Now it's time for everyone's favorite fanfiction trope: Truth or dare! Now I don't know if that's true for you new fanfiction writers but back in my day, these kind of fics and chapters were EVERYWHERE! And I get it you know you can have your characters do silly things that either you come up with or your audience comes up with. So I'm gonna do my own version in my own Happy way. Please enjoy!
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When training ended, Nova stretched as she sipped her water.
"I don't know about you, but that was the best training session I ever had!" She sighed.
Trent wobbled in, his whole body sore. Even his eyelids were sore!
"I need to lay down." He said before collapsing in the bubble chair.
Amanda wheezed and joined him, sitting down on the floor.
"Come on it wasn't that bad." Brittany huffed.
"It hurts to move my mouth to tell you to shush." Amanda whined.
Jinmay giggled, getting them water. When she stepped into the kitchen she was confused to see Arwen and Mandarin at the table, eating mozzarella sticks.
"Uhhhh hi." She said as the two looked up.
Arwen waved and held up one of them.
"Hello Jinmay, do you want one?" She asked.
Jinmay shook her head.
"No thank you I'm good." She said as she went to grab a few water bottles.
Arwen shrugged and began to nibble on it. Mandarin finished one and was about to say something when he flinched and glared at his abdomen.
"Stop that." He huffed, placing a hand on it.
Arwen snickered as Willow entered the room and sighed.
"Cheese sticks mom? Really?" She said with disgust.
"I love these!" Arwen huffed.
Willow rolled her eyes as Mandarin stroked his stomach, grumbling.
"She hasn't stopped kicking has she?" Willow asked Mandarin.
"No...my stomach is already sore." Mandarin sighed.
Jinmay tried to reach over to feel when Mandarin pushed her hand away lightly and shook his head.
"Still not comfortable?" Willow asked as Jinmay looked disappointed.
Mandarin shook his head.
"Nope, never will be." He said.
"Then why does Otto-?"
As if on cue, Otto rushed into the room and climbed up on Mandarin.
"Hiii!" He greeted.
Mandarin wheezed a bit in surprise as the others came in.
"Don't do that!" He huffed as Otto snickered.
"Sorry, ooh can I have one?" He asked as he saw the mozzarella sticks.
Mandarin responded by shoving one into Otto's mouth. Otto snickered and ate it. Now that he realized he was in love with Mandarin, he surprisingly didn't feel nervous around him. He surprisingly felt more happy than before. However as for telling him how he felt, he really didn't feel ready for that situation yet.
Chiro sighed as Jinmay handed him a water.
"So what are we doing tonight?" He asked everyone.
Amanda stumbled in and groaned at how sore she was. She had the perfect idea!
She went over to the table and grinned.
"Sleep over night!" She declared, causing everyone to stare at her.
"Amanda, we all live in the same robot." Willow sighed.
Amanda pouted as Antauri chuckled.
"It still would be a bit fun. We could sleep in the command center." He said.
"Yeah that does sound kinda fun." Sprx said, already thinking of several embarrassing games and pranks.
Otto bounced a bit.
"I'm in!" He chirped as everyone agreed.
Mandarin sighed.
"I have too many things to do tonight, so I cannot make it." He said, receiving a groan from most of the others.
"I still have to work on the kitchen and putting up the ornament in my child's room." He said.
"The kitchen isn't even halfway done." Chiro said.
Mandarin blinked.
"I know but I still need to set up the fridge and order the kitchen table and chairs." Mandarin said.
Gibson frowned.
"Mandarin setting up the fridge might be a little bit much."
"Please! All I have to do is plug it in." Mandarin huffed.
Chiro nodded, that was true.
"Alright, but you're welcome to come up any time." He said.
Mandarin nodded as Otto pouted. It's not gonna be as fun without him.
"Then it's settled! Trent can you prepare the food?" Gibson asked.
Trent nodded.
"I'll be in charge of games!" Sprx chirped, ideas flowing.
"I can set up decorations!" Otto said.
Antauri nodded then looked at the clock.
"Then let's get started, we don't have a lot of time." He said and everyone got into gear.
Mandarin sighed as Arwen handed him the rest of the mozzarella sticks.
Something told him that tonight was going to be weird.
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Everyone sat in the massive pillow fort that Otto set up.
"Messy Twister? Really?" Nova asked.
Sprx shrugged.
"It's sexy and messy!" He said with a shit eating grin, causing Nova to hit him with a pillow, snickering.
