Day 1 Game
"Im kind of bored just sitting here. Wish i brought my game." Spinner sighed and sunk further into his jacket in an attempt for heat.
Shigaraki looked at him and spoke. "I might have brought my switch. But only one game and thats Mario Kart."
Spinners eyes widen in excitement. "Mario Kart is fun though. Why'd you make it sound so bad?"
"Really? You are someone who's played GTA and learned how to drive from it." Shigaraki pointed out.
"Yeah?," the lizard was still confused.
"Dont you think Mario Kart is too tame for you?"
But hes reaching back and grabing the switch. Sets it up on the console of the car and offers the red to his friend.
Spinner smirked and boasted, "wait until i get a blue shell."
Shigaraki offers his own feral grin and signs in, passing it back so Spinner could put his name in.
He reads it. "Im not a chameleon? Really?"
In his head it sounded familiar for some reason but Tomura decided to ask later.
Spinner just starred at him. "How would you feel if everyone called you something youre not? My own parents and people in the town i grew up in discriminated me. Common insult was calling me a chameleon. But i dont change color at all."
As Spinner explained, Shigaraki noticed that his scales were actually changing in color. He couldnt help but laugh.
'Probably from embarrassment'
"They werent wrong, Spinner. Your scales are changing from green to brown. Though i think its cute. Lets play the game."
Spinner shifted his gaze away from his boss to hide the hurt and confusion. He hated what those people said to him and now having his crush say it was cute?
"Okay. Whoever wins the most until the team gets back?"
The team was Twice, Toga and Compress. They were supposed to be spying on a Mafia Boss to try and figure out his quirk. And whatever he was planning.
Forth game in and Shigaraki was in the lead until Spinner blue shelled him.
"Gah! You tit! How'd you first?"
Spinner starts laughing. "I went from eleventh to first and you went from first to eleventh."
Shigaraki tries to look mad but he starts laughing as well. He cant help his crush on Spinner. And it felt like Tomura knew Spinner from somewhere.
Their laughter quieted as their gazes met and both lose themselves in the others eyes. Ruby showed happiness. Rose Pink held affection and a quiet promise to follow his leader anywhere.
They leaned forward. Closer and closer until they… had to jump back because the back of the vehicle was thrown open and slammed shut.
"STEP ON IT!" Toga yelled. Spinner tossed the controller back to Shigaraki, ignoring the 'hey be careful', and did as he was told and what he did best.
Driving like a bat out of hell. GTA style.
"Buckle up!" He said even though there was no seat belts but everyone held on to what they could.
It was the middle of the night and no moon. Spinner definitely did not have night vision and neither did anyone else. Trees lost their branches and someone had to have prayed for the tires to not pop going over whatever because when they finally reached a clear shot to the road, the only thing that stood in their way was a bull-headed man.
Horns curved into the shadows of the night and red eyes glowed. The boss stood about 7 feet tall and wore a suit.
"Thats the boss. His quirk is a physical mutation like Spinners. Its called Minotaur." Compress informed them.
"I want his blood." Toga whined.
"I'll help. No i won't." Twice tried but he was having a horrible split. He seemed to have lost his mask somewhere.
Spinner spoke quickly. "Compress."
Compress nodded and quickly asked permission to use his quirk on his friends. They agreed though Toga still wanted blood.
"League of Villains, come out slowly and we wont hurt any of you." The Mafia boss spoke gruffly.
"Shigaraki i need to use my quirk on you. Spinner has got a plan and it will only work if you cooperate." Compress explained, ready to be forceful.
Shigaraki looked between the two men. Spinner kept his gaze ahead and Compress had his mask on.
"Fuck it. You better explain yourself later, lizard." He growled and let Compress touch him.
"I wont ask a third time. Come out and no one gets hurt."
"Compress, everyone safe?"
"Yes. They are all here. Plus myself."
He compressed himself and fell into the bag that held everyone else. This had always been a plan if Compress and Spinner ever ran into trouble and they had a car. The result of everytime they went through with this, they planned to be different. However, tonight was something neither of them could have ever planned.
Spinner grabbed the bag and tied it around his wrist. He took one breath as the minotaur charged him and put the pedal to the metal. Just as the Mafia boss reached for the van, Spinner threw open his door, cartwheeled out, and ran into the night, away from the crunching sounds of metal. He kept running even as he tripped over every shadow and blob of darkness that seemed to reach out for him.
