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Thirsty. He was thirsty.
Komaeda blinked his eyes open, adjusting to the utter darkness of the room as he rubbed his eyes. He had stayed in bed for a while, before remembering what precisely he had woken up for. Komaeda pushed himself up, using his elbows as support as he quickly pushed himself out of the bed. A small “shhf” noise as he got himself onto his feet and blinked again. Plan Get-Dr-Hopper was into set into motion.
No going back now. He thought to himself.
Pale footsteps dashed across the carpeted floor of the hotel room. The steps are careful - delicate, as not to awaken those sleeping on the floor. Komaeda stepped over the sleeping Hinata -who for some reason had been sleeping on the floor in front of the cabinet - and very slowly, he opens a small cabinet.
Inside said cabinet was a small, black mini fridge. Upon opening the cabinet, the room was filled - in addition to Ryota’s loud snoring - with a soft humming noise.
Komaeda carefully opened the fridge, filling the room with a dull light that carefully cascaded around his own shadow. Komaeda squinted, adjusting to the new light source blaring in his eyes which had been apposed to the darkness of the room. He reached into the fridge, swiftly grabbing a can of his most prized soda - Dr Hopper. With a satisfied smile, and his goal complete, he closed the fridge triumphantly. He smirked, and as he was stepping over Hinata, he opened the can.
This, of course, was when his so called “perfect plan” went toppling over like a line of dominoes.
You see, Komaeda had gone with both Mioda and Chiaki to a cheap convenience store that happened to be the closest to the hotel they were staying at to simply grab some Dr. Hopper. That, itself, wasn’t a bad run - but all went bad when Mioda had a bounce in her step as she ecstatically skipped down the sidewalk - shaking the cans of soda along with her.
As Komaeda opened the can, an almost unnaturally loud “FZZSHH” rang out, instantly breaking the silence of the room. Komaeda let out a small yelp, jumping back in surprise - shortly before letting out an almost ungodly shriek as he caught his foot under the sleeping Hinata, loosing his balance and toppling over him, spilling the soda both all over himself and Hinata. This broke him out of his sleep in an instant.
“W-What th-?!“ Hinata lurched awake, reflexively pushing whoever was on top of him off, Nagito hit the floor with a loud “thud”. Hinata scrambled to find the light, before settling on flicking on the small lamp above the cabinet.
“Nagito!? Wh- What the fuck are you doing?!” Hinata exclaimed, almost shrieking as Nagito found himself sprawled on the floor, covered in soda. He blinked, comprehending what just happened, as he slowly got up.
“Ahaha, just my luck. I’m sorry, Hinata-kun, I just happened to be getting a soda, and I know how repulsive the idea of garbage like me even thinking of getting a soft drink, bu-“
“Oh my?” Teruteru butted in, cutting both of the boys off instantly as he clapped his hands together, face lightly tinted.
“To think you two had the indecency to perform such erotic acts - especially in front of your friends~? - and you call me the pervert.” Teruteru let out a giggle, and before anyone could interject, he continued.
“Nagito-kun! I hadn’t even began to have thunk that one like you would be so, intimate with inanimate objects, hmm? I suppose you’re not one to be blamed~” He finally finished, an almost victorious smirk on his face. Hajime inhaled, throwing his head back and groaning in pure irritation. He loved his friends, but god could they be annoying.
“Teru. He was getting a soda. You know, to drink?” Hajime pressed his hand against his thigh, his eyebrow raised as he tapped his foot. Teruteru didn’t respond, simply just crossed his arms and scoffed. Though, in all honesty, he sounded more scandalized then offended.
“Once again, I am so sorry for waking you all up! It’s just my luck that trash like I could even think - believe to even TRY to drink something at such ungodly hours - It’s absurd!” Komaeda laughed to himself, opening his mouth to continue before a knock on the door cut him off.
Hinata really couldn’t believe what had happened in the span of about 5 minutes. He sighed, turning his head to them as he slowly unlocked the door. Of course, he was faced with a fuming Gundam. Because he really needed that at precisely 11pm in the night. Great.
“Mortal! Your incessant shouting has awaken the beast! Dare you even think to try to defeat such a mighty and deprived creature, you have doubted he!” Gundam went off, once again, on his tangent of being awoken, before Komaeda simply wrapped his arms gently around Hinata’s shoulders and stated, in a nonchalant voice, “Sorry for waking you and your devas up. We are terribly sorry.”
Gundam let out a “hmph” , before he turned away. Thank god, this night would be finally over. Right?
