Married to my nemesis-Chapter 39: Arcade

Phoebe sighed staring at the arcade, she was less excited about going into the arcade but Zayn seemed to be super excited.

Zayn stayed beside her pocketing his hands as he turned to stare at her who was looking at the arcade with a dull and pouty look.

"C’mon, let’s go," Zayn excitedly held her hand entering the arcade expecting to see people around, the place was as clear and empty as a graveyard with just the both of them and some attendants.

"Wait, don’t tell me that-" she turned around to see the door in case there was a sign but then the signboard was removed.

"It seems people aren’t willing to come since is late."

"What are you saying? Someone would at least enter this arcade, wait, don’t tell me-"

"C’mon, let’s play, they may come at any moment and I wouldn’t get to do anything," he pulled her hand to the claw machine with a face full of excitement as though he was a kid.

"I’ve always wanted to win a doll, I hope I can do this," Zayn knuckled his hands ready to play as Phoebe stood beside him with folded arms.

As she watched, Zayn struggled to get a teddy bear but then failed at his attempts.

Phoebe chuckled seeing how his face turned sour after those struggles and then he put another nickel into the claw machine as Phoebe gave in to play the game so he wouldn’t waste the nickel.

"C’mon, let me try," Zayn created space for her as she tried her best but just with the same luck as Zayn, she was unable to get it out of the machine.

"Maybe we should try it together," Zayn suggested as Phoebe gave him deadshot gazes as he retrieved his suggestion placing a gloomy face on like a child asked for candy but cannot have candy.

"Okay," she said, and then his gloomy face bloomed like a bulb light.

"Okay," he nodded, and then they both had confusion with the standing arrangement, Zayn stood beside her as they both tried it but then, they caught one pulling it out of the machine just when it reached the opening area, it fell back into the machine.

Phoebe’s face turned gloomy.

"Maybe we should try this, please don’t hit me," Zayn went behind Phoebe placing his head on her shoulder and holding her hands gently as they placed it on the claw controller.

Feeling the tickle sensation from his breath on her skin, Phoebe slowly turned to look at him to see he was concentrating on the claw machine.

"Let’s see if is going to work," Zayn stated as his eyes were set to get a teddy bear.

As Zayn held her hand and with full concentration, they were able to allow the claw to get hold of the teddy bear, they were about to bring the teddy bear out as Zayn shifted his concentration to look at Phoebe’s face which was filled with excitement seeing the teddy bear was coming out but then his gaze was still on her not noticing that the teddy bear was out.

Phoebe excitedly rejoiced taking the teddy bear from the machine.

"Oh wow," Zayn stated pocketing his hands as he watched Phoebe snuggle the big teddy bear.

"Maybe we should pick another one for me?" Zayn stated as Phoebe stopped her rejoicing posture.

"Okay, but I’m taking this teddy bear," Zayn nodded and once again they tried and then they took a little teddy which was for a key holder.

Phoebe handed it to Zayn and excitedly she wrapped the teddy bear behind her back as they tried the shooting game.

With the gun in Phoebe’s hand, she concentrated on her target and then she targeted the balloon on the point board steadily then she shot more effortlessly than Zayn could winning ten points and winning a teddy bear.

They tried the basketball game, dancing, throwing a ball into a fish bowl with the fish being alive or unluckily throwing it inside the one with a dead fish and so having good luck this time she won the life fish but Phoebe gave the winning fish to Zayn since she wasn’t good at handling fishes.

Once they were done with the games, Zayn’s assistant took the gift into the car as Zayn went to a nearby ice cream truck and ordered two ice-cream.

Coming back to the arcade, he met Phoebe seated on the stairs at the entrance of the arcade with her hand on her lap and then she placed her head on her palm having a gloomy face.

"Here, take," Zayn stated handing the ice cream bowl to her.

Opened and then she began to scoop in as the atmosphere of the environment began to silence.

Phoebe ate her ice cream staring into space as Zayn couldn’t help but place his gaze on her.

Phoebe felt the reaction of someone staring at her and just like she had thought, she turned to the side to see Zayn staring at her.

"You’re doing it again," Phoebe stated with a pursued lip though he was numb fluttering his eyelashes.

"What are you saying? I wasn’t staring at you, it was what was behind you that I was staring at," with his denial Phoebe turned to the back to see a man packing garbage into a trash box.

"You were staring at him?"

Zayn nodded as she chuckled.

"What?" He questioned with a small laugh.

"Nothing, I’ve just realized you’re a great liar, completely a genius liar, who checks a man packing garbage like he’s dreaming in his world?"

"Oh, you think I can’t? I was just seeing how the man was packing the garbage so gracefully, I also want to try the technique since I could use the same way to take the trash bag from my house."

"Do you live alone?"

He nodded as Phoebe subconsciously bit her lower lip sticking her spoon into the cream like she was trying to stab it to death.

"Is there anything about that?"

Phoebe shook her head.

"Nothing,"

"What about you? Do you live alone?"

"I’m planning on moving out soon, I don’t know when but I’m thinking of doing so."

"Did your mum ask you to stay at the house that’s why you’re still living with them?"

"How did you know?"

"I guess so, my mum is like that but then I would end up arguing that I’m old enough to stay on my own until she gave in."

"I know how that feeling could be, she’ll probably be feeling lonely," stating it, Phoebe’s face turned sour in remembrance of Prudence’s death, how she felt lonely feeling separated from her sister.

"They still feel as though we’re children they need to protect, they’re just caring, that’s all." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"Saying it makes me miss my mother."

"Mummy’s boy," Phoebe jested, and then she stood up from the stairs.

"C’mon, let’s go," with her finished cup, Zayn couldn’t believe that he hadn’t taken from his cup and had been staring at her.

He immediately stood up as he approached her.

"Can I drop you at your house?" Phoebe was about to say no but then he went again with his baby face.

"At least," he pleaded as Phoebe chuckled and then she nodded.

"Okay," with an excited look, they entered the car about to move when Phoebe requested for the teddy.

She cuddled the bear as they moved on the road, somehow Zayn felt jealous of the teddy bear, as they moved on the road, Phoebe looked at the landscape with the sun setting view.

She got down of the car as they arrived in front of the house and waved him goodbye then she entered the house but as she entered the house, the first face she was set with was that of her mother with a mischievous smile on like she knew about a playful dirty secret which she was going to use it against her teasingly.

"Oh my gawd, Mum," she said frustratedly understanding the meaning of her gesture.