**SPOILERS FOR ANY SPORT IN A STORM**

Requested by: my stupid brain

Is this my best work? No. Do I care? Maybe a little...

Aka: 7 hours in heaven. Also aka: two tsunderes in a closet.

"So, uh, what are we doing at the party?" (Y/N) asks Luz as they walk home. The party itself was at Willow's house, but they needed to stop by the Owl House to change before they headed over.

"Oh." Luz smiles deviously, "I convinced them to let us play truth or dare, and I already have a dare for you."

"What?" They sigh in annoyance.

"I dare you to confess to your crush before the end of the party." She says.

"Uh, what? Luz, he's not even going to be there..." They laugh, going bright red.

"Oh, but he is!" She says triumphantly. "According to Willow, Hunter got tonight off to come! Somehow..."

"That's good-" They groan at the look she's giving them, "Luz, I don't want to ruin his time off."

"Oh ho..." She laughs, "You won't. He totally likes you too."

"You don't know that!"

"Oh, but I do!" She snickers.

"You didn't notice with Amity-"

"When YOU'RE the crush it's different!" She says quickly, going red.

The argument continues until they reach the Owl House, at which point Hooty cuts them off and they go to get ready as fast as possible.

"Hey guys!" Willow greets them at the door, "Welcome to the party!"

"Wait!" Yells someone speeding down next to them.
"Hey guys. I wasn't entirely sure which house it was..." Hunter laughs nervously as he lands right next to them.

"Hey Hunter." (Y/N) says.

"Hiya golden boy." Luz says.

"You didn't tell me the human would be here..." Hunter doesn't acknowledge (Y/N)'s hello, instead staring angrily at Luz.

"Oh, don't worry." Luz laughs as they all head inside, "I won't bother you."

(Y/N) and Hunter look at her with a very similar doubtful experience.

"Eh heh heh..." She laughs nervously, "I'm gonna go find Amity."

"Seriously." He groans, "The Blight is here too?"

"It's just Lumity, the Emerald Entrails, and me, Hunter." (Y/N) shrugs, "It's not like you haven't met anyone here before."

"Yeah, but I'm not exactly friends with them all either."

"That sounds like a you-problem." They snicker.

"Caleb!" Viney waves, "You're actually here!"

Hunter is dragged off by his Flier Derby teammates.

"So." Gus whispers to Luz, "The plan?"

"In motion." She gives him a thumbs up.

"Excellent." He grins evilly.

"I still am not sure this is a good idea." Amity says.

"Oh, come on. Of course it is." Luz laughs.

"nO." (Y/N) tries to claw their way back to the snack table as everyone sits in a big circle for Truth or Dare.

"Oh, come on (Y/N)." Skara laughs, "This game isn't that bad."

"Yes, yes it is." They frown angrily.

"I suddenly don't trust this game." Hunter says, sitting between Gus and Viney.

"Alright! Since this game can be pretty boring." Luz says, "If you pass on whatever you're asked you said you'd do something worse."

"Oh no." (Y/N) shoves their face in their hands.

"Ooh!" Skara grins, "This is going to be interesting.

"But if you ask me about my job I'm leaving." Hunter says.

"Just pick dare if Luz asks you." Gus shrugs.

"I would like to—" (Y/N) pipes up, raising their hand.

"Shush." Luz, sitting on their left, shoves a hand over their mouth. "You're not going to change these rules." She removes her hand.

"—start." They finish.

"Oh."

Everyone laughs.

"Skara." They stare at her, "Truth or dare?"

"Truth." She says.

"What is the juiciest school gossip you know?"

The game lasted a few times around the circle until Amity (after a nudge from Luz) looks at Hunter and says, "Truth or dare?"

"Dare?" His face is obviously afraid of what she's going to have him do.

"I dare you to spend the next seven minutes in the closet with (Y/N)."

"WHAT?!" Both (Y/N) and Hunter yell simultaneously.

"Why am I getting dragged into this?!"

Clearly everyone else knew what this was because they were laughing.

"Oh!" Skara pulls out her penstagram, "This is going to be viral!"

"Don't you freaking dare!" Hunter says, ears and face a bright red color.

"Oh come on, seven minutes isn't that bad." Viney laughs, "Besides you'll just have to do something worse if you don't."

