When she repeated his words, his heart rate picked up, and he couldn't help but feel caught. Had he really just said that out loud? Seriously? He hadn't told her- and for a good reason too. "I… uh- yeah… we're here…" Phoenix mumbled getting out of the car. He hadn't even glanced over to see her face, he just didn't want to see how she felt about that.
"Okay," Cicada nodded a little as she went to open the door. She was still trying to wrap her head around what he had said, she was one of, no, the most dangerous person he had ever met. She figured her number was high, cause of the whole fire from air thing, but not the highest possible. Taking a breath and looked over at Phoenix, "I, uh, let's go play some dumb games."
Looking over at her, he sighed weakly. "I'm sorry… I didn't mean to say anything. I didn't want to tell you." Phoenix mumbled, holding a hand out to her. "If you hate me, or are mad at me, you can say so. I shouldn't have said it, I know I shouldn't have. I just… I just slipped up." He whispered, giving her a worried look.
"I don't, I'm not, I'm just surprised that's all," Cicada took his hand with a light nervous smile. She was trying not to freak out, but at the same time it looked like Phoenix was doing that for her, "I'm not mad at you for slipping up. It's not under your control how dangerous other people are."
"It feels like it, though." Phoenix mumbled, leading her up to the arcade. "I'm just really, really sorry I told you. I didn't want to offend you, or anything." He continued to mumbled, lacing their fingers together unknowingly. "You're really okay, with knowing that?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Cicada gave him a soft smile as she unknowingly squeezed his hand in a comforting manner. The little movements the two made without knowing what they were doing was kind of ridiculous, "I, uh, kind of figured I had a high number given that I can just make, um, fire appear."
"Yeah, but you weren't expecting a ten. I still feel bad for telling you." Phoenix insisted, sighing weakly. "Anyways, if you're alright with doing so, we could put this behind us and just have a fun time today. Sound like a good plan to you?" He asked her, forcing up a smile to try and seem calm.
"Yeah. Yeah we can do that," Cicada gave him a reassuring smile. She needed to be okay and act okay, at least for now. She could have a breakdown tomorrow like she was going to anyway, "Sooo what game should we try first."
Once in the building, he glanced around before spotting some games along the back. "We could play pac-man. That's always a good one." Phoenix offered, trying to drown out any and all thoughts. Right now, they were two friends going to have a good time. He didn't need to worry about anything.
"Definitely," Cicada gave him a nod before beginning to go towards the pac-man machines. She had a little smile on trying to focus on the moment and not what had been said earlier, "Want to see who can get the highest score?"
"I feel like that's a trick you're luring me into. How good are you at the game?" Phoenix asked her with a light smirk. "I won't take that offer up, if you're a champion or something. That doesn't seem fair."
"I'm not that great," Cicada admitted with a little laugh, "I haven't played in a while as well so this should be interesting. It was more in good fun than competition."
"Well, then I take your challenge." Phoenix smiled brightly, holding out a hand to her. "Are we doing a prize for the winner? Or just letting bragging rights take place?"
"Mmm I think bragging rights for pac-man, but we could have a competition to see who can get the most tickets?" Cicada offered taking his hand with a big smile, "Cause that would be fun right?"
Phoenix smiled softly, nodding a bit. "That sounds like fun. Do you have enough quarters?" He hummed, with a questioning tone. "I've got some to share if you need extras. It needs to be fair."
"I have quite a few, but there's machines to get more quarters at right?" Cicada responded with a light smile. She messed with her hair a little with her free hand, "Yeah, and th eloser gives the other one of the arcade prizes."
"Yeah, that's true. Do we have a time we need to be done by?" Phoenix asked her, glancing at his watch to note the time. "I mean, it's four-thirty now… and I'm cool with the prize giving too."
"Okay good," Cicada nodded for a moment thinking about what time they should be done by, "How about 6:30? Two hours of solid play time and we could go get supper or something like that?"
"Works for me. Maybe winner gets to pay, or other way around, for dinner." Phoenix hummed, pulling his phone out to set an alarm. "We'll see what happens when we get there."
"Yep," Cicada nodded pulling out her phone as well to do the same thing. She paused for a moment to look at the pac-man machine, "But first, pac-man."
A smile broke out on his lips, as he took a quarter or two from his wallet, and placed them into the machine. "Who goes first?" Phoenix asked, setting up the game for two players.
"You can," Cicada smiled at him as she crossed her arms. She reached into her bag to pull out some quarters as well, "Since you seem to be paying first."
"Alright, sure." Phoenix hummed, as he started the game. "I barely remember how to play this game, it's been forever." He told her, using the stick shift to move the yellow character across the screen.
"Same here," Cicada laughed as she saw him start. Going second meant she could watch him play and see the controls in use.
After a minute or two, he got the guy trapped in between the ghosts and started to panic. "No, no, no!" Phoenix said, trying to get pac-man out of the corner without getting hit. Yet it was futile, as it only took a second more and he was killed. "Man, and I was so close."
Cicada laughed again as she watched him die. Well, pac-man die. She wouldn't like it if Phoenix died, "Yeah, you still have a life or two, right? So it's not game over."
"Yeah, I think I have to start over, though." He told her with a light smile. "And I'm pretty sure it's only one more- but we'll see what happens if I die again." Phoenix shrugged, watching as the character spawned.
"We'll see," Cicada responded with a slight chuckle as she watched him spawn again. She kept her arms cross and watched the screen, "Hopefully you won't and get a higher score."
Phoenix glanced over at her with a suspicious look, and raised brow. "Why do you want me to win?" He asked her, before focusing on the game. It wasn't hard… just not easy either.
"Because I want it to be fair," Cicada gave him a slight shrug with a little smirk. She looked at him and the game, "Now look at the game and not me. Got it?"