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FLASH MOB

🧙 WHO: Taichi Nanao, Hikaru Hitachiin (A closed prompt), and A Flash Mob (OTA)
⚔️️ WHAT: Hikaru told Taichi that he thought it was more likely a planet made him gay than that he caught feels for him and that he needed time to sort it out. like a month ago. Taichi's been as patient as he's physically capable of being and has gathered a number of friends together to flash mob Hikaru and ask him out for a date. Anyone who helped out with the flash mob is invited to a cafe afterward to have dinner together as a thank you! Flash mob is very much in a public area and includes Ren, Tamaki, Takao, Miwako, Crow, and.. anyone else who wants to say they joined in! Taichi is very open so would welcome anyone who wants to help and can dance. (Those are just the people who expressed interest, anyone is welcome to join in the after party and assume they were involved if you want!)
🕒 WHEN: Midday, January 17thish, after going shopping with Hikaru for new clothes.
🗺️ WHERE: Somewhere mid-Camelot City
⚠️ WARNINGS: Juicy Pants.

[ They've been walking for some time, and Taichi is carrying their shopping bags around, having taken Hikaru's at some point because Hikaru often times just hands him things. He's slowly starting to realize that it's a pattern-- but that's a tale for another day. They've been out shopping for clothing and despite that it's the end of their trip, Taichi is buzzing with energy. An energy that's reflected as the loudspeaker in whatever shopping area they're in starts playing a a song from the early 2000's, Kylie Minogues "Can't Get You Outta my Head."

Starting with just one person dancing, people start to clear out of the area as more and more people join in on the dance. As requested, everyone is dressed in whatever they believe fits the "2002" theme. At a certain point in the song once everyone else is in, Taichi turns to Hikaru and hands him the shopping bags. ]

Hold this for a second!

[ And then Taichi tears off the clothing his was wearing, which was apparently secured as a rip-off outfit the entire time. Beneath it, he has on a skinny scarf, a pleather quarter-sleeve jacket, and the pride of 2002 fashion's sweatpants with "Juicy" plastered over his ass. Taichi joins in the dance to finish off the flashmob dance, then the whole thing ends with a big finale of Taichi getting down on both knees (careful not to do just one so it isn't confusing) and holds out a pansy to Hikaru. ]

Please be my boyfriend!

[ The dance mob disperses at that point at least, to give them time to talk after innocent bystanders clap and watch, since they need to converse about this of course! ]

LATER, AT THE CAFE (OPEN TO ALL)
[ Everyone who was involve in the flash mob is invited to a cheapy little diner cafe. Taichi... genuinely can't afford much, this basically used all of his money that he'd earned since arriving here and he's going to be eating inn complementary food for the rest of the month for sure. But he's offered to buy everyone at least 1 drink if they participated in the flash mob for him! And exactly two pizzas!

(Look, he can't afford more than two pizzas.. he will at least not be partaking so there's more for everyone else.)

Please enjoy a little gathering to meet and greet, laugh, and be merry! Anyone is welcome to post whatever they want and tag whoever they want for this prompt! :) Or just be at the diner and tag the rowdy group of people high fiving each other for a job well-done. Or maybe buy Taichi a rootbeer to drown his sorrows in. ]

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I was sure you were gonna ghost me until I saw your message this morning!

[ In fact, now that he's calmed down, he's coming in to wrap his arms around Hikaru's right arm if he lets him, grinning up at him. Just in case he's fallen out of bed, hit his head, and this is all one big hallucination. Hikaru can't disappear if he's holding onto him. ]

Do you have other stuff you have to do today?

I wouldn't have ghosted you. Don't you remember what we told each other when we first came here? We were always going to be friends so you'll always be important to me. [For Hikaru, being open has always been a challenge despite what most would think. However, with Taichi, it had been easy since the beginning and only become easier and easier to do so.

He leans in and kisses Taichi's forehead.] So my whole day's yours. I was just going to be thinking about you all day anyway.

[That came out smoother than he thought it would?!]

I won't ghost you either. Unless my soul leaves my body from how big of a flirt you are.

[ He's joking. But seriously, he thought it was a lot to handle when they weren't together, it's already dialed up!! In a good way. He'll die happy if his soul leaves his body this way. He accidentally lets out a giddy little giggle when Hikaru kisses his forehead again. ]

I can't stop smiling.

Good. You're cuter when you're smiling anyway.

[He grins like he knows exactly what he's doing and flirting all the more. But even before they were dating, Hikaru had wanted to give Taichi boosts of confidence. Not that he actually knows what he's doing, or if this is a good way of doing so, but he wants to support him. No matter what.]

But you're also very cute when you blush, so watch out~ Even a year from now I'll still be working hard to make you flustered.

[ God, he's gonna pass out from how embarrassed and happy he is right now. He buries his face in Hikaru's shoulder, hiding his blushing. ]

Do you want to watch a movie? [ A beat. ] There aren't bourgeywazy movies that are separate from what everyone else watches, are there?

Yeah, there is but you usually don't know about them. You have to make a certain amount in a year to be able to see them. But directors, producers, actors? They all make a secret set of films. It's pretty exclusive.

[But just because they're dating, it doesn't mean Hikaru still isn't going to pull this stuff with Taichi. He's too easy to mess with.]

I can't believe Ten-chan never told me about this! How am I supposed to be his rival if he isn't even telling me what the mega-secret goal is?!