"Wait, actually what is the punishment if we say no?" (Y/N) asks.

"You'll have to clean Hooty for the next three months." Luz says.

"And he has to make a penstagram post about how cute his palisman is." Amity adds.

"Closet?" (Y/N) looks at Hunter.

He nods.

"Good choice." Gus grins.

Though rather than getting any semblance of a walk of shame, they're pushed inside by everyone else.
It's pitch black inside. Beyond the door they can hear them laughing.

"This is awkward." (Y/N) says after maybe two seconds.

"I agree. At least it's only about ten minutes." Hunter says.

"I don't want to move because I don't want to step on your foot." They frown, not that he can see.

"Yeah, this place is cramped..." He agrees.

After a bit of awkward moving around, they both managed to sit down against a wall.

"Is it just me, or was literally everyone else in on this?"

"I thought it was suspicious..." Hunter's voice holds a tone of annoyance. "Especially since they singled us out specifically.

"So, uh, now what? We just wait out the time?" (Y/N) asks the dark.

"It's got to be mostly over..." They hear him reach over and touch the door.

"Yeah, but this is Luz and Gus we're talking about." They remind him, "I wouldn't be shocked if they just left us in here as a joke."

"I will strangle them if they do that."

"And I will help you."

They're silent for a while.

"Ok! Time has to be up."

"What makes you so sure?"

"I just counted to sixty ten times."

"Ten?"

"I was counting fast!"

"I wasn't arguing! That's over how much time we were dared to stay here!" Hunter snaps back.

"...We've been set up." They realize.

"What?"

"Well, the situation we're in is reminiscent of a human game called "seven minutes in h"- wait. LUZ OPEN THE FREAKING DOOR!" They quickly stand up.

A muffled "What?" comes from outside.

"Open the door! It's been seven minutes!"

"We can't hear you!" Another voice says.

"OPEN THE DOOR!" Both (Y/n) and Hunter yell simultaneously.

"Still can't hear you." A voice, that is obviously Amity's, says.

"...I'm going to kill them." They state.

"I won't tell on you." Hunter snickers.

"Can you make sure you're not in front of the door at all?"

"Uh, ok?" He slides around to the back of the closet, using them, and the wall, as a guide to get there.

(Y/N) kicks the door, hard.

"Why did you think that would work?"

"I never said I thought it would!"

"Geez! Ok! Let me try!"

"Ok." Switching places, (Y/N) hears Hunter's hard boot collide with the door and a sound that was clearly the lock breaking, but the door doesn't budge.

"They blocked it!" He exclaims.

"They WHAT?!"

"The door is blocked!"

"I heard you the first time!"

"You asked!" He retorts.

"Do you have any plan to get out of here?"

"Well... If I had my palisman..."

The palisman were all sitting on a plate of snacks for them on the snack table. The cardinal palisman was too busy enjoying the part to realize Hunter was in the closet.

"Let me just..." (Y/N) pulls out their phone.

"How long has it been?" Hunter asks.

"I don't know when we were stuck in here... but it's been like two hours since the party started."

"Great." Hunter groans.

The little light is enough for them both to be able to see the annoyance on their faces.

"What are you even doing?" He asks, trying to peer at their screen.

"Texting Luz—Hey! You don't see me peeking at your stuff over your shoulder!"

"Oh right. I have my penstagram!" He says, "We can just spend time on those."

'Luz, let us out.'

'You have your phone?! 😱'

'Why wouldn't I have my phone?!'

'You know, if you just talked to him about that dare earlier... 😏'

'No!'

'Then I'll just go grab your phone!'

"Ah great." They frown. "I see what this is..."

"What?" He looks up from his penstagram.

"I have a plan."

"I'm listening."

"So Luz is probably gonna come grab my phone in the next few minutes. When that happens, you're going to try to push your way out."

"I doubt that's going to work."

"Do you have a better plan?"

He frowns angrily.

"Didn't think so." They nod, smiling angrily.

"(Y/N)! Hand it over!" Luz says.

"Never!"

"Fine." Luz turns the knob and opens the door, which almost comes off its hinges as Hunter kicks it again, using it as a ledge to jump out from, before he's pushed back in the closet by Amity.

The door is shut once again.

