Drunk Mermaid Therapy - Closed
WHO: Jirou and Fai (with a guest appearance by Kaiba later)
WHERE: Jirou's place
WHEN: The night of the prom
WHAT: Fai is a sad, sad person. So Jirou is going to cheer him up with getting to be drunk hot tub mermaids.
WARNINGS: Two drunk people in a hot tub. Mentions of possible nudity (nothing is going to happen beyond them taking a bath). Stupidity. Glitter. Everywhere.
Fai had sent him a text earlier expressing how he was feeling sad and lonely. Jirou was worried but Fai hadn't seemed to want to talk about it. Well, that was okay as long as he could offer some way to distract him for a bit. That seemed to be what he needed most right now.
And he had just the thing for that!
Makeup and glitter and jewels and hair pins were all over the table in his room and the hot tub in his bathroom was full warm water. And bubbles. There were so many bubbles in that hot tub. Probably because he'd decided to run the jets for a little bit which had moved the water spectacularly. Jirou hardly cared about the messes they were going to make in their drunken states. Nope, if anything got ruined he could just replace it. No big deal. Besides, Fai's smile was more important than material things. That was his opinion anyway.
Hair down and currently only wearing a loose pair of pants, he flitted about his place with one of the many sweet drinks he'd made up for them (those were scattered strategically around the hot tub so they'd have something always within reach no matter what) until he heard the door. Grabbing something off the table, he immediately went to his door to open it and dangled some keys before Fai. "Welcome to your home away from home! These are for you!" And he held out the drink in his hand. "And this too. Now all we need to do is get makeup and lose our clothes and we'll be the prettiest drunk mermaids!"
WHERE: Jirou's place
WHEN: The night of the prom
WHAT: Fai is a sad, sad person. So Jirou is going to cheer him up with getting to be drunk hot tub mermaids.
WARNINGS: Two drunk people in a hot tub. Mentions of possible nudity (nothing is going to happen beyond them taking a bath). Stupidity. Glitter. Everywhere.
Fai had sent him a text earlier expressing how he was feeling sad and lonely. Jirou was worried but Fai hadn't seemed to want to talk about it. Well, that was okay as long as he could offer some way to distract him for a bit. That seemed to be what he needed most right now.
And he had just the thing for that!
Makeup and glitter and jewels and hair pins were all over the table in his room and the hot tub in his bathroom was full warm water. And bubbles. There were so many bubbles in that hot tub. Probably because he'd decided to run the jets for a little bit which had moved the water spectacularly. Jirou hardly cared about the messes they were going to make in their drunken states. Nope, if anything got ruined he could just replace it. No big deal. Besides, Fai's smile was more important than material things. That was his opinion anyway.
Hair down and currently only wearing a loose pair of pants, he flitted about his place with one of the many sweet drinks he'd made up for them (those were scattered strategically around the hot tub so they'd have something always within reach no matter what) until he heard the door. Grabbing something off the table, he immediately went to his door to open it and dangled some keys before Fai. "Welcome to your home away from home! These are for you!" And he held out the drink in his hand. "And this too. Now all we need to do is get makeup and lose our clothes and we'll be the prettiest drunk mermaids!"

cw: mention of addiction
(Some small, rational part of his mind recognized the warning signs of substance abuse, because he'd been down this road before, but that small part had to contend with stalking, a new memory surfacing that scared the shit out of him, running into his ex on multiple occasions, and the realization that he hadn't actually been on a date in something like two years.)
He actually drove to work for once, so shortly after his last appointment of the day, Fai arrived at Jirou's place in a respectable blazer and slacks and not-pink shoes, with his ever-present messenger bag slung over his shoulder.
The keys weren't entirely a surprise, because Jirou had mentioned them already, but the combination of keys and a drink brought an instant smile to Fai's face. He took both, tried a sip of the drink, and beamed.
"You are absolutely magical, you know that?"
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He giggled then waved him inside to his room, long hair flitting behind him as he practically pranced there. He was excited to show him the setup and he wanted to make sure that Fai was very comfortable. Because whether or not he was ready to talk about what was wrong, Jirou planned to be there for him so he could see that smile be on his face tonight rather than a sort of heaviness.
"Come here! I got all my things out for this and made sure all of it was waterproof! Well except for the glitter. That will just everywhere anyway."
Jirou grabbed up another glass for himself. Delicious.
