She stared fixedly at the machine without moving.
"..."
Her expression was serious, full of determination.
Don't tell me... she doesn't know how to use it...
"The button on the right controls left and right, and the one on the left controls forward and back. You have to hold the button down for the mechanical arm to move. Let go, and it stops immediately."
"Oh... thank you."
Yukino blushed as she began playing the claw machine. First, she moved the mechanical arm to the right... yes, that was easy enough. Next, she moved the arm inward... oh, oh, good position.
Then the mechanical arm went, "Waaah..." as it prepared to grab the plushie below. What was with this arm? Its voice was way too cute.
"...It grabbed it."
Yukino's tiny voice reached my ears. I turned to see her make a small victory gesture with a clenched fist.
Unfortunately, the arm went, "Waaah..." and released the plushie, returning to its original position without making another sound.
Failure.
"See? It's hard at first, isn't it?"
I tried to comfort Yukino, but she glared angrily at the arm.
"...Wait. It clearly grabbed it just now, didn't it? Why did it let go?"
She interrogated the mechanical arm with the same aggressive tone she usually used on me. Faced with her overwhelming intensity, I was the one who changed my attitude. Scary, scary.
"Well, look. The plushie you wanted has already fallen somewhere easier to grab, right? I remember the trick to claw machines is moving it little by little over several tries."
I read the instructions posted on the machine to her.
"I see... The arm doesn't have enough grip, so I need to grab it several times."
After understanding, she inserted another hundred-yen coin.
Waaah...
"...Damn it, again."
Waaahhh... waaahhh...
"Know