"It's freaking dark in here!" (Y/N) complains loudly through the door.

"There's a light switch." Willow says.

"It's on the wall right here." Gus adds, flipping the lights on and off the demonstrate.

"Why are we still stuck in here?" Hunter asks.

"Hmm..." Viney says, "why don't you guys think about what things would we possibly lock you in a closet for..."

"Punishment." Hunter says.
"Prank." (Y/N) says at the same time.

"No!" Willow shouts. "Though I am concerned about those answers..."

"Can we get out now?" Hunter asks.

"No." Amity says.

Skara laughs.

"Why?!" They yell through the door. "GUS STOP PLAYING WITH THE LIGHTS!"

"I think you know why." Luz laughs.

"...You're dead to me." They state.

There's a chirp from outside.

"What?!" Hunter shouts.

"What did they say?" (Y/N) asks.

"Nothing!" He says.

"Well, how about this." Viney says, "Tell us what snacks you want; we'll bring them to you."

"Give is the whole table." They say.

"What? Oh, uh, yeah!" Hunter agrees.

"It won't fit..." Skara says.

"You said you'd give us what we want, and we want everything, so all of you can be equally miserable."

"Ok." Gus laughs.

It's probably been a few hours at this point. The snacks definitely helped.

"So..." (Y/N) says, "Uh, now what?"

"I don't know... you still got your phone?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"We could still just waste our time..." He suggests.

"Can't do anything on a phone without service really..." They shrug.

"Oh."

"But you're welcome to get on your penstagram." They say quickly.

"No... I'd rather not make this more awkward..."

There's a chirp from outside the door.

"I know!" Hunter shouts at his palisman. "You already said that!"

"What?" They ask.

"Uh, well... it's nothing..." He says.

"If it was really nothing, would you be so upset?" They ask him.

"Since when do you care?" He snaps.

"Oh? I'm sorry for trying to be a considerate friend!" They snap back.

He sighs, "Sorry..."

"I am too..."

Silence.

"I get the feeling that if we're too quiet your palisman is going to just keep reminding you of whatever they're saying." (Y/N) speaks up.

"You're probably right..."

Suddenly the silence feels really awkward.

This time they both speak up at the same time, "So..." "Hey..."

"Oh, you first!" They say.

"No, no! You first!" He says.

"It's embarrassing though..." They look at the dark floor.

"What if mine is too?" Hunter voice has a force that reveals his embarrassment.

"Could we go at the same time?"

"No."

"Figured..." They frown.

Another twittered chirp comes from outside the door and the silence feels too awkward to hold.

"I like you." (Y/N) blurts out quickly just as Hunter says, "Can I take you out sometime?"

"What?" They say simultaneously.

"No, what did you just say?" Hunter says.

"Did you just ask me out?" They feel their face flush.

"Uh."

"I mean, I'd like to... it sounds like it would be fun." They shrug. "I'd like to get to know you better... I mean, I get that you don't have much time off and you'd probably rather use it to do something productive!" They stop talking as they internally scream at themself for saying so much.

"Uh, well..." He says, "Titian, this is hard."

"I know right?" They snicker, "Words just don't convey how you feel."

"And then even when you think you have the right ones, they just come out wrong." He sighs.

"Relatable." (Y/N) grabs a snack bowl from the floor. "I think it's harder for you though because what you say actually matters."

"Oh, uh, hey." He suddenly changes the subject, "Do you know what a pancake is?"

They laugh loudly, "What?"

"I'm just curious!"

"I mean, I get that..." They chuckle, "Just a very sudden topic change."

"Well, what is it?"

"It's a kind of cake you make in a frying pan." They explain, "Get it, pan cake."

"Oh." He mutters.

"Why?"

"N-No reason!" Hunter stutters.

"Oh?" They grin, setting the bowl in their lap on their other side, "Let's see... where would you have heard of a pancake?"

A light chirp outside the door gives them an idea.

"No! It's not your palisman's name is it?"

"No! No it's not!" Hunter says coldly.

"Oh really? Then prove me wrong! What is their name?"

He mumbles something under his breath.

"Sorry, what was that? You're going to need to speak up over the sound of my amusement." They laugh.

"It's Flapjack, ok?! I said it was Flapjack!"

