Lucas was playing Animal Crossing. The game came out last week, but he's made sure he played at least six hours of it every day. He usually plays more than that, but that's his set minimum. Right as he chopped down a tree his phone rang. He sighed and picked it up. He saw it was Ness. He answered the phone. "Heyo, something up?" Lucas asked.
"Nah, I was just wondering if you're coming to Paula's?" Ness asked.
"Yea, but it's not time."
"What are you talking about? It is time, Claus is even here."
"He left without me?"
"Seems that way, should we wait for you, or are you not coming."
"I'm coming, just tell Claus I hate him." Ness chuckled.
"I'll for sure do that, see ya soon dude."
"You too." Lucas put the phone in his pocket and placed the remote on his bed. He turned the Switch off and quickly got dressed. He persuaded Flint to start his car. Lucas got in but noticed Flint didn't start driving. "Dad?"
"Lucas, make sure you stay responsible," Flint said.
"Dad, this isn't one of those parties. There are literally only seven of us."
"I know bud, but I also know Paula has booze...so if you have sex make sure you wear protection."
"..."
"That's all I care about, just strap it and wrap it."
"Dad...just drive." Flint nodded and he started driving. It didn't take long for him to drop Lucas off at the house. Flint repeated the saying before driving off. Lucas sighed and walked to the door. He knocked on it and within a few seconds, Ness shot it open.
"Thank god you're here, they're driving me crazy," Ness said. Lucas stepped into the house and tilted his head.
"How so?" Ness grabbed Lucas's hand and walked him up the stairs. Ness then led Lucas to the only room that had light. Ness let go of Lucas's hand and stepped in. Once Lucas did that he figured out why they were driving him crazy. Paula and Ana were basically forcing Ninten and Claus into dresses. The two boys were blushing from both embarrassment and attraction of the other. Kumatora saw Lucas.
"Lucas, you came at the wrong time," Kumatora said. Ana and Paula's faces shot at him. Lucas was just in shock at what they did to the two boys. Claus looked down.
"Don't tell dad, or mom, or even Boney," Claus said. Lucas slowly brought out his phone and took a picture of it.
"I won't tell them, I'll allow Twitter to tell them," Lucas chuckled. Claus ran back into the attached bathroom, leaving Ninten by himself.
"What are you still doing in that?" Ness asked.
"I think I rock it," Ninten smiled as he made a small pose. Claus opened the door, grabbed Ninten's hand, and pulled him into the bathroom. Lucas looked at the two girls that did it. He simply shook his head and finally walked into the room. He sat on the floor in front of a small purple box. Lucas tilted his head.
"What're we doing anyway?" Lucas asked. Kumatora shot off the bed to sit on the other side of the box.
"Some type of game night, but I don't know the details," Kumatora shrugged. Ness sat down next to Lucas. Ness playfully nudged him.
"Thanks for coming, I don't think I'd be able to handle all of these girls," Ness said. Ana and Paula soon joined them on the floor.
"Ninten and Claus are here though," Ana said.
"...And your point is?" Lucas giggled a little and Ness looked back at him. He opened his mouth to say something but at that time the bathroom door opened and the two boys came out in their normal clothes. They sat down in the empty spots between Lucas and Ana. Paula looked at everyone and clapped her hands.
"Welcome to Paula's Gamenight," Paula said. She earned no claps and no laughs. She groaned slightly before reaching for the box. She opened it and grinned. "One of us will pull out a slip of paper-with each slip having the name of a game on it-and we will play that for a random amount of time."
"It could get pretty dirty too," Ana interrupted. Paula smacked her shoulder.
"Oh please, how dirty could it really be. Definitely not as dirty as I've seen," Claus said, crossing his arms.
"What have you seen?" Lucas asked. This earned a half-laugh by Ninten. Claus shot an evil glare at him. Ninten just cleared his throat. Claus then innocently smiled at Lucas. Lucas knew he wasn't going to get a straight answer so he just forgot it.
"Yes, it could get a little dirty. But come on, we've been in quarantine for a while and we're going to be in it for a lot longer, so it's expected. Anyhow, who wants to pull first?" Paula asked. Kumatora took the box. She reached in, sticking her tongue out as she shuffled through the slips. She grabbed on and ripped it out. She read what was written.
"Never have I Ever," Kumatora said.
"Alrighty, I'm sure everyone knows how to play that?" Everyone nodded.
