Chapter 50

[Third Person's PoV]

As Miku led Futarou to the nearest arcade, she realized what she was doing and immediately released his hand.

"I'm sorry," Miku kept apologizing, growing embarrassed with each passing second.

Futarou chuckled and waved it off. "Don't worry, I know you were just too excited."

Miku grew too embarrassed to even look at Futarou. Meanwhile, Futarou simply put his hand out towards her. "Well? Aren't you going to keep leading me?" he smirked.

Bashfully, Miku looked towards Futarou before slowly nodding. She shyly reached over and consciously took hold of his hand, and they started walking.

Futarou continued chuckling, causing Miku to pout. "It's not that funny."

"Sorry, sorry," Futarou quickly apologized. "It just reminded me of when we were little, during our trip, and you took my hand like this, and we started exploring Kyoto together."

Miku smiled upon hearing that, forgetting about the fact that she was holding Futarou's hand at the moment.

"You really do have a good memory... remember that lady who thought you took her picture?" Miku reminisced.

Futarou laughed. "How could I forget? That's how we met."

The two continued conversing, immersed in their own little world, to the point where Futarou even forgot he was being followed.

"Wow, Miku sure works fast. Look at them, already holding hands," Yotsuba remarked, pretending to wipe a tear from her eye. "They grow up so fast."

Tohru watched everything while biting her nails, her dragon eyes flaring.

Nino looked towards Tohru weirdly. "What's up with her?"

"She's very possessive of my brother," Raiha said with a sigh.

"They seem to be getting along really well," Ichika said, looking at them with a smile.

Itsuki nodded in agreement, watching Miku enjoy herself with a smile of her own.

Erza stayed in the back, unsure why she was still following them with the others. 'Just what have I gotten myself into…' she wondered to herself.

Soon, Miku and Futarou arrived in front of an arcade with a sign that read: Hunter's Game Cave.

As they entered, the area was mostly dark, with the only source of light coming from the machines and neon lights, giving everything a high-tech appearance.

Futarou paid for two cards, which they could use to try out the machines.

"So what do we try first?" Miku asked.

"I have no idea what any of these things do. You're going to have to guide me through this as well," Futarou said warily.

Miku nodded in understanding before leading him towards what appeared to be capsules.

"We're supposed to go inside them, where they will take us to a virtual reality. From there, we can pick out any game," Miku explained.

Futarou nodded as they both entered their own individual capsules. Everything went dark before becoming digital, and the floor looked like a grid.

When he appeared, Futarou was wearing what looked like a black skin suit with golden glowing lines adorning it. When Miku appeared, she was wearing a similar skin-tight suit with blue neon lights.

They both looked at each other for a moment before Miku got embarrassed for staring at Futarou's body too long. She looked away and stammered an apology, "Sorry..."

Peeking back over, she saw Futarou with a hand on his chin, still looking at her body, which caused her cheeks to redden.

"Please stop looking," she said, covering her face with her hands.

Futarou clapped his hands together as if making a prayer. "Thank you for the meal," he shamelessly said.

This caused Miku to start swatting him on the arm repeatedly. "Hentai!" she yelled out, steam seemingly coming out of her head.

"So what now?" Futarou asked in confusion.

"Now you say 'Menu.' When you do, there will be options. From there, you navigate to the game section, where you'll find multiple games to choose from," Miku instructed.

Futarou followed her instructions, scanning through the options. "Are all the games about hunters and monsters?"

Miku sighed in response. "Unfortunately, that seems to be the case. In our world, these types of games sell really well as a way to promote becoming an actual hunter, so people don't get very creative anymore when making new games."

"Bummer," Futarou muttered. Miku nodded in agreement. "So, what do I choose?"

"I like Hunter Royal. We both get to be hunters and customize ourselves before facing each other in battle. We can choose our appearance, abilities, and weapons. We'll have a set of moves depending on the weapon we choose," Miku suggested.

Futarou nodded, customizing his character. In the corner of his eye, he noticed something flicker and turned to look. Miku was wearing ancient Japanese samurai armor from head to toe, wielding two katanas.

Seeing Futarou staring at her, Miku looked confused. "What?"

Futarou sighed. "It was good while it lasted. Good thing I have a good memory."

Miku realized what he was referring to and pouted, narrowing her eyes at him. "Shut it."

Futarou raised his hands in surrender and turned back to the screen in front of him. They both started the game.

"Hey, Miku," Futarou called out.

When she turned to look at him, she covered her mouth, trying to stifle laughter. "Phtttttt hehehehe"

Futarou now had a spiky mohawk with a clean-shaved side that sparkled in the light, along with a pair of sunglasses. He grinned towards her with a thumbs up.

