19 You are some kind of drug

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the last two days have been like epic for me since I don't know why but the number of readers, collections, and power stones I got have skyrocketed. (the reviews have also skyrocketed but *cough*) but anyways thanks for all of it.

also, I originally planned to slow down a bit since well the new anime season has started and it is time for me to speed run animes I left last season but oh well let's keep going at the pace we were at.

so thanks for all of it!

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"so how was your day, lovey?" asked Cait after I was in the car.

"well, uhh I don't really remember, the part where I had classes is simply just gone from my memory although I do remember some glimpses of the classroom, I don't know why that always happens..."

"so did you meet your ex?" it seemed like Caitlin was worried about me confronting my ex after all that shit, but she didn't know that I met her a month ago when she broke up with Ian. though I did tell her that she had broken up with Ian.

"well yes, yes I did and it took me quite a lot of my will to keep myself from destroying her face, I tried my best to either avoid her in the first place or ignore her most of the time we passed by, but for some reason, she disappeared later," I said that to her with a smile.

she nodded "well that's some good work, want a reward for that?"

"you need to ask?"

"well then to the casino we go!"

"wait a casino?"

"yea, we will be gambling a controlled amount of money"

I shook my head, a casino as a reward, it's more like she wants to go herself, personally, I have never gambled in a casino, I have been to casinos but for some reason, I never gambled.

"I object your honor, I do not like casinos"

Cait pouted on hearing that "why come on let's have some fun, if you are worried about the money, then don't it comes from my pockets."

I sighed "it's not that, I just don't like casinos for some reason, leaving stuff to luck just ain't my style" except relationships said my inner mind "and of course I ain't worried about the money, I have plenty, ahh that reminds me, remind me to donate some money to my own charity so that I can reduce the tax, I have to pay"

Caitlin just blinked while driving trying to process what I just said. "you want me to remind you to donate money to your own charity so that you can evade taxes?"

I nodded "precisely"

"that's messed up....."

"well, most rich peo-"

"you can do it, but don't do it"

"lemme finish first, why do you always cut me off in the middle of my explanation"

"well that's because you explain stuff like some high school teacher would"

"that's oddly specific but anyways, I own that charity not only because it's convenient but because I can directly manage its finances, yes most of the elites, donate large amounts just to evade taxes, but I make sure that all the money which comes into the charity is used efficiently and that it goes where it's supposed to."

she sighed "fine, so where do you want to go?"

"I know an arcade nearby"

"an arcade? they still exist?"

"of course they do!"

but Cait first made me stop by a clothing store and immediately made me change into a red faux-leather jacket and black denim. we purchased them, and then went back into the car.

well looks like she wasn't joking about not going with her on dates in PJs

I told her the directions very enthusiastically

as I also explained her the details "it's got a bar and it not only has old school arcade games but also the newest consoles and VR games!"

"you are that excited? I am pretty sure that you can build a whole gaming room in our home"

I chuckled nervously on hearing that "ye-ah" I guess I forgot to tell her that sometimes when I come home from work late its actually because I went to the condo I own which is practically a 'gaming condo' full of all kinds of consoles, PCs, a whole room for just VR and even a Pac-Man arcade game, it's also so full of RGB everywhere that before inviting people over I need to give them a 'Photosensitive Epilepsy' warning. hey, when you are rich you definitely live your dreams.

the enthusiasm that I showed died down pretty quick.

the stuff I was looking forward to most was the arcade games, sadly though most of them were not working, I asked the owner about it but he said that its simply because 'their revenue has been decreasing drastically and no one plays the arcade games anymore, most people only come for the triple-A games that their devices at home cant run or the VR.'

I sighed hearing, that indeed games of this generation are awesome but some stuff like the arcade controls is something I dearly cherished.

Caitlin however was excited about trying VR, so that's what we ended up doing, after a heck lot of 'Keat saber', we played a bunch of random titles, but we had the most fun in 'Zhasmophobia' which was surprisingly an indie game studio. to be honest, only I had fun, I don't know about Caitlin but since she was just screaming 99% of the time we were playing that game, it should be pretty obvious by now that it was a co-op horror game so uhh- I had fun anyway.

we spent the entire day time left in the virtual world.

by the time we realized that a thing called time exists, the sun had already set. we paid our bill and then started googling someplace nearby to get something to eat since we both were pretty tired and hungry.

we settled on a Chinese restaurant nearby.

the food was good enough, but not that good so I would rate it three out of five, but Caitlin really liked their 'dim sums' so we ended up getting 2 boxes for takeaway.

I was the one driving us back, when Caitlin suddenly asked me to stop, the road we took was the scenic one so there weren't many cars passing by.

Caitlin took off her seatbelt and leaned over me.

"lovey, I think its time to take the next step, I have had the best dates whenever I have been with you, even though your idea of a date is pretty normal, I enjoyed it, I feel like I want to be with you, and I feel like you are some kind of drug, which once I have tasted I just can't let it go."

"wait what's the next step? talking about marriage? also, that analogy was so.... bad!"

Caitlin chuckled and did a light chop on my head "idiot, I, just love you, let's spend the night together."

at this point, I already knew what she meant but I had to troll her a bit "we already do spend the night together every day practically."

she sighed "let's have sex alright! there I said it." it wasn't very noticeable in the car light but I guess she was blushing while saying that.

a lot of thoughts passed through my head, a shit ton of bad memories too. yet I can still remember when I met Caitlin and she got me out of the pit I could have fallen in. was it alright to do it? my mind pondered on multiple scenarios, multiple outcomes, it was almost like I was using some skills like thought acceleration and parallel thinking. my past actions, and all the outcomes those actions had. what I could have done instead of what I had done and how the result would have changed, I thought about all of it in less than a minute.

I pushed her away, back to her seat.