Chapter 10 - Dinner Date

Leo opens his eyes, he's been sleeping till noon lately, this is a really bad habit he should break, even his mom has been nagging him about it. He gets up from his bed and heads to bathroom to clean up, he brushes his teeth and takes a bath, after finishing his bath, he looked at himself in the mirror and fixed his appearance, today Leo and Diane are gonna hangout

He heads downstairs and being greeted by his mom making breakfast

"Hey mom! I'm heading out, me and Diane are gonna hang out" Leo said as he's inching toward the door

"At least eat some breakfast" His mom said

"Me and Diane will grab some food later" Leo said as he's about to open the door

"Okay Okay, oh also invite Diane over for Dinner tomorrow" Leo's mom added

"Okay Mom" Leo said with his head peaking out the door ready to leave

Leo heads to the place where he and Diane are meeting, He thought he might be the first one there but Diane was already there, she was looking at her phone, she looks like she was typing but she soon stopped to looks up and see Leo and she waved at him and he waved back.

"Hey, have you eaten breakfast yet?" questioned Leo

"No I haven't, I assumed that we're grabbing food?" Diane replied

"Want to grab something at nearby restaurant?" Leo said

"Sure, why not?" replied Diane

They went to a local restaurant and grabbed some breakfast, Leo got some bacon and eggs while Diane got some pancakes, after that they head to the arcade as Diane suggested the last time they met

The sounds of coins clinking, people talking and other indistinguishable noises from other game machines fill the air as both of them enter the arcade, they look around and Diane see's the prizes near the reception, Leo looks at Diane as she's mesmerized by a stuffed toy, it seems like she really wants it

"Lets go ahead and check around" says Leo

They wander around the arcade for sometime until they saw a game that caught their eye

"Look, it's Street Fighter V, lets go play" Diane said excitedly as she's sitting down in front of the machine, Leo can't even disagree on this point as took a seat next to her, they played the first round and people start gathering around them, at first they didn't notice but as the game went on, basically the whole arcade started watching them, they were so impressed that the Diane and Leo can perform such actions, the game was so neck and neck that it was making the audience hype.

The pair eventually notice that they've gather a crowd, they eventually stopped playing, once they did, the crowd dispersed and went on with their lives.

"That was fun, I didn't even notice that we gathered a crowd, kinda sad that we don't get tickets from this machine, I wanted to get a stuffed toy" Diane said

"There's a claw machine, lets see if we can get something there" said Leo

They both of them walked towards the claw machine, there were plenty of machines to choose from but Diane saw a stuffed toy that caught her eye, it was a a dog plushy with blushed cheeks, Diane tried getting it but even on multiple times she wasn't able to get it

"Let me try" said Leo as he was stretching and prepping as if he was about to run a marathon, Diane teased him for this but Leo was more than ready to get this toy, he inserted his money in the machine and started focusing as his was life depended on it. The claw started dropping down slowly on top of the plush, it's claw slowly closed on the toy, it lifts it up and on his first try, Leo got lucky and got it in his first try.

Diane was so happy that she got the plush that she wanted, she hugged it tight on her chest, even as they walked home she was seen still hugging the plush. Leo drops of Diane at the train station

"Mom told me to invite you over for dinner, would you like to?" Leo asked

"I would love to" Diane replied

As Diane heads down the stairs to the train station, Leo waved her goodbye and Diane waved goodbye as well while still hugging the plush, 'Today was fun' Leo thought to himself as he went home

It is now the morning of the next day, Leo does his daily routine as always, after washing up, he heads downstairs and sees his mom cooking something

"Mom, is that for breakfast?" Leo asked his mom while he was rubbing his eyes

"Oh it's actually for dinner" His mom replied as she's pulling out a tray from the oven, Leo thought to himself why his mom is making dinner this early, instead of asking he just assumed that it just takes that long

"Honey, can you also clean your room" added his mom

"Okay, I'll get to it" Leo said as he's heading up the stairs and back to his room

Leo spent the day cleaning his room and tidying up the place, after finishing he rests and waits for Diane to come. Some time passes and night has arrived, the ringing of a doorbell was heard, Leo was going to open the door but his mom got to the door first

"Good evening" Diane said with a smile on her face, she was invited in and took a seat in the living room while Leo's mom was prepping the dinner table

Leo and Diane at first were having awkward small talk, for Leo it's his first time having a friend over but after a while the awkwardness has dispersed and they we're now talking comfortably. Leo offered Diane to watch a movie before they eat dinner but before Diane could even say yes, The dinner was already ready.

"I hope your getting along with with my son, he's kind of a trouble maker" said Leo's dad

"He's fun to hangout with and he hasn't been causing any trouble yet" Diane said later letting out a small giggle

"Are you two dating?" Leo's mom said, it might seems like she was joking but she was actually serious

"We're just friends Mom" Leo said in an embarrassed tone

Diane laughed the question off as Leo already answered it for her

They finished their dinner still early in the night, there was still some light outside and Diane could maybe spend some more time over at Leo's place

"Leo, you should probably bring Diane over to your room, there's still some light outside, you two can watch some movies before she goes home" said Leo's mom

The two head upstairs and into Leo's room, they watched a couple of movies till it was basically midnight

"I should probably go, I wouldn't want to miss the last train" Diane said as she's getting up and getting her things

Diane bid farewell to Leo's parent and heads out, Leo soon came with so he could at least drop Diane off the train station. As they walk down the side walk, a mugger appeared out of nowhere

"GIVE ME ALL YOUR THINGS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET HURT!" Exclaimed the mugger, it looks like he's about to use his powers the moment we don't agree

"No way!" Leo retaliated, he's seen in a stance ready to fight back while protecting Diane with one of her hand. The mugger was about to shoot of his powers but before he could Diane murmured something under her breath

"System Call"