My Best Friend The Werewolf

Arcadia's Arcade

Eli spends the next three days with a pen in his hand and his brain aching. Every waking minute is filled with research both for School and for Steve. He spends hours upon hours in the Trollmarket Library and eventually he certain he starts speaking Trollish in his sleep.

"You need to have a break dude," Steve says on the third afternoon when Eli was trying to read through a stack of books taller than him. Some of it for his paper on nanotechnology and how it can help cancer patients, others on old werewolf data that Blinky had brought from the depths of storage.

Vendel hadn't been too happy about it but Blinky had convinced him after a day of pandering and moaning about it.

"Come on Peps, seriously. We haven't done something fun in a while. Let's go play video games or something. Stop stressing about this crap for a while" Steve whines fifteen minutes later.

"We only have like half a month left. I need to figure out if we can cure you or if we have to find a way to contain you when you...when you..." Eli doesn't know how to finish that sentence.

"When I turn into a man-eating monster." Steve supplies and Eli doesn't look at him as he nods.

Before Eli can return to his books though, he feels two arms wrap around his waist and lift him into the air.

"Steve, Put me down!" He grumbles as the blond throws him over his shoulder.

"No. Now we are having some fun!" The blond says moving for the Library's exit.

They run into Aaarrrgghh and Toby on the way through.

"Please help I'm being kidnapped!" Eli says reaching out a hand.

Both Troll and boy just laugh.

"It'll do you some good. Even us Trollhunters need a break from time to time. Make sure Eli doesn't do anything else until tomorrow" Toby says and Eli sighs in defeat, slumping against his friends back.

Steve just laughs, victory in his voice as he practically skips out of the Trollmarket.

He only sets Eli on his feet once their back out in the canal but before Eli can move away from the big brute. His being pulled close to Steve's side, arm slung over his shoulders.

"So what would you like to do for fun, We could go and see a movie. Even one of those weird French ones you like." Steve asks as he helps Eli up the wall of the canal.

"No, I don't think I could focus on a movie..." Suddenly an idea hits him and he grins.

"Oh no. Not the arcade." Steve sighs and Eli nods. Steve sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"The last time we went, I lost you to Galaga for like four hours"

"Those were a fun four hours but I promise I'll stay away from Galaga"

"And Mrs Pacman?" Steven presses.
"Scouts honour," Eli says tugging his best friend towards the Vespa.

"You weren't a scout" Steve points out and Eli just ignores him.

The drive there is quick and Eli feels blinded as soon as he steps into the Arcadia Oaks Arcade. Various screens blaring with noise. The place was filled with both old and new. Ranging from one of the original Pacman to one of those Flappy Bird games.

Eli drags Steve over to the Air Hockey though. The one "sport" Eli was seemingly good at. At least against Toby.

"Prepare to lose Buttsnack!" Steve says pushing the puck towards him.