In the second week, they became yandere

Chapter 317 A Date for Four (2)

Led by Ayase Kotone, Shimizu and the other two came to the music game area.

I see. No wonder there are so many female high school students here.

In addition to the tall machine in front of Ayase Kotone, there were several music arcade machines that looked like washing machines next to it, but they were basically occupied.

Most of the people standing in front of the video game machines and playing were high school girls who were about the same age as Shimizu and the others.

"Sure enough, it's the same as before, Shimizu-san. This is super fun. Zhixi and I used to play this a lot."

Ayase Kotone pointed at the music game machine, her eyes revealing an excitement that was hard to conceal.

It can be seen that she must have gone to the video game arcade with Ichinose Shiki to play this kind of games many times before.

"Would you like to try it first, President?"

Seeing that she was so interested, Shimizu Mi simply suggested that Ayase Kotone try it first.

After all, he, Amemiya Iori, and Sakurai Haruka had never played such a game before. They were quite unfamiliar with this kind of music game machine and didn't even know how to operate it specifically.

"Okay then, but I haven't touched these for a long time. I don't know if they feel rusty."

I heard that music games test a person's hand-eye coordination ability, so it is very important to play them frequently and maintain a certain feel for them.

"It's okay, President, just give it a try first."

"Ah."

Ayase Kotone nodded and turned to face the machine.

After putting two silver coins into the coin slot, the game starts immediately.

Like the basketball game machine mentioned earlier, this machine also has a time limit and scoring mechanism.

After the countdown to 321 ended, a rhythmic musical prelude sounded, followed by a large number of colorful notes appearing one after another on the circular screen.

Seeing this, Ayase Kotone immediately raised her hands and clapped the notes on the screen to the rhythm.

Shimizu Mi, Amamiya Iori and Sakurai Haruka were standing behind her, watching her movements as smooth as flowing water, and they couldn't help but be amazed at her skills and skilled sense of rhythm.

It can be seen from the way Ayase Kotone follows the rhythm and taps the screen that she is an "old hand". However, perhaps because she hasn't played for a long time, she occasionally makes mistakes and misses a few notes. However, Ayase Kotone does not let this affect her mentality. She still maintains a steady rhythm and continues to tap the screen with concentration.

Before they knew it, not only Qingshuijian and the other two were fascinated by the show, but more and more people were watching around them.

As the last few seconds of the game time limit came to an end, the extremely high final score that finally lit up on the screen once again made Ayase Kotone's name registered on the leaderboard.

"Huh~ As expected, it hasn't changed at all compared to before, great~"

Ayase Kotone seemed to be confirming the score on the screen with some lingering feeling. She was breathing heavily and accidentally exclaimed out of excitement.

"Ah... sorry, I think I got a little too excited."

Ayase Kotone then realized that there were at least seven or eight people around her watching her, and she shyly retreated from the machine and returned to Shimizumi.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you have fun, President."

Ayase Kotone was able to have fun and enjoy herself, so Shimizu Mi was naturally also very happy. After all, this is how going out to play is supposed to be.

Seeing Ayase Kotone's slightly flushed cheeks, Shimizu reached out and touched her head, and then he felt two urgent gazes from both sides of him piercing him.

"My dear, you seem to be used to doing this kind of thing."

"You're supposed to be dating me today, right?"

Under the gazes of the two, Shimizu Ken felt a chill and had to take his hand back. Although Ayase Kotone showed a look of reluctance on her face for a moment, she didn't say anything.

Before Amemiya and Iori could say anything further, Ayase Kotone took their hands and pulled them to the music game machine.

"Amamiya-san, Sakurai-san, why don't you try it too? This is really fun."

Ayase Kotone dragged Amemiya Iori and Sakurai Haruka to play together, but because there was only one empty machine nearby, the two could only take turns playing in the order they had played.

This is the first time for both Amamiya Iori and Sakurai Haruka to try this type of music game, so their movements are inevitably a little unfamiliar compared to Ayase Kotone.

If I have to describe it, it would be that although the eyes have captured the notes jumping on the screen, the reactions of the hands are always a beat slower and cannot be completely synchronized with the reactions of the eyes and brain.

Despite this, this music game is indeed very interesting. Amemiya Iori and Sakurai Haruka were unexpectedly enthusiastic about it. After playing it for the first time, they gradually started to get the hang of it, and then played it two or three times in succession. Their scores were obviously much higher than the first time.

