Shintaro runs out of the kitchen and sees Takane by the snack table, about to take a sip of punch.
"No!"
Shintaro ran over to her and knocked the cup out of her hands.
"What are you-"
Shintaro grabbed Takane's arm and pulled her into a nearby bathroom.
"Shintaro what the hell is up with you?!" Demanded Takane.
"The punch is spiked!" Replied Shintaro.
"What?!"
"The punch has been spiked with booze." Said Shintaro. "I caught a guy putting gin in the new batch."
"Why would anyone do that?" Asked Takane.
"Easier to score with drunk girls." Said Shintaro. "We have to find the others and go! "
"Oh no... Theres no way Haruka has went this entire party without trying the punch!" Said Takane. "We have to find him now!"
They both rushed out of the bathroom.
They found Haruka fairly fast. The boy was in the kitchen, looking for food in the refrigerator.
"Haruka!" Said Takane.
Haruka turned around to face the two, his face was red and his eyes were glazed over.
"Oh hai giez..." Slurred Haruka.
"Oh god hes drunk!" Said Takane.
"How much punch did you have?" Asked Shintaro.
"Oh I dunno... Maybe four?"
Takane facepalmed.
"I thought food was supposed to slow alcohol processing..." Muttered Takane.
Takane grabbed Haruka's arm.
"Come on, we're leaving." Said Takane.
"But Taaaaaaaakaneeeeeeee..." Whined Haruka. "The foooooooooood!"
"We dont have time for this!" Said Shintaro. "You take care of him, I'll find Ayano."
Shintaro waled out of the kitchen as Takane tried to pull Haruka away from the fridge.
Shintaro looked around for any sign of his scarved friend.
"Oh god where is she?" Thought Shintaro. "Who knows what could be happening to her!"
"Shintaro..."
"Some sick bastard could be taking advantage of her if shes drunk!"
"Shintaro..."
"If anyone has or is, I'll kill them!"
"SHINTARO!"
Shintaro turned around. Ayano was standing behind him, her face was red and her body was wobbling.
"Yu look ssoo strezzed out..." Said Ayano. "I told ya youz gotta chill..."
"Oh thank god you alright!" Said Shintaro. "We have to leave now!"
"No I don't wanna!" Pouted Ayano. "Meh new friends were gunna show mee this kool new game!"
"Ayano your drunk." Said Shintaro.
"I'm naht drunk!"
Shintaro grabbed Ayano by the scarf and dragged her towards the kitchen.
"We're leaving!"
"Noooo!"
Shintaro arrived in the kitchen to find Takane standing next to Haruka, who had three full brown paper bags in his hands.
"Whats he-"
"Doggy bags." Said Takane. "It was the only way I could get him to comply!"
"Your so nice..." Said Haruka.
"Wait Shintaro, wheres Ayano?" Asked Takane.
"What do you mean, shes right-"
Shintaro noticed that the weight he was fulling felt significantly lighter. Looking down, Shintaro saw that although he still held Ayano's scarf, its owner was not wearing it.
"Oh no..."
Shintaro ran out of the kitchen.
Shintaro ran into the main room as the speakers started playing a swiss electronica song.
"Ayano?!" Called Shintaro.
Shintaro saw Ayano sitting on the floor in a circle with various college students, playing a spin the bottle kind of game. Shintaro recognized some of the players as Ayano's "friends". The bottle stopped, pointing at Ayano.
"You gotta spend seven minutes in heaven with takashi now!" Said one of the girls.
A well built guy with brown hair and a blue button up shirt got up and grabbed Ayano's arm.
"Whatz this heaven like?" Asked Ayano.
"Oh you'll see..." Said Takashi smugly.
Takashi led Ayano towards the direction of what he recognized as a bedroom.
"Oh no..." Muttered Shintaro.
That man was going to use Ayano. Shintaro wanted to teah him a lesson, but he knew he didn't stand a chance against him directly. They were getting closer to the room.
"I need a plan!" Thought Shintaro.
Shintaro then saw the answer to his problem.
There was a large guest sleeping on the couch.
"Please work..." Thought Shintaro.
Shintaro pulled off one of the guest's shoes, being careful not to wake him and looked at Takashi, he was almost at the room.
"One shot..."
Shintaro chucked the Shoe at Takashi hitting him right in the head. Takashi released his grip on Ayano and rubbed the spot where the show hit him.
"WHO THE HELL DID THAT?!" Demanded Takashi.
Shintaro looked at the sleeping guest.
"Why the hell did you do that?!" Shintaro yelled at the sleeping guest, causing him to awake.
Takashi heard Shintaro's yelling and approached the guest.
"You think your a funnyman?!" Yelled Takashi.
Takashi pushed the guest onto the floor and started laying a beatdown on him as Shintaro ran up to Ayano.
"Did yuu see dat gui!?" Said Ayano. "He threw a frikin shoee!"
"We're going now!" Said Shintaro.
Shintaro lifted Ayano onto his shoulder. Before he could move to the kitchen, Takane and Haruka bolted into the room.
"The cops are here!" Yelled Takane. "Front door isnt safe!"
"They want my food!" Shouted Haruka.
The party erupted into chaos and Shintaro could hear the door being kicked in.
"The back!" Said Shintaro.
Shintaro ran for the back door with Takane and Haruka following close behind.
They reached the door and made it into the backyard.
"Which way?!" Asked Takane.
"Just follow me!" Said Shintaro.
They ran up to the nearby short picket fence.
Takane jumped over first, Shintaro helped Ayano over before going himself, and Haruka was the last, being careful not to drop any of his food. Once over they ran as fast as they could away from the house.
The Quartet stood at the street light where they had met at earlier.
"I wanna goo backk!" Said Ayano.
"We cant." Said Shintaro. "The police are there, and how do you think they'll react to a drunk 16 year old girl."
"They'll take my foood!" Added Haruka.
Shintaro looked at Takane, who gave him a "i'll tell you later" look.
"So what now?" Asked Shintaro. "We cant send Ayano and Haruka home like this."
Shintaro pointed to Ayano, who was now twirling around the street light while singing a tune to herself and Haruka who was drunkenly clutching his food close as if someone was going to steal it from him.
"We'll need a place to stay for the night." Said Takane.
"Well I'm not booking a motel." Said Shintaro.
"I actually have an idea." Said Takane.
Momo Kisaragi sat in front of the tv with a cup of instant noodles, watching a soap opera.
"Akihito, don't leave her!" Said Momo, tears forming in her eyes.
There was a knock at the door.
"Huh?"
Momo got up and answered the door. Standing on the other side was Shintaro and his friends.
"Oni-chan?" Asked Momo.
"This is a bit unexpected, but could you get some extra futons out?" Asked Shintaro.
Halfway there. How will Shintaro and Takane handle their drunk friends? Find out next chapter.
Also for anyone curious, the swiss electronica song is Rob Gasser- I'm here.