"Isn't that literally just...pfffft! I get it! It calls them a sweet fluffy boi while also making a bird pun!" (Y/N) laughs, "Absolutely genius!"

"I—" Hunter sputters out a sigh.

"Dang, really wish that someone would turn on the lights so I could see you absolutely red with embarrassment, pancake."

"Don't ever call me that again!"

"I make no promises."

"Ok, now we should definitely let them out..." Willow says, looking at the time.

"Yeah... I'm a bit worried, they've been pretty quiet for a while." Viney says.

"They're fine." Luz waves of the concern. Upon receiving a look from everyone else, she adds, "Probably."

"This door has definitely seen better days." Gus laughs as Willow retracts the vines from it and the door falls over, waking both (Y/N) and Hunter—who had fallen asleep in the closet.

"HOLY TITAN!" (Y/N) shouts, jumping and managing to move themself into the corner, kicking Hunter's leg in the process.

"Ow." He rubs his eyes, trying to wake up.

"Sorry." They frown.

"Oh?" Luz smiles deviously, "What's going on in here?"

"Closet party." (Y/N) stands up, offering a hand to help Hunter to his feet, which he takes—to pretty much everyone's surprise.

"Can we join?" Skara asks.

"Can we leave?" Hunter counters.

"Yeah, I don't know why we left you guys in here for so long..." Amity shrugs.

"Speaking of, how long have we been in here?" (Y/N) asks.

"Like... three hours." Gus looks at his watch.

"Hey, hey Luz." (Y/N) says, "Can you come here for a second?"

"Uh, sure?" The human enters the closet.

"Little closer. Bit more than that. Ok." They have Luz stop a few feet in front of them, then absolutely slap her across the face; she falls over from the force of the blow.

Everyone starts freaking out, except Luz—who is speechless—and Hunter—who is laughing his head off.

"That is for locking us in a closet seven minutes in heaven style! If Amity wasn't here I'd do it again, for leaving us in here for longer than we were dared to be in here!"

"You did kick the door down." Amity points out.

"Correction: Hunter kicked the door down. While it was indeed my idea, I am not strong enough to do that without breaking my toes."

"Hey!" Hunter exclaims.

Everyone else laughs, including Luz—who is still on the floor.

"Hey! Here's an idea!" Hunter says, "What if Luz and Amity spent the rest of the night in the closet?"

"Hunter, dear sweet Hunter. That is a terrible idea." (Y/N) says, laying a hand on his shoulder.
Their words are because Luz knows what people normally do in seven minutes in heaven. That's a can of worms best left unopened.

"What if we all spent the rest of the night in the closet!" Skara suggests.

"I'm down." Gus says, "Looks like fun."

"Sure!" Viney laughs, "I doubt everyone will fit though.

"We are going to get out for a minute." Hunter grabs (Y/N)'s hand and the two finally step out of the closet.

"Yay! Closet party!" Luz cheers as everyone else enters the closet.

"I say we lock them in." Hunter whispers.

"Good idea," (Y/N) agrees, "But how?"

"I... don't know."
Flapjack lands on his shoulder, very happy to be there after three hours.

"Hmm... I'll get the door, you get the sofa." They snicker.

Both laugh.

"What are you guys laughing about?" Skara yells.

(Y/N) laughs harder and Hunter tries to compose himself.

"N-nothing. Heh, absolutely nothing."

"Hey (Y/N)!" Luz yells, "How'd that dare from earlier go?"

"Oh. Well." They are interrupted by their own inability to contain their laughter, "Within the first... maybe ten minutes Hunter and I decided that we were going to kill you all. So I say it went great!"

Everyone laughs. Then Viney adds, "You're not serious are you?"

"Oh, we're dead serious." Hunter nods, "About as serious as you're going to be dead once we're through with you."

Everyone quiets down—including (Y/N), who did not expect that.

"I'm joking." He clarifies.

"We need to work on making your sarcasm more obvious, pancake." They mumble so only he can hear as they pat his shoulder.

The tips of his ears turn redder than his palisman.
"I told you not to call me that!"

"And I never said I would stop."

"Oh Ho Ho!" Luz gasps, "So our clever plan worked after all!"

Everyone in the closet snickers.

"Hey Hunter?" (Y/N) smiles.

"Yeah?"

"Get the couch."