"Does something happen to the person who loses first?" Ninten asked. Paula looked at Ana and they both nodded. Paula jumped up and ran out of the room. They waited for a few minutes before Paula came back. She had three bottles. One was Tequila, one was vinegar, and the other was some type of hot sauce.
"The loser will have to drink two shots of one of these drinks. The first loser would drink the hot sauce, the next loser would drink the vinegar, and the last would drink the tequila." Lucas gulped.
"Great, hot sauce," Lucas rolled his eyes. Ness patted Lucas's back. When Lucas looked at him Ness gave him a small wink. Lucas giggled, knowing why he winked. Paula grabbed the box and put it behind her. Everyone held up ten fingers and the game started. Everyone looked at Kumatora, telling her she's starting.
"Never have I ever peeked at someone while they were changing," Kumatora said. The girls shook their heads, but all of the boys put down a finger. Kumatora chuckled. "You guys are truly pigs."
"Well, unlike you we have second heads that are strong as hell," Ness defended. Lucas giggled and Ness smiled that Lucas laughed. Next up was Paula.
"Never have I ever puked in public," Paula said as she glared at Ness. Ness glared back as he put down a finger. "Yea, better put that finger down."
"You bitch."
"Huh, Kumatora did that too," Claus said. Paula looked at her.
"Umm, food poisoning," she clearly lied.
"Mhm, right. Whatever you say," Paula said. Next up was Ana.
"Never have I ever blamed alcohol for something," Ana said.
"Ana, I didn't mean to. It really was the alcohol."
"Says the person who needs ten bottles of tequila to get drunk."
"What'd she do?" Ninten asked. Ana opened her mouth but Paula put her hand over Ana's mouth.
"That's too explicit, even for this," Paula smiled. Lucas leaned back to Ness. They didn't even need to look at each other to know what they were thinking, almost like they were psychic. Ness laughed as Lucas giggled, but they stopped once everyone was looking at them. Claus thought for a long moment, trying to think of one perfect statement.
"Never have I ever pretended I was being chased by zombies while on a run," Claus said.
"Oddly specific," Kumatora brought up. Ninten, Ana, Paula, and Lucas all put their hands down.
"Really?" Ness asked.
"I, um, don't have an excuse," Lucas said, defeated in himself. Claus looked at Ninten.
"That's the only way I'll be motivated to run," Ninten shrugged.
"That and donuts," Ness said. Ninten shot his head toward him.
"Fight me, bro, I dare you."
"I would, but I don't wanna get Corona."
"If that's what you wanna say then fine. Never have I ever stared at a guy's butt in jeans, take that asshole." Ness sighed and put a finger down. Lucas turned to Ness.
"You barely know anyone who wears jeans," Lucas said.
"Says his best friend who's currently in jeans," Paula brought up. Lucas looked down and saw his jeans.
"Huh, guess I am." He shook his head and realized it was his turn, so he started thinking. "Never have I ever said I'm never drinking again." Paula glared at Lucas as she put her finger down.
"You did that just to try and get me out, huh? Lucas just shrugged. Lucas looked at Ness.
"Never have I ever had a foursome with three men," Ness said.
"Ok, listen, that was my birthday, throw me some slack will ya?"
"You're just a hoe," Kumatora said.
"I am not...I'm a whore, there's a difference." The game continued for a while. Eventually, it got to Lucas's fourth turn. Claus, Ninten, and Ness all had one finger up. Ana and Kumatora had two. Lucas and Paula were slaying it with four fingers still up. Lucas wanted to try and get someone out so he was going to aim something at someone.
"Never have I ever walked out of a movie for being bad," Lucas said.
"You fucker," Ness said as he put his finger down. "You know damn well Star Wars the Force Awakens sucks harder than Paula."
"Well yes, but it seems rude to just walk out on our dat-on our day out." Ness crossed his hands and Paula laughed. She handed Ness the small shot glass and the hot sauce. Ness let out a small breath and poured in the shot glass. He drank it all at once and didn't hesitate to drink a second. He instantly screamed in the pain. "What type of hot sauce did you get?" Paula looked at the sticker.
"Uhh, it's advertised as the hottest sauce...let's see...don't drink more than a single shot or serious damage could be done-oh shit," Paula said after reading the small label. Ness started to scream louder. Lucas grabbed Ness's hands and ran into the bathroom. He quickly turned the bathtub on. He positioned Ness to have all the cold water to fall in his mouth. He stayed like this for a while before Ness tapped Lucas's hand. Lucas turned the water off and Ness sat up, gripping his neck. He looked at the door and made sure no one was there.
