Prompt: Imagine A and B go to a fair. A tries to win a stuffed animal for B at one of the game booths, but can't seem to get the hang of it, no matter how hard they try. B feels bad when A runs out of money, and pays for a round to assure A that the game is rigged. B gets frustrated themselves when they can't win, and the two of them get into a heated competition to see who can win a prize for the other first.

"Oh Merida look at that stuffed Chameleon! It's so cute!" Rapunzel suddenly came to a stop and due to their linked hands Merida also stopped, turning to give her girlfriend a questioning look. Rapunzel giddily pointed to a booth over to her left where an old fashioned carnival game of "knock over the bottles" resided.

Merida laughed at the other's infectious excitement, "Wan' me ta' try and win it for ye', Punzie?" Rapunzel lit up even further at the question, jumping up and down as she nodded yes making Merida snort. "Ah'm takin' tha' as a yes. Come on then, let's get'cha ya' tha Chameleon!" Though she had no idea where the blonde would put it with her room already full of stuffed toys she of course had to get it for her. It would be a great winding down gift for the night since they'd just been about to leave and were only taking one last walk around the little fair they'd had quite the enjoyable date in. The perfect end to a perfect night.

She dragged the slightly shorter blonde girl over to the booth with a smile and leaned against the wooden counter. "How much fer three balls?"

The vendor, a slightly older man with lightly greying hair and a bright smile made to sell people things sat three balls in front of the red-head, "Just four, little lady! Going to take a chance and try to win something, eh?"

"Yup." She'd withered slightly at being called 'little lady' but a glance backwards at the still bouncing Rapunzel had her right back on cloud nine. She smacked four dollars onto the wooden counter and waited until the vendor moved out of the way to pick up her 'weapons'. She closed one eye, tongue sticking out a bit as she pulled back her hand, took aim, and fired!

She frowned at having only managed to knock over the top bottle and repeated her process with a shake of her head making her curls fly out and move like a flame. She was the best archer this side of town, winning championship after championship. And she missed? She scoffed, obviously it was just bad luck. She wasn't focused, that was all.

She aimed, pulled back her arm and..."Wha' on Earth?!" She'd missed again! With a growl she threw her last ball with all her might and her jaw dropped when the thing didn't even come close.

"Better luck next time." The man gave her a sympathetic look that oozed condescending and she glared at him before smacking down four more dollars.

"Another round!"

"Uh...Merida?"

"Ah'll be just a second! Ah I wasn't focused is all!" Merida waved off the other girl stubbornly knowing what she might be hinting at and refusing to accept it but once she fired through yet another round and still didn't manage to knock all the bottles over she threw her head back and groaned. This went on until Merida's pocket was empty and she stood in front of the booth glaring up at the man who was clicking his tongue at her.

"Not everyone has a good arm, nothing to be ashamed about." He shrugged innocently. Too innocently in Merida's opinion.

"Och ah'll show ya' a good ar-" A hand was placed over Merida's and she whirled around to face whoever dared try to calm her wrath only to be met with the soft gaze of her date.

"Merida its rigged, here I'll show you!" Taking out her own purse she placed her money on the counter and smiled sweetly up at the vendor. "May I have three balls, please?"

"Why of course little lady." Three balls were placed in front of her and Rapunzel smiled again before she experimentally tossed the ball into the air and then at the stack of bottles in front of her. Despite what she'd said to Merida she still frowned when she came just short of knocking all the bottles over just as the other had and brought another round herself.

Before they knew it they were somewhere between competing with each other and battling the vendor and his evil, completely rigged, game until the carnival closed.

But, in the end Rapunzel did get her Chameleon.

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