(Un) Fortunately the Yandere is Not After Me

A Pocky Close Call

This wasn't how Arata planned his culture festival experience to go. Though, there were plenty of worse things he could be doing other than getting dragged along with Matsu. Still, he'd much rather walk with his own two legs.

"All right, you can stop pulling me around. I'll come with you." He pulled himself back, gaining control once more.

"This is going to be so much fun." She smiled at him. With that cute smile he had grown accustomed to.

"Sure..." He wasn't looking forward to it himself. Standing in the middle of the outdoor portion of this festival. Things were getting hectic with the large number of students enjoying their day.

All these stands and displays for showcasing clubs, sports, or even just general fun. It was a bit overwhelming to him, but Matsu was getting excited over the prospect.

"How about we try this first?" She pointed over to some dart game being set up. The students running it wanted to give a real carnival feel to it, like how some countries do it.

"Step on up!" One of the students running it yelled out. "Hit three in a row, win a prize." They had simple dolls and stuffed animals lined up on a shelf as a reward.

"That looks fun, we should try it." He didn't disagree, it did look rather fun to try.

"You two will give it a try? Great!" They were handed their darts, three each. Matsu was the first one to try and hit her targets.

"Heya!" Miss. "Hya!" Miss again. "Ha!" Miss yet again.

"I guess it's harder than it looks." He commented at this poor display of accuracy.

"Yeah..." She replied downtrodden. "Then, maybe you can do it." She turned her mood around. "Yeah, do it and win me a stuffed bear please."

"What?" He was a little embarrassed being asked something like that.

"That's cute. You better win it for your girlfriend." He didn't even bother to correct them this time. It wasn't really worth the effort anyway, since he was probably never going to see them again.

"Here's goes nothing." He stood nervously with his three darts. With all these people watching, he didn't want to disappoint. Then again, throwing darts wasn't something he was particularly practiced at.

His hands were shaking so much, Arata closed his eyes to concentrate. With his body moving on its own, his hands threw all the darts at the same time. Three pops were heard, followed with cheers from the crowd.

"Wow, impressive... And really dangerous..." The stand runner clapped. "I can't believe we've just been graced with a master of darts here today ladies and gentlemen."

"Huh?" Arata slowly opened his eyes. Then he saw the aftermath of his actions, his targets had been popped.

"Congratulation, here's your prize." He was handed the stuffed bear that Matsu wanted.

"T-thanks?" He was still in disbelief at what he just did. Not that he was complaining. "Well, here you go." Arata handed the toy to Matsu, just like he technically promised.

"I love it." She took it gleefully. Giving it a tight hug. "Thanks."

"It's no big deal." They left the stand, and checked out the other attractions.

"Hey, hey... You're upset, aren't you." She said to him, as they aimlessly wandered the school grounds. Looking for the next game to try.

"What makes you say that? I'm fine." He deflected, trying to avoid the subject.