I'm An Experience [Kaoru Hitachiin x Non-Binary!Reader]

Chapter Six: Hallelujah

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You got into the casino with no strings Attatched. Again, it's very easy to get in when you know the mamnager. He ain't no King Dice after all. You got at one of the tables for minors and had yourself and Kaoru delt in. You put in a nice bid after seeing your own cards: Three through six of hearts, eight of spades, and a king of diamonds. You could get a solid straight out of this and screw someone over with that king of diamonds. Oh, and they were playing five card draw duces Wild, winner picks next game. You glanced over at Kaoru, who was looking innocently at his cards and reorganizing them in his hand. The first person put down the cards they want to discard.

"Give me three."

Dealer gave them three. Next person put down their cards.

"I want two."

Next person in line.

"One."

The dealer gives them their cards and looks at Kaoru. Kaoru smiles sweetly at them, scheming energy surrounding him in an aura.

"None please."

Everyone gave him a look woth mixed signals. On one hand they thought he was damn stupid for not extanging his cards. Yet again, on the other hand they grew nervous. What on earth did this guy have? Knowing Kaoru and his luck it's probably something hella good. You put the king and the eight down, face down so nobody could see your discard. You look up at the dealer, who is still trying to guadge how dangerous of a player Kaoru is.

"Yo, I need two cards Dealer."

The dealer snaps their attention over at you and gives you your two cards. You flip them over and look at your hand. Hell yes! You got a seven of hearts and a two of spades. A straight needs five cards and since duces are wild you can substitute that lucky number two as whatever the fuck you need. You put it at the end, substituting it for the eight of hearts. It's a small straight, but nobody really cares. It's the Kiddies table. Nobody knows anything about how tonplay real poker. You can play it safe this round. The only person you're really worried about is Kaoru. What could he be hiding in that so called perfect hand of his? Oh wait. You don't have a straight you have a straight flush! How stupid of you! Ha ha! That's even more points! How did that slip your mind? It's a straight flush! You totally just remembered that and it's not like the author forgot that fact and is too lazy to go back and revise! Ha ha! Ha...

"Dealer takes Four."

Four whole cards? Dealer must have a shit hand. After the dealer reorganizes their hand everyone turns to the person to the dealer's right. The person places down a solid full house. Not bad. Maybe if they had the last eight, which was in your discard, they could have won with a four of a kind. Next person throws down their cards in anger, just a straight. That's what you thought you had until you realized you had a straight flush! All attention went to Kaoru as he smirked. He laid down his cards and everyone went fucking berserk.

"ROYAL FLUSH!? HOW DID HE GET THST RIGHT OFF THE BACK!!!"

"NOOOOO! WE ALREADY HAVE ONE POKER MASTER AT THE TABLE, WE DON'T NEED TWO!!! (Name) WHY DID YOU BRING HIM WITH YOU!?"

"He has ONE wild. ONE!!! HOW CAN HE GET EVERY SINGLE OTHER ONE!?"

Kaoru snickered and looked over at you with a proud look. Well, more like a look of a puppy dog asking if he did good. You nodded and ruffled his hair again. He seemed to like the affectionate gesture a lot. You notice that his straight flush was of the diamond suit, and the card he replaced was the king of diamonds. Oh shit. You screwed him over. Whoops. You rolled your eyes and put down your straight flush. You take second place happily, knowing based on the dealer's previous body language and discards he has trash.

"Because Kaoru is better than me. You win Sweetheart."

Silence. What? Did you say something wrong? You're one a date. You don't really got friends but when you did you casually called them nicknames. Kaoru is literally a sweetheart? You look over at him and see his face a nice hue of bright pink. You rose an eyebrow. Is he okay? Has he never been called an affectionate nickname before? Oh wait. That's a pet name. Whoops. Same difference. You're hecka chill about it. Kaoru couldn't look you in the eye, embarassment filling up his entire facial expression. MIGHT AS WELL MAKE IT WORSE BY CNEAKING IN A CHEEKY NICKNAME RIGHT!?

"Hey, RuRi, you good? We can head to the arcade if this is a bit much for you."

Aww, he didn't seem to notice it. Oh well. Kaoru shook his head.

"No no no! I'm having way too much fun! Uh, babe...? Hey! I won so I get to choose next round, right? I call dealer."

Kaoru put his hand on the table and asked for the deck. You just laughed. He tried his best but he didn't succeed. He wanted to get you back for calling him sweetheart, right? That's adorable. How flustered he was about it was adorable. He literally mumbled that part so nobody else at the table could hear it before exclaiming that he wanted to be dealer. The dealer grumbled and handed him the deck, all cards back in. Kaoru split the deck and started shuffling. For some reason everyone else was amazed. Oh right. These kids don't know how to shuffle apparently. And you both are the youngest people at the table! Everyone put in a great bet, since everyone had to match Kaoru's high price to pay.

"Seven card stud, no wilds."

Everyone got an instant look of discomfort on their face. Of course Kaoru likes to play it a badass way. You stare him dead in the eye, making sure he isn't cheating. You maintain eye contact for a while, but then you let your eyes shift to the deck. Wait, was he alternating the cards without looking at them!? How does he know!? You look back up to his eyes and he just sweetly smiled at you. Oh. He is good. He deals seven cards to everyone and you look at your hand. Wow, thanks Kaoru! You got three queens and two jacks, none of them diamonds. Other two cards a duds since there's no wild. You look around. Oh wait. You're to Kaoru's right. You got to go first.

"Full House."

You set down the five cards you're actually going to use, making a  discard next to the deck. Literally everyone else in the circle has garbage hands of random ass low number cards. They all saw him shuffle so they knew there was no bullshit. That is, until Kaoru revealed his hand. Two duces and a natural royal flush of diamonds. Someone literally flipped the table. You acted fast and stood up, grabbing Kaoru from behind and scooting him back so he doesn't get hurt. You held onto him and just watched the three go batshit crazy again.

"BULLSHIT!!!"

"HE CHEATED!!!"

"NO FAIR!!!"

Damn, that's a lot of money you won! Kaoru started snickering, taking the money and shoving it in his pocket. That goodness it was all in neat bundles or this would be mission impossible. You both fled without saying goodbye.

That was the most fun you've ever had at the casino! 

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