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With such a short time before prom, and before things either changed for better or for worse, it was time to live it up and jam in all the good experience one possibly could stand. Time to pick the fruit of life before it was snatched away by the hungry birds. Time to figure out what friendship really was at it's core.

Mitsu had mentioned a slumber party sort of thing the last time the two had spoken, and honestly the idea didn't seem terrible to Riyo. She'd never slept in the presence of others before. At least, not intentionally. Not for 'fun'. What did they do at slumber parties besides sleep? What COULD one do besides sleep? That was the question Riyo wanted answered. Maybe they found unconventional ways to sleep? Like sleeping upside down and in the bath tub? It sounded more different than fun.

It was just a small get together. Xiu and Mitsu at the lycan's dorm. The feline made sure to pack some essentials. A pillow, blanket, clothes, PJ's, laptop, and... Hazcat?

It was hard to sleep anywhere without at least one cat, so Felix marched proudly beside her on their way to the monster dorms. Should she have brought some food or something? Certainly she wasn't about to try and bake. 30 days without a kitchen fire was pretty good for her. Though she could've grabbed some fast food she supposed. Oh well, no need to make herself tardy over things she didn't know they would need.

When she finally reached Mitsu's room, a loud rapping followed the halt of her footseps. "Mitsu, can I come in?"

Slumber parties? To say that Xiu was excited by the prospect of having a slumber party with two of her ghoul friends was a complete understatement. She had a head full of ideas about what they could do--

--or...well, no, that was a lie. Truth be told, she wasn't entirely sure what one did at a sleepover. At the very least, she could help with the food aspect--she had packed up some freshly baked snacks and drinks to go with the ones Mitsu had prepared--but she wasn't entirely sure what else one was supposed to do on a sleepover (aside from...well, sleep). From the movies though, ghouls always did things like play truth or dare, give each over makeovers, talk about boils...

Xiu wrinkled her nose. Surely there were other things too, right?

With her bag of goodies swinging in one of her hands, the baku weaved her way through the monster dorms until she reached Mitsu's room. Lifting a hand, she knocked quietly, mindful of the fact that it was somewhat late and that others may have been sleeping already. "Mitsu? Riyo?"

Mitsu regarded Riyo for a moment and then looked down at Felix. Her fear of cats had waned but that didn't make her the most comfortable around them. Still, she put on a smile and nodded completely buying the lie. "That's no trouble. I think Milo gets a bit anxious when I'm gone too."

The boafox on her bed gave a small whine in response, his ears flattening out. Either it wasn't true or he didn't want to admit it.

Mitsu had about walked away from the door when the second knock came. Turning on her heels she quickly opened the door for their second slumber party goer. "Xiu!"

Ushering the other ghoul inside Mitsu closed the door. "Well, welcome to my room." She gestured to the cave like room with her arms outstretched. "Make yourselves at home. I don't think Milo and Tobimaru will bother anyone but if they do let me know."

Tobi looked like he had been anxiously waiting to greet the new comers. The cycorgi had grown since Mitsu had first gotten him from class and had since learned some manners. While shaking with excitement he still sat where he had been told staring at Xiu and Riyo with his one large eye.

Hah. She bought it. Pseudo-manliness saved.

While Xiu was making her way in, Riyo decided to skim the snacks. She needed something not-so-sweet. Hopefully Mitsu had thought to put out something besides cookies and treats.

"Evening Xiu." The feline spoke, finally taking her eyes off the food items and taking a couple chips to satisfy her. She watched as the baku scanned the room. Well, it looked like the slumber party master approved. Of course, Riyo was still assuming their other demon friend DID know about slumber parties and how they worked. Riyo and Mitsu certainly didn't, if there was more to it than sleeping.

Oh, tea. Lovely. Well, it looked like they were all set. "So uh..." The demoness started inbetween chip noms. "What do we do now?"

The ghoul grinned when the cycorgi suddenly appeared in front of her, immediately stooping down so that she could gently take his paw in her hand and give it a little shake. "Hello, Tobi! It's very nice to meet you!" Her own tail was wagging as she regarded the mini, and after a moment passed, she looked up at Mitsu with a smile. "He's so sweet!"

And speaking of sweets, Xiu relinquished the bag of goodies to her lycan friend with a laugh, giving Tobi one more pat on the hand before pushing herself back up to her feet. "I just brought a few things, is all." And by "few", Xiu really meant that she had made a whole (albeit smaller than usual) cheesecake, and some cupcakes and spookies of varying flavours and levels of sweetness. She had hoped that something there would appeal to her friends, especially since she wasn't so sure if Riyo approved of sweets.

The baku perked up at Riyo's question, her eyes growing round. "What do we...? Oh. Oh, um..." ...Right, so...so what did you really do at a sleepover? She turned to look at Mitsu for a moment and nodded--she remembered that sleepover--but considering how they were all relatively awake right now...

"...Games?" She suggested, looking a little uncertain, "Like...card games, or board games, or...or pictionary?"

Mitsu's eyes lit up as she searched the bag finding treat after tasty treat. She couldn't help herself as she plucked a cupcake from the bag looking at the decorative icing the baku had so neatly put on top of it. "These are so pretty" She carefully set the bag down on the table and took out each item to set on the table for easier access. Once she was done the bag was put away and she immediately began to nibble on her cupcake. Mmmm icing. *u*

"Games?" Her ears perked, her head turning away from her confectionery treat. It seemed she had already managed to get icing on her face. "Pictionary might be fun! I think I've heard of it you..." Her attention turned to Riyo her head cocking to the side. "Controllers?" Did you need controllers for the game? Mitsu was under the impression you just needed pencils and paper. "I think I might have a board game somewhere too. It's..kind of an old one though."

Just a pencil and paper? Riyo's brows furrowed as she thought about the name. Pictionary. Like... Picture dictionary? The pencil and paper made sense now.

"I've never had cheesecake before." The feline admitted. "Though I've never much liked cake..." Her face turned skeptical when Xiu suggested it wasn't that sweet. "But it's cake. Isn't it supposed to be sweet? That makes no sense."

Riyo sighed and had a seat, her bag gently placed on the floor next to her. All of this was so new. So strange. "I'm fine with either, since apparently bored games are for more than just dull days." What kind of games did one play when they were bored? Kick the can? Make the homeless men fight for food? She could go for either of those.

"It's not that sweet, I promise!" Xiu grinned at Riyo before scurrying over to where the cheesecake was, carefully cutting off a small slice, "It's very tasty, and pretty...creamy?" Well, after all, cheesecakes were made primarily out of cream cheese. Hoping that the bakeneko wouldn't be too turned off by it, she slid the slice onto a plate and held it out for the other ghoul to take.

Seeming content with the idea of playing pictionary first--it was an easy game to set up, after all--the baku nodded eagerly. "Sure, works for me! And yup--one person draws a picture, and everyone else tries to guess what it is. Umm, if you have a dictionary, maybe the person drawing can pick out a random word?"