Chapter 223 – Date (5)

Aren’t games supposed to entertain people?
The dollhouse was making me unhappy and irritable.
So, this is not a game.

It’s not a game, it’s not a trash game either.
Picking dolls is garbage.
Enraged, I gently pressed the claw-down button of the doll puller with trembling hands.

My throat is a bit itchy because I’m angry…
The doll was lifted up this time, and was about to fall again, freeing itself from the hook.
But then, the doll suddenly stopped falling as if stopped by something invisible.

“Uh?”
“Oh! I was chosen!”

What was it?
It wasn’t caught by the hook, but it seemed like the hook was wrapped around the doll…
Did the doll tag get caught on the hook in an invisible place?

The doll, which seemed to be pulled out and could not be pulled out, was suddenly pulled out.
The moment I felt the limit of my patience, when I saw the doll that came out as if saying it was okay to take it, since I ate well, I felt uncomfortable rather than a sense of achievement.
I pulled it out, but I don’t feel very good…

I held the puppet in my hand and examined it.
A brown, curly, long-haired cat doll similar to Rapid’s hair color… The weight is not bad, and the sewing condition is good.
However, if you look at the number of coins used… It’s a quality worth saying that it’s not worth the price.

“… Here you go.”

Still… Once it was pulled, it was pulled.
I held out the cat doll to Rapid.

“I’m giving it to you… ?”

Rapid carefully accepted the stuffed cat I had offered him, then grabbed his hand as if he was embarrassed.
Anyway, the doll is useless even if I took it.
It is an item worth giving to Rapid, who likes dolls.

“Together… Please take it with you as a commemoration of your visit to the arcade.”
“Oh, thank you… Well, over there… Well, I’ll keep it…”

Rapid was delighted and brought the little doll to his lips.
I’m glad you like it…
But from now on, if I’m going to give away a doll, I want to just buy it and give it away instead of doing something like drawing a doll…

“Yes… Please hug me tight when you sleep…”
“A hug?! That giant… Yes…”

I didn’t forget to ask Rapid to give me an indirect sleep.
Then, as if embarrassed, Rapid covered his mouth with a doll and blushed.
Seeing Rapid’s cute reaction, I felt a little relieved and let out a small laugh.

A little tired from drawing dolls, I looked around and looked around to see if there was a game I could play comfortably.
What could be more legitimate, worth paying for, enjoyable, and feeling good…
Contemplating, I found a large machine installed in the corner of the game room.

“… Would you like to take a picture with me?”
“Yes? Ah… The picture… I’m doing that right now, so it won’t be filmed…”
“Therefore… Isn’t that something you can solve by going in there?”

I pointed my finger at the sticker photo machine in the corner of the arcade.
The sticker camera, which seemed to have been installed a little while ago, was covered with a thick curtain, so you couldn’t see inside from the outside.
If it’s that, you can take a commemorative photo at Rapid and the arcade.

“Ah… ! Ah… However… Coin…”
“Did you write everything… ?”

Rapid nodded and touched his coin pouch.
I’m running out of coins because I spent too many coins on a doll draw.
Immediately, Rapid turned his back and ran to the change machine to exchange more of his coins.

“Go first, I’ll change!”

I walked towards the sticker camera as Rapid said, thinking that I might have to wait if there were people in the camera.
Looking closer, it is a very old looking machine.
On the machine and the surrounding walls, there are countless pictures of stickers that seem to have been attached by students who were filmed on the machine.

“Ugh… Huh… ?”

After looking at so many photos that they looked like tiles, I suddenly felt a slight headache and stopped my gaze that flowed like water.
I see old sticker pictures full of girls wearing masks…
Recognizing the women in the sticker picture, I was a little surprised and wiped the discolored picture with my finger.

The colors have changed and everyone is wearing masks or sunglasses that make it hard to see, but my eyes can’t fool it.
Rapid… Esther… Maria… Rusty… Lily… Rosé… Besides that, I see magical girls that I don’t know about.
Was it a photo taken when Rapid came to play with the other magical girls?

… Suddenly, the image of Rapid with a bitter expression on his face as he talked about coming to the arcade came to mind.
One died, one went missing, and one was an arcade where magical girls infected by Negative came to hang out together…
It must feel complicated.

“I have changed!”

Rapid returned with a bright expression and handed me a coin.
After learning what kind of magical girls Rapid had come to this arcade, I looked down at Rapid in silence.
Rapid looked up at me with innocent eyes and blinked as if asking why.

