Chapter 20: Monopoly Time

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Uraraka sat down on the carpet of Mina's hotel room with crossed her legs, tying her hair back in a bun.
Mina had put on a headband that pushed back her hair from her face, but also made it stick out the back in defiant strands.

They were both dressed in long loose pants and long sleeve shirts, thick socks on their feet. A few moments after they finished setting up the monopoly board the boys came in, Kirishima carrying blankets upon blankets while Bakugou carried mass amounts of pillows.
"Where did you even find that many pillows? And blankets?"
Uraraka asked, bewildered. They both shrugged.
"We took them from Yaoyorozu's room, she said she didn't need them. So here we are"
Kirishima said, a proud grin on his face. They arranged some blankets on the floor around the game board, and scattered the pillows. Uraraka wrapped a spare blanket around her waist and legs as she sucked on a green tea Lolly Mina gave her.
"So, who should go first?"
Kirishima said, picking the dog as his piece.

Half an hour later Uraraka was ready to take Bakugou around for a re-match fight. She pressed her palms into her eyes and threw her hands into the air. She chuckled at her, while laying on his side with his pile of money overflowing in front of him.
"This is a luck game!"
She cried, pointing at him.
"How are you winning?!"
He only smirked and rolled the dice, Kirishima pouted too.
"Yeah dude, how are you winning? You've sucked all our banks dry!"
"Technically, weird hair, I'm the bank, and you're still in debt to me. So pay up or quit"
"And leave the girl's to fend for themselves? Na-ah"
Bakugou snorted, but kept playing nonetheless. Of course, of course! Why did I expect anything else? He's good at everything...
Uraraka groaned and leaned forward, rolling the dice and moving her little Top Hat. She landed on a question card and picked it up, reading it aloud.
" 'Truth or dare? Sike, doesn't matter, you have no choice! Look to the player closest to you and collect $100, along with an item of clothing of your choosing, I dare you' "
Uraraka looked up at the others in confusion.

The boys looked equally confused, so she turned to Mina.
"Mina? What sort of monopoly did you buy at the store?"
The boys looked to her now, waiting for her answer. She shrugged innocently and tossed another Lolly into her mouth. After a second she smiled.
"What? I thought this would be more fun! It's- young Adult monopoly, okay? Besides, it can't get too bad, anyway!"
Uraraka sighed and nodded, wanting to keep the game going. Mina was across from her, so Kirishima and Bakugou were closer. But Bakugou's shin was touching her knee, so she turned to him and held her hand out.

He sat up now, eyeing her as he crossed his legs.
"Yeah, round face?"
"$100 please, and your pants"
His brows went up.
"Wha- excuse me?"
She held back a laugh.
"I get one item of your clothes. Pants, and the money"
He made a sound half way between laughter and slight anger, but did as she said. He had briefs on under his pants, so he'd be fine. He handed her the money but tossed her the pants, and she took both happily. Kirishima had his face hidden in one hand, barely holding back the laughter escaping him.
"What?"
Bakugou said, snapping. Kirishima raised his head, a wide grin on his face as he let the laughter out.
"Dude, you're her bitch!"

Let's just say things escalated from there. The game went on, but pillows were thrown, blushes were seen, and the young adults were left half naked. Mina seemed fine, but Uraraka held a pillow against herself long ways, blushing madly.
Thank god we're such close friends, but if my parents ever saw me...
She shook the thought away. Her parents weren't here. And nothing bad was happening, just comfortable friends playing a game.

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