Time always passes quickly while enjoying the fun and challenges brought by the game.

Ayase Kotone then took the three of them to play the most classic claw machine, as well as some fighting and shooting arcade games, but as long as it involved games related to scores, Amemiya Iori and Sakurai Haruka would always compete with each other secretly.

Shimizu Miki originally thought that the two of them could improve their relationship during the game, but she didn't expect that they were just busy competing with each other's scores.

From the final conclusion, both of them had their wins and losses, and it is difficult to tell who won or lost.

The few of them kept playing until time passed quietly and it was almost eight o'clock in the evening, and the video game arcade was about to close.

"Then finally... let's go play that."

Before the arcade closed, Ayase Kotone finally brought the three of them to a machine that they were all very familiar with.

Shimizu found that there were even more female high school students here than in the music game area just now.

The reason is that there are several photo booth machines crowded in the corner in front of me, with the words "make you more cuter" written on them.

For many female high school students, such machines are like traps. Many girls who are not interested in video games will come here specifically to take a few portraits.

But for a boy like Shimizu, it seems a little unattractive.

"President... this is a little bit."

Most of the people you see around here are girls, and Shimizu Mi is probably the only boy here.

Squeezing in among a group of girls to take a selfie is like a wolf sneaking into a flock of sheep, looking a little different.

"But it's rare that Amemiya-san and Sakurai-san are here too. Wouldn't it be a shame if we don't take a photo?"

Ayase Kotone looked at Shimizumi and tried to persuade her.

"President Ayase is right. This is a rare opportunity. It just so happens that I haven't taken a photo with my dear for a long time."

Amamiya Iori responded unexpectedly readily, with a faint smile on his face.

"But Sakurai-senpai doesn't seem to be very willing, so let's just take the photo ourselves."

Amemiya Iori took Shimizu Mi's hand, then turned to look at Sakurai Haruka with a hint of amusement in her eyes.

"What... I didn't say that. And even if we need to take a photo together, it should be between Jian and me."

Sakurai Haruka retorted hastily, a blush unconsciously appearing on her cheeks. At the same time, she looked at Shimizu stubbornly, with determination flashing in her eyes.

The relationship between the four people didn't seem to have improved much, which made Qing Shuijian sigh helplessly. However, since it was the first time for the four of them to play together, they should stay together as a souvenir.

Although Sakurai Haruka still looked a little reluctant, Amemiya Iori and Ayase Kotone had both expressed their desire to take a photo with Shimizu Mi, and she naturally didn't want to be left out, so she had to follow them reluctantly to the front of the machine.

Just like that, Shimizu followed Ayase Kotone to the front of the machine and took a look. At the bottom of the screen there was a text saying "200 yen per time".

For a photo booth, this price seems reasonable.

"What are you going to do, dear?"

"Just a random comparison will do, right?"

"It's simple, but it does have the feel of Shimizu-san, so that's fine."

Because the lens range of the photo booth was limited, it would be difficult for all four of them to be in the frame at the same time, so the three of them unanimously agreed to let Shimizu Miki stand in the middle, and Ayase Kotone, who was responsible for operating the machine and pressing the buttons, should lower her body slightly and stand in the front.

Amemiya Iori and Sakurai Haruka stood on both sides of Shimizumi, one on the left and one on the right.

Thinking that Ayase Kotone must have taken photos with Ichinose Shiki several times before, she quickly settled on settings such as the whitening effect and photo text, then stepped back slightly from the screen to make sure that all four people's faces were in the shot.

"Then let's shoot."

Ayase Kotone quickly sent a signal to Shimizumi and the other two, and then Shimizumi heard a gentle, older sister-like countdown voice coming from the machine. The three of them made the "Yeah" gesture towards the camera as she had just said.

After the first photo is taken as the countdown begins, the signal to take the second photo will appear.

Since he hadn't given any thought beforehand, Shimizu Mitsuki had no choice but to continue making the same "V" sign as in the first photo.

"Honey, let's change the action next."

After saying that, Amemiya Iori suddenly held Shimizu's hand without waiting for his answer.

And they also intertwined their fingers together, which is often said to be lovers holding hands with their fingers intertwined.

