The naked truth

[indecisivesock]

the FIRST TIME YOU SEE THEM NAKED meme

That magic moment where secrets are all revealed, barriers fall to the ground, and you see all that you've imagined (or not) before your very eyes. Ah, there's nothing quite like that first few moments of nudity, is there?

HOW TO PLAY
- Comment with preferences and the like.
- Others will reply as if they're seeing your character naked for the first time.
- Play out the colorful reactions that are sure to transpire, of course!

Comments

ahhhh I love this already!! 🤩

[awksward]

[ Tamaki doesn't try to stare. In fact, he tries very hard not to, because he knows it'll get his ass kicked one of these days. The problem is that Zero, for better or worse, is so intriguing to him that Tamaki honestly can't help it. He isn't immediately cruel the way Shigaraki is, but he isn't nearly as friendly as Toga-chan, and that combination makes him interesting. How could someone who seems so young already be so strong and capable? So confident? Tamaki doesn't know how old Zero is, but he guesses they can't be that far apart. Now, seeing his face, his subconscious tells him he's right.

More important than that, though, is the fact that there's suddenly a too-tight grip around his neck, and his air is getting cut off far too quickly. He scrabbles at Zero's hand uselessly for a moment, gasping, eyes gone wide with shock and fear as he sputters -- ]

I d-don't -- [ His voice starts to go ragged as his desperate inhales are blocked by that powerful hand. ] - not g-gonna say anyth-hing -- hh --

[ His vision starts to fade; he doesn't want to fight, but his body takes over, and in an instant there's a tentacle in the place of his arm, shooting out to punch Zero's chest in an attempt to get him to back off. ]

[coldestsummer]

[... oops. May have gone too far with the grip on Tamaki's throat. Zero doesn't actually want to choke the kid out, just scare him into keeping his mouth shut, so he's already loosening his hold when a tentacle knocks him back and brings his vicious survival instinct surging back to overtake his logical mind. There's a reason he chose Absolute Zero as his villain name - his touch can flash-freeze almost anything so quickly that it'll either shatter or explode, and that's what he intends to do when he reaches for the tentacle that has replaced Tamaki's arm.

Only at the very last second, when he realizes that he has no idea if the kid will lose his entire arm along with the tentacle, does Zero manage to pull himself back from the brink and just freeze the tentacle in place instead of destroying it.]

Jesus, calm down, kid. I'm not gonna break any of Shigaraki's toys. [He may avoid joining any villain gangs or teams but Zero still knows better than to make an enemy of one like the League. Never mind how close he literally just came to breaking a literal piece off of Tamaki.] Not unless you make me change my mind by coming at me with this again.

[awksward]

[ Unfortunately for both of them, Tamaki still isn't the best at controlling his quirk, especially when he's frightened. During battle he usually does okay, especially since the League tends to use him more as a defender than an attacker, but when he's caught off guard his reactions can be unpredictable. It would be fair for Zero to destroy the appendage - they both know that villains can't be expected to hold back the way heroes do. It's survival or nothing.

It's only after Tamaki takes a few deep, ragged breaths and his vision starts to clear that he realizes what he's done. Grimacing, he takes a second to focus on his arm; the ice shatters as the tentacle shrinks and transforms suddenly, leaving behind an obviously reddened, frost-burnt patch of skin. There's no other real damage, though, and as Tamaki brings his arm close to his chest to cradle it he shrinks in on himself, obviously uncomfortable. ]

I'm not a toy, [ he mumbles, more to himself than anything else. Then, a little louder, he continues: ]

I didn't want to. You scared me.

[ There's a brief pause wherein he stares at the other, his gaze long and thoughtful, before adding, ]

You look younger than I thought you would.

[coldestsummer]

[Something about the sight of Tamaki curled up so pathetically against the wall deflates the rest of Zero's anger and even gets him laughing, more out of disbelief than mockery.]

I don't get you, y'know that?

[And with that, the violence seems to be over for now. Zero pulls on a similarly loose and shapeless pair of sweats but doesn't bother with a shirt for now, since he still wants to clean off the final smears of black across his chest and shoulders first - he's not even all that bothered by his nakedness, but Tamaki's return to mute staring gives him the feeling that the kid probably isn't so comfortable with it.]

Younger. Right. Is that why you're always staring at me, trying to figure out my age? [He's still defensive, mostly because he suspects that flash of recognition in Tamaki's eyes had nothing to do with his apparent age, but pushing too much harder would be like carrying around a flashing neon sign that says I HAVE SECRETS!!! and his reaction to being seen maskless was already suspicious.

Honestly, he's terrible at this whole "mysterious lone wolf" thing. Mostly he's just lucky that his erratic mental state keeps people from asking too many questions.]