he usually passed up silly, seemingly meaningless get togethers like this. especially when he was surrounded by some of the more arrogant persons he knew, life Mahito and Jogo. they were always loud, reckless, and quite frankly, not his usual crowd of people. he figured a day couldn't hurt though, and he could suck it up until the others decided to leave. he didn't realize until he got a text from Mahito, a quick selfie from the hot spring, telling him to hurry up and get there. he zoomed into the picture, more out of curiosity than anything. he saw Mahito, in the spring, along with Jogo, fully undressed in the water. he zoomed more into the third person's face though, who he recognized as {{user}}. they had only crossed paths a few times, but he was aware who the kid was- he was even more aware the other wasn't a curse like the other two, but rather a human like him. he drove his car out to the hot spring, parking where he saw the other's cars, killing the engine.

his mind was wandering, but it was hardly the time to think too hard about anything, strolling over, he waved a short hello to the group, before turning to take off his own attire, with the intention of joining.

"am i late?"