Futarou continued making funny customizations before choosing a slender knight battle armor and wielding two spears.

The game between them began, and although Futarou went a bit easier on her, they both fought with smiles on their faces, laughing as they tried to outdo each other.

After their fun, they chose a racing game and laughed loudly as they made exaggerated turns and drifts.

"WOOOOHHH!" they both screamed with their hands in the air, continuing to laugh.

They played several games and even had to perform a dance-like challenge similar to Dance Dance Revolution to beat a monster. They stood side by side, dancing and moving to the beat.

As they defeated the boss, they cheered, high-fiving each other.

"Hahahahahaha!"

"Hehehehehehe!"

After they finished playing, they explored the arcade some more and got something to drink. Futarou spotted a photo booth and nudged Miku towards it.

"Let's take some photos," he suggested.

Miku smiled and nodded, and they made their way to the booth. Inside, they set everything up and started posing.

First, they made duck faces while flashing peace signs.

Then, Futarou gestured to their height difference, and Miku crossed her arms, pouting.

Next, Futarou placed bunny ears behind Miku's head, and she went on her tiptoes and did the same to Futarou.

They posed back to back, arms crossed, smirking.

Finally, they both grabbed their faces, making funny expressions.

They laughed and giggled as they examined the photos, adding stickers and changing backgrounds to enhance the silliness of each shot.

After they finished, Miku kept looking at the photos with a smile. As they exited the booth, they realized it was getting late.

Seeing that it was time for them to leave, Futarou turned towards Miku and smiled, "Let's do one more thing before leaving"

Miku was confused as she followed Futarou, that was until she saw where they were heading, to a claw machine.

Futarou unconsciously stuck out his tongue to the side as he concentrated on maneuvering the claw, which Miku found strangely adorable.

She watched with a smile as he picked a large panda-like stuffed animal that had headphones around its neck as a design.

Futarou pumped his fist seeing that he got it on the first try. As he picked the panda he handed it to her, "For you, as a commemoration of our date"

"Wha–" as Miku was holding the bear she grew surprised by hearing the word date which caused her to freeze.

She then thought about what they just did and realized it realized it truly was a date and she truly didn't realize it.

Miku covered her face with the bear, to cover her smile and blush, "Thank you" She said, 'For some reason even though he called it a date I don't want to correct him…'

Futarou then smiled towards her, "Come I'll escort you home since it's getting dark"

Miku shyly nodded her head as they both soon left the arcade. As Futarou walked her home, they walked in silence. But it wasn't an awkward silence, they found the silence between them quite comforting.

Miku held her bear close to her, as they walked side by side their hands brushed by each other occasionally.

To Miku's surprise Futarou started holding her hand but instead of releasing it she reaffirmed her hold of his hand. Her own actions ended up being a complete mystery to her.

Everyone who was following them watched with their mouths agape, while Tohru had a sour look.

'New sister in law, check. And the family keeps on growing' Raiha thought with a smile.

When they arrived in front of Miku's home Futarou reluctantly released his hold on her hand, while Miku herself was a bit reluctant as well.

Miku then did something that to her felt right for the moment, she went on her tiptoes and kissed Futarou cheeks as a 'Thank you' for the wonderful day she just had. She quickly grew embarrassed and turned around to run away.

Before she got far Futarou took a hold of her hand, spun her around, pulled her closed, took a hold of her cheek, and kissed her on the lips.

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"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" All of Miku's sisters let out a scream seeing what they were doing.

Nino was blushing while she watched with her mouth agape, Ichika had a smug expression, while Yotsuba and Itsuki covered their faces while taking a peak in between their fingers.

Even Futarou's group watched with their mouths agape, except for Scáthach who watched while nodding her head in approval.

After a few seconds they distance themselves as Futarou smiled, "I enjoyed spending my day with you more than I ever thought I would, let's hope we can continue seeing and spending more time with each other"

Futarou waved his casual bye as he started walking back with his hand in his pockets, while Miku stood frozen without a single thought as she started blankly into space.

As Futarou went away Nino and the others appeared looking at Miku still standing there with worry.

"Ummm Miku?" Yotsuba asked worriedly

"Catch me" was all Miku said as her eyes rolled to the back of her head and started falling back.

"Wha–"

Yotsuba quickly caught Miku whose face was bright red with steam coming out-of her head, her eyes turning into spinning swirls.

"MIKUUUUUUUU!!" They all exaggeratedly yelled as they started to fan her with their hands.

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A/N: Now this chapter, I'm thoroughly satisfied with 😌