanna show me your favourite anime?", he asked you surprisingly.

Where the hell does that come from? I just thought about anime...can he read minds?

"Are you still half asleep?", you asked confused but with an amused smile plastered on your lips.

"No", he lifted himself up, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. "I have been dreaming about that though. We were watching Bono Bono in my dream"

"Your favourite anime", you recalled the name from the truth game you played with him some time ago over Discord.

"Yes. And now I wanna know yours"

"Alright", you nodded excitedly. "I don't have a television here yet though. So we have to watch on my phone"

"'kay", he still sounded sleepy as the two of you laid down to watch (your favourite anime) on your phone.

However, in the middle of the second episode, suddenly another message from Sakura came in.

"Ah btw, if you don't kiss him just because you're too shy, I'll have you pay for my lunch tomorrow"

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𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐...