Shiloh gives a dark chuckle. “Why not both?”
“Are we fucking or fighting right now because I can’t really tell.”
“I’m gonna shoot you in the back point blank.”
“That doesn’t clear things up for me.”
Shiloh leans forward, biting my earlobe. I bite my bottom lip to keep myself from moaning. Just then, I feel a vibration against my back.
Looking over my shoulder, I find Rin grinning at me from over Shiloh’s shoulder. Oh my gods. Caught twice. Really? They’re never gonna let me live this down!
“Fuck,” Shiloh hisses out before shoving me away and running towards his castle to reset his vest.
“This is our chance, let’s go!”
The two of us run after Shiloh, following him into his castle. I wrap my arms around him and toss him over my shoulder.
“What the fuck! This is cheating!”
“It’s not cheating! It’s strategy,” I say, holding on despite how much he wiggles and hits my back. He kicks his legs out and I almost take a tumble but barely manage to keep him in the air while Rin runs around the castle, looking for their flag.
“Got it!” Rin cries, jumping down the side of the castle and taking off running.
I set Shiloh back on his feet. He stares at me for a long time before shooting me. I laugh as I run back towards my castle.
We win that round but they end up winning the next round. The final round is a battle royale in honor of Gayle and Rodney since this is their specialty. Shiloh and I get out first which is a bummer but that’s okay. We find a wall to sit on, watching the rest of them run around each other.
Shiloh leans his head against my shoulder. “Thank you for inviting me.”
“Thank you for accepting.”
“I was worried about meeting them. I know how much they mean to you.”I hum softly. “I got so stuck in my head about this being serious. Thanks for showing me that even though we’re, you know, trying this whole relationship thing out, things can still be fun.”
“Oh,” I breathe out, my heart stuttering in my chest. “This is our relationship, we get to decide the tone of it.”
“I’m realizing that now,” he says softly. “I think I really like you, Kei.”
“That’s good,” I say, taking his hand in my own and giving it a small squeeze. “Because I’m pretty sure I really like you too.”
“Gross,” he says, wrinkling his nose at me. I laugh so loud the others pause in their game to look up at us. Shiloh hides his face in my shirt, yelling at them to get back to shooting each other.
I never thought anything more than a quick fuck was for me. I’ve never been so happy to be proven wrong.
Chapter Eleven
Shiloh
“Maybe you’re right, Maki,”Rin murmurs as we walk out of the laser tag arena towards the main part of the arcade. “Maybe I should start working out with you sometimes.”
Beside me, Kei snorts. “I don’t know if that’s a good idea. He’s a professional athlete and you sit on your ass all day for work.”
“Which is why working out on occasion would be good for you,” Maki says. “Even just going for a daily walk would be good for your bodies.”
“I work out,” Gayle says, squeezing his own bicep. “Three times a week. It’s not much but it’s something to stay active and keep my body strong.”
“Plus, you’ve got Calloway to keep up with,” Rodney adds, hipchecking Gayle who almost stumbles into the wall.
Instead of going into the arcade, we go forward into the pub slash dining area. We all head to the bar, ordering ourselves something to drink. Most of us get ourselves a glass of beer except for Gayle and Maki.
