(A month later)
(Erasa's House)
"I mean, I was just casually flipping through channels and when I saw that movie was playing, I decided to see what all the fuss was about," the blonde haired teen that was Videl's schoolmate exclaimed, at the same time leaning back in her couch and staring across at the other people in the room.
"And… what did you think of it?" Videl asked, genuinely finding interest in what the other girl had to say about her latest discovery.
"I thought it was a pretty spectacular movie," the blonde in the green tube-top and white short-shorts replied, quickly taking on a dazed look as she thought back on the film. "The male actors in it were so hot."
"Well, they have to be if it was a movie about male strippers," the amused voice of Lime spoke up, whom was currently crashing on the floor in front of Gohan, the latter of which was sitting on the two-person couch alongside his raven haired training partner. "That's the general rule used by all companies who want to put something on the market. Sex sells."
"You don't need to tell me that, sister," Erasa chirped, raising her soda to the girl as a sign of respect, which the brown haired teenager in the blue, checkered shirt that was tied at the front and showed off a lot of cleavage, blue jean shorts and boots, responded in kind. "Guys, girls, it's all the same as long as they advertise it to the right people. Anyway, back to the movie; Magic Mick was great. Not because it was filled with a bunch of ridiculously hot guys, but the story was pretty awesome as well."
"I thought so too," the voice of a male spoke up from the other side of the group, to which all eyes turned to see a boy around their age, athletic in appearance with short brown hair and glasses, wearing a fitted red top, loose jeans and converses, sitting there with a proud smile on his face and polishing his nails against his chest. "Yep. Just another heterosexual male that went out and watched Magic Mick. It's not weird, it's… it's not weird… right?"
Videl snorted as she stared across at another friend from school, "Why in the world did you go and watch that movie, Touya."
"My guess is that he was insanely bored," Gohan remarked, sharing a grin with his friend and earning a nod of agreement from her.
"Hey, I had to take my girlfriend to see something on the weekend. I couldn't help it if our only two options on the register were Magic Mick and that odd looking Galaxy Soldiers movie people have been raving on about for months," Touya replied, at the same time giving them the okay sign. "Good choice either way, but hey, I'm a man that cares about what Yukie wants, so I decided to bite the metaphorical bullet."
Lime, deciding to humor the kid, sighed and shook her head at the young man leaning against the other unoccupied couch, "What a hero."
"You're a champion among men, my friend," Gohan said in earnest, lifting up a potato chip and popping it into his mouth.
Touya chuckled and nudged his glasses against his nose, "You know, my biggest surprise about the whole thing was finding out it was directed by the same guy who directed that Ocean's Ten movie from eight years ago."
"Oh yeah. I remember watching that. That was a pretty tight film," Videl murmured, easily recalling that particular title. "Man. What a way to go."
"I knew something was up while I was watching it, because the entire way through I was thinking to myself 'this movie is… better than it should be… in fact I'm going to say it's actually enjoyable and good.' So I looked up it up and I was like 'oh, shit, that guy directed it'," Touya continued with great enthusiasm in his voice. "Seriously, it was a butt-load of fun."
"You have to give the man props for having the guts to shoot that kind of script," Gohan interjected, taking a sip from his drink before looking across at Erasa. "Movies based on those sorts of concepts would be a pretty big risk in the industry, considering a lot of people would be uncomfortable with the idea of watching and filming something like that, right?"
"I wouldn't say so. If you think about it, you'd be surprised at the amount of good movies are out there that were made on a shoe-string budget and have a unique story to them," the blonde replied with a sagely expression. After taking another swig from her drink, the blonde stood up and cheekily plopped down right on Gohan's other side, prompting him to move over a tad and Videl to stare strangely at her friend for her actions, "As for the characters, the two main guys in Magic Mick stood out the most for me. The other male strippers in the movie were just kind of in the background. They weren't really doing much."
