Kai thinking “guess this is what I get for not doing the laundry” is honestly such a flimsy excuse for dressing up like that because like??? He still didn’t have to. Even if all the clothing pieces he had in his wardrobe at that moment was everything he is wearing right now, he still didn’t have to wear all that. The fingerless gloves, the sleeveless high-collared cropped-top, the belts, the bracelets… He could’ve gone out with only the shirt and the pants and the sneakers and it would’ve been fine—Lukas is wearing what is pretty much his equivalent to that (his jersey), it’s not like they actually had to dress fancy whatsoever. If he really didn’t want to feel overdressed, if he really didn’t want to “look like a total weeb”, as he puts it, then he could’ve just dropped the accessories. But he still wore all that, he chose to, and I’m starting to think that he really just wants to impress a certain someone—maybe to reciprocate that certain someone’s enthusiasm about the bet, or maybe it’s about something more than that—and can’t yet admit it to himself. Because, of course, caring like that is embarrassing. Genuinity is cringe.
