#genhyou definitely had to be a little quieter in the rooms

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onsen

a/n: this is so silly but would not leave my mind sksdgfd (rambling the tags, there's like one nsfw mention there)

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During the timeskip Tsunade orders some of the jonin to go on leave, partially so she can kick back herself and familiarize herself with her post, partially because a lot of them look like they desperately need it.

A lot of them end up with coupons for hot springs and bath houses at her behest.

The Godaime phrased it as a great opportunity for them to finally relax after all the back to back stress on the village lately, Shizune and the Hokage guards were fully aware that this was a ploy to clean out her old coupon drawers - some of them expired before the last shinobi war ended.

The majority of those whose vouchers were still valid landed in the same onsen.

Tsunade wasn't entirely wrong in her judgement, many of them brought friends and partners along even if their offers didn't include a plus one. Everyone used it as an excuse to kick back and forget the horrors of shinobi life for just a minute.

Taeru blends into the crowd, relaxing quietly in one corner while more hot-blooded shinobi take center stage (see: Gai has his arm around Ebisu's shoulder, rattling off about keeping one's mind pure to not sully their fountain of youth), the other guys seem to be fairly entertained with the display and Tae's happy not to have any attention drawn to himself.

He makes polite conversation every now and then when people approach him - whether it's subordinates thanking him for support on recent missions or shutting down Asuma's needling about any future partners on the table by bringing up his own obvious thing going on with Kurenai - he doesn't move from his spot, though.

The relative peace doesn't last; since Tae came alone there was no one looking after him or how long he'd been in here for. His eyes glaze over and his tan takes on a red hue, clearly overheated. The only way that could be more obvious was if he started steaming from the ears.

Tae spots his brother among the idle commotion of juniors playing in the water, some men picking fights with their female friends on the other side, and Gai continuing to lovingly harangue anyone who'd listen; only that his brain's turned to soup now so he has to rely on blurry vision and his chakra sensory.

This leads to Tae mistaking Takashi for their father as the latter wades over to him in concern given his current, missing the seals he forms - the jonin who do recognize what jutsu he's about to perform only have enough time for their expressions to twist in horror - before the both sides of the spring spring erupt in volts of electricity.

Elsewhere, in a different bathhouse picked for being the only one without gender dividers, Genma asks his plus one what's wrong when their expression sours as they towel off. Hyou dismisses his concerns, the excuse being that he just got the sudden feeling that their brothers were up to no good again.

Ton ton swims by happily, Shizune fusses over their privacy while Tsunade, already tipsy, yells for another drink.