"T-thanks...Boo," Ness struggled to say. Lucas smiled and Ness kissed his cheek.
"Go downstairs and drink some milk, I'll continue the game," Lucas said. Ness nodded and stood up. Lucas stood up and made sure he left the bedroom safely. Lucas sat back down on the floor and stared at Paula. She nervously chuckled.
"I guess I should've read the warning beforehand," Paula nervously said.
"Ya think?" Lucas looked at Kumatora who tapped her chin as she thought.
"Never have I ever stuck my dick in a vacuum cleaner," she said. Ninten gave a long sigh.
"Give me the damn vinegar," Ninten said. Kumatora crossed her arms victoriously.
"How'd you know he did that?" Ana asked.
"I caught him...best not to ask why," Kumatora quickly said. Claus looked at Ninten as he gulped down the first shot.
"When was this?" Claus asked. Ninten gave a dissatisfied sigh and looked at him.
"Before we got together...so two weeks ago," Ninten said as he filled the second shot. After he drank the second one he felt on the verge of puking. He put his hand to his mouth and shook his head. Hed gave a dissatisfied sigh. Paula was up. She glared at Claus. Claus glared back.
"Never have I ever had orange hair," she said.
"Fuck. You. You know I hate Tequila," Claus said. Paula chuckled and started to pour a shot. Ness walked in with a cup of milk. He sat down next to Lucas and took a drink.
"Feeling better?" Lucas asked.
"Yup...want some?" Ness asked, offering some of his milk. Lucas smiled and took a quick drink. When he handed the cup back to her head Claus's groans of pain for drinking tequila. Lucas looked back and saw he only drank half of the first shot.
"Hurry it up will ya." Claus flipped him off as he finished the shot. He painfully drank the second shot. Paula clapped her hands and reached back to grab the box. She handed it toward Ness. He reached in. "How many games are left?"
"Feels like three..." Ness said as he shuffled through. He grabbed a slip and read it. He sighed. "Truth or Dare. Really Paula?"
"What, I'm not that creative," Paula shrugged. Ness shook his head. "Since you pulled it you have to start." Ness nodded and looked around at everyone. He stopped at Ana.
"Truth or Dare?"
"Truth," she responded."
"What is your weirdest habit?"
"Whenever I hear the SpongeBob theme song I have to fart at the end."
"..." Everyone stayed quiet for a good few minutes after that. Ana simply nodded and turned to Lucas.
"Truth or dare?"
"Dare," Lucas said. Ana grabbed the tequila.
"Drink the big sips of this."
"Pfft, that it?" Lucas grabbed the tequila and drank the three long drinks. He felt the slight sting at the back of his throat and it caused him to shake his head. Ness put his hand on Lucas's back.
"Hey?" Lucas turned to him.
"That tastes great," Lucas smiled. Ness chuckled and put the tequila behind him. He looked around and stopped on Paula. "Truth or dare?"
"Dare," she said.
"Go to your neighbor's house and ask for a banana."
"Are you just hungry?"
"...yea." Paula rolled her eyes and stood up. She ran out of the room, and out of the house. She noticed the sky was dark. She quickly ran to her left neighbor. She walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. A few moments later and the door opened. Her neighbor, Bowser, stood there with a green hydrating face mask and buns in his red hair.
"What?" he growled.
"Did I wake you?"
"What do you think?" Paula just shook her head.
"Do you have a banana?"
"My son and I both have bananas, what's it to you?"
"No, I mean actual bananas." Bowser sighed and looked into his house.
"Jr. get this annoying lady a banana." Bowser walked off as Paula heard Junior's annoyed sighs.
"Stupid turtle." Junior walked to the door with his phone in one hand and the banana in the other. He tossed it to her. Once Paula thanked her, he slammed the door shut. Paula huffed and walked back to her house. When she entered her room she gave Lucas the banana. He smiled widely and peeled it. Ness leaned down.
"I'll give you your favorite banana later," Ness whispered.
"I hope you will," Lucas whispered back.
"What're you talking about?" Claus asked.
"None of your business," the two boys shot back. Paula shook her head. She looked at Kumatora.
"Truth or dare?" she asked.
"Truth," she answered.
"Do you think angels are men or women?"
"...dogs," Kumatora simply answered. Paula smacked her lips with a single nod.
"Alrighty then." Kumatora nodded as well. She looked at Ninten and Claus. She hummed out loud as she thought of who to ask.
