Wow, I honestly thought this would be more crowded... This is like, objectively the best place to spend the night.

[ is everyone just stupid? ]

More for us to enjoy. And with a distinct lack of chaos.

[ he's going to get the best massage of his life and distinctly Not Worry About It tonight aw yeah ]

Right? No waiting for the massage rooms, all the infused water we want... We can show up tomorrow looking super rested with nice manicures and make everyone else regret their choices.

Definitely better than what half of them are up to tonight.

[ it should probably be mentioned he found like, normal modern comfy clothes for the night and his hair is in the saddest attempt at a full man bun ]

Honestly, where even do you think they went? The mall?

[ looks through my old outfit uploads and throws him in this for tonight ig ]

Or the food court, maybe? It'd make sense to stay in a place with food and drinks.

...Or maybe they just stayed in their lounges. I guess there wasn't actually any reason for us to leave.

Staying with friends? Boredom? Or, simply not wanting to be bothered.

[ which, case and point look at them ]

Though if I didn't want to be here, I too would have just hung out at the food court to eat my weight in fries.

The floor's probably pretty gross though, so I'm not sure I would have wanted to sleep there even with the food.

[ NYEHS IMMEDIATELY ]

I wouldn't even want to bring a blanket from the lounge in there, even if we happened to have laundry available.

Manicures?

[ he has food. he looks confused. hewwo. ]

[ slowly glances at totty. a victim- a friend for them....... ]

You're in the right place for them.

I mean, sure? I've only ever come here for hair stuff.

[ he jerks his thumb over at the spa chairs. ]

Nothing like changing it up every so often. What else would we do tonight?

I've been getting my hair done every couple days. Been pretty nice to not have to worry about paying for a professional salon job.

There are a few upsides to having a lack of economy here. [ ... ] Well, outside the points and whatnot.

Have you guys been using yours for anything other than lounge upgrades?

[ thinking........... ]

Not yet. I think we'll probably be waiting until we have a bit more points to play with to do anything more interesting than kitchen upgrades and whatnot.

I think we're being pretty strategic. Last Sunday we were talking about maybe using some to get some good skincare stuff, but I said we could wait in case a spa showed up where we could get it for free. And then the next day this place opened up.

Yeah! We can each pick out a design that fits us, it'll be fun! And it gives me an opportunity to hold your hand, too, hehe.

[ quietly, to himself: ] _{Huh, this Todo-chan's like that too...?}

[ no whatever it's fine. shakes himself out of it!!

moves over close so he can rest his head on ichiban's shoulder and look up at him cutely with DEFINITELY NO CONCERN OR CONFUSION in his eyes. ]

I've really been looking forward to spending this night with you! Maybe we could even match our nail designs...!

[ whispers to him: ] It's okay, dude. You don't have to pretend with me.

A...haha... What do you mean, pretend? I'm just expressing my sincere love and affection for you, Icchan!

[ INTERNALLY DYING BECAUSE HE'S A WAY BETTER ACTOR THAN THIS BUT HE'S BEEN THROWN OFF HIS GAME SO HARD NOW ]

[ STILL WHISPERING GET OUTTA HERE SQQ ]

Do you, uh, want me to play along, or...