Touya then grinned across at the group, "Although, Alcide Herveaux from Moon Blood was in it and… yeah, that is one attractive bastard." His remark had everyone give him an odd look. "I'm serious. I'm gonna be honest with you guys. You know, a lot of sorority chicks are usually like 'ah, that chick's hot, I hate her.' Nope. That's a good looking dude and, man… if I were gay, I'd hit that." He then gave them all a thumbs-up, a gesture which earned a snicker from Lime and Videl, and a raised eyebrow from Gohan. This then had the young man adjust his collar and clear his throat. "Erhm… not gay."
"Whatever you say, Touya-kun." Taking the teen's words to heart, Erasa grinned and turned her attention to the other male in the room and pinched him in the shoulder. Her sudden action earned a yelp from the young Saiyan in the Capsule Corp jacket, "But as hot as he is, he's not as good looking as Gohan-kun here." She then leant against his shoulder playfully, causing him to bend away and Videl to glare across at her best friend. "Why settle for fictional characters when I've got the genuine article sitting right next to me."
"Uhh… that's uhh… very flattering of you to say, Erasa," Gohan said nervously, earning a sweet smile from the teen. Obviously he wasn't used to this kind of attention, in spite of how friendly he made himself out to be to a lot of people. Girls like the blonde made him feel a little… awkward…
Giggling, Erasa then leered across at Videl, who continued to give her the funny look. "What about you, V? Do you think Gohan's hot?"
"M-Me? Uhh…" Recoiling at the unexpected question, the girl with the pigtails quickly looked away to hide the blush that appeared on her face. Her reaction was spot on, because she just managed to look away in time to avoid Gohan, Lime's and Touya's curious gazes turning in her direction, "I… think he's… umm… I think Gohan's… pretty cool looking." This is what she allowed herself to say outwardly. "He's okay, I guess."
On the other hand. "Hot? Gohan's ridiculously hot," was what the tomboy thought immediately afterwards, which instantly had the girl's face light up like a bulb and prompted her to shake it to rid herself of the sensation.
To help cool herself off, the raven haired fighter skulled the soda in her hand in one go.
"Gohan's way better looking than those celebrities you see in the movies," Lime spoke up confidently, elbowing the boy playfully in the leg and eliciting a nervous laugh from him at being ganged up on by the girls in the room. "Rain or shine, I'd be happy to be seen out on the streets with his arms around me."
"And… what about me?" Touya asked from his spot, putting on a cool-guy pose. "Come on. Doesn't this face rock your boat as well?"
Considering him for a moment, Erasa gave him a so-so gesture, "Meh. Six out of ten."
Her answer had the male deflate and caused a proverbial raincloud to appear over his head, "Aww, man…" It then started to rain around him, much to the amusement of those who could recognize the poor boy's depression.
"Hey. Don't take it personally," Lime exclaimed in her country accent, at the same time tilting her head backwards to smile at the demi-Saiyan behind her, completely ignoring the fact that Videl was still trying to fight off her uneasiness next to him. "It's just a lot more fun to tease Gohan, since he's so cute and innocent."
"Oh yeah," Erasa agreed, head butting the male hybrid and getting him to imitate a bowling pin after being clipped. Sharing a laugh with the half-Saiyan and his friend from the country, the blonde then noticed Videl come back around and pull the hybrid fighter's attention towards her once more, where the pair then shared a few more words with one another. Upon which Erasa then drew all of their attention to her again with a quick announcement. "Hey! I recorded this awesome new action movie from the network if anyone's interested in seeing it."
Registering to the girl's suggestion, Gohan smiled, "I'm game."
Videl beamed and lifted a hand, "Me too."
"Same here," Lime spoke up.
"Why not?" Touya also murmured, recovering quickly from his brush with gloominess and leaning back against the couch in his typical manner. "I could use with some cheering up."
"Sweet," Erasa chirped, quickly gathering up the remote from the table beside the couch and switching on the big screen. "Let's see if we can make a game out of it. Hope you guys are ready." In a matter of seconds the girl flipped the television over to her planning list and, after cycling through the files recorded, eventually found what she was looking for.
Conversations switched topics quite frequently shortly after that. Let's just say a lot of comments and reviews were shared during that particular screening…
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