It's been a week since I updated the story. I got caught up with my camping trip to Yosemite, and have been editing videos like crazy. Not to mention work has been a bitch since I'm now working six days a week smh. Anyways I just finished watching the series finale for Samurai Jack, and I thought I needed to write something light-hearted. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to cry in the solace of my room *sniff*.
"You know you could've let us know sooner about the wedding. A week is not a lot of time to prepare one's figure." Sayaka protests as she takes a bite of her croissant.
"Then why are you eating pastries again? Besides we sent out the invitations by mail months ago. We only talked to you guys this week so that we can get your reactions on camera." Mitsuha swirls her coffee as she drops two sugar cubs into her cup.
"There's no excuse for procrastinating, Sayaka." Miki slices a piece of her lemon tart as she scolds her friend.
"Not everyone can have a slimming figure like yours so naturally, Okudera-senpai." Mistuha spoons a bit of coffee in her mouth to check the temperature.
"Yeah, Okudera-senpai you're the epitome of beauty. No wonder Tsukasa saw you as a catch." Miki started blushing feeling flattered by her friend's compliments.
"Well actually Taki had a crush on her, but their date ended in disaster."
"See what you cause Mitsuha. You ruined Taki's chance. Now he's stuck with you."
"Well I'm not that bad of a choice am I?"
"Just a little bit." Miki crimped her fingers to show how small she meant.
All three share a laugh as they enjoy their small snack in the cafe. Today Sayaka and Miki have a lot in store for Mitsuha, as this is supposed to be her bachelorette party. While western bachelorette parties are typically wilder, the two wanted to plan out a day that reflects Mitsuha's character a little bit more. That means, something nice and subtle. Besides, having something like a male stripper over is something out of taste for all three girls. They get enough eyecandy from their significant other.
"So where should we go next?"
"I heard there's a ramen shop where all the men a buff and shirtless."
"You said no male strippers, though."
"They're not stripping for us, they're making noodles and stock."
"You do have a point."
Meanwhile at a bar not too far from where the three ladies were having their desserts, Taki and his boys were about to take another sake bomb to celebrate Taki's last moments of bachelordom.
"So who do you think is having a wedding next?" Tessie says as he gulps down a pint of beer.
"I think Tsukasa's next. Okudera-senpai can't wait that long." Taki says as he also finishes his pint.
Tsukasa swirls his drink as he waits for the two to finish talking. "Don't you think Takagi is next? I mean he does have a date for the wedding." Shinta almost spits out his beer after hearing his friend's comment. He coughs for a second before regaining his composure.
"Yotsuha and I are going together because it's convenient." He tries to hide his blushing face by drinking more beer.
"I don't know Takagi," Taki says, "She might be your type. You did used to like those idol anime in high school."
Tessie slams his glass on the table, "Oh wait, are you talking about that one girl with the pigtails that goes like this." Along with being fascinated by the occult, Tessie was also an avid anime watcher. Nowadays he still watches anime, but with Sayaka obviously.
Nico Nico Nii!
Tessie blurts these words out as he shapes his hands like the fictional idol character.
"You used to watch Love Live! too!?" Tsukasa yells excitedly "We all used to watch it, but Yazawa Nico was Takagi's favorite." He turns his attention to Shinta and gives him a smirk. "A seventeen year old girl with pigtails? I can see why you took interest in Yotsuha."
For the next five minutes Tessie and Tsukasa tease Takagi by chanting the idol's signature catchphrase, hand gestures and all.
Nico Nico Nii! I'll Nico-Nico you're heart! I'm Miyamizu Yotsuha, and I'll put a smile on your heart!
Flushed from alcohol and embarrassment, Takagi tries to take solace from Taki, who's been silent the entire time this charade was happening.
"Taki-san, help me!" Tears almost fell from Takagi's face.
Taki sets his beer down. Tessie and Tsukasa stop their teasing and focus on Taki as he opens his mouth.
"I guess it can't be helped…" All three gulp as they anticipate what Taki is about to do next. Taki pretends to flip his hair, and with a slow, seductive voice he utters these words:
Nico Nico Nuuuwwwweeee 3
Tessie, Tsukasa, and Taki all burst into laughter at the expense of their friend. Poor Takagi sits back as the rest of the bar visitors stare at the boisterous quartet sitting at a table, wondering what can possibly be so funny.
