Challenge Accepted
It was a typical spring day. Using their free time from work and school, Kurama and Kiyoni decided to have lunch together. Nothing says a common lunch date than cheeseburgers and fries at an international food chain. Kurama chowed down on his fries when he spotted Kiyoni checking out some TikTok videos on her phone, "What are you watching?"
"The silhouette challenge on TikTok."
"The silhouette challenge?"
"You never heard of it? Come on, Suu'chi. Take a look," Kiyoni shows a video of a woman participating in the trend, "See? The video starts off with the woman appearing in front of her camera wearing only a bath towel for her hair and body while swaying to a clip of Put Your Head On My Shoulder by Paul Anka plays in the background. When the woman stands at her doorway, the beat changed to a remixed version and the woman displaying her silhouette figure under a red light. "Is that not the hottest thing ever," Kiyoni observed like a fangirl, "This is the sexiest challenge on TikTok yet. And it's not just women doing it. Men do it, too. Though, women do it better but, that's just my bi-self talking."
"…Right."
"Would you do it?"
"Kiyoni, I don't even have a TikTok account. I'm hardly on Facebook as is. Am I to assume you would do it?"
"Yesssss," Kiyoni replied seductively, "It's so damn hot. Of course, it would be for your eyes only."
"I'm flattered."
"You should do it, Suu'chi."
"Why?"
"Because it's fun and it's sexy and you're fun and sexy."
Kurama blushed a little, "Pass."
"Oh, come on. You can get creative with it. The challenge can be both sexy and funny. See? Look," Kiyoni showed Kurama another video of a man who did the challenge but, instead of showing off his silhouette, he showed himself on the toilet under a red light, "Hilarious."
Kurama giggled, "That..is humorous. A bit disgusting but, humorous."
"There you go. I, hereby, challenge you to do the silhouette challenge."
"And if I partake in this internet trend, what's in it for me?"
"My version. Come on, now. We're both adults. Let's have a little fun."
"…I'll consider it."
Later that night, as Kurama read through some business reports from his laptop at home, he pondered over the challenge given to him by Kiyoni. Taking a break from work, Kurama visited the YouTube site and entertained himself on marathons of people participating in the silhouette challenge…for research purposes, of course. Studying his apartment, gears turned in Kurama's head. It's a possibility that he could pull it off. But, how?
The next morning, Kiyoni went off to class like normal. Seconds after she applied her earphones for some commuter music, her phone goes off; a notification informing Kiyoni that Kurama sent her a video. "Suu'chi? Sending me videos now," she questioned, "What did you do, Minamino?" What she watched was priceless. Kurama took part in the challenge. As a matter of fact, the caption read, "Challenge accepted" with a winking face and rose emoji. The video began with Kurama standing in front of his camera looking like he just got out of bed. Bed head, yawning, the works. He checked himself out in the mirror for a moment before stepping to the doorway. When the beat dropped, Shuuichi Minamino became Yoko Kurama wearing nothing but a pair of sweatpants. To show off his physique even more, he leaned against the doorframe sliding a rose down his torso like it was an ice cube on a hot body. He then leaned against the other side of the doorframe, as Shuuichi, doing the same thing. Still wearing a pair of sweatpants. The video ends with Shuuichi tossing the rose at the camera. By the time the video finished, Kiyoni had already tumbled to the train's platform from the subway stairs. It absolutely made no sense how hot, sexy, and sensual that video was. Holy shit! Challenge accepted, in-fucking-deed, she thought with stars in her eyes as commuters tended to her.
That following night, Kiyoni had to honor her end of the bargain. Her dorm was cleared, the camera and lighting were set up perfectly. It was showtime. Kiyoni initiated her show with her displaying her sweet side, hugging the stuffed fox Kurama gave her. When the beat dropped, sweet Kiyoni transformed into seductive Kiyoni, showing off her voluptuous figure in silhouette form. To up the ante, Kiyoni mixed the tempting dance stylings of Ciara and Janet Jackson, giving her solo audience member a private show as show-stopping as the time she belly danced in front of Kurama. The video is complete with Kiyoni laughing in disbelief. It's obvious she had fun.
At work the next day, Kurama is in the break room checking out Kiyoni's show, pleased with the outcome. "Consider us even," he whispered while lustfully viewing the video like a fanboy.