"NInten, truth or dare?"
"Truth...I don't trust you," he answered.
"Who is the most annoying person you know?"
"Easy question, Claus."
"Asshole," Claus didn't hesitate to say. Ninten looked at him.
"I mean, I love you, but goddamn you annoy me," Ninten laughed. Claus crossed his arms.
"Why?" Lucas asked.
"He just constantly wants to suck my dick, like come on."
"Ok, listen, that is totally a lie," Claus defended.
"Who has proof? It's my word against yours?" Ninten winked. Claus rolled his eyes.
"Just go already." Ninten laughed and cleared his voice.
"Truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"One second." Ninten shot up and ran out of the room. Paula tilted her head. Everyone waited for a good five minutes before Ninten came back all sweaty.
"The hell did you go?" Ness asked. He reached into his pocket and grabbed a small pack of M&Ms. He grinned.
"I...I went to the gas station to...to buy this," he said in between his tired breaths. He sat down next to Claus. He showed Claus the M%Ms. Claus shook his head.
"No," he said.
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"Fine." Ninten smiled victoriously and opened the M&Ms. He grinned at everyone then looked back at the embarrassed Claus. Ninten grabbed a single M&M and put it in his mouth. Claus chewed it and swallowed. "Thanks yo, daddy." Everyone's face went blank. Ninten grabbed another and they did the same. They did this until the small pack was completely empty. Ninten chuckled again and put the plastic in his pocket. Claus cleared his throat and saw everyone's face was still blank. "Ness, truth or dare?"
"Uhhh, dare," Ness said, finally braking from his blankness.
"Sit on someone's lap for the rest of this game." Ness shrugged and sat on Lucas's lap. He looked back.
"Can you handle me?" Lucas bit into the banana like he didn't care. He just shrugged. They all continued to play the game until each person was asked five times. They noticed that it was midnight.
"We only have time for one more game, Lucas, it's up to you," Paula said, handing him the box. Lucas gulped as Ness finally got off him. Lucas reached in. After a little time of searching, he brought out the slip. He read through it, but looked confused.
"The Pocky game?" he questioned, confused. Paula cheered which caused Lucas to look up at her.
"I was hoping you got this."
"What is it?" Ninten asked.
"It's a game between only two people, so everyone else gets to relax or eat, or whatever." Paula stood up and walked to the small drawer. She reached in and grabbed a small box of Pocky. She tossed it to Lucas. Lucas read the small label on the back. After reading it he looked back to Paula.
"You need to grow up, you know that?" Lucas asked.
"That's for later." Lucas rolled his eyes and turned to Ness. He grabbed a Pocky stick. He then showed Ness the box for him to read the label. He smirked and leaned down.
"You realize this'll show everyone about us," Ness whispered.
"Yea, but, I guess sooner rather than later," Lucas whispered back. Ness nodded. Lucas bit into one end of the stick and Ness bit the other end. Lucas grinned because he knew how giddy Ness was. He bit halfway up the stick. He winked at Ness. Ness bit all the way to Lucas's lips and they kissed for a few seconds. They moved apart and a small remnant of the pocky fell. Lucas turned to everyone, who seemed slightly surprised.
"You guys are together?" Claus asked.
"You didn't know that?" Ana asked.
"You did?" Lucas asked, surprised.
"Obviously, you guys didn't do well with keeping it all secretive."
"Well, there is one more stick in there. Give it to someone," Paula said. Lucas shot his head toward Claus. He tossed the box and Claus flipped him off. They played the game and it went almost exactly like Lucas and Ness's game. They looked at Paula who checked the time. "Well, we don't exactly have time to play more games. We can hit the hay, same time next week?"
"Why the hell would we come back?" Ness asked.
"Because you had fun, that and you don't have a choice. You're just written to be here so it's not really your choice."
"...Grim...I'm just gonna head to bed." They all set up their small twin sized beds that Paula kept in a separate room. Ness and Lucas shared one. Lucas laid his head on Ness's chest and looked at the roof. "Hey, Boo?"
"Hmm?" Lucas hummed.
"We should play that Pocky game more privately sometime."
"How come?"
"I got the best of both worlds. Some food, and some lip."
"You're just a fatass."
"Damn right," Ness laughed. "But, can we?"
"Sure, but maybe after we could play with a bigger stick."
"Oh...a cucumber?"
"..."
"I'm just kidding, you dirty bastard."
"Let's just go to bed."
"Night."
