"Why are you guys so late?! I've been waiting for-" I check my phone for the time, trying to hold back a snicker from my own ridiculousness, "-you left me waiting here for about a- hahaha!" Nope, couldn't hold back the laughter"
"Come on Lance!! You know we didn't mean to" Hunk said to me, and based on the look on his face he was actually kinda worried that I was waiting for a long time.
"He's just messing with us. I bet he got here just before we did" Pidge said, slightly joining my chuckle as she softly nudged Hunk with her elbow.
"And the Pidgereeno is correct!!"
"I told you not to call me that!! What the hell is a "Pidge" anyway?!" She said with imaginary hot steam coming out of her ears.
"Come on Pidge, I'm just keeping up your brothers legacy while he's gone!" I think I make a pretty valid argument. Matt always called Kaity 'Pidge', and, well, he always stopped whenever she asked, but that's not how I roll!
"He's not 'gone'! He's coming back! He's just off at college!" She said, a visible blush of anger across her face.
"Ok ok ok" I said quickly with my arms up as a bit of defense, knowing that she's a strong person for someone so tiny. I take a deep breath almost as a measurement of the moment, lowering my arms slowly and backing up. I couldn't help when a smile forms on my face, when I hear a fermilier toon in the background, quickly turning around and running through the lanes between the bright lights of the games,
"Anyone wanna play Space Invaders with me??!!!" I call back to my friends as I head to the back of the arcade. There it was, my one true love~ Sitting there in the back of the building, hidden by newer games they installed. I have the top high-scores in this game, other then the other flakes of names in the system such as Hunk, Pidge, some kids I don't know, and even Matt!
My friends quickly head back with me. Kaity in her usual spot in the archade game, leaning against the flat part in front of the screen where people put quarters if they want to play next. And Hunk was standing on the other side of me, sceptical of what Kaity seemed to be excited about.
"He's not going to beat his high score.. Kaity the time he almost beat the game was just some sort of struck of luck! He got that high score when he first started playing, it was just-"
"I know you doubt my skills Hunk~"
"Yeah Hunk! Do you remember how EPIC it was when he got so far last time??!! It was so COOL!!" Kaity said with just, or almost more, excitement the me!
"Just, I'm going to go play some other games. Call me back if you get close to beating it!" Hunk said with a supportive smile as he walks back into the maze of games.
"Comeon Lance!!! You can do it!" She said with a tone of encouragement as well. I take a deep breath and rub the quarter between my hands for luck uhbefore I put it in the little slot, the screen pops up-
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Score<1> Hi-score Score<2>
0000 24515 0000
Play
Space Invaders
*Score Advance Table*
<••>- ? Mystery
<|>- 30 points
<|•|> - 20 points
_(••)_- 10 points
Credit 00
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I take another deep breath before I press down on the button, knowing that once the game starts, my adrenaline will be running the entire time.
Protect the space bases.
That's all I have to do.
I press the start button and the game starts, me at the bottom below my 4 bases above me, and at the top was 5 rows of alien ships. I got this.
The first rounds were easy, but as I kept going, it just kept getting faster and faster.
My goal, reach 25,000 points.
"Well, this is going to take a while.." Kaity mumbled standing up from resting against the game, "I'm going to go play Dragon's Lair"
"Good luck saving your wife!" I said to her in a more teasing way, knowing that pidge absolutely has a crush on the princess, everyone does! I don't lift my eyes off the screen of space invaders though, not wanting to accidentally mess up and have to start all over.
"Princess Daphne is my only true love!!!" Pidge called back to me as she made her way to the newer game.
Wait!
Shit!
How??
The aliens were already at my bases!!! Andddddd...
I lost.....
Now I have to start over
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Metanoia
FanfictionHanahaki Disease-- an illness born from one sided love, the victim coughs up petals and flowers. It may be removed with surgery, but the feelings go away with the petals. It can also be cured if love is requited. Metanoia, an Ancient Greek word (μετ...