Spinner was being followed and he soon saw a low hanging branch. He used his quirk to stick to the tree and hid as the Mafia group came running after them. For once in his life, the gecko was thankful for his quirk and his coloration.
His breath was quick and loud but Spinner managed to control it.
He checked the bag to make sure he didnt lose anyone and saw all of the marbles. Two seconds later, his ears picked up a roar from the boss and waited as the people ran back. He gave five minutes for wait time before climbling down the tree and running in the oppsite direction of the Mafia.
He didnt stop until he got a clearing and called for Compress.
"That was certainly something now, wasn't it?" Compress announced as he decompressed the others.
"Way to claustrophobic!Plenty of space!" Twice said. He was holding his head and focusing on his breath. Toga was trying to help.
Shigaraki, however, had something to say on the matter. And he wanted to see if Chameleon was Spinner.
"The hell was that, Chameleon!"
"Oh shut it, Death. I just saved our asses and the leaat you could do is be thankful!" Spinner growled, and then paused, as he realized what both of them said.
The others looked between a quickly blushing lizard and their stoic leader looking… flustered?
"Okay whatever that was, save it. We need to get back to the base." Toga said. "Im still mad i didnt get any blood."
"We will have to walk. I just lost the car and i suggest not going on the main road. That guy is probably looking for us now." Spinner said, gaining some of his composer back.
The rest of them shook their heads but began to walk in a random direction.
It took them two hours to find a building and another three to find a phone and address for Kurogiri to warp them. Spinner and Shigaraki still havent talked or looked at each other.
The bar is familiar and everyone takes their usual spots amongst the bar. Except for Spinner and Shigaraki who both head back out somewhere.
Kurogiri had to ask. Neither of them said anything at all.
"What happened?"
"Dont know. But it has to do with video games."
The night air in the city was cold and reeked of smog, cars and alcohol. Shigaraki kept trying to read Spinner but to no luck. So he forced him to talk.
He grabbed Spinner's neck and shoved the shorter man into a nearby wall.
"Okay so when were you going to share that you were Chameleon?"
"I could ask the same about you Death. Im not gonna tell some stranger that they might be my gaming boyfired of five years and offical physical crush of five months becaus that-"
"What?" No way Iguchi felt the same way.
The lizard for the third and hopefully last time that night, turned the color of mud. Realization sunk into his features as he goes over what he just said, and now wishing to go crawl in a hole and die.
He kept quiet.
"Dont make me ask again. What did you just say after gaming boyfriends? Because for five years we were boyfriends. I was planning on asking you to meet up out of game but you vanished before i could. And then you show up as a Stain fanatic only to later abandon him. And now this."
"I like you."
There, the confession was out. Spinner shivered against the night cold as the adrenaline left him. But boy did that kiss warm him up quirk.
Tomura smashed his lips against Shuichi's. It was a messy first kiss but neither of cared since both had waited long enough. Tounge and teeth crashing, figuring out the best way to kiss Spinner's mutant face and neck, not wanting to decay him but wanting to grab and touch.
Both boys pull back for air and watch the others face for any signs of repluse or hatred. But there is only love and affection.
"Guess we are official boyfriends now, huh?" Spinner asked, wrapping and pulling Tomura close.
"Yes. We should head back since its cold. Its morning anyways."
"Already?"
But the lizard could see the first rays of lights peak over the buildings and cast everything into a silhouette. The nights events had left him tired and cold and hungry. And apparently the same could be said for his boyfriend as his stomach made itself known.
He laughed as a blush swept across Shigaraki's face.
"Might be someplace thats open now or we can go back and ask Kurogiri to make up breakfast."
"Sounds good. Think he will?"
"Yeah and then probably educate you on safe-"
Green scales flew into an empty doorway as shaggy blue hair pushed himself away. And took off running. Laughter filled the early morning as the two gaymers chased each other.
Bonus: When they finally returned, Kurogiri was the only one awake. He congratulated them and chuckled as they both made eye contact with anywhere but each other or Kurogiri.
Completely forgetting why they decided to come back at all, both head up to Shigaraki's room and crash on the bed. And for all the green scales and scratch marks, no one could tell where one began and another ended.