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Mehtab looked at Cassian like he'd grown a second head at this talk of other garlic based breads. He was a fool. A plebeian. He was a pure fool of a man, a sham. "Whatever that bread is.. we gotta have it okay? I will pay you for making me some." He was dead serious too.

Winking as Cassian went to grab the food, Mehtab went for the guns. A returned with two overpriced NERF guns, four ammo packs, and a few side pistols with reloading clips. He didn't even bat an eye at the kigu or fish based jerky.

"Okay, we got the good stuff. Now lets load up babe." He froze momentarily as he pulled out his card at the register before ignoring the endearment drop. It was too easy to be casual. Way to easy, and even Mehtab knew most people got weirded out by it.

So he ignored it. Like an adult.

Mehtab was 100% ignoring the comment. Too early for nicknames. That he just gave to people on whims. That could be taken to mean things they didn't. Sort of.
"Nothing man, oh." He grabbed a pack of gum and thrw that down too. You could never have too much gum.
"So." He looked to Cassian's choices then his own.

"No regrets." He said under his breath as the poor retail worker rang him up.
"It's gonna be a nerf war and I'm ready for it."

Walking back out to the car, Mehtab realized that while they were dressed for wal-mart level shopping, maybe not nerf war. Oh well, not the first time he'd shown up at the park looking funny.

"The park. Worst case scenario we have to go to some abandoned lot. I made sure to grab bright guns so you kn-w" He gave a shrug. "No body would assume things. Anyway, you gonna wear the kigu while we fight?" He eyed the bag.
"I've never fought a unicorn before."

Mehtab laughed as they got into the car, starting the engine and headed towards their destination. It was all a matter of perspective he supposed. And in Mehtab's perspective Cassian was being exceptionally cute which made this whole sudden date all the more fun.

"Okay but no sick spiderman skills. I can backflip sort of but look that's about it. Unicorn fight will happen next nerf war." The rest of the ride was silent and when they arrived at the park it was fairly empty. Mehtab, unloading the still wrapped nerf guns began to shred the packaging with alarming enthusiasm.
"It's been so long since I did this, it'll be great! Oh-" The off duty senshi went back into the car, pulling out his henshin pen and pocketed it.

"Just you know. In case."

Maybe it was just his enthusiasm for the game, maybe it was the way Cassian had just sort of rolled up and rolled with it all. Or maybe Mehtab was just excited at the idea of being able to enjoy the time with someone who was willing to try something out of the ordinary, ******** what people thought?

It helped Cassian was cute but being cute wasn't enough, not entirely anyway.
"Spiderman. Kent is DC and his job was moderately less stress filled." He explained, shoving the last of the trash back into the reused shopping bag.

As Cassian admitted he didn't have his pen Mehtab looked at him, then at the nerf gun.

"Well, hey, you have a weapon which is more than what most people have so no big deal. Besides, worst case scenario the world ends;in which case whatever. Don't sweat the small stuff." He hadded the shorter man a nerf gun and two spare ammo packs. Grinning.
"You want a head start?"

Mehtab's thoughts flatlined.

When his brain managed to reboot all he could blurt out was "Wait- is that what I get if I win?!" A kiss? A smooch? What- he- Cassian and him and-

Oh no.

Oh Cassian stop, he was crushing and being crushed why'd you have to go an be so dang cute and sassy? Mehtab looked at the gun, then at Cassian.

He bolted, trying to ignore the fact he was pretty much cherry tomato red in the face.

He was going to die, by nerf or by Cassian.

Racing for some cover and occasionally jumping around some bushes, Mehtab was pretty sure he was saying all the wrong things, not the right things. He should have been formal, asking the guy on a real date after fielding him out if he was- well if he swung that way.

Sure, Mehtab had been lucky but risking a potential friendship was dumb and he was dumb and dang it why did he have to always fall for the cute ones?

Firing back as he ran, the young man was smiling even if he was red in the face.
"I mean the other prize could be the snack treat in my lunchables if you want!"

Mehtab: Not the smoothest. Especially not so as right after he said that, he took a stumble over a tree root.
Extra not smooth: Mehtab.

Mehtab grunted as Cassian chose to sit on him. To be fair, Mehtab would have done the same, less dirt on your pants, a warm soft cushion, and the added bonus of immobilizing the enemy. Cassian was good at nerf, the young man decided, holding out his gun in a lazy peace gesture.

"Ah, you win. Won. Okay, stop the tapping you're ruining my hair." Not that there was much to ruin given it's messy morning look. "I am at your mercy."
He gave his body a half hearted push upwards from the ground.
"Take what you want- just spare my life." He wondered though, Cassian hadn't pushed back against any of his flirting so far and he'd been pretty overt so... Why not just go for it.

"I will point out I am a very good kisser though."