Prompt: Cosplay

Oblivious-kun

Who was he?

Hinata stood statue still in the middle of the busy convention center, her lilac depths fused to a blonde haired, blue-eyed Adonis chatting avidly across the vast space.

Traffic flowed around her, other cosplayers and admirers stepping around the awestruck woman.

He was tall, towering over most of the people surrounding him, but shoulder to shoulder with an apathetic looking brunette next to him. It was a striking contrast, the dark-haired male's reserved stature serving to highlight the shining aura of her vibrant romantic interest.

"Hey, Hinata…"

Garbed in a long sleeved tangerine colored shirt, one side tucked into his tan cargo pants, the other hanging sloppily, he encapsulated the carefree, 'I just rolled outta bed and threw this on' attitude of his character. His radiant hair was spiked dramatically with what had to be industrial grip jell for it to stand up the way it was. A fake sword was attached to his hip and three silver clip-on earrings decorating the upper curve of his left ear.

He looked exactly like Oblivious-kun from her favorite show Impervious, though she wasn't sure why he'd added the whiskers.

Oblivious-kun was smooth-cheeked.

Impervious was a ten year running anime about a spiky-haired college student with an innate ability to sense and destroy the various ghouls and goblins that snuck into the human realm with an innate ability inherited from his mother, though, the kicker was, Kyoji Yamaguchi or Oblivious-kun as his friends were wont to call him, had been slaying these creatures since middle school completely by accident. It wasn't until midway through season one that he meets another slayer and is informed of his ability and what it means, not that it slows down many of these accidental demon purifications.

Kyoji was as oblivious to the human realm as he was to the supernatural.

Airi Suzuki, or Sugarplum-chan as she'd been nicknamed by Oblivious-kun himself due to her sweet nature reminding him of his favorite candy, sugar plums, was head over heels for the socially inept male, and everyone knew it but him.

Outside his strange cheek whisker design choice, he was a dead ringer for Oblivious-kun.

"Hinata…"

She blushed as he laughed, threw an arm over the shoulder of his annoyed companion and posed for a picture for a group of girls.

Perhaps…he was just a tad more dreamy than his fictional counterpart.

"Hinata!"

Startled, Hinata whipped her head to the source of her fright.

Sakura stared back at her, a single pink brow raised, hand son hips.

She was dressed as another Impervious anime character, Bubblegum, though ironically, Sakura's bubblegum colored hair had nothing to do with her cosplay. Sakura had been born with pretty strawberry locks that resembled the never ending wad of gum her character chewed in every single episode. It wasn't exactly odd to chew gum all the time, but Bubblegum often munched on really strange gum flavors that no store in their right mind would sell.

Rather than dye her hair the vibrant cyan of Bubblegum or throw on a wig, she'd left it in its natural pink for a unique flare, and Hinata had to admit, coupled with the sleeveless black thigh high hoodie dress and knee length leather boots, her bestie rocked the look better than Bubblegum.

"See something ya like over there, huh?"

Blushing brighter than the surface of the sun, Hinata stuttered an unconvincing, "n-n-no, I-I-"

"Well, don't just stand there like the real Sugarplum-chan, go get your Oblivious-kun," Sakura teased, slapping the girl on her rear end in the direction of the blonde male, nearly shocking her reserved friend into an early grave.

"S-Sakura!" Hinata whisper/squeaked.

"That's Bubblegum to you missy! Now get going! Don't make me really get into character and carry you to him over my shoulder!"

Brash, impatient and long since fed up with Oblivious-kun's obliviousness, Bubblegum was often throwing the two together in the show, usually causing further calamity with her antics. Season two, episode fifteen, Bubblegum had indeed thrown Sugarplum-chan over her shoulder and offered the shy girl to the incredibly confused male.

Hinata's eyes widened.

She'd just die if Sakura re-enacted that scene in the front of hundreds of people, and her bestfriend was just crazy enough to do it.

"Go get him, Sugarplum!" she encouraged/threatened, wagging her pink brows.

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"E—excuse me…"

Naruto popped a quick glance over his shoulder and stilled.

He knew who it was immediately.

Well, he knew who the cosplayer had dressed as anyway.

His favorite female character from Impervious; Sugarplum-chan.

She looked just like her!

All the way down to the long, shiny plum colored hair!

Though…

He flushed, willing his eyes to remain on her angelic face.

