all my life is changing every day, in every possible way

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Who: Flashstep dudes
What: Pillow fort party, planned by Sora for his still tense bandmates.
When: Nearly a week after the Pride event, but prior to Luci's invite
Where: The Flashnest (aka Flashstep penthouse, Pride HQ)
Warnings: idk teen boys, will edit if needed


It had taken several days after everyone returned from the hazing night for Sora to come up with the idea. Once in mind though, he really did plan on going all out. Even if it was going to take a lot of work. He'd made sure to wait until a point where everyone was out (or had holed themselves up in their rooms) so he could spend literal hours building up the blanket and pillow fort around the living room. He also may have enlisted Patil's help in moving the couch in order to maximize space.

But the result is magnificent, a sight to behold: a fort made of blankets and pillow that spans at least a third of the huge living room, all lit up from the inside by some lamps. The TV is inside too thanks to some strategic hanging blanket placement, as well as all their game consoles. He'd sneaked in snacks and soda, threw some DVD options and game options in there too, not just video games but a few board games and packs of cards as well, just in case. He'd also added more pillows and blankets on the inside so that everything was extra comfy.

Comfy, safe, and fun. Definitely things his friends could use right now.

[Separate threads for different shenanigans below, you can add a comment to any of those for others to tag into, or hit up Sora in the reactions thread (or other threads). Also feel free to add your own? I don't know what I'm doing, but pretend like I do.]

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Grabbing that pillow to lay on, Sora settles down onto his stomach, chin in his hands and feet in the air. "Okay, no pictures. I promise. I won't even tell the other guys that you made a really funny face." He sits up enough to make a little 'x' gesture over his chest. "Cross my heart." Then grabs his own soda back up, hiding his grin somewhat as he drinks from it again.

[punchesyu]

He finds himself flopping right down next to Sora, shifting a bit to get comfortable in this pillow bed that's been built on the floor. He throws a few more pillows on the ground first however, to soften it up.

"I'll never hear the end of it...and then it'll be all over Twitter..." He whines a little, before finally giving in and reaching for the remote control to the TV. It's just out of reach, so after a little bit of stretching, he gives up.

"I think it's time for some payback. Ready to get your ass kicked in a little game of Mario Kart?" He says with a devilish grin, to counter Sora's own.

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Sora just watches Yosuke's attempts to get the remote until the other boy gives up, before, still amused, he finally grabs it for him and tosses it over.

"Yeah! You kidding? I'm always ready!" He scrambles up in order to turn the console on and grab controllers and all that, leaving Yosuke to use the TV remote to get that part of it set up. "Uh, to race. Not to get my-- You know what I mean."

[punchesyu]

"Yeah, suuuuuuuuuure. I think I'm picking up what you're laying down! So don't worry, you can add another loss to your long list. Cuz I'm not gunna go easy on you."

He takes the remote from where it had landed, sits up and turns it on. He fumbles to find the button to turn it to HDMI, but as soon as he does, the screen lights up with the familiar intro screen. He picks up a controller, presses start and goes through the game to set up a two player race- and chooses Yoshi as his driver. He will fight Sora for it if Sora goes for it.

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"Good, 'cause I never asked you to," Sora responds. And feeling in a silly mood, which is nice because it had been gone for a bit thanks to hazing aftermath, he sticks his tongue out at Yosuke when his back is turned before he returns to grinning.

He's perfectly fine with Yosuke's choice, and after picking up his controller, he selects Luigi for himself. "That was big talk for a little egg-laying dinosaur." There is sass here but it is affectionate teasing sass.

[punchesyu]

"Uh, dude, haven't you ever played these games before? He can seriously knock someone out with one of those things!" He says to defend his choice of a racer, picking 100cc for a warm up and one of the jungle tracks just because he thinks it's going to mess Sora up.

"And I don't wanna hear you cry when you crash because of a banana peel."

Yosuke looks annoyed, but he's just being himself, keeping the banter going between the two of them. It helps to do this than think about what had happened not but last week.

[consocius]

It would be hard to mess Sora up when he's probably not taking the game as seriously as Yosuke is. He seems pretty cool with whatever Yosuke wants to choose.

"Nah, the banana peels aren't as evil as the shells. Or the lightning! That sucks pretty hard especially if you're in mid-jump."

Shifting some pillows, Sora settles on them on his stomach with controller in hand, and appears to be concentrating pretty hard when the race begins. "Don't get smushed by Bowser," he reminds his friend.

[punchesyu]

"Yeah, yeah, I know," he fires back, trying to concentrate on rounding corners the best he can while sliding. The fated lightning strikes, early on in the game, since one of the computers had lagged behind so badly from unfortunate circumstances. And lo and behold, who gets squashed by Bowser right as he rounds a corner.

Spoilers: It's Yosuke.

"Aw, come on! How's that fair?!" He yells, as he loses several spots.

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Since everybody gets hit by the lightning at the same time, Sora groans as Yosuke yells, Luigi getting hit on screen too. Fortunately for Sora, he only loses one place. But also manages to drive right past a poor squashed Yoshi.

He winces in sympathy. "Sorry, Yosh'." He's calling him his character's name. Correction: a shortened version of his character's name. "At least it's only the first lap though, you've still got plenty of time to catch up and win!"