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✦ - Rui and Nene get ready for another devious plan!

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✎ "how about we stop at the arcade for little bit? it's nearby," Rui asked mechiviously. Tsukasa stared at Rui, his chair screeching from scooting it away from Emu's as Emu gave up and noshed down on the donut, taking the whole rest of it for herself.

"yeah, I assume we can," Tsukasa nodded in agreement, standing up, out of the seat he had plopped himself in a few minutes ago, and pushing it in respectfully for the next customer. "okay, let's get going now," Nene insisted calmly, fighting back a smirk just from the thought of another one of her and Rui's plans. their plans were always quite bold, of course.

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the four group members entered the arcade, Tsukasa dashed right a head as the other three trailed behind him, trying to catch up. "why is he always taking things into his own hands all the time?" Nene groaned, still out of breath from trying to follow their leader.

"he is our leader after all, an amazing leader at that," Rui exclaimed. Nene tch-ed, belittling their beloved leader. Emu continued for Rui, "c'mon, Nene-chan! you know you admire him too, right? he really is amazing..." she fawned over Tsukasa. I mean, she couldn't help but be intrigued by him, he'd do anything for his admired role.

Rui slightly glanced over his shoulder to Nene, humming with a devious look on his face. Nene smiled back.

Emu's eyes trailed around her view of the arcade, and something caught her eye, a claw machine full of many cute plushies. 'aww!! that little pink bunny is so cute! wait... ooo! maybe I can win that for Tsukasa-kun! I'm sure he'll like it,' Emu thought to herself before scurrying towards the colorful plush-filled claw machine.

Rui and Nene finally caught up with Tsukasa as Emu tried to catch the pink bunny plush for her one true love. she had failed each try, but she refused to give up. "I will get that plush for Tsukasa-kun no matter what! I won't give up!" Emu mumbled confidently to herself.

meanwhile, Tsukasa and Nene were watching Rui destroy one of the arcade games, he was a total pro. then, Nene remembered, where was Emu? "Rui, Tsukasa... where's Emu?" Nene asked, looking around. Tsukasa flinched at the question. "you don't know where Emu is?!" Tsukasa shouted, grabbing onto Nene's shoulders and shaking her roughly in a panic.

"who knows what she could do without supervision!?" Tsukasa went on a rampage. Nene scoffed, "well, it doesn't seem like you know where she is either. after all, she is your cru-" Nene gets cut off by Tsukasa, "w-we gotta go find her... like right now!" he demanded worryingly.

"yeah, I agree with Tsukasa. it seems reasonable to start looking for her," Rui agreed, walking off.

while the three were looking, they heard a high-pitched whine from nearby. Tsukasa gasped, "Emu! that's her!" as he ran towards the very recognizable sound.

he spotted Emu, she was just playing a claw game. "oh, thank god," Tsukasa sighed in relief, wiping the sweat off his forehead with his sleeve. "oh, Emu, there you are. our wonderful leader was worried about you!" Rui explained to Emu modestly, teasing Tsukasa with a devious smirk.

Tsukasa blushed, "well, of course...! I have to keep track of you guys!! I am the leader after all, if any of you got lost or hurt while in my supervision, I wouldn't really be a real star, would I...?" Tsukasa rambled, wiping off more sweat with a red face while doing a pose to make the act more believeable.

"Tsukasa-kun..." Emu mumbled worryingly, frowning at the blonde.

"I'm gonna go cool down for a bit... if you need me, I'll be at the bathroom," Tsukasa uttered, walking off to the bathroom to calm down.

the interaction Tsukasa had just had brought Emu to want to win him the plushie even more, maybe it'll make him feel better. Emu continued the game, refusing to give up until she got it.

Rui and Nene observed in fascination, clearly seeing how determined Emu was on the claw machine, especially her wanted prize. "hey, what you trying to win, Emu?" Rui asked, trying not to bother Emu too much from doing her deed, and pointing at the very specific pink bunny plush. "you want that, right?" Rui asked.

Emu nodded, still staring intensely into the claw machine. Rui smiled. "oh, you're adding a new plushie to add your collection!" he assumed. "no, I think that she wants to win that plushy for her beloved," Nene butted in with an accusation, "she would only ever take so many tries to do something to make someone important to her smile." Emu's cheeks faded into a bright pink color, knowing she couldn't deny it.

"maybe... but I can't seem to get it!" Emu cried out, disappointed. "hey, let me give it a try. I'm usually pretty good at these types of things," Rui claimed as he scooted in front of the game and after a few tries he manages to win the pink bunny plushie.

"oh, look! looks like I got it," Rui smirked, handing the plush over to Emu. Emu squeals, hugging the plushie tightly. "thank you so much, Rui!" Emu shouted in a pleased tone before running off to find Tsukasa.

during her search, she saw the blonde male exiting the bathroom. Emu took a few deep breaths and went up to him, snuggling the plush. "Tsukasa-kun!" she called out, waving with one hand and holding the very important plushie in the other.

she ran over to Tsukasa and tackled him to the ground in excitement. "Emu! you don't have to tackle me whenever you see me, y'know?!" Tsukasa mumbled, a tiny tint of pink on his cheeks. he was used to Emu doing this, though. "Tsukasa-kun!! look what I got for you!!" Emu shouted before revealing the plush from behind her back.

"oh! Emu... that's for me?" Tsukasa uttered, before getting up and wiping off the dirt on his clothes. "Emu, you won that fair and square. I can't take that from you," he insisted fairly. "buttttt, Tsukasa-kun! I tried so hard to win this for you!" Emu squeaked. "y-you did that for me?" Tsukasa stuttered, instantly snatching the plush Emu had held out for him.

"I guess I can't refuse a gift..." Tsukasa blushed, trying to make excuses for taking it. after that, Tsukasa seemed happier than before as the whole group continued playing arcade games for the rest of the day.

"hey. today was really fun, if I do say so myself," Rui stated in a pleased tone. Nene nodded in agreement. "well, it was your idea, Rui," Tsukasa smiled, continuing, "we must get on the train now before we miss it!" Tsukasa shouted, running with the plush dragging behind him. the others ran after him to catch up.

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✦ - 07/22/2023