This scene almost made Sakurai Haruka next to her scream, but the countdown started shortly after she reacted, so Sakurai Haruka quickly stretched out her hand and tightly clasped Shimizu Mi's other hand.

As the countdown lasted only three seconds, Qing Shuijian didn't have any extra time, so she had to hold the hands of the two and stiffly cooperate with their movements.

It seemed like Amamiya Iori had already thought about what kind of photos she wanted to take, and she took the lead in the third and fourth photos.

As for Sakurai Haruka, she seemed to be jealous and always followed Amemiya Iori, making almost the same poses and movements as Shimizu Mi, and the photos taken were also roughly the same.

After being manipulated into various poses by Amamiya Iori, the filming was over before I knew it.

"……call."

This was the first time that Shimizu had taken so many photos in a row since taking class photos for the graduation album in middle school.

Not to mention that I’m doing it with three beautiful girls… To be honest, it’s several times more tiring than playing the basketball game just now.

Moreover, Shimizu's face was still twitching from having to force himself to smile so many times in that situation.

Amemiya Iori glanced at Sakurai Haruka with satisfaction, walked forward with an expression as if a great task had been accomplished, and checked the photos taken by the photo booth with Ayase Kotone.

Looking at the deflated expression on Sakurai Haruka's face, which looked like she was full of complaints but couldn't express them, even Shimizu Ken couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

But at this moment, Sakurai Haruka picked up her schoolbag and suddenly grabbed Shimizumi's hand.

"See, let's go."

It seemed that Sakurai Haruka was planning to take Shimizu and Miki and sneak away to the nearby exit, but this action was clearly reflected on the screen of the photo booth machine.

"Where are you going, Sakurai-san? Now comes the main course."

"The main course... Haven't we finished taking the photos? We should have finished playing the other games, too. Besides, this place is about to close."

Sakurai Haruka hesitated for a moment, then asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"Sakurai-san, if you're just here for taking pictures, wouldn't it be a waste to come here for a photo shoot?"

"Then what's next?"

In response to Sakurai Haruka's question, Ayase Kotone simply said "hmm" and stretched out her finger.

Shimizu looked in the direction she pointed, and right next to the machine for taking photo stickers, there was a place with the words "Graffiti Area" written on it.

Shimizu thought it was a smaller version of the photo booth machine he had just used, but it didn't seem to be the case.

Led by Ayase Kotone, several people lifted the door curtain and walked in. Inside was an operating panel and a bench.

Shimizu looked around the interior as if it were a rare item and discovered that this seemed to be a place where text and stickers were added to the photos taken just now.

Most girls seem to be very fascinated by this modification system.

Ayase Kotone, who had already sat down, patted the person next to her and asked the three of them to sit down.

At first glance, the bench is very long and has enough space for three or four people to sit down easily. This is probably because many girls come here in groups to take photos.

However, the operation panel screen in the middle can only be seen by the people next to it when they get close to it, so the shoulders of the four people were pressed tightly together.

"Shimizu-san, there's a time limit here too, so hurry up and do it."

Ayase Kotone seemed to be planning to give the final right to retouch the photos to Shimizumi, and Amemiya Iori and Sakurai Haruka had no objections either.

There was no other way. Although it was his first time doing this, Qingshuijian had no choice but to operate the control panel.

On the screen were a few photos that had just been taken and a few marble-colored buttons that Qingshuijian couldn't understand.

Although I wanted to confirm the options of each button in detail, it felt like I would run out of time just to do that, so I just picked a relatively conspicuous DIY highlighter and started drawing on the photo.

After a while, when there was not much time left in the countdown displayed in the upper right corner, Qingshuijian slowly finished the painting.

Ayase Kotone who was standing by came closer and looked at the scene in his direction.

"I didn't expect Shimizu-san to have a talent for drawing. This illustration is quite cute."

"……Yeah?"

Shimizu Mi thought that the illustration he drew casually would be criticized, but he didn't expect that Amemiya Iori and Sakurai Haruka also thought it was very good.

"Of course, can you please follow this example and draw on other photos too, Shimizu-san?"

Afterwards, Shimizu saw that the four of them had used up all the time to process all the photos, and they cut out the photos they had taken with scissors and left the arcade.

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening when we left the video game arcade.

As time passed, the background color of the sky changed from dusk to a light black like ink, and it was time for the four of them to go home.

(End of this chapter)