"We should all try to get some sleep I guess." Amy sighed with a poorly disguised tinge of disappointment in her tone as they all clambered back into Dark's car to drive back to the hotel.

Anti could tell everyone was depressed, their defeated expressions showing clearly on their faces.

"I don't think I could sleep since the competition's tomorrow." Signe admitted.

The others murmured their agreements except Dark, who nodded in agreement but mainly his focus was trained on the deserted, dimly lit road in front of them.

"I'm more of a night owl anyway if anyone wants to hang out for a bit longer. I brought my PlayStation with me and figured out how to hook it up to the tv." Anti interjected to lighten the mood.

"I may take you up on that." Jack chimed in with an excited grin.

"Fabulousness like me needs their beauty sleep." Felix pretended to do a dramatic hair flip, which didn't really work since his hair was so short.

"If everyone's okay with it, the guys could play video games at my room and the girls can...I don't know, do what girls do. Sound good?" Anti asked as he glanced back at the group.

They all agreed eagerly.

Once they arrived, Dark and Anti led the guys to their room while the girls went to Amy and Mark's room.

"What game do you guys wanna play? I have Mario Kart-"

"Hell yeah I wanna play Mario Kart!" Jack cut Anti off, earning laughs from the others.

"What character do you want?" Felix asked Jack as Dark set the game up.

"I'm going with the Yosher." Jack nicknamed Yoshi.

"I'm choosing a random one." Anti decided as he closed his eyes and picked a character.

"Princess Daisy?!?" Anti frowned in dismay while Dark laughed at him. He stuck with the character he had gotten, although he wasn't too happy with it.

It's been years since him and Dark had played Mario Kart in Sweden underground, and Dark looked happy to be playing it again.

"It's a me, Darkio!" Dark said in a surprisingly good imitation of Mario.

"Your impersonations improved since last time." Anti remarked with a smirk.

"Screw choosing randomly, I'm being my bae Princess Peach." Felix announced.

"Don't tell Marzia." He added jokingly.

"No promises." Dark muttered teasingly under his breath as Jack chose the Mushroom Cup.

"Let the race begin!" Felix cheered as the first race started.

Dark instantly pulled ahead of everyone while Anti struggled to remain close behind, Mark, Felix, and Jack trailing far behind them.

"Are you guys like secret pros at this?" Felix accused Dark and Anti as his car drove off of the side of the course, then got hit by a green shell.

"I guess." Anti laughed nervously, hoping he wouldn't pry any further.

"You might wanna focus on the track Felix." Dark reminded him with a smirk as he drove off the side again.

"Son of a bitch!" Felix snapped, causing everyone else to laugh.

Unsurprisingly, Dark pulled ahead in first with Anti in second, Jack in fourth, and Felix in seventh.

"At least you're not last." Jack pointed out with a snicker.

"Just start the next race." Felix grumbled grumpily.

The next race, the only person who changed positions was Anti, who ended in third.

"Fuck you Waluigi!" Anti yelled at the screen.

"Don't worry, you got this." Dark encouraged Anti with a loving smile as the third race started.

This time, Anti managed to get first with Dark in close second, Jack in third, and Felix in fifth.

"This is it, the one race that rules them all." Anti mumbled under his breath, holding the controller tighter until his knuckles turned white.

Dark's expression was full of concentration and determination as he bit his lip, watching the countdown.

Once the color was green, all eight cars shot forward with Anti starting in the lead, Jack in second, Dark in third, and Felix in fifth.

"Stop shooting turtle shells at me you-"

Felix froze mid sentence when he heard the door open and saw Marzia, Amy, and Signe watching them with amused expressions in the doorway.

"Hey Marzi." Felix waved sheepishly at her before returning his focus back to the game.

"Oh come on!" Felix groaned in annoyance as he struggled to catch up. Dark was in first, followed by Anti in third, Jack close behind Anti, and Felix in last.

"By all means, don't let me distract you." Signe smirked as she sat behind Jack and flung her arms around him, briefly kissing him on the lips.

"You're certainly not making it easy." Jack gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before gritting his teeth in determination as he managed to boost past Anti right before they crossed the finish line for the last lap.

"You cheated!" Anti pretended to pout as Dark did a small victory dance.

"You guys suck." Felix grumbled as Marzia squeezed his hand in consolation.

"Loser has to have a punishment! Raise your hand if you agree!" Dark decided.

Everyone but Felix raised his hand.

"I got a shock collar in my suitcase." Anti grinned mischievously, retrieving it from his suitcase under the bed.

He had gotten it when Dark and him first over into their apartment together, but he didn't think he'd be using it like this.

"No way." Felix backed away while shaking his head.

"C'mon you baby!" Jack nudged Felix forward.

Felix reluctantly allowed Anti to put the collar on him while Dark held the remote.

"Out of all the stupid shit I've done, this is pretty high on the LIST!" Felix shouted the last word as Dark pressed a button in the remote.

"Why do you even have a shock collar?" Felix asked Anti as he rubbed his throbbing neck once the collar was removed.

"It probably didn't even hurt, he's just being a big bubble blowing baby." Anti scoffed teasingly, ignoring the question.

"You try it then Mr. Tough Guy!" Felix huffed as he thrusted the collar towards Anti. Anti took it with an exaggerated eye roll, handing the remote to Felix.

Only when Felix pressed the button, Anti didn't even flinch.

Felix frowned and turned up the power, waiting for a reaction. Anti only smiled passively, his eyes gleaming in amusement as he glanced over at Dark.

"I think it's broken." Felix frowned as he started to take the collar off of Anti, nearly falling off of the bed when he touched the collar.

"Not broken not broken!" Felix yelped in pain.

"Like I said. Big. Bubble blowing. Baby." Anti taunted Felix once he deactivated the collar and took it off of him.

"We should probably try to get some sleep now since it's like two in the morning." Signe remarked.

"Probably a good idea." Jack agreed.

"See you guys tomorrow then!" Dark and Anti waved goodbye to Signe, Marzia, Amy, and Felix as they walked back to their own rooms.

"Seriously though, why do you have that?" Dark asked Anti once everyone was gone.

"I don't know, I like experimenting." Anti shrugged as his face heated up, burning a bright shade of red.

"C'mon, we gotta sleep." Dark moved the controllers off of the bed before crawling under the covers.

Anti crawled in next to him, smiling happily as Dark wrapped his arms around him like a teddy bear.

"Goodnight Darkidoo."

"Goodnight Antiboy."