“… Thanks, then shall we take a picture together?”
“Yes!”

Entering the curtain with Rapid, I saw the inside of a sticker camera for the first time in my life.
The narrow interior where you can’t see the outside as much as you can’t see the inside from the outside… The inside of the sticker camera was a strange structure that seemed to be open but closed.
Because one side of the wall is attached, there is only one entrance, and thick curtains that come down to just below the knees lightly block out noise from outside the arcade.

“… How amazing.”
“Yes?”
“No, I… It’s my first time using a sticker camera…”

The sticker camera was showing Rapid and myself on the screen in real time.
The appearance of Rapid, which looked distorted on the screen, gradually changed to the same form as the visible one.
Rapid dispelled the magic that prevented others from recognizing him and spoke in embarrassment.

“I… It’s my first time with a guy… Even just the two of us…”

Rapid blushed and ran his fingers through the hair beside his ears, operating his machine.
I eagerly watched Rapid touch the screen with the sticker camera pen, and moved closer behind Rapid.
In a small space alone with Rapid… The inside cannot be seen from the outside.

“Whoa…”

… My heart is pounding.
Rapid and narrow, alone… A sweet smell enters through the sense of smell and takes over the head.
The line of the deep sternum and wide open silence followed between the large breasts seen from a little above, looking down from the back… It’s terribly naughty.

“Oh…”

Rapid froze while manipulating the screen.
I secretly sniffed the smell of Rapid from behind and looked at the screen pretending nothing had happened to see if something was wrong with the sticker camera.
On the screen, there was a window for selecting the sticker camera mode with “Single, couple, and multiple people” Written on it.

“We… Is, two… Right?”
“Right.”
“Then… Two… Because it’s two people! Big… Cuff… ! Photo, that’s it… !”

A single person with a drawing, a couple with two people, and several icons with three people, Rapid chose a couple.
Then, a picture with five hearts appeared on the screen.
Rapid looked at the screen, tilted his head, and pressed the heart with a pen.

“… Is it like a rating?”
“Is it… ?”
“I’ve never seen anything like this before… Maybe five… ?”

It is a rating system that is like intimidation to get a rating before taking a picture.
Did they do some programming where the picture quality would deteriorate if I didn’t get a good evaluation…
More than that, why aren’t they sold on the internet, and sticker cameras need ratings?

[Please strike a pose!]
“Uh… ?”

At that thought, blue and red shadows appeared on the screen.
An animation depicts a man drawn in translucent shadows hugging a woman from behind.
The shadow changed its size in real time to match Rapid and whether it was detecting Rapid and me with the camera’s sensor.

“… What’s this?”
[Please strike a pose!]

Rapid, who didn’t understand why such a screen suddenly appeared, grabbed the touch pen and pressed the screen here and there.
No matter where I press it, the shooting button doesn’t come out or the shooting countdown doesn’t start.
I looked at the screen and realized something, so I tapped Rapid on the shoulder and said,

“This… If you don’t pose, you won’t be photographed, right?”
“Yes?!”

Select Heart for Couple Mode… If the couple mode is a mode that guides poses like this, and the heart selection is to select the stage of the pose, this situation is understandable.
Perhaps this sticker camera will start shooting only when it recognizes the pose.
Rapid also listened to me and understood the situation, and his face turned red as he rolled his eyes in confusion.

“Uh, what should I do… ? Oops, I didn’t know this… This, over there… It’s my first time doing this…”
“It’s my first time too… What should I do?”
“That, that, that… Oh…”

I carefully placed my hand on the bewildered Rapid’s shoulder.
I feel the hot heat on my trembling shoulders.
A face flushed red up to the neck, the sound of stopped breathing and the sound of a heart felt in the hands… But… Don’t give up

“Because the camera does it… Can’t help it… ?”
“Ah, it’s okay.”

This… It’s the best game machine that can’t even be compared to a doll machine.
Game… It’s an opportunity to make skinship naturally using the sticker camera as an excuse.

I looked at Rapid’s eyes and moved his hand slowly.

“It’s okay to take pictures… ?”
“That’s it… That is…”
“I’ll hug you… ?”

This is a game, the camera has to do it like this to take a picture…
He informs Rapid of this fact and tries a skinship that is hard to refuse.
Not yet… Do not refuse

Yet, yet… A little more, a little more…
From the shoulder to the arm, slightly past the side of the chest, just below the chest, slightly, little by little… Tighten your arms.
I hugged Rapid from behind.

“Ha ha, well…”

[Click!]