"You dork."
"Pillow fights aren't until midnight!" Chiro warned as everyone gathered around.
Willow sat down next to Antauri in her black skull pajamas. Brittany sat with Gibson in her silky pink nightgown, Amanda was in her teal green pajamas with Trent wearing a dark blue night hoodie, and Arwen was in her white pajamas. Why do they need to be in detail of what they're wearing?
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Sprx smirked as he decided the first first game.
"Truth or dare! Who's gonna go first?" He asked.
Nova smirked at him.
"How about you?" She asked.
Sprx blinked and looked around.
"Uh heh...you sure?" He asked nervously.
Nova nodded as Jinmay leaned foreword.
"Sprx truth or dare!"
Sprx gulped.
"T-truth."
Jinmay thought on it but smiled.
"When are you going to propose to Nova?" She asked and Nova nearly choked on her soda.
Sprx's face turned a much deeper red then it was before.
"Ummmm I-I'm thinking on it." He muttered as Nova blushed a bright red.
Jinmay snickered as Sprx sighed.
"Okay! Gibson! Truth or dare?"
Gibson blinked and frowned. There was no way he was picking dare! However if he picked truth everyone would think he was a wimp.
"Dare." He breathed.
Sprx grinned widely.
"Oh I got a perfect dare for you! You have to hold worms in your hands for thirty seconds!" Sprx laughed.
Gibson recoiled in horror, regretting everything as Sprx went to get worms. Everyone snickered lightly as he came back.
"Wait where did you have a bunch of worms?" Amanda asked.
Sprx looked at her.
"They're my pets." He said before placing them in Gibson's hands.
Gibson squealed in fear as the worms squirmed.
"Don't squish Barry, Gibson!" Sprx huffed and it caused everyone to laugh.
Soon enough Sprx took the worms out of the petrified Gibson's hands. He shook as he tried to collect himself.
He turned to Trent.
"T-truth or dare?" He wheezed.
Trent smiled.
"Truth." He said.
Gibson was about to ask but then Amanda leaned foreword.
"If two people were killed on the moon-!" She began but Willow pushed her back.
Gibson huffed.
"No, what I was going to ask is if you were going to commit an illegal crime that didn't hurt no one and you didn't get caught, what would it be?" He asked.
"That's a boring question." Amanda huffed.
Trent frowned a bit.
"Like illegally streaming stuff? Like music or whatever?" He asked.
Gibson nodded.
"Then...yeah illegal streaming is what I'd do." Trent chirped.
Amanda laughed.
"You just realize you admitted this to a group of crime fighters!" She laughed as Trent's eyes widened.
Chiro laughed and waved his hand.
"It's fine don't worry!" He said, causing Trent to sigh in relief.
Trent settled down and looked who to ask next when his eyes laid on Otto. Oh he had a perfect dare for him!
"Otto! Truth or dare?" He asked, holding back a smile.
"Dare!" Otto said cheerfully.
Trent grinned and started snickering.
"O-ok I dare you to...I dare you to..." He tried to get it out in between giggles.
Otto leaned foreword, unsure if he liked this decision.
"I dare you, to go down to the underground base and kiss Mandarin." Trent dared, crossing his arms and smirking.
Otto froze for a second, sinking the dare in, before his entire face turned red.
"Wh-what?!" He yelled.
The others started laughing at his reaction, minus Antauri, who just sighed at how childish they were acting and Gibson, whose mouth hung open.
"You heard me! Go kiss him!" Trent laughed.
Otto shakily got up.
"But why?" He asked, whining a bit.
"Otto everyone in a hundred mile radius knows you like him." Sprx snickered.
Otto shook, his jaw now just as open as Gibson's.
Brittany wiggled her fingers.
"Go on, kiss your boyfriend." She chirped.
Otto gulped as he walked off, shaking in fear.
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Mandarin looked over the fridge before sighing. It was finally set up, good. He made his way into the halfway done living room and sat down on the large sofa and yawned. Was he this tired already? It must be the baby wearing him out. Aw well, he got everything done so maybe later he can try to get some sleep. He then saw Otto walk into the room, his cheeks a bright red.
"Otto? I thought the sleepover was still going." Mandarin said as Otto climbed up.
"I-it is." Otto muttered.
Mandarin tilted his head, confused.
"Then what are you-?"
However Mandarin couldn't finish his sentence as a pair of lips slammed against his own. Mandarin froze in shock as he felt his whole face heat up. Otto quickly pulled away and ran off screaming, "I'm sorry!"
