Hotaru smiled brightly at Larel's outburst when he got the fish, finding it almost kind of adorable, patting his shoulder a bit as he spoke about going on to the next game, "Hope you're not a sore loser," she smirked, "But hey, don't be afraid to let yourself get excited about something, it's good for the soul," she smiled before taking his arm again and pulling him over to the next game. She'd only been to one of these things in her childhood with her parents and they had expected her to behave herself, they were there to be seen, not to be like the rabble. But she had snuck off to play some games, to have some fun- that's what children did after all. She remembered some boy telling her exactly the same thing as he pulled her from vendor to vendor, that fun and excitement was good for the soul.
Hotaru stopped once they reached the target game, handing Larel her fish was she paid, "Hold that just a sec," she picked up the beans they were using and looked at the different jars, "Each jar is worth a certain amount of points, a certain amount of points gets you a certain sized toy," she motioned to the stuffed dolls and the different kinds of toys, looking more expensive the higher up they went, "We'll just see who gets the nicer gift huh?" she smirked at him before starting to toss the beans. Throwing them would be overkill and probably would break the jars. Tossing them created more of a challenge as there had to be just enough force to get it where it was going, nothing more, nothing less. In the end she got about 20 points, as she had an easier time getting it in the jars further back than the ones up front, though she was just as capable as giving too much force as not enough and a lot of her beans went completely past the jars and in between them. She got a wood carved doll that had an interesting paint design on it and tucked it under her arm as she took the two fish from Larel.
"Your turn," she smirked at him, "Let's see how well you do cause it's certainly not at easy as it looks," she was psyching him out a bit, as it was fairly easy once you understood just how much force would send the little bean where you wanted it. She just wanted to see how he would react and how well he would do, she liked seeing him get excited about something so simple as games, it was a different side of him.

Mera lowered her hands from her face as Alari spoke to her, leaning on her knees as she listened to what he had to say. She looked up as he asked what was wrong with having fun, and she seemed a bit surprised at the way he spoke about enjoying a world of bliss and talking about Hotaru, Larel, and Kaori being happy. Her brows went up as he mentioned her father wasn't worth sacrificing happiness for- it was a concept that she had never let herself think about, one that just never occurred. Her focus had always been that she had to deal with him at all costs if he were to start coming for them, that if she didn't face him before he reached them that he was going to make everything hard for them. But the thought of forgetting about him for just a small portion of time and actually allowing herself the ability to breath, relax, and actually enjoy herself was something that seemed almost difficult to wrap her head around. 
She looked at him again as he said he was envious of her and then something happened as he mentioned embracing during the firework, the fact he had stayed up trying to plan it out. She put her hand to her mouth as a strange fit of laughter hit her. Something so ridiculous as trying to plan an evening just so it ended a certain way was suddenly just so hilarious to her, with everything they were just talking about, to go from almost lecturing her about putting happiness on the back burner to such a bout of silliness, "I don't understand you at all," she finally said as she caught her breath, "Your thinking seems to simple and straightforward all the time, then you spout these moments of thought that are so much deeper than you allow anyone to know you're capable of, and then come right back around to this childishness.... You're so strange, Alari," she shook her head, getting quiet for a moment as she ran her hands over her legs, trying to think of what to do or say before looking at him, "It's been decades since I allowed myself... to be childish, to just forget about all else and have fun... I don't think I even know how to do something like that anymore," she mumbled, looking towards the people passing by, hearing the children laughing, "I hope Mary's out there, she really needs something like that...."