After a couple of hours at the bar, Tsukasa and Taki are out in the front, waiting for Tessie and Takagi to finish in the bathroom. Tsukasa takes out a cigarette, as Taki looks at him with disappointment.
"Okudera-senpai is gonna kill you."
"Her name is Fujii-san now, Taki." Tsukasa takes a puff of his cigarette. "Oh, by the way Taki how do you plan on being addressed once you're married: Taki Tachibana or Taki Miyamizu."
"Actually I was meaning to tell you guys…"
Taki's answer is interrupted as Tessie bursts out of the bar with a Takagi who's barely zipping up his pants. With his phone his ear, the rest of group can barely make out the words, but they knew who was talking to him over the phone.
"Okay don't panic, dear, we'll be there quickly." Tessie hangs up.
"What happened?" All three ask.
"Mitsuha ran off somewhere!"
"What!?"
"Where to!?"
"Good grief not again." Taki says as he palms his forehead. All three turn around in amazement that Taki would say such a thing.
"Good grief?"
"I'll explain in the car. I'm not good to drive so someone else take the wheel." All three nod in agreement.
In the car Taki begins to explain why he wasn't surprised by his fiancee's actions. Tsukasa and Takagi were both turned at Taki, giving him his full, undivided attention. Tessie has to keep his eyes on the road, but his ears were wide open.
"There's a reason why we didn't choose a Shinto wedding."
After proposing to Mitsuha, the two immediately started planning out their wedding. Out of curiosity, they asked Hitoha if she could conduct the wedding. Being a woman of tradition, she suggested they have a Shinto wedding. Full of excitement, she asked the two if they were willing to do a practice ceremony, and try the ritual of sansankudo. While Taki isn't a heavyweight when it comes to drinking, Mitsuha was a completely drunk by the third cup of sake.
"I guess it comes with the slender body she has." Taki ponders out loud as he continues his story. "The first thing Mitsuha does when she's drunk is run around looking for me. Luckily, we did the practice ceremony at home, so she stopped pretty quickly. Next thing you know she's…"
Taki starts to blush as he explains to the three that Mitsuha is a flirty type of drunk, at least when it comes to Taki. He recalls her being rude to Yotsuha when she was trying to stop her from unwrapping Taki from his kimono in the living room. Since then, Hitoha changed her suggestion. Fortunately, she too does Western-style weddings, as many townsfolk in Itomori wanted to be married in a different style of ceremony.
Tessie parks the car close to a bridge. From a distance they can see Miki and Sayaka waving at them.
"We found Mitsuha! She on the bridge."
The men turn their direction to a drunken woman screaming from the top of her lungs "Taki-kun, where are you!" as she shapes her hands in a cone like a megaphone.
Annoyed, Taki runs towards the bridge, but not before having a sudden epiphany.
"I could've sworn I remember passing a woman that looked like Mitsuha on this bridge. Maybe I'll ask her when she's sober."
With Taki leading the way, the boys run on one end of the bridge, while the girls go on the other. With Mitsuha surrounded, she begins to yell at her pursuers.
"Oi, lemme pass you bastards. I need to find my Taki-kun!"
With her vision hazy from the alcohol, she spots Taki across the bridge. A drunk Mitsuha stumbles her way towards her fiancee, surprisingly being nimble enough to dodge her worried friends who are there to catch her in case she falls. She collapses into Taki's arms, the scent of alcohol reeks from her breath as she kisses Taki deeply. Taki may be less tipsy than her, but he's too relaxed to resist. Upon realizing that all their friends are here to observe them french kissing, he grabs Mitsuha by her shoulders and gives themselves some distance. Mitsuha tilts her head, wondering why Taki wanted to stop.
"Oi, you breath smells like sake. How many did you have?"
"Oh just a few shots, not too much."
"Seven." Miki says bluntly. "She tooks seven shots of sake, thinking that it would bring good fortune to your wedding."
"Ehh? Why? That makes no sense."
"That's what I told her." Sayaka says as she crosses her arms angrily.
Mitsuha places her hand on Taki's cheek which catches the tipsy bachelor.
"Awww Taki-kun, are you shy that I kissed you in front of all the boys? It's okay. You already drank my spit, remember?"
