A Grab for the Heart

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Special: New Years

PoV: Lilly

Today was the day.

Today was the day I was going to show Zed how much I really loved him. It was New Year's Eve, and I planned to make this night as romantic and special as I could. I had been planning for several weeks now, whenever I had the chance in between all of the fighting. I had it all figured out, I would enjoy the party with everyone else for a bit, then, after a while, I would bring Zed with me to the top of the Avenger. Finally, I would break out a bottle of wine and we would have a lovely picnic on top of the Avenger, looking off into the distance. I would kiss him on the lips, and the two of us would lose ourselves in our passion and we would...

'STOP!' I thought to myself as my mind started heading too far south. The point was: I had a plan in place, and I was going to enact it. 'Maybe not with that last bit,' I thought, a slight feeling of disappointment panging in my chest. Shaking it off, I head out of the engineering bay and to the main party. We didn't have much in the way of fancy clothes; so we all just wore our normal clothes, this being fatigues for most of the soldiers.

Walking into the common room, I enacted my plan…

PoV: Hebi

Today was the day.

Today was the day I was going to claim Zed as my mate. There was a celebration tonight to commemorate the new solar cycle. They called the celebration 'New Years' I didn't wholly understand the concept behind it, but I did understand that it was a common time for people to show love to their mates. This is what I hoped to do with Zed. I had a plan set out as well. Mainly it just involved getting him intoxicated and away from others, not particularly in that order. Moving to my hiding spot for my alcohol of choice, I look inside, only to receive a shock, as the bottle of spirits had gone missing. In its place was a small note with the letters 'I, O, and U' on it.

Looking around frantically, I gave up, as I couldn't pick up a scent and saw no physical evidence to lend me any clues. Disheartened, I headed out for the party to see if I could still get Zed to myself.

PoV: Lily

It had gone just perfectly, I had managed to get Zed away from the party after a bit of talking and partying. We had gone up to the top of the Avenger where I had placed the picnic basket earlier that day. I had gotten out all of the supplies, Zed had simply watched with a smile and chuckle as I told him of my plan to get him alone up here.

"You could have just asked to set up a date instead of all of this subterfuge," he said as he sat beside me on the picnic blanket.

I smile and blush, feeling a bit sheepish, "I thought this was a bit more romantic," I said, though I wasn't quite sure if I was doing it right, this being my first boyfriend and all. Zed chuckles and takes a bite out of one of the sandwiches.

"I appreciate the effort then," he said around the mouthful. "Did you make these yourself?" he questioned.

"Yeah, I experimented for a while with the help of a couple of the other engineers and a couple of the soldiers," I explain, happy that he seemed to be enjoying them.

Finishing off one of the sandwiches, he turns to me, "So did you bring something up to wash them down?" he questions.

I look around and notice I had yet to take out the alcohol. I do so and smile impishly at him, "Yep."

He laughs and takes the bottle. Popping it open, he pours both of us a glass of the spirit. "To the new year!" he toasts jestingly.

"To our relationship," I counter-toast. He simply smiles and raises his glass again to ascent to my correction. Taking the glass and putting it to my lips, I take a sip of the red wine inside. I was temporarily put off by the taste, but before long, a tingling overtook my body. Everything seemed slightly fuzzy and I was having trouble concentrating.

PoV: Airus

I was minding my own business, thinking over recent events. I was interrupted, however, as Zed took in some type of alcohol. I did what I normally did at this point and redirected the mental effects to myself so he wouldn't be hindered. I was immediately hit with a wave of euphoria as the feeling of being drunk hit me. 'What the hell did he just drink?' I think to myself, my eyes widening. This was the first time I had been hit with drunkenness of this severity. I attempted to get up so I could look at what was happening outside, but I stumbled and fell to the ground, my hair pooling around my hands on the ground.

"Hehehe…" I was giggling at my own predicament. How drunk was I? This was my last thought as I blacked out.

PoV: Hebi

I had managed to find Zed on the roof of the Avenger, but Lily had already gotten him to herself. I felt slightly disheartened that I couldn't have time alone with the man I wanted to be my mate.

Lily took a sip of the alcohol and started acting odd, cuddling up to Zed, who seemed fine, and more confused than anything. I came out of hiding and announced my presence with a clearing of my throat.

"Oh, Hebi," Zed exclaimed. "I don't really know what happened to Lily, she took a sip of the wine and got drunk apparently," he explained, his voice disbelieving of what it was saying. I was disbelieving as well, I had seen Lily put away a bit more than this more than once at the bar. She shouldn't be this inebriated from one sip of wine. Looking at the bottle on the blanket, my eyes widen.

"This is my bottle," I say aloud, grabbing it and examining the label and smell.

