Her sister… cousin, perhaps? Yuzuru’s imagination was on full throttle.
“It was Ayaka and the others. But we didn’t play games or anything like that. We took what they call ‘Purikura‘ “ (TN: It means pictures taken from the photo booth with quite a lot of customization)
“Ah… I can imagine that.”
The four high school girls must have taken the picture while cackling.
Arisa also had relationships.
It’s only natural that she would have those experiences without Yuzuru seeing her.
…that being said, it was frustrating for him to have Arisa’s “first purikura experience” stolen.
Yuzuru decided to demand Ayaka and the others to show him the pictures later.
“Well, that’s beside the point. Would you like to play that?”
“Crane games huh…”
It was a game where you operated the crane with the buttons on your hand and then dropped the prizes.
This is the kind of game that can be found in any arcade. In fact, it would be rare to find one without it.
“Have you ever played it, Yuzuru-san?”
“Of course.”
“Have you ever won?”
“No.”
Yuzuru had never been able to get a prize in this kind of game.
He doubted if it was possible to get it in the first place… and if it was an urban legend.
“I thought so. Yuzuru, you’re not very good at games, are you?”
“No, it’s just that you’re strong… And I’m good at simulation games, you know?”
“Yes, of course. You’re very good at being sneaky, aren’t you?”
“…Are you still hung up on that?”
In the past, Yuzuru once played a certain strategy game with his friends, including Arisa, through the night.
On that occasion, Yuzuru tricked and mercilessly invaded Arisa many times…
Arisa, who was beaten to a pulp, didn’t speak to Yuzuru for a day after that.
And she still held on to the grudge to this day.
“I’ll forgive you …if you get me something from that, okay?”
“Oh, it came to that huh?”
Yuzuru rolled up his arms lightly and stared at the crane game.
He had no experience in getting prizes… but the situation of ‘getting a prize at the request of your girlfriend’ was a classic route.
By being watched over by Arisa, a mysterious power might work and could help… he had such a feeling.
He put in a coin and moved the crane.
“…Okay, oh, oh!”
“Whoa!”
The crane grabbed the stuffed animal.
Slowly, it moved toward the exit…
“No way!”
“Ah…”
It fell on the way.
Yuzuru’s shoulders slumped in disappointment.
Arisa’s eyes were a little cold.
Yuzuru felt very frustrated.
“…Wait a bit, Arisa. I’ll look up the tips.”
He took out his cell phone and typed in ‘crane game strategy’.
In the beginning, Arisa waited for Yuzuru to look into it… But, halfway through, she stood in front of the crane game by herself.
“I’ll try it out while you’re at it.”
Yuzuru read an article about crane game strategy while listening to Arisa’s cute voice of “Ei~, Ei!“.
He skimmed through it, and after gaining confidence…
“Okay, Arisa. Next time, I’ll be sure to…”
“Yay!”
“Eh?”
There was a clattering sound and a doll came out of the exit.
Arisa happily took it out and cradled it in her arms.
“I did it.”
“So you did… Good for you.”
Yuzuru had some mixed feelings.
“…Do you want me to teach you the trick?”
“N-no… It’s fine.”
Crane game skills were useless in life.
If there was a situation where it would be useful, it would be to ‘take the place of your girlfriend while playing it‘…
If Arisa was better than him, that won’t work either.
Maybe in the future, there will be an opportunity to ‘Doing it for the kids’, but if Mama Arisa was better at it than Papa Yuzuru, there was no need for Yuzuru to train.
“Lovers are supposed to make up for what the partner lacks. If you’re good at it, there’s no need for me to be good at it. Yeah, thank God Arisa is good at it.”