Taki's Tokyo friends all look at him in horror.
"I didn't know you were into that kinda stuff Taki," Takagi says as he covers his mouth in shock.
"Maybe Taki likes reenacting the doujins he reads?" Tsukasa exclaims fixing his glasses.
"Shame on you Taki-kun making Mitsuha fulfill you perverted fetishes!" Miki scolds the drunk Taki.
As Taki tries to explain himself to his friends, Sayaka and Tessie look at each other, wondering if they should enlighten everyone of what Mitsuha meant.
"Hey Tessie, should we tell them that Taki probably drank her kuchikamizake?"
"Even if we did, that still sounds pretty weird. I wonder how it tastes?" Sayaka elbows her husband and the two snicker amongst themselves. Mitsuha hazily turns her attention towards the two. The three stop berating Taki to look at Mitsuha.
"Ehh, are you jealous that I show my affection to my Taki-kun in public. Why don't you kiss her right now, Tessie!"
Tessie holds his right hand up, signaling for Mitsuha to stop changing the subject. "I'm not in the mood."
Sayaka pinces the bridge of her nose in frustration. "Mitsuha, you're drunk. Let us take you home."
Mitsuha takes a couple of seconds before her brain can interpret and react to her friend's response. As she was about to speak, she immediately turns her attention back to Taki. She closes the distance from them once again and fondles his chest.
"Taki-kun if we leave now I can show that these hands are made for more than making braids." Mitsuha says as she gives Taki a seductive look, her face flushing red (from the alcohol, not from what she said). Taki starts sweating in panic.
"Mitsuha stop!"
Mitsuha ignores Taki's pleas and wraps her arms tightly around him. "Awww is my little hedgehog embarrassed because our friends are here?" Mitsuha says as she rubs her face on Taki's chest. At this point Taki's dying from embarrassment, and yells for Miki out of desperation.
"Okudera-senpai!"
Miki nods to her husband, who then nods to the rest of the group. They knew they had to keep this charade from continuing on any further. For the next ten minutes all five try their best to split the two long enough to put them in separate cars and drive away.
"TAKI-KUN! I don't wanna be taken away from you again."
"I can see why Taki wanted a western wedding." Sayaka says as Miki sets her eyes at her, the look of frustration and exhaustion on her face is as clear as day. Miki places her hand on Sayaka's shoulder as she steers the wheel with the other.
"You're a good friend, Teshigawara-san."
"You are too Fujii-san."
The two share a laugh as their drunk friend sticks her head out of the window, letting the cold air hasten her sobering.
As the girls drive around the city so that Mitsuha can sober up, the boys drive to a nearby Yoshinoya to buy something to help absorb all the alcohol they drank. Luckily, the drive-thru is open late at night, and the employees patient enough to deal with their drunkenness. The car parked cliffside, the four munch on their gyudon bowls happily. Taki takes a drink of his Coca-Cola to finish his midnight munchie on a good note. Tessie and Shinta stare out to view the city lights as Tsukasa coolly lights up a cigarette.
"I guess Okudera-senpai's bad habits got to you too, huh?"
"Well when you're married, you learn to share your partner's quirks: good and bad." Tsukasa tells Taki as he blows out a stream of smoke.
"Trust me, I've been eating more cake ever since I got married." Tessie adds to the conversation.
"Man, I wonder what it's like to be married. Must be nice." Shinta explains as he stretches out his arms.
"Well there's always Yotsuha, Takagi." Taki jokingly says as he smirks at his blushing friend.
"She is at a marriageable age." Tessie slyly hints as Tsukasa nods in agreement.
"STOP! We're just going as friends!"
All four share a laugh as they conclude their night the same way they started it: by making fun of Takagi and his date.
Days until wedding: 1
I originally wanted Taki to be the drunk one, and be a melodramatic drunk that runs away from the group due to pre-wedding jitters. However, I had the idea of Mitsuha being more flirtatious after reading a Royai comic where Riza was drunk whispering something dirty to Roy. Then it hit me, what if she tried to make a dirty comment about her being good with her hands because she braids. In all honesty, what motivated me to write this chapter was a drunk Mitsuha trying to talk dirty to Taki. As far as the wedding goes, I might tweak a couple of things since another fanfic did something involving a marker and I don't wanna be a copycat, but it's coming slowly.
