Game Gyaru

Chapter 91: Surprisingly Good

This was his chance now, thought Hakuta. Ino was sitting right besides him and she was the one who choose to join them. Though he wasn't entirely certain as to what led to her change in heart. It was easy to assume by taking a peek at the vice president, who whispered something to the boy sitting in the middle of all this, had something to do with it.

"Now I need to head off and handle some things for tonight. Have fun and try not to cause any trouble." She trusted her own friend though to take care of the other three should things get a bit too rowdy.

"Your cousin is a real nice person." Hakuta said once the older girl left them to their own devices. "I see you two share a lot in common." It wasn't just the personality he had alluded to. The cousins, despite not being actual siblings, looked fairly similar to one another.

"Thanks." Ino responded in a short and concise manner.

"Don't worry Hakuta." Rouko spoke in a somewhat whispering voice, but this was only for show as she continued to speak with the boy. "I'll just ignore you for now so I don't distract you from taking to her."

"Don't say that kind of stuff out loud!" He scolded her, all the while the boy they were with was just stuck in the middle.

"All of you guys are weird." He commented, returning his attention to the game. "But I guess I'm not one to complain." After all, his group of friends were certainly far from normal themselves.

"So you two have just been playing video games?" Ino asked as the pair of boys resumed their activities.

"Yeah, you want to try?" The boy asked.

"I just meant that I'm surprised Sugisawa decided to stick around even though she's not into this. It's somewhat expected from Yamamoto, but even I would've imagined he'd want to do something else considering our setting."

"Hey, there's nothing wrong with wanting to hang out with Hakuta." Rouko responded, breaking her promise on not taking part as quickly as she had made it. "And of course you're not going to play any video games. Your dad would get so angry if he found out."

"It's not just the act of playing video games he's against. My father is simply not a fan of people wasting away their lives playing them all the time. It's considered an epidemic, he says."

"Maybe we shouldn't talk about politics here." Hakuta told them both to knock it off. The subject only served to depress him from the fear that there could be laws limiting his ability to enjoy his pastime.

"Wait, her dad's a politician?" The boy asked in shock. His friend never mentioned this before, but it did make more sense to him why the student council president was more interested in the girl.

"Fine, I'll drop it." Rouko let go what obviously appeared to be a sensitive subject to everyone. "But I bet you still won't touch that controller because you're scared."

"There's nothing in my body that feel fear just because you're playing a video game." This goading was more than enough to finally push Ino into making a decision that girl had been hoping for. It wasn't anything special, but it was in a direction she preferred. "May I?" She beckoned one of the boys to give her their controller.

"Sure." It was the boy who gave it to her. "I guess since the two of you are friends, it makes more sense to play against each other." He laughed, knowing what he said wasn't true. After his last year with all his friends. This boy understood much better about how people act during certain situations.

"Thank you." She accepted and they both went into choosing their characters. The girl surprisingly didn't ask him anything in terms of advice or even much about the game they were playing. It was as if she already knew what she was doing ahead of time. Though admittedly she could've just been paying attention to what they had been doing before she grabbed the controller. Ino was always a bright girl after all.