A/N

They're all aged up in this one. I've always wanted to write a one-shot where the others discover a whole new side of Shu. So I decided to try it out, this is me testing the waters. I might write a full fleshed story after this, I might delete this one shot later, but for now, since I'm still high and its 2 a.m. I'm publishing this. It's cringey af tho lmao

They were in Wakiya's private quarters, sitting in a perfect circle. Each had a bottle of different soft drinks in front of them. Lain grunted beside Shu. "This is so stupid."

Shu just smiled, shaking his head lightly. They were all in casual clothes, the legends super tag league had ended and upon Valt's idea, they all gathered to bond with each other, as he put it. No one could say no as Wakiya suggested playing a game and the prize was quite persuasive. It was the newest launcher issued by WBBA and only Wakiya had access to the newest model. They all knew it would take a couple of months for the newer model to come out, but this one was the prototype and they were keen to get their hands on it.

"You can always quit," Aiger challenged, "I mean we're not forcing you."

"Fuck off," Lain grumbled earning a glare from Shu. He scoffed as Wakiya clapped his hands.

"Well, well, let's start now shall we!?"

Hyuga cheered loudly, and the rest wondered whether the young blader had an idea about the game at all. "Alright! Let's do this."

"Do you even know what we're playing?"

"Something exciting," Hyuga declared.

Honcho and Valt snickered while laughing out loud. Shu flinched at the sudden interruption as Wakiya sighed heavily. "Alright, listen. It's never have I ever we're playing. The one who is the last to finish their soft drink wins. It's pretty simple."

"How dirty we can go?" Silas questioned, earning surprised glances from several of them.

"I say we go feral," Aiger declared. "I mean, since we're supposed to be bonding. Let's bond for the hell of it."

"Let's not go that far," Valt suggested with a chuckle. But for some reason, Shu knew this was going to go to the depths of hell soon. He stared at his strawberry soda with regret. He joined because otherwise, Lain wouldn't attend, and the albino knew the younger was eyeing the launcher so he decided to give it a shot. And here they were.

"Ok, I'll start!" Wakiya announced as everyone quieted down, waiting. "Never have I ever received a lap dance."

"Dude, it's just the first and this is where we're going?" Honcho asked, wide-eyed.

"What?" Wakiya defended himself watching around the circle. Everyone was staring at each other, when Silas cursed under his breath and grabbed the bottle.

"Excuse me?"

"What?" He snided at Ranjiro. "I'm nineteen, of course, I've received a lap dance at least once from the girls I've dated."

Meanwhile, Hyuga and Dante were having quite a hard time keeping up with the words. "What's a lap dance?"

"Someone dances on your lap," Lui deadpanned, "You'll know when you grow up."

It was weird seeing them interact. Shu never knew Lui had a soft side towards children, oh well, maybe he should've guessed it, considering how he has two little sisters.

"Okay, my turn," Silas said.

"No wait," Valt stopped him, "We need the story. That's the whole point of the game."

"No," Shu interrupted, "We're not telling the story in a room full of kids."

"Oh c'mon, Shuu! Don't you wanna know?"

He didn't. He really didn't. Silas cleared his throat, "There's nothing much to tell. It was my second ex, she was a wild one and you know, we experimented with...stuff."

Shu groaned, dropping his face to his palms, Lui laughed out loud, even Free was smiling. Besides him, Lain muttered 'gross' under his breath. "Ohh, you guys were scientists!" Dante said as the rest burst out in laughter again.

"Yes," Free said, nodding along. "Scientists they were."

"Moving on!" Silas interrupted, he didn't seem to be embarrassed of the fact that his secret was out, maybe it wasn't a secret, to begin with. "Never have I ever made out with someone who's the same sex."

Shu inwardly glares at him quietly picks up the bottle and takes a sip. "Shu!?" Honcho almost screams. Beside him, Lain was gaping at him. Fortunately, he was not the only one, Lui and Free both uncapped their bottle and took a sip. But unfortunately, it was him they were zeroing in on. Which was normal.

"No way, who was it?" Honcho asked. Shu sunk under their persistent glances, his cheeks flushing bright crimson.

"It was-" He started, sighing. "Why are you guys so interested in me? Free and Lui both took a sip!"

"But we thought you to be the saint in the group."

Lui snorted, "Oh my aren't you guys up for something."

"What do you mean?" Wakiya interrupted, "And why does Lui sound like he knows more about you than any of us?"

"I...don't know."

"Shu, you have to play the game properly. Now the story," Shu turned to Lain with his brows up, it was surprising to see Lain being interested in his life at all.

Mercifully, Hyuga interrupted. "Isn't making out just kissing?"