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He trailed after the other man, finding a convenient, out of the way spot to drop his bag, and shrugged out of his blazer. "I am so glad I have tomorrow off," he sighed happily. "If I wake up before noon we have clearly done something wrong tonight. Do you want me to make you up first?"
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And then look at him. He was sitting still like a good boy. Perfectly ready to be painted up properly. "I have makeup and jewels and glitter. And there's some fabrics if you want to make patterns."
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Still, the kind and amount of makeup that was going to be required for mermaids meant that wearing his white button-down was probably a terrible idea, if he ever wanted to be able to wear the shirt to work again. So while Jirou settled himself and Fai surveyed the makeup and fabrics available he popped the buttons on his shirt and then tossed it aside.
(And then took another long pull from the deliciously sugary and fruity drink Jirou had made for him.)
After some deliberation, he nodded. "Okay, I think I have a plan." Makeup would come first, so he took a minute to carefully pin Jirou's long hair back before grabbing one of the makeup sponges.
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"You know what would be pretty? If you had pinks and purples. They would make your eyes pop!" He resisted the urge to nod his head. Mainly because it would really mess up the work that Fai was going to be putting into this! "You wanted to do blues and greens on me so then we'd be mermaids but different."
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"I do love pink," Fai confessed with a light laugh. He tended to wear blues because they were easy and they looked good with his coloring, but blue had never been his favorite color. "Pink and purple would be perfect! We are going to look amazing."
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"I think purple is my favorite. Red is second place though." They also looked really good on him and that was definitely important. Eyes closed, he settled into enjoying the feel of the brushes on his skin, the netting as well as it was held firmly there.
"Pink suits you."
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Fai paused in his work to offer Jirou's drink up to him, so the other man could take a sip without having to move, then started on a vivid streak of blue underneath the cheekbones to match the ones on Jirou's eyes. More scaling here, and a dash of glittery powder over the top to bring out the texture.
"You do look very nice in red! Although you look gorgeous in anything I've ever seen you wear," Fai added, grinning. "I have my pink shoes, but I try not to wear more than a pink button-down every now and again to work. I don't think my co-workers would mind--I'm pretty sure they all know me well enough by now anyway--but clients can be a different story."
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"People can be weird. But at long as you don't hide what makes you happy." Jirou smiled at him and rested a hand on Fai's arm. Gently, so he wouldn't upset what he was doing with the make up that he happened to be doing.
"Tonight though you'll get to wear plenty that makes you happy. And drink as much as you like too. My bed is huge so there's room for sleepy cuddles or sleeping alone."
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Not hide what made him happy... Jirou didn't know him well enough (did anyone?) to know that the very concept was a joke. Music made him happy, but music was his past--except for that little sliver of a lifeline Kaiba had thrown him. But Fai didn't want to think about Kaiba right now. Performing had made him happy, but he lived in fear that someone was going to recognize him, that the wrong people were going to recognize him from those days.
Helping kids made him happy, so at least there was that. And having a friend to drink and be silly with, and not think less of him for it... that was proving to be priceless.
"Ah, I tend to get a bit cuddly when I'm drunk," he laughed, moving again to grab for the mascara and eyeliner. "As you've probably noticed! But really, thank you for all of this. I really appreciate it."
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Jirou laughed a bit and let it go, just opening and closing his eyes as needed now that his eyes were being finished off. Once they were done though, he blinked his eyes a few times, just batting them to dry the mascara before looking up at Fai. Yes, purples and pinks were what he wanted to do. Maybe with a nice pink lip.
"Do I look pretty as a mermaid?"
Of course he did. But that hardly meant he didn't enjoy hearing someone tell him as much.
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Yep. He had a great canvas to work with, and Fai clearly still knew his stuff when it came to makeup. He grinned. "All I have to say is, they should have made the cartoon about you instead of that redhead. You look gorgeous!" Jirou's hair was still clipped up in several places--Fai moved to take the clips out, to finish up the look with prettier accessories: a sparkly clip, a string of jewels. Glitter galore. "It's a good thing we're staying in tonight or all the boys would be swarming you, and I'd never get you to myself!"
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He stood and did a turn before grabbing Fai's hands to bring him over to sit down. It was his turn too. "FaiFai! It's your turn now! Sit, sit!"
Jirou was already reaching to help get that pretty hair pinned back so he could start on getting his makeup done. Already he'd decided on what he wanted to do and he just knew that the other had the perfect features to pull it off. Besides that it would be fun to have his friend wear the color he loved so much!