The short mobster pushed past Gundam, before squinting Hinata in the eye. It was so late, and Hajime really had no more fucks to give.
“Hey! What the FUCK do you think you’re doin’, shoutin’ at this hour!?” Fuyuhiko practically screamed at Hinata. Hinata let out another sigh. He really couldn’t be dealing with this.
Before Fuyuhiko had a chance to fling more insults and swears, Kazuichi trotted up to Fuyuhiko, and he was followed up by Nidai.
“‘Ey, what’s up with all the chit chat? Wait a second - I knew it, you guys are having a party without me, aren’t you?” Souda continued “Fine, you do that, but you can’t have a party without the coolest guy in town!”
“A party? That sounds wonderful, Kazuichi-kun! Do come in!” Komaeda clapped his hands gleefully, and before Hajime could even think to say no, he now had 8 rambunctious teens in his hotel room.
It really wasn’t long before the girl’s rooms had been woken up by all the commotion. The first female room to come in was Hiyoko and Mahiru; Hiyoko complaining about all the noise and Mahiru just trying to help. Then Mioda’s room, and before Hinata could even think he had the entire class in his hotel room. They couldn’t fit, that was evident, as Hajime found himself pressed into the corner, staring glumly around the talking teenagers as if this was some community brunch.
“Everyone, may I have your attention?” Teruteru climbed and stood atop one of the various beds -and like that- the entire room was silent, attention on him.
“Since we’re in America, we should take the time to try the foods here! And why, of course, it couldn’t be as good as my cooking, it would be wonderful to see what kinds of things there are to offer!” He said, and he almost sounded formal? It was odd, to hear such a perverted boy talk in such a formal tone.
Akane loudly agreed, pumping her fist in the air and shouted. Everyone else joined in, Teruteru putting both is hands to his sides and looking triumphant.
The entire room started to leave before Hajime could even process what was happening. Wait - they were leaving? Now? They were going to out to the rural town at what, 12am was it now? God.
It wasn’t long before Hajime found himself stuffed into the back of Souda’s large, grey minivan. It had three rows, and Hajime sighed as he found himself yet again back-to-back with Komaeda. Who knows, maybe they’d have fun on this trip? They’d go eat some food, they’d come back. They wouldn’t be out for too long, right?
Once again, Hinata found himself proven wrong as an ear-bursting shriek breaks through the car, almost louder then the obnoxious rock music that Souda had put on the radio.
“LASER TAG!” Mioda shouted, slamming her hand on the car window with almost enough force to break it, drool seeping from the edges of her mouth as she looked longingly out the window, towards the neon-clad building. It’s odd that a laser tag place would be open at such late times, but Hinata really didn’t question it.
“Ibuki, I-uh- really don’t think that’s a go-“ Mahiru began to say, smile on her face before Ibuki shrieked again, causing virtually everyone in the car to cover their ears.
“OK, alright! L-lazer tag it is! Sheesh!” Souda stuttered, turning the car around as Teruteru fore-lorningly looked out the window as they passed by fast food restaurant after fast food restaurant.
Soon, they had all arrived at the laser tag arena. Hinata gawked at the size of the place, it was pretty big - considering it was presumably just for laser tag - and a big sign that read:
“COWBOY’S LASER ARENA!”
Everyone almost excitedly rushed inside, except for Mahiru, who trailed behind all of them to make sure everyone stayed inside. Bless Mahiru, she was always the dubbed voice of reason, and she seemed to take care of everyone the best. As they got inside, there was a large arcade.
Arcade, huh? Sort of over the top, Cowboy. Hajime thought to himself, before scoffing at the fact that he addressed to the place as “cowboy”
Komaeda rushed excitedly over to Hinata, his face lit up with a joyous wonder.
“Hinata-kun, oh Hinata-kun! You need to come with me, there’s a spin-to-win, and we need to play it!” Komaeda brought his hands together, glee in his tone. It was refreshing to see him - and everyone else - in such good spirits.
“Alright, ok Komaeda. Just, just give me one moment.” And with that, Komaeda waited patiently as Hajime walked over to Mahiru as she waited in line.
“Hey, Mahiru….Are you gonna be ok - ordering this by youself? I can help if you wa-“ Hinata was cut off by a smiling Mahiru.
“It’s a pleasure, Hajime-kun. They’ll announce us as team red, we just need to get in the room in the far left when they announce that, alright?” She said, bringing her hands in front of her.
“Yea-yeah, of course! Thank you, Koizumi-kun!” Hajime rushed off, before returning to the now waiting Komaeda.
“Alright, Komaeda. Let’s play.”