A brief glance would show that her meter had<em>not</em>gone up - probably still tied to the game mechanics.  Aika heard the teasing tone when Joy talked about Ichiro, commenting that she wasn't his sort, but understood why Aika had a thing for him.  And then Joy just went and outright admitted that Nori could do...damn near whatever he wanted to her and she would have zero problem with it.  The game.  It had to be the game; it was messing with their heads, their attractions.  Unless...then Aika got another shock.  Joy was bi.  Or was, before they had been dumped into the game.  But now...now?  To Aika, it all came back to the game.<br/><br/>"It's...the game; there's no other explanation for it...unless..."  The game couldn't make them do<em>everything</em>; it was capable of exerting control over them, but it didn't do so constantly.  So...was this part of the game programming or was this something they were coming to on their own?  "...maybe it's not the game."<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">"Are you girls okay?"</span>The voice of Yuyu's dad scared the crap out of both of them; they hadn't realized he was here.  Aika shrieked and jumped in place, turning to face him...who was standing near Joy.  Who was now getting an up-front seat of him.  He wasn't as beefy as Nori, but he had been married, which meant he knew his way around a woman...how much sex had he and his wife had to get to Yuyu?  And she<em>was</em>a woman with needs,<em>and</em>trying to push Yuyu and Nori together...