"Oh and here is your drink!" He made sure to hand that to him so that way Fai could have all the drinks he wanted while he started working.
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And now that he'd taken his turn, dressed Jirou up in makeup and glitter and jewels, now he could relax and get thoroughly drunk and be pretty in the process. Today was definitely looking up.
He laughed aloud at the nickname and sat as directed, taking a long pull from his drink while Jirou fiddled with his hair. "I'm glad you like it! I'm not much of a photographer, but I'll get some pictures of you when we're all finished here."
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Jirou laughed and got that base on first. The nice foundation to make sure that all of this went on evenly. Fai was much like himself and had basically flawless skin but it could still be nice to have a good base to work with. Besides, he liked how this color looked on him.
Humming softly, he started to work some color onto his eyes after, making sure to give enough time for Fai to be able to have lots of drinks between.
"Oh we should take some after we get in the bath!"
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Fai settled in and closed his eyes as Jirou swept foundation over his skin, and as soon as the other man started on his eyes he reached for his drink again. Thank goodness for straws. He was absolutely happier than he'd been this morning, but that didn't mean a steady stream of alcohol wasn't going to make things even better.
He giggled at the thought of pictures in the bath. "I don't know, mon lapin, if we make these too racy you might give half the city nosebleeds when they see them~"
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"Besides, I show off a lot at some of my shows so it's not too different, right?"
Jirou was shameless. That was really all there was to it.
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Fai actually wouldn't be a half-bad promoter, if he didn't already have so many other irons in the fire.
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"But see? This is why you should be my manager! Then you'd have so much money to do anything you wanted ever! With me or for yourself!"
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Carefully, so as not to jostle the delicate work going on around his face, Fai laughed. "Honestly, I would love to! But I already work, and I'm going to school part-time, and I have another project on the side of all of that. And I have to make sure my neighbor remembers to eat once in a while. And my kitties need snuggles occasionally. If I add any more projects to the list I'll never sleep at all!"
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Having himself another drink, he went and added some highlight to that after. Oh and glitter. It was all about the glitter for the both of them. Then he was making sure to get liner and lashes done. Mainly because he was deciding on the perfect shade for lips still.
"It's a good thing there's even more drinks in the bathroom. We can keep drinking without having to grab more."
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He made sure to close his eyes when the glitter started flying, lest he end up blinded by sparkles. "I'll gladly help out here and there if you need me, though! Just let me know if you need a hand with anything. It's the least I can do after you've been so kind."
More drinks in the bathroom, perfect! Fai hurried to drain the last of his current drink while Jirou was still deciding on a lip color.
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"Hello pretty FaiFai!"
He giggled then gave his cheek a kiss before finishing his own drink so he could go towards the bathroom. Oh and he grabbed his phone to bring with him on the way.
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"You are good!"
He giggled again at the kiss and grabbed his own phone, not because he was expecting anyone to call him, necessarily (because let's face it: Jirou was already here, Orion never called him, and Kaiba was out on his date), but simply for taking pictures, and followed along after Jirou toward the bathroom.
"This is already a much better night than I would have had at home! Although I might have to buy some treats to apologize to the kitties~"
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Jirou was somehow butt naked in less than a second, already taking a selfie of himself before he even got into the tub. Of course after he was slipping into the many bubbles to take up a glass of alcohol and another selfie. He definitely knew how to have a good time! That was for sure!
"Come on in, FaiFai! The water is nice and waaaaarm!" And there was alcohol all around them so they could just grab around and be sure to get a glass at any moment. "I need to have a picture with you too! Oh, can I post you on my media page? I'll be sneaky so no one will realize it's you!"
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How Jirou managed to strip completely in no time flat was nothing short of amazing, and Fai found himself blinking at the other man for a moment before starting to work at shucking his own slacks. (Admittedly, Jirou did hit a few of Fai's criteria for being his 'type,' but being a drag queen and just as effeminate as Fai immediately ruled that possibility out. Which was a damn good thing if they were going to be drunk and naked in a hot tub together. Fai's decision making skills when drunk weren't always the best.)
As soon as he was stripped, Fai stepped into the deliciously warm water and sighed happily. "If you think you can be sneaky about it, I don't see why not!"
(Decision making skills, Fai.)
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Carefully, he got them both into position then turned his camera towards them. With a click he had it and then he was pulling it up to show that with just the right angle like that and himself in the foreground no one could fully tell it was Fai at a glance. Yet it still looked beautiful and sensual. And utterly silly with all the drinks and the bubbles.
