Silenced | satzu

13

The Arcade

S A N A

I waited for about thirty seconds, but when I opened my eyes, she's no longer there. And that's when I started to feel nervous. Where did she go?! Was it just my hallucination that she's actually here?!

"Chou Tzuyu!" I hurriedly shouted as I stood up. "Where did you go?!"

I looked around, but I couldn't see her. Not even a trace of her. I decided to come back to where I was earlier and immediately went inside the airport, thinking that she might have just come back in.

But she wasn't near the entrance..

Suddenly, tears started welling on my eyes. "W-Was it all really just my imagination?"

Because of the amount of people right now, I felt like I won't be able to find her anymore. I was devastated, I could only lower my head as tears started to fall.

"T-Tzuyu-yah where did you go.. how can you leave me all by myself?"

Is it because I asked her for something that I shouldn't have? Is it because she loves her boyfriend so much, that she couldn't even see me as an Unnie?

At that moment, I started blaming myself.. until someone suddenly hugged me from behind, and all I could see were five long-stemmed roses in front of me.

I immediately turned around to look at her.

"Tzuyu-yah!" My heart started beating faster. "Where did you go?! You scared me!"

"I wanted to give you something.." she said while still looking at my eyes and handing me the five roses. "First, a present."

"A present?" I asked as I happily received it. "What does these five roses mean?"

"I'll tell you later," she just smiled at me before pulling me somewhere.

"W-Where are we going Tzuyu-yah?"

After a few minutes, we stopped in front of an unknown place. She pointed out the sign and when I looked at it. "It's the arcade.."

Even though it's just a mini arcade, it still looks like a fun place. Tzuyu immediately swiped her card in the machine and bought some tokens.

"Which game do you want to play, Sana Unnie?" she smiled brightly.

"Go ahead and pick what you want," I replied.

I still can't believe this is happening.. I never imagined this day would come.

She went to the toy guns station and signaled me to come over. "Let's play this one, Unnie!"

She was holding one of them, while she inserted a token into the station beside it.

I happily watched her from behind. "That's right Tzuyu-yah.. let's play everything and be happy," I said to myself before standing beside her.

BANG BANG BANG!

"Sana Unnie!" she jokingly complained, while I was distracted with the way that she smiles.

She's so beautiful..

Then she suddenly hit me softly in the arm. "Unnie!"

"Y-Yes?"

"You just died," she laughed.

"O-Oh.. already?!" I immediately turned to the screen and saw that there was an Insert coin line already.

"Hahaha! Why are you so bad at this? We just started playing, Sana Unnie!" she said while still controlling the gun left and right.

"I don't know either," I just laughed. "I guess toy guns aren't my thing.."

"Unnie look, look! I got this!! I can win!" She excitedly said as she was still so focused on the game.

She looks really happy right now.. and I hope that I'd get to see her like this everyday.

"Kyaaah!!"

My heart skipped a beat when she suddenly squeaked.

"W-What happened?!" I worriedly asked.

"I won, Unnie! I won!" she suddenly hugged me tight.

I just looked at her and hugged her back. I'm not good at games.. but I'm happy as long as she is.

"Unnie, let's try the basketball station!" she said before running there.

I quietly followed her while still watching her bright expression.

"Do you wanna bet on who can score more, Unnie?" she suddenly put on a confident face and smirked.

"Yah! Are you underestimating your Unnie now after losing to you to that.. whatever that game is?!" I jokingly replied.

"I guess you're scared to lose.."

"Yah Chou Tzuyu!"

After I shouted that, she suddenly inserted the tokens into both stations as the balls immediately rolled down.

"Aish!" I quickly tried to shoot them with all my might, but one of the balls accidentally bounced back to the board, causing it to jump off the shooting area.

I tried to grab it, but then--

BOOGSH!

I ended up losing my balance and falling to the ground.

"S-Sana Unnie?!" Tzuyu suddenly ran towards me and now we're both on the floor, she's gently massaging my legs. "Where does it hurt?"

She looked so serious at the moment. I held her hand and gave her an embarrassed smile. "I-I'm okay Tzuyu-yah, you really don't have to worry."

Out of all days, why do I have to keep falling down on the ground today?! This is so embarrassing..

"Should we stop playing now, Unnie?"

"Huh? N-No, don't worry about me! I can still play, Tzuyu-yah. This will be gone in a few minutes," I quickly said. "What about hockey? I'm pretty good at that!"

She helped me stand up. We went to the table hockey station and she inserted some tokens again before we started playing.

We enjoyed every bit of it, until the game ended with a score of 5-4, and yeah.. she still won.

"I'm hungry now Unnie, do you wanna eat something?"

I nodded. "Sure, what do you want to eat?"

"Anything that tastes good."

"Let's go outside."

My heart started beating fast when she suddenly wrapped her arm behind me. I looked at her and it turned out that she was looking at me too.

"Tzuyu..yah."

"Yes, Sana Unnie?"

"I just want you to know that you're amazing."

She suddenly looked away and I saw her lips curve as she smiled to herself. We walked outside to find some place to eat at. Better refill our energy to keep this very special day going!

To be continued..