"It is," Hikaru said, but his attention was on Shu's face. Everyone was waiting for his answer when he sighed.

"It was a classmate, back when I was in Japan. We were...trying things, I guess."

"Damn, did you guys go any further than that?" Silas asked, grinning.

"No!" Shu flushed, "You guys are weird."

Aiger was chuckling, "We're actually bonding."

Finally, the attention went to Free and Lui who nonchalantly admitted they kissed each other before which was met with surprised gasps and cooing. Shu closed his eyes, they were still in the second question, oh Lord he had to get out of here. Lain grinned, leaning towards him. "So, did you like it?"

Shu glared, "Shut up, Lain."

"Ok, my turn," Free was staring at the space, "Never have I ever walked into a glass door."

"Valt will have to drink the whole bottle for that one," Honcho commented, taking a sip himself. Half of the circle was related to the topic, Hyuga and Dante took big gulps, emptying half of their bottles in one go. Shu raised an amused brow as Lain recapped his bottle.

"Shut up, I'm human, of course, I'd done that."

"Finally a normal one," Hikaru sighed, "Thank you."

"Your turn, Shu!" Aiger said.

Shu blinked, right. Free was to his right which unfortunately made him the next one. "Never have I ever." He paused, "dyed my hair?"

Free sighed, taking a sip. Everyone waited for Honcho and Ranjiro to take a sip. "Oh c'mon! How many times did I tell you guys? It's natural!"

Shu shrugged, "Just making sure."

"Shu-senpai!" Ranjiro complained.

"Okay, next, next. This is becoming boring!"

Lain raised his brow, taking Valt's comment as a personal challenge. "Never have I ever sexted, which is gross by the way."

Shu pressed his lips together and looked at Lain. "Sexting is fun," Silas took a sip in his masculine pride. "Sounds like something a virgin would say."

"Sounds like something a slu-"

"Lain!" Shu interrupted, "Language."

"Fine, fine," The male said as Lui cleared his throat.

"Kurenai, when are you going to take your shot?"

"What?" Wakiya dramatically widened his eyes. "When Honcho took a sip, I kind of expected that, but you Mister Kurenai? What?"

"I'm eighteen," Shu huffed, "Leave me be."

"My precious child," Valt sniffed, "Who corrupted my best friend."

"Didn't you just take a sip?" Hikaru questioned. "And don't your fans consider you to be a pure angel?"

Valt shrugged, "I'm eighteen, leave me be." He echoed Shu's words.

"Wow," Aiger chuckled, "You guys are on a whole other level. I'm surprised Free didn't take a sip though."

"Free don't text, much less sext. It's hard to get the man online."

Lain was staring at Shu. "You're like a whole different person. Who am I looking at?"

"Oh, Shu can be wild. You guys haven't seen anything yet."

"But," Ranjiro seemed lost. Shu sighed, messing his hair.

"Can you guys stop?"

"Never!" Wakiya cheered, "Okay Hyuga, your turn."

"Never have I ever sent nudes!" Hyuga cheered. There was a dead silence before Hikaru burst out laughing.

"You guys were expecting him to say something boring, aren't you?"

"You asked him to say that?" Aiger questioned, widening his eyes. "That's nasty. He's innocent, leave him be!"

"Well, I have," Silas took a sip. "Again, I think it's part of sexting though." Dante was half falling asleep beside Lui. The male was barely listening.

Shu grabbed the bottle, pissed. To hell with it. "Oh c'mon Shu, you keep drinking."

Lain just stared, "Who are you?"

"Send them to me next time," Free casually commented. Shu raised his brow.

"You would like that, wouldn't you?"

"I would," Free deadpanned, "You're gorgeous, I'd like to see you without those clothes."

Shu rolled his eyes, if he was doing this, might just be himself. "Why don't you come to my room tonight? See it live?"

"Is that an invitation?"

"Whoa whoa whoa," Wakiya raised both his arms. "Let's stop there, you horny brutes. What happened Shu? I thought there were kids here?"

Shu scowled, "I don't care anymore, and Valt stop that."

Valt was gaping at him in that dramatic way he always did when he discovered another side of his best friend. "Stop what? I'm just looking at you."

"Stop looking at me, then."

Valt continued staring, "No, Lain is right. Who are you?"

"Don't act like you know nothing about me. You're the one dragging me to clubs half the time!"

"You guys go clubbing without us? So rude." Aiger interrupted.

"You guys are minors," Valt said, smiling. "Maybe we can go to one of those family-friendly ones."

"Those are boring," Aiger muttered.

"Okay, next person!"