"Want me to send it to you?"
Already he was getting ready to take more so they could document the occasion.
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Oblivious for the moment about Jirou's intent to take more pictures, the blond sighed and leaned against the other man's shoulder. "Ha, maybe if I showed something like this to the guy I've been flirting with, he wouldn't be out on a date with someone else right now. Or maybe he would. Maybe I'm just not his type."
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Already he was reaching for Fai's phone like that was going to be able to tell him the answer even though he'd never see the guy before. Still, the number was in there and that was what mattered!
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Fai's reaction time was slow, between being warm and comfortable and buzzed, and leaning on Jirou's shoulder. He looked up, startled, in time to see the other man grab his phone.
"It- It's Kaiba, in there. But why?"
Did he trust Jirou at least far enough to not curse at his friend/employer with his phone? Yes. Jirou was flamboyant and ostentatious but he didn't give the impression that he was trying to get Fai in trouble at all. But then what...?
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Humming, he grabbed the number for his own phone but used Fai's to send this Kaiba that picture of the two of them together in the bath. To say the following:
Splashing around without you!
Could have been you!
Mwah!
"And send. There!" He handed the phone back then got his own so he could send another message from his own phone.
hes soooooooo pretty naked! you should come over!
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Then he shook his head, deposited the phone back on the side of the tub, and reached for another full drink. Hopefully something strong.
"I'm not nearly drunk enough for this." Time to change that!
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He giggled and leaned over to cuddle up to Fai again, putting some bubbles on his cheek before snapping another picture. He needed it for the next text he wanted to send to Kaiba. After he had a drink too.
"He's the one missing out on you. You're the best catch in the city!"
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He barely even noticed Jirou taking more pictures of him, just concentrating on draining the glass he was on. "I think you're just saying that because you're a sweetheart~!" he replied in a sing-song voice, laughing. "But it's nice to hear anyway!"
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He leaned over to give him a little kiss on the cheek then handed him another glass. No need to worry about the fact that he had an empty one when there was a fresh one incoming! That was the thought of the night.
"You're my beauuuuuutiful friend and you should have magical dates and be gorgeous. And he's missing out and not having the best!"
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Fai set his previous glass aside and took a long pull from the new one, then cuddled up to Jirou again with his head on the taller man's shoulder. A long sigh escaped him, despite the soft smile on his face.
"Honestly, I think you're the best. If we both weren't such girls I'd just steal you away instead, I think!"
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He made sure to give him a kiss to his hair for that one. Obviously Fai deserved and maybe even needed it. Oh but he had a great idea off of that one.
"If you ever want to practice dates or need a fake boyfriend or girlfriend then let me know! I'll do that for you!"
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Fai wrapped his arms around Jirou loosely for a better snuggle, then found himself laughing. "Oh god, you don't think I'm far enough gone that I need to practice dating, do you? I mean, I'll go out with you any time, anywhere you want, but.... Do you really think it's that bad?"
It's only been... a couple of years....
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He gave a shrug like it was no big deal. He sipped his drink soon after because it wasn't anything he ever really thought about. Jirou figured he'd find someone eventually. Or he wouldn't. It wasn't like he'd end up alone. He'd always have his best friend who lived next door.
"Hm? No. But it can be fun and helps remind you of the fun parts so you don't think about the bad parts from other times."
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Well. He kind of had a point there about the dating thing. It would be nice to remember what used to be fun about dating in the first place.
"So more like a pretend date than a practice date? That sounds really nice! We should definitely do that. Maybe we could find a place with a band so we could dance!"
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Was it nice to toy with the hearts of others? No. Probably not. Did that ever stop Jirou from doing exactly that? Nope. Besides, it was harmless, right? And then he could have lots of fun with Fai at the same time.
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"Let's do it! We can keep track of how many of them try to steal one of us away from the other before the night's over!" And hey, maybe if he was lucky something good would come out of it and he could stop thinking about this stupid prom thing.
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HERE VIA TEXT
can't swim, I'll drown
... pink and purple are definitely your colours though
[ The second text is sent to Jirou only, except that of course, since Seto doesn't have Jirou's number, it's just showing up as an unknown phone number. ]
...what?
who's this??
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don't worry, i wouldn't let you drown. besides, I know mouth to mouth if you do~
Aw really? that's sweet of you to say ♥
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[Incoming new picture of Fai with a glass in hand and some carefully placed bubbles on his face.]