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"Nope, I'm all yours today. All three sounds great! Let's just cut loose for today." Daniel replied.

Brooke smiled sweetly at his declaration. "Mmh, let's have fun today, oppa!"

The waitress Erin came back with Brooke's credit card and the receipt. "Thank you, come back soon…"

Her tone sounded unenthusiastic, but she boldly winked at Daniel without caring for Brooke who also saw it.

"Hmph, let's go oppa. I'm never coming back here again!" She said loudly and stomped out of the cafes

The boy looked confused at the declaration, but still awkwardly waved goodbye to Erin.

'Call me!' She mouthed to him while pulling down the collar of her blouse slightly, giving him a glimpse of her cleavage.

'What the fu-' Daniel ran out of the cafe flustered. 'Are college noonas all this bold?'

Outside the cafe, Brooke held Daniel's sleeve and pointed down the street. "Oppa, I'm in a bad mood now. Do you mind if we go to the arcade first? I want to blow off some steam."

He shrugged, "Sure, I don't mind. But why are you in a bad mood? Was it because of that waitress?"

She pouted, "Of course it's because of that woman! She was so openly coming on to you, even though I was right there!"

Brooke then caught herself and waved her hands in a panic, "I mean! It's not like we're dating so I wasn't blaming you for just talking to another girl! But I was just ticked off at her shamelessness…"

"…" True, they were not dating, so he didn't have any obligation to not talk to other girls during their date. But it was still rude to do so, and disrespectful.

"My bad, I should have been more considerate of your feelings. All my attention will be yours today, Brooke."

Brooke's cheeks felt hotter than before, "O-oppa really does have a sweet tongue… Are you trying to get me to fall for you?"

He smiled brightly, "Is it working?"

Steam escaped Brooke's ears and she tore her gaze away from Daniel as she felt it was dangerous to keep looking at his sincere smile, "Le-le-let's g-go! T-to the arcade!"

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Daniel looked at the flashing lights and noisy machines in fascination. He had never been to an arcade before and needless to say he had never played such arcade games before.

There were both old school games like fighting games and racing games, as well as modern rhythm games available. And of course there were many claw machines as well.

This wasn't Brooke's first time at the arcade. In fact, he found out that this was one of her regular haunts. She even had a membership for the arcade, which gave her access to an app that could store the tickets they earned digitally.

It was a very modern arcade. The app was directly linked to her credit card, so they didn't need to carry around tokens to play the games. The machines all had a 'tap-to-play' function, charging directly to her credit card. Daniel thought it was dangerous to overspend with such a system, though it didn't seem like it mattered much to the girl.

Their first game was whack-a-mole, as Brooke wanted to vent her anger. Although Daniel talked to her sweetly, she was still pissed at the waitress who was disrespectful.

There, Daniel truly grasped the physical capabilities of his new body. His dynamic vision was extremely sharp, along with excellent hand eye coordination as well as lightning fast reflexes. The poor moles didn't stand a chance as Daniel smacked them down before they could escape.

Brooke was similarly surprised at how skilled Daniel was, doubting him when he said it was really his first time playing. But she still felt her heart soaring, because she thought Daniel was trying to impress her, and you don't try to impress someone you didn't care about.

It was a misconception, but it only served to make Brooke become more attached to Daniel.

They earned tons of tickets from the whack-a-mole game, directly deposited into Brooke's account on the arcade app.

Other physical games followed in the same vein. The basketball arcade game was another one Daniel excelled in.

'This body is easy to use' Daniel realised. It was difficult to explain it but he felt like this body's motor reflexes were incredibly reactive and intuitive, like he had perfect control over his muscles and bodily movement.

While he missed the first few basketball shots, his body intuitively learned how to throw a basketball properly within seconds. Balancing his centre of gravity, movement of his arms and elbows, flicking off the fingers the moment the ball leaves his hand… Once he got the hang of it, Daniel basically stopped missing his shots. Except for the ones interfered with by Brooke who he was playing with.

The girl in question was shocked at Daniel's athletic ability. When she played this game in the past, she never got past the second stage. She never knew that there were a total of 4 levels and that it was actually possible to win. She has always assumed the player would just have to keep shooting until they lost.

Daniel found the game very fun, and it was even more enjoyable to discover the physical limits of his body. When they played a second time, there was a small crowd that had gathered.

Unbeknownst to Daniel and Brooke, one nosy onlooker had taken out her phone to take a video of Daniel playing. When she later uploaded the video to her social media with the caption 'Prince of Basketball!!!', her post went viral because of Daniel's appearance and skill.

Seeing that they had gathered a small crowd, the two of them went to play other games.