Sleepover!

[clothes_make_the_man]

Who: Forrest, all of his teenage CR, and CR of that CR
What: Giant sleepover log
When: The night of June 21
Where: Lakshmi's temple
Warnings: Cuteness overload

[Forrest has never had a sleepover before, so he's pretty excited to host one at his temple. He sends out invitations ahead of time to everyone he can think of, letting them know to bring pajamas, snacks, and even a friend or two if they want. He's clad in a frilly pink nightgown with ribbons and bows for the occasion, and he's temporarily converted Lakshmi's audience chamber into a space where the guests can all party and sleep. It was already mostly full of pillows to begin with, so all he had to do was move some more in and set up some tables for snacks and things. One of the tables conspicuously contains all of his beauty supplies, because like hell is Forrest hosting a slumber party without makeovers. Anyone who shows even the slightest bit of interest will get their makeup, hair, or nails done. Soft music and the scent of lotus blossoms drift through the air, creating the perfect atmosphere for everyone to relax and enjoy themselves.]

((OOC: If you've got a teenager that Forrest has talked to more than once, assume he invited them. Friends of friends are totally welcome as well. Everyone can feel free to put up their own toplevels, and everybody tag everybody and mingle to your heart's content!))

Comments

[pure_radiantics]

Yeah, I guess I did remember huh?

[Small mercies.]

A lot of the boys I invited didn't want to come.

[She pouts. It's nothing against him, there was just several people telling her no.]

So I was preparing for it just being a bunch of us girls and Forrest.

[returnedfromtheline]

Heh. With the invitation like that, I'm not surprised not a lot of boys came.

[...Which means, there's not a lot of other boys here. ...Is this bad? Maybe this is bad. A whole house full of girls in pyajamas-- no stop right there, Yukine.

To get around whatever expression his face is making Yukine hurriedly starts speaking again.]

Anyway, there's always next time. Roxas said that he sometimes plays video games with Sora so maybe something like that would be more fun for everyone.

[pure_radiantics]

I even offered to do that though!

[Because she would've enjoyed the video games too!]

I said I could bring games of some kind, maybe just a deck of cards or something. No one seemed interested though!

[She really had been trying to be inclusive.]

But you're right. We tried this once - maybe next time we can have more people and more activities.

[returnedfromtheline]

[Huh- she’d offered games and no one had seemed interested? Who had she been talking to?

Yukine then grins rigidly. More people?]

I don’t know about that. I mean, wouldn’t it be easier to have a smaller party with just a couple activities?

[pure_radiantics]

Hmm... well maybe, but deciding on something everyone enjoys would be a lot harder. Unless we had one night a week for a week straight of just video games, just make up, just movies, just... I don't know volleyball on the beach at Sora's place! But can you even imagine Roxas letting me do that?

[She knows that wouldn't fly by the tone in her voice and she finishes her short tirade by crossing her arms on top of it all.]

[returnedfromtheline]

[She really thinks that wouldn’t work? In a flat undertone he mutters,] I dunno, Kairi-san. You’re pretty hard to say ‘no’ to… [but he shrugs.]

Anyway, that still sounds like a lot. Why not something… [what’s the word?] without any planning. …Spontaneous. [That was it!] Like today. Even without a lot of warning lots of people came, right?

[pure_radiantics]

[She takes the first part as a compliment.]

Well there was planning on Forrest's part, at least - we'd been talking about it for a few days, and he invited a handful of people with more advanced notice. I was just the one who thought about it a bit more and invited more people beyond that. I think if you give people more notice, the shy ones aren't as panicked about coming.

[Because that's how several of her conversations went.]

[returnedfromtheline]

[Yukine can only laugh dryly at that, having been one such panicked person, although hopefully he hadn’t let on that he was.]

Right. Fine, you’re probably right.

Well, whatever you end up planning I'm sure I'll be hearing about it.

[pure_radiantics]

[She frowns a little.]

... Do you like getting invitations to things you can't spend the whole time at though? I was worried when I asked you to come.

[She wants to spend as much time with him outside of his curfew as she can, but if the events overlap with the dusk timeframe again...]

I don't want you to feel left out by not inviting you, but I can guess it's not easy for you.

[returnedfromtheline]

[..! She's... really thoughtful.]

'S fine. Even if I can't come at all, I don't mind being invited.

[He likes being invited. A lot.]

[pure_radiantics]

[She smiles at him, nodding happily.]

Then I'm glad I asked. Now I'll make sure to invite you when things come up.

[Because after it coming up a couple of times now, she does worry about frustrating him.]

Even smaller get-togethers, right?

[returnedfromtheline]

[Yukine breathes out a laugh- please don't overwhelm him with invites...]

Actually, the smaller the better.

[pure_radiantics]

[She holds out her pinky to him.]

Alright - so I promise to invite you to the next few small gatherings I have and you promise to show up.

Right?

[Smile!]

[returnedfromtheline]

[Yukine just blinks at the pinky finger.]

... Are we kids? We don't have to pinky promise.

[Seriously...]

And I can't promise to come to every invitation. But if I can come, I will.

[pure_radiantics]

... You don't have to be kids to pinky promise.

[She's sure they're the same age, close enough, unlike some of the people she invited who she was much less sure of.]

Sorry, I didn't mean you'd have to promise to show up to all of them anyway. Just at least one or two that were on the smaller side.

[And yes her pinky is still up.]

[returnedfromtheline]

Nope, it's definitely only kids who pinky-promise.

[Yukine is still dubiously looking at that finger.]

...

...

[She's not lowering it.
Without raising his own hand he states,]

I promise.