Mandarin sat there in complete shock of what just happened, his emotions in chaos.
"H-hey!" He yelled.
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Otto ran up, hiding his face before grabbing a pillow and screaming into it, everyone dying of laughter.
"Did you see his face?!" Nova asked, laughing.
"Noooo!" Otto whined.
Antauri rolled his eyes as he patted Otto's shoulder. Gibson rubbed his temples, this is going so fast.
They heard the tube make a noise as they saw Mandarin rush into the room. His face was just as red as Otto's and he looked around the group wildly.
"Now wait! Wait a second!" He said, everyone laughing even harder.
"What just happened?! What happened?! Someone tell me right now!" Mandarin yelled, making Otto hide his face even more.
"What's wrong Mandy?" Trent asked.
"What the hell?! What the hell just happened?!" He demanded.
"T-Trent dared Otto to kiss you!" Chiro snickered.
Mandarin looked over at Trent, who was holding up a pillow as a shield.
"Thanks Chiro! Now I'm about to die!" Trent snickered.
Mandarin could only shake in response as Otto sat up. He had to change the subject and quickly.
"S-So Nova truth or-?"
Mandarin picked Otto up and began to walk off with him.
"Hey wait a second!" Willow said.
"I'm borrowing him!" Mandarin declared before going down to the underground base.
Everyone sat there, unsure of what just happened.
"Um...dare?" Nova looked around.
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Otto was placed into the couch as Mandarin stared at him intently.
"M-Mandarin I'm sorry! It was a dare and I had to! I mean I'm not saying kissing you was a bad idea or anything-I mean-!"
Otto was silenced by Mandarin pressing his own lips against Otto's. Otto blinked a bit before shutting his eyes and leaning in, placing a hand on Mandarin's face. A sense of bliss came over the two as they kept kissing. They soon let go and Otto dug his face under Mandarin's head, squeaking.
Mandarin snickered, blushing.
"I thought I was gonna die!" Otto wheezed.
Mandarin snickered and held Otto close.
"That dare sounded like something school children would do! Not adults!" Mandarin snickered.
Otto laughed a bit as well before looking up at him.
"So uh...what do we do now?" He asked.
Mandarin blinked.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
Otto but his lip.
"I mean we just kissed...does that mean we...that you...well..." Otto tried to get the words out but he found it rather hard.
Mandarin thought on it, considering his options. He then sat down on the couch with him and Otto crawled up on him.
"Well I suppose we'd have to start a relationship? I mean since we both have mutual feelings of affection, right?" He inquired, stroking Otto's back with one finger.
His expression then dropped.
"I mean unless you think it'd be a bit too quick then I would understand."
Otto looked up at him and smiled.
"Mandarin we've known each other for years. I think it'll be fine, I mean we've already slept in the same bed and I've snuggled you a lot already." He said.
Mandarin nodded slightly, that was true.
"So really I guess we can. I mean I can start sleeping in your bed more." Otto chirped.
Mandarin snickered.
"Well yes, I mean I hope that's not an excuse."
"No! Of course not you goof!" Otto laughed, booping his nose.
Mandarin snickered and kissed Otto's forehead before they kissed again. Mandarin flinched and glared at his swollen stomach.
"Are you serious right now?" He huffed.
Otto giggled and went down to his stomach.
"Please leave poor mommy alone Lazuli, he was just kissing his new boyfriend." He chirped, rubbing his belly.
Mandarin snickered, somehow enjoying the attention. Otto looked up at him.
"Are you still gonna call her Lazuli? Or is there something else you had in mind?" He asked.
Mandarin shook his head.
"No, Lazuli sounds perfect." He said, placing a hand on the side of his stomach.
Otto snuggled up with him, his head on Mandarin's stomach as he stroked it gently.
"Wait don't you have a sleepover to go to?" Mandarin asked.
Otto thought on it.
"They can wait a bit longer." He chirped, smiling.
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"Brittany! Truth or dare?" Jinmay asked, covered in whipped chocolate syrup.
Arwen was dared to get pizza with all sorts of ridiculous toppings, so really they could do whatever for now.
Brittany thought on her choices.
"Dare." She said.
Jinmay paused and looked at Gibson.
"I dare you to say something nice to Gibson." She chirped.
Brittany blinked, was that it?
She turned to Gibson and smiled, who looked around nervously. She decided to use a bit of her sueronian charms on him, just for fun.