[ Somehow, this is Tenma's responsibility to have told him. The orangeheads in his life, man. ]

Then he'd lose it all. Think of it as a secret society because you're not supposed to talk about it. Even I'm not supposed to be telling you about this but I think I should be honest with you. No secrets.

[Hikaru is keeping a straight face during all of this as he always does when messing with Taichi. Will he ever learn when Hikaru is pranking him?]

[ You would think since they're from different worlds, he wouldn't even assume Tenma was involved in this. But he's kind of an idiot so he gulps. ]

Th-Then... if I bring it up to him, will I be pre-banned? Or is it okay for him to talk about it now that I know? Am I part of the secret society!?

[ This is so much pressure???? HE HAS ANXIETY ABOUT THIS NOW???? ]

I can let you in but there's a secret code that you have to know. [Hikaru takes on a solemn face.] Look into my eyes and just know that you can't let anybody else know, okay? This is serious. You have to repeat after me. Are you ready?

[ Taichi nods firmly, leaning in for the secret like he's ready to receive a whisper.]

Ready!

[He leans in and maybe this is the best chance for a kiss but instead he grins.] You are so easy. [He pulls back so he isn't laughing in Taichi's face but he's losing it.]

I can't believe you believed me! Secret movies for the bourgeois and some secret society!

Ehhhh!?

[ Taichi looks surprised, then sobs and whines. ]

I really thought it for a second! It sounds real!

[ Hikaru you get your water from a private spring or whatever!!! ]

[It's just water from Mount Rokko???]

It was a pretty good one. [It was easily one of the funnier jokes he pulled on Taichi and as he calms down from laughing, he moves in close again so he can hold onto Taichi's waist this time.]

You just have to get better at catching onto me.

Hi-Hikaru, if you keep touching me like that, I'm going to think--

[ Oh, wait. Taichi looks like his brain has to recalculate that. ]

I can think that now!

[ He looks surprised. Then he gets excited and grins. ]

Did you forget we were dating already?

[At least he's smiling and sounds entertained by the idea because someone else might be a little affronted their boyfriend forgot after an hour.]

I didn't forget, but I'm not used to it yet! My bad, I'll make it up.

[ He leans up for a quick kiss. ]

[Now it's Hikaru that's grinning. It does feel really good to be open like this with each other now after Hikaru had been worrying over it for four months now.]

Thanks. I'll watch a movie with you. I'll even let you pick. No comedies, though.

What genre do you like?

[ Taichi can watch children's cartoons, dramas, reality TV, romance, action... so he can pick something easily, but he wants to pick something they're both gonna like. Thankfully, he's an actor, so anything he's enjoying is gonna be really well-acted. Except- ]

No horror.

Oh? Is Taichi-senpai scared of scary movies?

[This feels like important information to know.]

A little! Heh, I can watch them but I'm definitely going to latch onto you like a koala baby!

[ A beat. ] But I'm already going to do that, so you should save your "cool" points for later.

[ Because that's definitely a date thing right? Watch the horror movie, the girl (or.. Taichi..) is scared and latches onto her boyfriend for protection? ]

Is it really for cool points? I always thought the point was that you had somebody pressed up against you. [And right now Hikaru's holding onto Taichi's waist so...

He grins and leans in closer.] I guess you're really cool now. [But he probably shouldn't tease him too much in one night. He can't be too mean and he has to save it so he pulls away to give the other boy more space.]

Let's do an action, though. It'll be exciting enough without being too boring and you won't get scared.

That too! But they would only hold onto you if they thought you could protect them. That's super cool, right? That's the kind of person all the girls dream about!

[ Taichi is thinking about popularity again... ahh, he wants it so bad. This is the lens through which Taichi's dreams are born, so Hikaru may just have to deal with it. Regardless, he thinks Hikaru thinks that bill. ]

In my case, I'm-- I'm really lucky! [ He looks super flustered for a few seconds, then Hikaru draws back so he's able to take a deep breath, swallow hard, and then focus on what movie he wants to watch. ] Let's watch 2Quick2Querious! It's a movie about data researchers that get drawn into the high-speed world of drag racing after one of their buddies is mysteriously slain by a crime boss. I saw it the other day and have been wanting to watch it.

[Okay so Taichi wants to be seen as a cool guy that could protect girls. Not that Hikaru's going to let other girls give Taichi attention (not too much anyway) but he can try to manage some of this stuff. Hikaru doesn't care about it but he does want to make Taichi happy so he can do it. No problem!

And Taichi thinks he's lucky and ahh, it's a nice feeling Hikaru's not used to. He knows that back home, he's considered a catch because he's rich, from a powerful family, and good-looking. He's only good-looking here but Taichi's happy with him and it's nice to be liked for simply who he is. Really nice.

He's a bit distracted by the time Taichi's mentioning the movie.] Huh? Oh. It's like, uh, one of those car action movies, right? Those are pretty popular where I'm from so good. Yeah. Let's watch that.

Yeah! I haven't seen it before so you can't question my tastes if it's not up to your standards either.

[ Unless he likes it and Hikaru doesn't by the end of the movie, but he isn't thinking that far ahead. As far as he's concerned, it's a safe pick for Hikaru to maybe think he's got good taste. Taichi starts to pull them both toward the TV so he can pull up the movie menu for the inn. He's pretty sure he saw it on there.. ]

I want to learn to drive someday too, so this is a good reference!

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