You say good morning back to your sister and go back to eat your cereal.
"Hey big bro, what are you going to do today?" Isabel asks you, explaining she has nothing to do all morning because her friend Sally will be busy until the afternoon. You admit you don't really have anything else to do either, beyond doing some light chores and making sure your sister is alive and well once your mother comes back. The dramatic way you put it made your sister giggle a bit.
"Well if you want to keep me happy then you should play something with me! at least until Sally gets back" she says excitedly hoping you can be her playmate for the time being
"I don't need to keep you happy, just alive and well. You can just cry in your bedroom the whole day if you want to" you said in a mock solemn voice, laughing at Isabel's unimpressed face before asking her what she wants to play "I still need to do the chores though" you remind her you can't spend the whole day with her
"Let's play videogames then, it's been a while since we have played together and shouldn't take much time" she smiles at you, adding a good bait when you don't look that excited to join her "if you end up winning, I will help you with the chores instead of going to Sally's"
"And what if you win?" you ask, your interest piqued by the prospect of more lazy time for yourself
"When I come up with something I will tell you" she smirks. You roll your eyes feeling it will most likely be something silly, but agree in the end. You were confident you could beat her since she doesn't play videogames that much, and even if you don't the things she asks of you are usually just harmless stuff like treating her to ice cream or cleaning her room once.
You turn on the console and set out the racing game, letting her pick the car first as a gesture of good will and throwing some friendly banter at each other before starting the race, with you thanking her beforehand for helping with the chores "for once" and she reminding you to not piss her off to make your punishment "easier".
The last time you two played together you could win comfortably, but since you haven't played the thing in months you were surprised to see Isabel holding her own and giving you a tough challenge. You wonder if she had been playing the game recently as you concentrate on trying to keep the first place. At the last lap you feel you have enough distance on her to win and can start bragging, but something in the screen puzzles you
"Well little sis, I think we can start thinking which one of the chores are you going to take.. wait where did you go?"
"You didn't know about this shortcut? hihi"
You shudder as you see the track map and how Isabel's icon is getting closer to you at a great speed, forcing you to stop bragging and focus completely on the game. You start to internally celebrate when your sister's icon goes back to the main track and is still behind you, until you mess it up at the last curve and end up crashing against the wall and hearing your sister's happy laugh
"YES!" your sister shouts as she starts celebrating in front of your stunned face, you can only bring your hands to your head as you can't believe you screwed it when you were so close to winning
"No chores for me today! Sorry David" your sister laughs as you try to find excuses for your loss and ask for a rematch
"You wouldn't have given me a rematch haha" she smirked at you who could only drop your head and admit defeat. She was right, you would have made her start helping immediately.
"Now for my prize.." she started to think as you turned off the console and put everything back to its place, waiting for your unknown punishment.
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