"Your fur reminds me of sapphires, a gem that I personally find the most beautiful." She cooed, causing Gibson to blink wildly and his face slowly turned red.
"Pardon?!" He finally squeaked out, causing everyone to giggle.
Brittany giggled, that was actually pretty fun.
She then turned to Amanda.
"Alright Amanda, truth or dare?"
"Truth!"
Brittany began to think of several questions.
"If you could date anyone in this room, who would it be?" She asked.
Amanda glared.
"They're all either too old for me legally to date, family, or taken!" She huffed.
"Theoretically! Theoretically Amanda." Jinmay said and everyone agreed.
Amanda blinked and looked away, pointing to one particular person.
Nova pointed at herself.
"Me?!" She asked as everyone had different reactions.
"Don't you think this is a bit too girly?!" Willow asked.
Amanda laughed feeling waves upon waves of embarrassment.
"I honestly didn't know whether to pick her or Chiro." She said.
"They're both taken!" Trent reminded her.
"It was theoretical!" Amanda huffed, her face red.
"Hey don't be embarrassed!" Nova laughed.
Amanda rubbed her face as Sprx snickered.
"Hey Amanda it's ok, as someone who's been dating her for over a year I can totally understand why you'd pick her." He said, wrapping an arm around her.
Amanda held her face.
"She's just...so strong and cool."
Nova snickered as they began to move on.
Amanda sighed as she looked around. Then an idea clicked, a very fun idea clicked in her head.
"Willow...truth or dare?"
Willow blinked.
"Uh dare." She said.
Amanda grinned.
"I dare you to go into that room and make out with Antauri for two minutes!" She cackled, pointing to a room nearby.
Willow and Antauri's eyes widened at the dare.
"What?!"
Amanda laughed and fell back.
"Go kiss him!" She coughed out.
The two looked at each other and blushed immensely. Antauri tried to protest but Willow picked him up and the two walked off.
Antauri was then set on a table as Willow looked down nervously.
"Willow I-"
However before he could keep talking, Willow planted her lips on Antauri's and she wrapped her arms around him. Antauri froze before melting into the kiss, shutting his eyes.
This was all because of the dare, remember? Yet still they both admit the kiss was rather nice.
"Wait...she's a human-well...half human...still this shouldn't be happening and yet why do I feel so...right with her?" Antauri wondered as the kiss continued.
"Ughh I am so going to kick Amanda's ass later! I mean it's not like I enjoy this or anything...I mean it's not like I enjoy how soft his cold lips are...or how warm and strong he is...or how caring and understanding he is."
Then it hit the two like one of Mandarin's giant gorilla hands.
"Holy crap...I am in love with him." Willow thought.
"I...am in love with her." Antauri thought.
The thought of realization made the two's kiss even more passionate. It was then stopped as they heard a loud noise. They quickly turned to see nearly everyone looking inside the room. Willow's blood began to boil as her major pet peeve was being violated right now.
"I-uh-"
"Run!" Sprx yelled as Willow chased after them, leaving Antauri on the table.
He touched his lips and blushed. That was interesting.
Everyone ran back into the pillow fort and Willow pounced on all of them. She began to beat them senseless until she heard a loud, "Ahem!"
She turned to see Mandarin and Otto back from the underground base. Otto waved nervously.
"Uh hi, what'd I miss?" He asked.
Willow blinked until she saw how pissed off Mandarin looked. His mouth was curled into a intimidating frown and he tapped his arm with one of this huge fingers. He exhaled through his snout, eyes staring right at Willow. This caused her to gulp, he was much scarier than her mother was when she got mad.
Willow then found herself in a bubble chair, being scolded. She looked down at the floor.
"I kept saying over and over that you don't have to resort to violence, and yet you keep going back to it! Like it's some comedic antic you're all playing into! If it is, I don't find it funny!" Mandarin huffed.
Otto patted Sprx's shoulder.
"She only smacked me, I'm fine." He huffed.
Jinmay watched the situation unfold. Man, Mandarin was really peeved.
"I mean you can't go around and hit your friends! I mean I did that when I was leader and look how that turned out! At least I would have been properly dealt with if I still kept doing that!" Mandarin snapped.
"You sound like my mom." Willow grumbled.
"I'm about to be a mother in five months so I have every right to sound like one." Mandarin huffed before pausing on what he just said.
"Wait." He muttered.
Willow looked up at him.
