Game Gyaru

Chapter 8: Arcade

"Of course you guys would bring me here." Shiuka's presence was one of the worst things for him to see here. Though it wasn't the worst thing about being brought into this arcade. That honor would have to go to the fact that all the girls here were gyarus. Not to mention a fair bit of the boys here were similar to the girls in that fashion. "I hate the town I live in."

"Lighten up." Itsuki patted him on the back hard. "It's not like you have to talk to any of them. If you want, you could just stick to yourself and play some of the games here."

"I came here for you guys." He replied, a bit frustrated with how things had turned out. However, they were still in an arcade, so it was still possible to have some fun around here. "Whatever, go chat up whatever girls you want to. I'll stick around." As much as the boy really didn't want to, it was better than appearing like some loner all by himself here.

So they went deeper inside. While he wasn't a fan of being a part of his friend's attempts to getting closer to some girls. Hakuta wasn't against trying to have some fun with his buddies. They were guys who were with him since they were very little, and admittedly trying to get dates was a part of growing up. Even if he had no desire in attempting that for now. Not only that, but his situation wasn't favorable for doing so anyway. Obviously if he were to get a girlfriend, they'd eventually want to know where he lived. Telling them he lived with another girl would've meant an instant breakup.

The only possible girl he could date that wouldn't break up with him for that reason would be Shiuka. Since she was the girl he lived with, but there was no possible instance where he could envision that ever occurring.

Sadly for him, his friends were interested in the group she was a part of. Most likely because they were all classmates, so there was an in for the boys. Since he happened to live with the girl, one could view that as another possible in. However, in practice that was more of a detriment than anything else.

"It's funny running into you all." Now the time had come for the boys to make their move. Yuusen led the charge to try and ensure they appeared inconspicuous to the gyaru trio. They decided to use the fact they were all classmates with one another to give a reason to approach. "Do you all come here often?"

"Not really." Shiuka was the one to respond to them first. "Usually we're out singing karaoke." Hakuta assumed that included hanging around some untrustworthy boys from another school, but he kept his mouth shut. As much as he might take issue with the way these girls acted, his friends were trying their best to socialize. So he wasn't going to get in their way. "It' cool you guys came over to talk to us. I saw Yamamoto when you came in."

"Eh, really?" Itsuki glanced over the boy. Meanwhile, Hakuta was internally sighing from her making such a statement. The only reason she took note of him was because they lived together, because why else would she even bother pay attention to him otherwise? "Looks like you've got someone's attention." This also drew some teasing from his bigger friend as he got a bit of a nudge.

"Not that I care about that." He looked away from the girl, only giving her his sideeye. This was his signal to her that she needed to be more careful to not tip them off to their relationship. Of course, she shot a look back basically complaining as to why he allowed himself to be with his friends and let them come to her group of friends. At the end of the day, this was going to be an awkward encounter to the pair.

"Anyway, since we're all here. How about we play some games together?" Yuusen returned to his attempts at getting the groups to merge by using the excuse of some fun times ahead.

"Hmm, that does sound a bit interesting." Ninka responded positively to his statement. This only served to unnerve Hakuta as he was aware she wasn't single. They all should've been aware of that from the start. Now to him, this was a red flag that they shouldn't trust this girl for anything romantic or anything at all for that matter. Then again, it also served to drive a small wedge between him and Yuusen, as the latter seemed fine with getting between a relationship. "Maybe we should."