SDRA2 OTP Extravaganza

White Walls and Satin Curtains (Void/Iroha x Hajime x Mikado x Emma x Nikei)

Sidebloggable Prompt: "In Fancy Dress"

Tumblr Prompt: https://otpprompts.tumblr.com/post/121476912332/imagine-your-otp-at-a-fancy-dinner-party/amp

"Imagine your OTP at a fancy dinner party."

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Due to the circumstances of running away from the Kisaragi Foundation's pursuits, the Voids were forced to live together as they hid away from the public eye. Even if their situation wasn't ideal though, they sometimes got small moments of happiness where they could forget everything.

They all ate dinner together in one place so Mikado could do a quick headcount of the group, and they tended to stick around and watch the TV or do work on their laptops while sitting on the couch. One night, they were all together when Mikado suddenly let out a muffled squeal.

"What the fuck was that?" Nikei questioned, looking over in alarm before realizing that the wizard was just excited. "Seriously, what was the shriek of the damned for?"

"Oh, my apologies. I'll explain everything," Mikado awkwardly chuckled. "I received an email from one of my business partners, one that I've been waiting a while for."

"Business partners? You mean, you're not just getting Syobai to help us?" Iroha asked.

"Well, if he suddenly turns traitor, I can't have one man knowing everything, can I?" Mikado huffed. "Anyways, they invited me to a formal banquet, and told me that I could bring as many people with me as I wanted."

"All you're saying is there will be free food at a banquet, correct?" Emma smiled and closed her book. "It's been a while since I've been anywhere formal!"

"The banquet will be tomorrow, so please dress well." Mikado took his laptop and went back to his room, leaving his subordinates in the living room together.

The four of them looked at each other with varying levels of excitement or caution. "Guys, is this really a good idea?" Hajime questioned. "I mean, what if we could be tracked from this event?"

Nikei sighed and saved his work before closing his laptop. "Hajime, when was the last time we ate a full meal?" he shot back. "I fucking hate to say this, but Mikado's giving us a chance to get food if we show up to the banquet. Aren't you the preacher of health anyway?"

"I understand your safety concerns, but Mikado's only been able to gather enough food recently to keep us alive as is," the actress sighed. "Getting found out is only a hypothetical anyway, and if we do get found, then we can run. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of going to bed hungry and full of paranoia. I think I speak for most of us when I say we want a night of rest."

"Ooh! And the food's free too!" Iroha chimed in, but was hushed.

Hajime looked at the other three, whose moods were a mixture of tired and desperate, and he decided to relent. "Alright, I'll stop complaining. It won't be good for the plan if we starve to death anyway-"

"Let's not talk about the...the plan," Nikei quietly muttered the last part, and the former Children of Utsuro nodded in agreement. The plan to kill, their hunger, their exhaustion and fear, they decided to forget about everything on the night of the banquet.

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"Is everybody ready?" Mikado asked the next day, wearing a two-piece suit with a red jacket, his gold tie, and his white shirt all done up. "I've got the truck ready, we should be leaving very soon!"