Chapter 149 Chapter 149
They left the shop behind and took the escalators to the top floor, where the arcade was. The entrance was decorated with flashing neon signs, and from inside, music and the chattering of people could be heard. Upon entering, Valerie was overwhelmed by the countless blinking lights she saw everywhere. She hadn’t been in here before and was surprised at how many arcade games they had put into the hall.
They walked around for a bit, looking at all the different kinds of games, until Maxwell found something that he found interesting. It was one of those games that required you to use a gun to shoot at a monitor, and she honestly wasn’t too happy about trying it. However, since it was meant to be played by two people, and Maxwell was already looking at her expectantly, she wouldn’t get around it.
“Do we really have to do this?” she whined and eyed the plastic gun in her hand. It was connected to the monitor with a wire and had a trigger just like a real gun.
“Yes,” he grinned as he scrolled through the different options for the game.
“You know what? Why don’t we make a deal?” she asked when she laid eyes on a way more appealing game. It looked more girly than this one, and it would surely be fun to try it...
“You shouldn’t make deals with demons,” he smirked and winked at her. She flushed.
“Maxwell, stop being weird!” she muttered. “I just had an idea, okay?”
“Then tell me,” he chuckled.
“We should take turns in deciding which games we want to play. That way we’ll both have fun,” she said.
He doubtfully raised his eyebrows, knowing that there most likely was a catch. But in the end, his impatience to play the first game won, and so he agreed.
“Fine, we’ll do it that way,” he said, and she was happy with that, inwardly already looking forward to seeing him try the game she had seen. It would probably make him look hilarious, and she always liked it when he got flustered over something.
So she complied and played the shooting game with him, of course losing right in the first round. He was better at aiming than she and got all the points for himself. In the end, she was faced with his smug grin as he bragged about his win.
“Now it’s my turn,” Valerie said, ignoring his confidence and arrogance to pull him over to the game she had been eyeing the whole time. It was a dancing game with several arrows on the ground that you needed to step on at the right time. Seeing it, Maxwell heaved a sigh.
“Valerie, what the hell? This looks boring,” he nagged.
“It’s not boring,” she countered. “This is going to be fun. Let me just pick a song, and then we’ll start.” Valerie went through the song list and picked the cutest one she could find. Smirking evilly, she started the game and went to her spot next to Maxwell, getting ready to dance.
As soon as he heard the first tunes of the song, he scoffed and glared at her. “What is this? Do you want to make a fool of me?”
“No,” she giggled unconvincingly, keeping her eyes on the TV. She stepped on the arrows on the ground and collected points for herself while Maxwell just stood and stared at her.
“Hey, look, I’m winning.” she said, and that finally got him to react.
“No, you’re not.” he retorted and began to join her, furiously stepping on the arrows. He was so fast that he even managed to catch up to her, gaining points rapidly. In her astonishment, she missed a few steps, and that allowed him to overtake her. Eventually, she gave up and decided that it was much more entertaining to watch him dance. Even though the song was very girly and not his style at all, he managed to impress her with his fluid movements. By the time the song ended, she was gaping at him and clapping.
“Wow, Maxwell. That was amazing.” she gushed. He looked at her for a moment, remembering that he’d had an audience, and awkwardly cleared his throat.
“Of course it was. Everything I do is amazing.”
“Yeah, I’m actually starting to believe that,” she said and nodded. “What do you want to try next?”
“That thing looks interesting,” he said and pointed at a claw crane. The kind of machine that only stole your money without actually giving anything in return. There were many interesting prizes hidden behind glass, but Valerie doubted that they would win anything. Still, her stubborn boyfriend wouldn’t let himself be stopped by her. He’d already dropped a few coins into the machine and tried to get one of the prizes.
“Maxwell, that won’t work,” she said just when the crane dropped the prize it had grabbed. “You’re just wasting your money on this.”
He didn’t listen and tried three more times until he was fed up and kicked the machine in anger. “Dumb piece of junk,” he said, letting out his frustration.
“Let’s do something that’s actually entertaining,” Valerie said and took his hand to pull him over to another game that was hidden in a corner. It was a small karaoke booth.
“So you want to hear my gorgeous voice, huh? Understandable,” the arrogant demon drawled, leaning against the wall as he watched her pick a song.
“Um, excuse me?” she said in disbelief at his unwavering confidence. He sure was something… “I highly doubt that you can sing. You’ll probably sound like a dying car or something.”
“We’ll see about that.”
Now she wasn’t so sure anymore, given his endless confidence, and she wondered whether she might have been wrong in her assumption.
“You can’t sing,” she muttered while she chose a song.
“Yes, I can,” he smirked.
“No.”
“Yes.”
“You’re driving me insane,” she sighed.
“Glad to be of service.”
“Shut your mouth and take your microphone, you silly demon.”
“Fine, you silly human.”