Feeling tired
Jurina practically squealed with excitement when she realised that the girl she had latched onto was none other than Sonata…Possibly the only person in all of 0048 who had a more child-like mindset than herself. Although that was arguable.
‘Lucky! If it had been Tsubasa…' She shuddered at the thought.
Jurina was almost jumping up and down, which would’ve made a weird sight to behold - the (previously) oldest kenkyuusei and the tallest member in 0048 acting like a child with Sonata, the youngest member and possibly the shortest (though Yuko would make some joke about Takamina instead).
“Game centre, game centre!” she said excitedly, almost dragging the younger girl out towards the door.
“Let’s gooooo~!” Sonata sung along and followed Jurina out. She skipped along beside the older girl until the reached the game centre.
The big, bright sign made it impossible to miss. Inside there was music playing, the sounds of many different games being played and over to one side there was a little stall that you could trade in tickets you won on games for prizes. Hanging above the stall was a giant, stuffed cat that caught Sonata’s attention.
“Woah! Look!” Sonata pointed over to the stall, and the stuffed cat.
Jurina opened her arms and felt right at home, as though she were being embraced by the game centre. Back when she was still in high school (she had just graduated this year), she often skipped class and came here. She didn’t have many friends, but these games were her friends. They would never betray her or bully her because of her height or hair colour. The game centre always accepted Takahashi Miyuki for who she was, and now it was going to accept Matsui Jurina the second as well.
Jurina followed Sonata over to the stall, and glanced at the giant, stuffed cat. It was, as expected, the most expensive thing up there in terms of coupons - but something like that was a piece of cake for a arcade regular. Jurina grinned, flexed her fingers, and gestured to Sonata to follow her to one of the games.
“Let Jurina onee-chan show you how this is done.”
The game she had chosen was one that was a test of skill - clearly the most popular game in the arcade, Dance Dance Revolution. Even after all these years, the game was still massive. And it had also been part of Jurina’s dancing practice prior to joining 0048…Although she never admitted that.
Perhaps recognising her, the crowd of people gathered around the machine moved aside…Though she thought that it was more obvious if they recognised Sonata. She was, after all, a member of that legendary kenkyuusei group.
But this was Jurina’s time to shine.
Choosing a 0048 song - obviously - she started it up on the most difficult mode. The crowd had hushed by now, and were watching as the machine threw out “Perfect!” over and over again. Finally finishing without breaking a sweat, Jurina stepped off and handed the mountain of coupons that had came with a perfect game over to Sonata.
“That should be about…Half of it…” She glanced back at the machine, and grinned. “Hey Sonata-chan, why don’t you give it a try? You’ve been in 0048 much longer than me, I bet that would be easy for you too.”
(Source: jurinathesecond)
