Guys' Night [OPEN]

[seafloor]

WHO: Dudes, dude. Bring all your dudely Outsiders, bro.
WHAT: Man I sure wish I could tell you Cracking a cold one open with the boys
WHERE: The Onsen
WHEN: 4/11
WARNINGS: Alcohol, nudity, dad jokes... This'll be updated accordingly

[ A few days after the girls have had their fun (cause girls just wanna have fun), another blanket text sweeps over the Outsiders' inboxes. This time, it's from Kaito: and he is proposing a very original idea that all the guys should come by the hot springs in a few days' time. Gossip and bathing are optional, but an empty stomach is mandatory.

Several pictures of newly purchased smokers, grills, and even a fucking pizza oven can be seen at various points throughout the message. There are also mountains of stacked beer and soda cases. Kaito's apparently going to be cooking enough to feed the whole base, or so he purports.

Where did he get all the money for this? Whatever, it's free!

He also adds in no uncertain terms that if any girls try to show up and sneak a snack, he will send them home with a stern warning and a bottle of water.

If you take him up on the invitation, welcome! It's a spring cookout and Pitmaster Kaito Nagano is going to be serving up enough barbeque to temporarily turn the onsen area into a Texan territory within Japan. Seriously, there's gonna be a metric fuckton of food and booze, and the hot springs will be right there when you're ready to get hot and hungover.

There are absolutely no plans after food. Feel free to stick around and socialize, but you will not be publicly shamed for just yoinking a plate and dip setting. Probably.

Aside from the barbeque, there are some horseshoes and cornhole boards set up (google it, it's safe, this is not a bit it's just a funny name for an american game) for dudes to try their hand-eye coordination at after having one too many drinks.

If you're feeling particularly brave, Kaito's got an ice box full of artificial fish (all the meat's artificial, let's be real) that you can try to attract a feral cat with. Good luck. ]

(( ooc: hello yes i didn't want The Boys™ to feel left out so feel free to make top levels and just get some general cookout social time in with your boyos. make it as friendly or awkward or awkwardly friendly as possible. go nuts. get naked. cause a ruckus. [ insert toxic masculinity here ] ilu ♥ ))

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[lifeprice]

You do?

[ He's... A little surprised, but the smile on his face settles there quickly enough.

Isn't this the kind of thing Denji should be getting? Youthful experiences... ]

I'm glad to hear it. Tell me about them.

[nutkick]

I will, but first ...

[ a pause. ]

I didn't know you liked Tsurumaru.

[lifeprice]

[ -- Ack.

Well. ]

[lifeprice]

It's... New.

[ Aki shakes his head, blush flaring to life. ]

We've been spending a lot of time together.

[nutkick]

Does he make you feel good?

[ he doesn't mean it in a naughty way. as in 'are you happy with him?' ]

[lifeprice]

... Yes.

[ He pauses, considering for a moment, letting himself think. ]

I didn't remember how it felt to be happy until we were together, with Power. [ Thoughtful pause. ] ... I'm happy like that, when I'm with him. Taking care of him.

[nutkick]

Okay. Good.

[ hey, denji doesn't hate tsuru. in fact, he might actually like the guy (in a platonic way)- he's fun to be around and has been kind to him; didn't seem like the type that would hurt anyone, too. ]

We need to make some rules, though. Since you're kinda living with me now ...

[lifeprice]

Denji.

[ Aki gives him a blank look. ]

[nutkick]

We have to talk about this, man.

[ it's happening. ]

[lifeprice]

Do we?

[ Just kill him dead right now, again. He sighs, rubbing his face. ]

Your room is your room. If anything was going to happen, I’d go to my own.

[nutkick]

Oh ...

[ well, that was resolved so damn fast. it didn't give denji the chance to introduce the 'sock hanging by the door' system. damn you, aki. ]

Fine.

[lifeprice]

[ Sorry for hashing your vibe... ]

I'm not expecting that any time soon, so don't get weird about it.

[ He ruffles Denji's head gently. ]

[nutkick]

Why would I think having sex is weird? It's good.

[ bruh, shut up. there are people around ... ]

[lifeprice]

I'm not having -

[ He's going to try and shove Denji into the water. ]

We're in public!

[blastedass]

Bffft-!! [not here doing a spit-take but here doing a spit-take. no comment.

he knows tsurumaru. annoooying good luck, aki.]

[nutkick]

[ denji will just— splash some water in bakugou's direction. ]

Don't be a hater. That's some villain shit.

[blastedass]

[shut up! he could've easily just choked on some water! you don't know shit!]

The hell are you talking about? You wanna go?

[splash back!]

[nutkick]

[ they've been spending too much time together, he just knows. denji takes the water slap like a champ, rubbing his eyes clean afterward. ]

Seriously. Aki used to sleep with a weird lady. She was pretty but gross, too. This is an upgrade.

[ the himeno diss. ]

[blastedass]

[don't know him so well, dammit! who gave you that permission?

and why the hell does he want to hear about aki's sleep preferences... sorry, aki?]

Didn't need to know that, Ripcord Pecs!

[weird pretty gross lady < annoying spirit sword boy?!]

[nutkick]

[ it just happens thanks to the beauty of human interactions ♥ ]

Right, right. I'll keep the love gossip away from you, then.

[ that won't last for long, though. ]

[blastedass]

[control those human interaction information absorption, sir!]

Does he know about Jiji?

[look, not that he cares but... your friend's dating a sword, denji.]

[nutkick]

[ oh, the gossip session is back already? fuck yeah. denji looks a bit puzzled as he asks. ]

What do you mean?

[ no, he didn't spend enough time with tsuru to get the sword lore .... ]

[blastedass]

[oh nice. tsurumaru gave bakugo a damn run around to figure out the truth, deliberately being an asshole about it, and it'd serve him right to earn petty revenge and not get to play his game on aki!]

The guy's a fucking annoying prankster.

[unfortunately, for someone who likes his privacy, bakugo's not the kind to spill secret things like that. he has some tact and morals.

now commenting on tsurumaru's normal nature? sure.]

[nutkick]

[ that was actually a smart move from bakugou's side, respecting others' privacy. denji is not smart enough to pick up on the change of tone, so no harm has been done. he shrugs, smiling a bit. ]

... That's why he's good for Aki.

[ his friend needs that type of energy in his life more than ever; the same level of chaos denji and power offered a while ago that managed to bring him out of losing all hope. the half-devil felt bad he couldn't force that sort of relationship after their reunion. it wouldn't be genuine and denji wouldn't do that to him. they've been through too much to start faking smiles and pranks again. tsuru bringing that cluttered joy into aki's life might be the only way he could see him happy again.

a beat- ]

Wait, why did you call him old?

[blastedass]

[he may or may not have to apologize to denji later for revealing the ripcord part of the half-devil's powers to raidou, but bakugou kept it at that point alone and only for the sake of wanting raidou to know how to revive denji if the summoner came across his friend in a bad state. if/when denji finds out, of course.]

Haa?! How the fuck's that "good" for anyone?!

[ignoring the number of insufferable idiots usually hang around bakugou in his world. while bakugo's not had the most interaction with aki, he certainly doesn't seem the type to welcome chaos into his home. making it odd he was so close to denji. bakugou's not heard the story about that. hasn't asked. but if this is his choice... RIP aki!]

Cause he acts like a shitty old man half the time!