Chapter 26 : Having fun for once

"The show ended~!" I whined, hoping to see more of the cartoon shows. I ate one of the chewy candy sweets that I bought and looked at my phone, oh wow I didn't know I was watching cartoons for so long.

I put my phone onto the table and looked around but Zeke seemed to not be around, is he still in his room since just now...? I cleaned up the table that had little snack crumbs, plastic and went to throw it into the dustbin, in the kitchen.

"They're all clean...Now let's go check up on Zeke, maybe I could persuade him to go to the arcade with me~" I happily went up into his room and knocked on the door but there wasn't a single response or sound from his room.

Is he asleep? I wanted to knock again but decided not to just in case if he was asleep, I opened the door gently as I tried not to make any sounds of awakening.

"So he is really asleep..." I mumbled out, seeing that Zeke was lying down on the bed with his back facing me. I walked over to him and bent down to the beds-level and took a look at him.

He looks like an angel when asleep but totally different when he's awake...Though I know at times he can be kind, maybe he just doesn't show it often, or does he not know how?

I rested my elbow on his bed to support the weight of my head, his bed is soft~ I snapped out of my daze when suddenly, Zeke turned over and it made me pull back my arms that were resting on his soft bed.

I froze and hoped that I didn't wake him up and yep it didn't as he continued to sleep peacefully. Admiring his sleeping face, I lifted my hand and went to stroke his soft, black charcoal-like hair. I wonder what type of shampoo that he uses for it to be this soft.

"If only your willing to love me...I wonder how we would turn out~" I mumbled under my breath I guess I love him a little too much to let him go. Suddenly a strong force grabbed my arm, making me wince from the pain.

"What are you doing..."

"Ouch ouch, let me go. I was just stroking your hair and nothing more!" He glared at me before letting go of my arm and sat upright on the bed. He ruffled his bed hair and stared down at me as I gently rubbed my wrist.

"Next time, don't touch me, understand?

"Hmm..." Zeke got out of bed and went out of the room, leaving me on the floor as I sighed.

"If one day, that really happens and I'm gone, would you still hate me..." No, that won't happen Clover! What am I talking about, I slapped myself lightly on both my cheeks and smiled.

"Hey, Zeke~!" I stood up as I went out of his room, calling out to him. I went downstairs to find him but he was nowhere in sight, huh? Didn't he just went out of his room not long ago-

"What." I turned around and Zeke came walking down the stairs and into the kitchen, opening his fridge and took out the milk I bought him. Ah right, I forgot that I had brought over some things...

"Umm...since it's not that late yet, why don't we go out for some fun!"

"No, you can go out yourself."

"But it isn't fun when you go out alone..." I whined, not wanting to go out alone when I hardly just came over to have some fun with him, and yet he's not agreeing to go with me.

"You can ask Millie or Matteo to go with you then.

"They are busy~ why don't you just try and come out for this once, I promise it will be fun!" Zeke kept his silence as he drank finish his milk and threw the bottle away. My eyes followed him as he went back up into his room and closed the door.

"He isn't up for it isn't he..." I went over to his couch and layer down, taking out my phone to read some novels, if only he would agree to go then I wouldn't be here lying down, staring at my phone...until my phone got snatched away.

"Hey- What are you wearing?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to go out...?" My eyes shimmered, feeling happy that he agreed to go suddenly. I grabbed his hands and smiled at him.

"Really~? What changed your mind~?"

"One more word and we're staying home."

"No no no! We ain't staying home, now let's go~!" I happily took my phone back from Zeke, sliding it into my pocket, and went to wear my shoes. Zeke followed along and wore his shoes and we went out after that.

I happily skipped ahead of Zeke as he walked behind me, is this the first-ever time that he agreed to go out with me? I can't just waste this chance, I want to make this worthwhile!

"Hey Zeke, come on! Don't lag behind." I turned around and went over to him, grabbing his wrist and pulled him along with me.

Surprisingly, he didn't say anything to argue back at me. We went over to the plaza which was opposite the mall, I looked around the place in awe.  There were new shops open in the plaza like a new arcade, some clothing shops, and eateries.

I didn't expect much but just by looking at the food shops that were newly opened, made me wanna try them. There were menus displayed for people to see and several items had caught my eyes.

"This place is cool~!" I exclaimed, looking around at the place as Zeke copied what I did, looking around the plaza and he didn't seem interested in it whatsoever.

"Let's go to the arcade first!" I pointed towards the arcade, which was looking beautiful with all the neon lights at the entrance which seemed to attract the people's attention.

We went into the arcade and I was amazed by the insides of the arcade. There were various kinds of games and they seemed fun, with people playing them.

I let go of Zeke's wrist and went to take a look around the place, it was indeed colorful...it had a few fairy lights that were hung around the ceiling, giving off some shine to the arcade.

There was even part of a wall at the corner of the arcade that had a neon-colored sign saying good vibes only, in blue~ the place wasn't too bright nor too dark and I like it this way!

"This place is awesome~!"

"Don't go running around the place like that..." I turned around to see Zeke with his arms folded around his chest, staring at me. Oh right, I just left him at the entrance...

"Hahaha...sorry." I chuckled and looked around, trying to find a suitable game for us to play.

"Let's go play the basketball hoop one!" I went over to one of the basketball hoop games and it had some basketballs, there were even neon blue lights that surround the surface of the machine.

"Cool~! Let's see who can get the most balls in! If I win you'll have to get me that bear~" I pointed at a brown stuffed bear that I had seen just now, at the opposite store from the arcade.

"What if I win...?"

"Ehh...What do you want?" I asked as Zeke stepped closer towards me, leaning in.

"I want you..."   He whispered to me with his low voice, the voice I fell in love with...I blushed as I looked at him. He backed away and smirked.

"Hahaha, look at you, don't tell me you believed it? Wonder who would want to have an annoying girl like you beside them...so don't overthink about it, Clover..." The atmosphere suddenly felt cold and down, my hands were feeling loose...

"Ahaha...I knew that...but anyways never mind that, you can think about it later! For now, we should just play and have fun!" I forced out a smile and turned around back to the basketball machine, not wanting to face Zeke, right I must be annoying to him...

"I know I'm annoying but...I just wanted to make you happy..."