@key17, oh yeah "seeing ghosts" and stuff
more fun for us though
@Minami-chan, they indeed are.
@phoenix0i, yeah surprisingly in this Yui saw more than others. For now. Takaharu bonds in a different way than others, but at least they will have stories to tell.
@buciq, I have to be honest with both you and myself he he... I'm sucker for love/hate relationships. Nothing better than hate turning in love at the end
Dating Game - Chapter 19
[Haunted Amusement Park] LAST PART
General POV
[Furukawa Airi+Takayanagi Churi]
“Are you shivering?” Airi questioned actually concerned knowing that Akane is way more scared at this moment than her and not forgetting that the girl was always bad with such places. Airi doubted that this could have changed in those 4 months that they were apart.
“I will be fine” Akane snapped back without giving herself time to even consider the answer. After few more seconds feeling that Airi’s hand and grip loosen a bit because of her words she added more seriously “but that doesn’t mean that you have to let go of my hand”.
Airi smiled a bit coldly “at least I’m here when you need me” while looking around in case of some scary skeletons or moving objects might appear in front of them and gave Akane heart attack.
“What’s that suppose to mean? Are you trying to imply something with it?”
“Oh no…just chatting… you know… considering the fact that its the first time when you don’t run away when I try to say a word to you”, Airi added when Akane imagined that something moved on her side and got closer to her ex girlfriend almost hugging her.
“Careful, look where you are placing your foot”, Airi commented after few more seconds with more concern also helping out the girl as she almost tripped.
Akane kept breathing kind of hardly either trying to control herself for snapping back and regretting it later on, or being really scared at the moment. Most likely it was both of these things.
[Back near the bus, remaining girls]
Micchan nod to the camera man after getting the latest information and went back to Rino and Takamina. “I think Haruna has fallen asleep”, the later one commented squinting her eyes at the bus.
“Well…she’s lucky if she imagines that she saw a ghost and can sleep afterwards”, Rino added and raised her eyebrows at Micchan in question.
“Every couple keeps getting lost… some even changed their pairings because of the darkness. Not sure how that’s possible…but I also want sleep”, Micchan added at the same time yawning after reporting camera man words back to the girls.
Rino and Takamina yawn almost at the same time, as it was kind of a well known fact that usually while seeing other people yawn you repeat the action without even realizing it.
“We might need to turn all the light so they will find a way back…I just don’t know who would win… then this task is kind of pointless”, Rino said while hugging herself a bit cold.
“But its cold, I want to sleep and eat, and other stuff… we will think of something else… also you know… that ghost”, Micchan whispered this time probably wondering if it could actually exist and ready to consider such fact.
It was around 5 am. Most people where still sleeping and only some woken up to start their day. Also, it was a time for the sun to come up and it would have been light either way.
“Fine…let’s end it then. Turn lights on…whenever they are”.
Rena and Rie came back to the bus just at the moment of announcement relieved and even commenting that they appeared just on time while others still walked around the premises.
[Yamamoto Sayaka+Watanabe Miyuki]
Miyuki didn’t waste any second and at some point Sayaka just gave up without fighting those embraces whenever Miyuki got scared or in some cases only pretended to be scared at nothing.
“Why can’t you be like Yuko or Yui?”
Miyuki pouted at the question. “Oh…but I wouldn’t actually be happy if I were just your cousin”.
“That’s.. that’s not… even what I mean” Sayaka stuttered surprised at herself that Miyuki words can still get her out of balance. “Also, Miyuki…”
“Milky”
“Fine… Milky” Sayaka sigh remembering that she has already given up and kept calling her by nickname. “I think they already found the exit”
“Oh…” somehow Miyuki sounded a bit disappointed thought 90% of the girls that kept walking around this place would have been happy to hear such announcement. “Can we… talk shortly before going out then?”
“Here?”
Miyuki looked around a bit noticing Sayaka’s skeptical look. “Aren’t you so scared that you can’t even let go of me?”
“I’m not that scared when I’m with you”, Miyuki commented sheepishly using her signature move for looking cuter and getting more attention.
Sayaka sigh so loudly that Yuko and Yui turn around to check what’s happening behind them. “Fine…but you have few seconds…after they will disappear behind the doors we are walking right after them in case that’s not an exit…I don’t need or want to get lost like other couples”.
Miyuki giggled at the word ‘couples’ earning another judgmental and disappointed look from Sayaka, but either way the girl agreed to stay for those few seconds and hear what Miyuki has in mind. “I just… don’t know what you could… or even want to say”.
For some reason the girl kept on laughing for herself (without actually explaining anything) and stood in front of Sayaka letting go of her hand (for the time being).
“Oh…I’m trying to be romantic”.
“Why? and…why here?” once again, Sayaka asked the important questions.
“Oh…okay…hear me out first okay… so let’s face the facts first… I think everyone…like certainly 100% everyone expect that Mayu and Yukirin is going to be the first real couple of this game. Right? I mean… I’m pretty sure that even you had this thought on your mind”
“So? I think we can discuss their dating at any other moment”
“Oh… no no…I just needed to mention that… because everyone also likes spontaneity.”
Sayaka raised her eyebrows in question, once again a bit skeptical and still unsure where Miyuki is going with this.
“Still nothing?” Miyuki rolled her eyes because of this girl’s density. “What I’m trying to say… let’s surprise them. Okay… so that’s an original place to ask this question… I doubt that anyone tried it like that… but how about we start dating seriously before them?”
“Eh?”
“Well…you do remember that I told you that I like you an I look at this seriously, right? I could talk about things that interest me… in you… but as you mentioned… maybe that’s not a place for long conversations. That’s why I’m going straight to the point. Well… I have already went straight to the point… but you haven’t given me any answer”
“No?”
