𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 ₋ technoblade x reader

05- 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘰

-y/n's pov-

as soon as we got into the casino techno goes and puts some money into the chip converter. while he was doing that i spot niki and maddie sitting down.
as i begin to walk to them i hear techno begin to speak to me.
"do u want me to show you how to use the slot machines" he smiles.

they'll understand right? they probably don't even know i'm here yet. and plus one game wouldn't hurt.

"yeah of course" i say as we walk to the machines.

whilst we walk i notice that minx, schlatt and wil are all playing black jack and minx noticeably drinking a lot, of course.

"so what one do u want to go on?" techno asks as we arrive to the machines.
"what ones your favourite" i ask.
techno walks to the last one.
"i always win on this one" he says handing me a 5 dollar chip.
"high risk, high reward" he states.
i grab the chip from him and put it into the machine.

"press start" he directs his hand to the green button.
"press stop-" "NOW" he yells.
i press the large red button on the machine but i think i was too slow.
"i'm sorry, i was too slow" i laugh.
"i'll show u how" he smiles
his hand delicately puts in a red five dollar chip
i watch his hand travel from the slot to the button.
"so you press start when you feel lucky" he smiles as he presses it.
"then when you see these two symbols next to each other you try and press stop" he says as he presses the button.
i see the words winner come up on the screen.
"only 11 dollars but it's good enough for me" he smiles as he gives me the chips.
"here, you have a try" he says.

i put the red token into the machine as i see the screen light up.
i press start and as i see the symbols go past, with every millisecond i get more nervous, i finally bite the bullet and press the button.
winner
i see light up on the screen. ecstatic i turn to techno.

"good job!" he puts his hand on my arm.
i jolt back due to the sudden touch.
"oh, sorry did that make you uncomfortable" he rubs the back of his head.
"no, it was just sudden" i say.
"are you sure" he says "i'm sorry" he adds 
"techno it's fine" i say as i collect what i won.
"$23, nice!" he says.
"i think i'm going to go to niki now, thank you for teaching me though" i smile.
"it's no worries" he says putting in another chip.

as i walk to niki i smile, it was nice that he taught me how to win.

"ah y/n"
"hi niki!" i say walking towards her.
"you had just missed minx, she went to go get me a drink" she laughs.
"also when she comes back don't be alarmed, she's incredibly drunk so wil had to keep her away from gambling"
"oh, how drunk" i say.
"just, keep your distance i would advise" niki replies.
"y/n" minx says.
"would you like a drink?" she asks.
"oh, what's there" i ask
"you should get the cotton candy cocktail, you seem so fluffy like one" she smiles as she touches my nose.
niki glares at minx as she continuously taps my  nose.
"they sound nice, can you get me one of those please minx?" i ask
"okayy~"

as she walks to the bar i whisper to niki.
"she's incredibly drunk isn't she?"
"of course" she laughs.

i look around the casino, taking in the flashing lights and the people walking around.

i look over to techno seeing him collecting chips from the slot machine and i smile,
there's just something about him that's so different to everyone else here. since the day we met we had been good friends, not awfully close, but closer then the average two lonely 21 year olds.