"Yours?" Zed asked.

"I had this stored away for today, I planned on having it with you," I explain. "How did Lily get her hands on it? Better yet, how is she drunk from one sip? It's good, but it's not that good,"

"I don't know? To both questions," he answers and clarifies.

I shrug and pour myself a glass, putting the bottle down, I take a sip from my own glass. I'm immediately filled with the warmth of an alcoholic buzz. I was about to take another sip when I blacked out.

PoV: Zed

Things had gotten strange fast. First Lily had gotten drunk from a single sip of wine. Then, I had heard Airus giggling to herself before our connection cut. Finally, Hebi had come up and had gotten drunk just like Lilly. Looking at my situation now though, if they weren't so inebriated, I would be enjoying the attention, however, both of them were inebriated, and I had no way to tell if they were doing this cause they loved me or if they were simply drunk.

Hebi had coiled around both Lily and me, pressing the two of us together. Lily had cuddled around me, her breasts squishing against my arm. Hebi had followed her example and had put her breasts on my other arm. It was a comfortable position; and the dream of quite a few men I knew.

"Mmmm, Zed…" Lily breathed out.

"I luv u two…" Hebi muttered, her tongue flickering in and out a bit more than normal.

"Could you two let me go?" I question aloud. The two of them look up and seem to be on the edge of tears.

"Do you not love us?" Hebi questioned.

"Did we do something wrong?" Lily asked.

I shake my head at both questions, "You're both drunk, now is not the time for you to be trying to make moves on me. You might not even mean what you're doing," I say.

"But we doOoOoo…" they both say at once, but they both sound even drunker now. I shrug the both of them off, the two of them too drunk to really resist. They seemed to whine at the loss of contact. I pick up the both of them up like they were sacks of potatoes and bring them into the Avenger, leaving the picnic supplies behind for now.

Walking down to Menace squad's shared room, I put Lily down against my bed for the moment. I then gently put Hebi down on her bed. Pulling the covers up over her, I discover that she had drifted off while I was carrying her. Smiling, I place a kiss on her forehead and whisper in her ear, "Love you."

She smiled as I leaned back. Turning to Lily, I pick her up bridal style and carry her back to her own room. She curled into my warmth as I walked.

Making it to her room, I set her down on her bed as well and kiss her forehead as well, "I love you too," I whisper. I see her smile as I lean away from her. I head back to the roof of the Avenger to put away the picnic supplies. When I get there, I see Sarah sitting on the blanket, a glass in her hands. I sigh at the possible implications but find her asleep as well. Moving her off the blanket, and taking her glass, I dump the rest of the undrunken spirits and seal the bottle again. I put all of the supplies back in the basket and put it back in its little hole as I pick up Sarah and carry her down to our shared quarters.

PoV: ?

Stepping out of the shadows, I watch as Zed takes Sarah back down the stairs towards out quarters. Sighing, I start speaking aloud, "You have no idea what you do to them, master," Annya says to no one. "You don't even notice what you do to me," I say as I take the basket and look at the spiked spirit. "Hebi needs to learn a better hiding spot, honestly, and she needs to train her nose a bit too. I wasn't even subtle about the smell."

Fin

AN:
Me: So this isn't a continuation of the story, and I am sorry for that, but I felt that I needed to put something out for New Years, and this felt like a good time to put in some mushy moments; since they won't fit as well with the main story. I hope you enjoyed this little Omake.

Venus: I feel like I need to clarify what happened to Airus and Zed.

Me: Shoot.

Venus: Well, with Airus basically one with Zed, she can bear the weight of any mental detriments he may face. This wouldn't include personal trauma, just detriments from outside forces. She would be able to suppress memories, however.

Me: Okay.

Venus: On top of that, if she does decide to do this, she will be subjected to the same stress, it won't scale to her, however, so she wouldn't be easily overcome by a sectoid's mind control. This means that, normally, a stronger mind would take the brunt of the mental detriment.

Me: Soo… That wine was spiked strong enough to get past an Elder's mental fortitude?

Venus: Normally getting drunk wouldn't have anything to do with mental fortitude, but more so biology. However, Airus physically blocked Zed's drunkenness and instead brought the effects of being drunk upon herself, essentially acting as a second brain that suffered the effects of being drunk. And yes, that wine was wicked stuff.

Me: Did you drink some?

Venus: The rest of it.

Me: Are you okay?

Venus: Extremely horny, but I think that's normal?

Me: Ummm.

Venus: I'm gonna drag you off to my room now~

Me: Help!?

Venus: Happy New Years everyone! Auld Lang Syne and all that.

This is spartanrex10 wishing you all a Happy New Years!