Where's Sugarplum-chan was cute in a pure sort of way, this cosplayer was cute in both a pure and…not so pure way that brought some absolutely non-pure thoughts to his brain.

She filled out Sugarplum-chan's lilac, frilly short sleeved blouse and starchy white pants in a completely different fashion. Her heavy breasts were smushed together in the square cut neckline like two delicious dumplings, her waist damn near non-existent, and with the way her hips flared and her thighs filled out, the fitted bottoms looked like they were poured over her thick lower half.

His fingers itched to measure her dimensions for himself.

With her big, bright moonstone eyes, little upturned nose and plump mouth, she had to be the cutest girl he'd ever seen in his life.

Sasuke elbowed him in the back, kick starting his brain.

"A-Ah, wow, you're a dead ringer for Sugarplum-chan!" he enthused, grinning brightly, hoping she hadn't seen his wandering eyes.

"T-thank you u-um…O-Oblivious-k-kun…"

He grinned at the name.

Guess she was another cosplayer that was deep in her role. He'd been role-playing all day with other Impervious fans, practically swarmed by every character in the show considering he seemed to be the closest depiction of Kyoji compared to anyone here.

A fact that flattered to him to no end.

The beautiful girl moved, bringing her fingers up to bump each other, the motion drawing his eyes back to those pale globes.

"T-this might s-seem f-f-forward but…I…I-I was t-thinking maybe we could…g-grab a coffee t-together…"

He blinked.

He couldn't remember what episode this scene was from.

It sounded like something from the anime, but he didn't think Sugarplum-chan had ever been bold enough to ask Oblivious-kun out, she was way too shy for that! Maybe it was a filler episode or something, or maybe some random daydream Sugarplum-chan had that he somehow missed?

It rankled a bit.

He considered himself a super fan of the show!

Still, he played along, channeling the oblivious nature of Oblivious-kun.

"Ehhh? Coffee?" he questioned, pouting hard the way his character usually did when he was thinking too hard about something extremely simple, "I don't drink coffee, thanks anyway, dattebayo!"

That 'dattebayo' wasn't in character, but he couldn't really be blamed for his verbal tic.

It was the least of his worries though.

She deflated right before his eyes, shoulders hunching, embarrassment coloring her cheeks.

His brows creased.

Her disappointed face didn't seem like part of the act.

"O-Oh…I s-see, um…s-sorry to bother you…e-excuse me…"

He felt like he'd stepped on a flower as she hurried away.

It really…

…kinda bothered him.

He pouted as he turned back to his group, unconsciously channeling the energy of Oblivious-kun as his mind tried to puzzle out a rubik's cube that'd already been solved.

"Now what's the problem, dobe."

He hummed dejectedly, watching the gorgeous woman disappear into the crowd.

"Just…that girl cosplaying as Sugarplum-chan, gosh, she looks amazing, ya know!" he boasted, bright blue eyes excited before deflating once more, "anyway, she was role-playing a scene with me, but it was kinda weird, ya know? Do you remember a scene where Sugarplum-chan asks out Oblivious-kun? Sugarplum-chan's really shy and stuff. She'd never ask Oblivious-kun out, dattebayo!"

Sasuke sighed that long, annoyed exhalation Naruto was incredibly familiar with.

"Maybe she wasn't role-playing with you, idiot, maybe she was actually asking you out."

Several seconds of loud thinking coasted by, Sasuke words reverberating in his mind, that entire interaction replaying in a whole new light.

"Aaahhhhh! Sasuke!" he shouted, grabbing his bestie by his fancy vest, bringing the two face to face as he cried, "that hot girl wanted to go out with me and I turned her down on accident! What do I ?!"

Sasuke's dark eyes promised a slow death that Naruto welcomed if he couldn't fix with situation!

"Go tell her your an idiot and accept her invitation, dumbass, now let go, you're messing up my ascot!"

With that genius plan, Oblivious-kun dashed after his Sugarplum-chan.

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Short but it was fun to write, lol.

I had no idea what I wanted to do with this, then this scene hit me in the back of the head while I was making something to eat.

Hope you enjoyed!

There's a popularity poll out! I'm voting for Hinata 4 days a week and Narubae 3 days! I hope you all will too, especially for Hina! She deserves way more love than she got in ANY iteration of the Naruto series ESPECIALLY Boruto! Please, let's send a message to whoever the disappointing decision makers of that series is! Hinata deserves to be seen! She's the First Lady, put some respect on her title! T_T

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