"They still spied on me and Antauri! I mean you have to admit that was wrong!" She defended.
Mandarin sighed, this child was so difficult.
"Yes that was and I'll admit that, but you have to realize that you can't beat them up whenever they do this. If they were really trying to hurt you I could understand if you were trying to defend yourself. However they were just eavesdropping, a bad habit that should be broken by this point given their ages," he shot a glance back at the others.
The others flinched and looked down.
"and is it really worth to beat someone up over, and one of your friends none the less? Really?" He questioned.
He waited until Willow sighed. Damn it he's right.
"No..." She sighed.
Mandarin then straightened up a bit.
"Then please don't resort to acts like this. It isn't funny or right, it only ends up with you looking like a massive hotheaded ruffian. I should know."
His tone was a big softer and Willow felt her heart twinge a bit in pain. She hated it when he's right.
Willow sighed.
"Alright, I'm sorry." She breathed.
"Don't tell me that, tell them." Mandarin motioned towards the others.
Willow nodded and looked over at everyone else.
"Guys I'm really sorry. Are...are we ok?" She asked.
Everyone nodded.
"Yeah, it's ok." Chiro said.
"We still love you." Amanda chirped.
Willow smiled a bit and sighed.
Mandarin blinked, waiting for the Hyperforce to say something else.
Sprx groaned.
"And we're sorry for spying on you on your dare. We will try not to do that anymore." He said.
Willow held up a finger.
"I'm holding you to it, otherwise I'm gonna get him to talk to you." She said, pointing at Mandarin.
Everyone snickered, Mandarin was just glad no one got seriously hurt.
"Alright! Let's move on to messy twister!" Sprx declared as everyone agreed.
Mandarin sighed as Willow got up.
"You need to stop being right all the time, it's annoying." She huffed, but smiled.
Mandarin raised an eyebrow.
"Why do you think they made me leader in the first place?"
"Why do you think they kicked you out?"
"Shut up."
Willow giggled and walked off. Antauri floated next to him.
"I will say Mandarin, that was awfully ma-"
Mandarin turned to him.
"Don't think any of you are in the wrong either. You need to stop ignoring her behavior and call her out on it. Or else she'll never learn." Mandarin said.
Antauri leaned back a bit before nodding.
"True, we will try that...do you wish to stay? You don't have to participate you can just watch." He suggested.
Mandarin was about to object when he felt someone tugging at his hand. He looked down to see Otto giving him the puppy dog eyes. Mandarin sighed again before picking him up.
"Oh fine I guess it wouldn't hurt." He said as Otto nuzzled his face.
"I win again!" Otto cheered as Mandarin laughed.
They then all turned when they heard Arwen entering the room, a large pizza box in hand. She stared at the others and huffed.
"Don't tell me you just ended the game already! After all the trouble I went through!" Arwen snapped, clearly tired.
Everyone, minus Mandarin, snickered.
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After many games, everyone was asleep in the pillow fort. Mandarin couldn't sleep because the baby kept him up. His leg cramps were really beginning to annoy him, that and Lazuli only decides to get really active at night. Fun for Mandarin.
"Why must this keep happening?!" He thought as he turned the heating pad on and placed it on his abdomen.
He sat up against the wall as Otto curled up next to his leg. He stroked Otto's head, feeling intense affection. Mandarin looked around the room, watching everyone sleep with the ones they love. It was a rather solemn moment, and he sort of enjoyed it. He looked down at Otto again, who was fast asleep. Everyone really had to get used to the idea of them being together, but Mandarin expected nothing less. He kept stroking his head, trying his hardest not to wake him up. Mandarin almost thought he woke him up as Otto moved, but he only rested his head against Mandarin's side. He sighed and pulled him in a bit closer. That was close.
Mandarin looked over at Willow, who was spread out as Antauri rested next to her. They surprisingly didn't become a couple after that date, which confused Mandarin. Oh well, that might mean they would have to spend more time getting to know each other before they could get together, unlike him and Otto. Lazuli lightly kicked, causing Mandarin to rub his stomach gently.
"Sleep!" He whispered.
However she continued. Mandarin rested his head back and sighed, knowing he won't get much sleep tonight. However he didn't seem to mind, the silence of slumber and the cool air was rather peaceful to him.
Until Trent got up and decided to reenact one of his dreams, making it very hard for Mandarin not to burst out laughing.
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Oh Trent how we love you. Anyway thanks for reading!