Lui grinned, looking straight at Shu. "We'll get you out of the game first, shall we Kurenai?"

Shu shrugged, "If you're that desperate."

"That's what she said," Honcho piqued in, earning a glare from Wakiya. "What? I was making a joke."

"It was horrible, no one's laughing."

Honcho flicked him off, "I need alcohol."

"Real," Shu muttered.

"Never have I ever hidden a hickey with a turtleneck."

Shu thought for a second, okay this was fine. Lui could've done way worse. Shu sipped his drink.

"Oh, I remember that one." Valt was swaying to the pop songs reverberating inside the room in low volume. "Wasn't it when you were dating Kat?"

"Yeah," Shu winced, "Gods, he was such a sadist."

"I told you!" Valt complained, "You never listen to me."

Shu tilted his head, "At least you were able to say I told you so once it all ended. Be happy."

"That's fair."

"What are you guys even talking about?" Honcho asked, lost. "Why was I not aware of any of this? Who is Shu? Do I even know you?"

Lain had given up on questioning him, he was just staring at Shu with widened eyes. "Does Fubuki know you're this whole different person?"

"I guess so?"

"Should I ask him?" Lain seemed genuinely confused. In his understanding, his mentor was a pure soul who was stubborn in his approach to bringing his students out of their misery. But it seems as though Lain never knew him. Truly knew him.

"So, we're kicking off Shu first?" Honcho asked, just to be sure.

"Yes," Wakiya agreed, "Spill all the tea."

Shu groaned, "That's not fair."

"Okay. Never have I ever pushed away my friends and flown to Mexico to join a shady underground blading group and told my friends I was dead."

"That's..." Hikaru started, stealing a glance at Shu who looked frustrated. "That's really specific."

"I should just drink this whole thing and get done with it."

"No," Wakiya said, "That's against the rules and we have more tea to spill."

"Why did I end up being the target all of a sudden?"

Aiger shrugged, "You're an easy target, and it's fun."

Shu sighed when Valt took his chance, grinning. "Never have I ever had a threesome-"

Shu groaned, "That's it. Bye."

Valt burst out, laughing. Wakiya was screaming, "What the fuck, Shu!"

Shu uncapped the bottle and downed the whole bottle in one go, wincing at the sugary flavour hitting his senses. "Okay, fine, I'm out."

Lain was having a culture shock beside him, "Wait, who actually are you?"

Hyuga and Dante had somehow abandoned the game and were blading in the corner of the room. Lui didn't seem to be done with him though. "But what about never have I ever had hate sex?"

Shu scowled, "You'd have to take a sip too, because that was with you."

"I'm going to faint," Ranjiro announced.

"Wait, I need to clarify something. Never have I ever had tattoos?" Hikaru was looking straight at Shu.

Fine, he'll play this little game. "I do." He lifted his shirt to show a rose tattoo on the side of his waist. "The other is on my inner thigh." He patted his thigh. "Anything else? Because this is the first and last time you guys are getting anything out of me."

"Piercings!?" Honcho asked. They all had piercings, at least the legend Bladers did.

"Yeah," Shu answered, "Three on each ear, one in my lip and another in my navel. I was thinking about getting a tongue piercing, but that sounded too painful."

"I have a tongue piercing," Free declared which took Shu's attention immediately.

"Wait, you have a navel piercing?" Aiger asked, "Show!"

Shu sighed and lifted his shirt again and showed his navel, a single diamond stud glistening against his shirt. "Happy now? Want me to strip naked next?"

Aiger grinned, "Nah, that's fine."

"Are we done?" Shu asked, glaring at them. "If we're done I'm" before he could finish his threat, his phone rang. Shu sighed, picking it up to see if it was one of the shareholders or Raging Bulls. "Hello? Kurenai Shu speaking." They all watched as Shu's face changed from relaxed to confused then to concerned. "Oh, I'm not currently at Raging Bulls. I'm out for a tournament, if you can send me the paperwork, I can look into it."

"Alright, thanks." He sighed, hanging up. "Well, work calls. Bye."

"I thought it was your day off!" Valt complained.

Shu shrugged, standing. "Do I ever have a proper one? Sorry. I know I promised to spend time with you guys, but I have to go."

"It's okay!" Honcho said, "Don't overwork yourself."

"Got it," Shu said, walking out of the room.

"So," Hikaru said to the silence followed. "Are we going to ignore everything that was revealed and move forward?"

Lain sighed, "No, like, really, who is that man?"

"A wild one," Valt answered, grinning. "You should see him in the club, dancing, flirting like there's no tomorrow. My best friend is an icon."

"He sure is," Free smiled, taking his phone out. Making sure Shu's invitation stuck.