“So its a maybe?”
“Why?”
Miyuki stomped her foot like a child. “I think I’ve already answered that question, haven’t I? Oh… hey guys we are not gonna end this conversation if you won’t leave…” Miyuki commented with a bright smile after noticing Yuko and Yui waiting for them by the door while whispering and looking at their direction every few seconds.
Yuko instantly raised her hand showing and okay sigh and took Yui by the hand walking out of the room a second after the comment. But still shouted from the other side “ANOTHER DARK ROOM! WE WILL JUST WAIT FOR YOU HERE!”
“Are you just joking around? Is that some sort of game?” Sayaka asked seriously even squinting her eyes without breaking eye contact with the girl at the moment.
“Do you dislike me that much?”
“Eh?”
“It looks like you don’t believe me and it doesn’t even matter what I say. I’m not proposing you know… if you dislike me that much or you start hating me… you can just break up with me after some time. I’m asking now… but like seriously… I’m not implying that I want to break up after a week or anything… I want to… look where this could go…. look you made me talk this much”.
“GUYS ITS SCARIER HERE! CAN YOU… TALK FASTER?” Yui shouted a bit frighten, probably noticing something scarier than just some white skeleton you can see in biology class.
“WE ARE COMING”, Sayaka shouted back, not wanting to make Yui worried and looked at the girl in front of her still with wonder. “But what…you can even… win out of… this, Milky?”
“You.”
They shared quite a long and intense stare and it only got interrupted after hearing not only Yui’s but also Yuko’s scream. “THREE RATS! THREE RATS JUST RAN PASSED US! I THINK WE FOUND A FAMILY! WE’RE DISTURBING THE FAMILY! THEY DON’T LIKE US! GUUUUYS!”
“I think we don’t have time anymore… I mean… I get it…I guess”, Miyuki said almost in a whisper, as if realizing (and accepting the fact) that she can’t win anything out of it, even after being honest to such extend.
“Okay”
“Okay?”
“Fine… I guess… we can… try?”
While looking at Miyuki’s face Sayaka wondered if she had seen a happier kid in her life. Miyuki even jumped to hug her but they couldn’t continue on that rushing to find panicking Yui and Yuko.
[Furukawa Airi+Takayanagi Akane]
While the discussion about the lights happened at the bus, these two still kept on walking around, trying to find a way how to get out of the scary house or at least find more people.
“Live people…I prefer”, Akane commented at some point when they shortly discussed what to do or where to turn next.
They haven’t let go of each other hands not even for a second. Actually with time it progressed to closer approach without either of them commenting on it. And by this point even though she tried not to show it Airi was just as scared as Akane.
Girls even discussed the opportunity that maybe the bus and all girls already left the place but managed to calm each other down stating that its not possible and they wouldn’t just do something like that.
After 15 minutes Akane started panicking the same way like at the beginning and without even trying to use the moment, kind of unconsciously Airi didn’t waste any second hugging the girl with attempt to calm her down.
It seemed that it worked instantly as Akane’s thought were occupied with other stuff rather than this scary place. At the moment, her ex closeness was a bigger issue.
She even breath in into Airi’s hair, probably remembering her scent.
“Better?” Airi questioned moving farther a little bit. Thought not too far as she was facing Akane inches away from her face.
Akane had to breath in harder to give an answer “pro…bably. A little…bit”
The lights appeared right after it, with both of them getting more conscious about the distance and stepping back. The girls would have been interrupted either way as Jurina and others appeared right after the lights.
“FINALLY! HALLELUJAH! ” Jurina shouted loudly for everyone to hear and was the first one heading out to leave this place. Others just followed behind.
[EVERYONE]
All girls found exists from the place walking outdoors and heading straight to the bus.
Mayu and Yuki walked behind Jurina and Yuki used the chance to ask a question that she kept on thinking about inside but couldn’t voice it with Jurina always around. “Were…Jurina okay in this place? I mean darkness and…”
“Oh…from what I have told you? As you have seen she did give a lot of attention to both of us with her comments and didn’t let go of Acchan… Jurina has issues with darkness… but when there are more people around she’s not that bad… also we weren’t locked in…I mean… if we would have been… I can’t imagine her reaction then…”
Yuki nod with a smile after getting the answer as she did worry a bit about younger girl remembering the incident from first day.
It didn’t even take 10 minutes for everyone to come back to the bus and without further ado everyone sat down in their places heading back.
Micchan and Rino looked close to falling asleep (as they probably haven’t slept at all this night, while coming up with this brilliant idea) “okay… nothing good came after it…as no one actually one…so as a punishment… we’re taking all your phones for the rest of the game”.
Some girls had already fallen asleep at the back. But those who were still alive and kicking commented at this a big confused. Yukirin’s voice could have been heard clearly “everyone took our phones from the very start”
“Eh? Really? Oh… we forgot to grant you some sort of permission to call back home than… interesting” Micchan and Rino shared a short look and shrugged her shoulders.
“Fine…we’re not giving a punishment as you suffered enough for the night… but you will stay with the same couples for another weeks… unless someone is really against it and wants to change their pairing?”
They decided that the whole task was a punishment enough leaving some to sleep others share their impressions as no one commented on the pairings not really minding it and caring more about getting back, showering, sleeping or eating.
While driving back Haruna and Takamina used the time and showed a short performance of how they encounter the ghost and ran away from it.
Milky didn’t miss out the opportunity to tell everyone that she and Sayaka are seriously dating as of today. Getting the surprise she expected as some even looked at Mayu and Yukirin direction with expectation to hear that maybe those two thought of it as well.
The distance back at the show’s premises wasn’t very far but pretty much everyone (except the driver) passed out and slept in the bus for the rest of the drive before reaching the house.