You peered out the window and saw Ryusuke walking towards his house with Beck on a leash. You grinned evilly to yourself and hid behind a bookshelf.

"SURPRISE!" You yelled as loud as you could when Ryusuke walked through the door. He jumped and then started to laugh.

"Jesus Christ, don't do that!"

"Couldn't resist." You shrugged and sat down on his futon.

"How did you get in here anyway?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

"I came in through the front door, duuh." You said picking up one of his books.

"Oh, right, the lock got fucked up." Ryusuke sighed and then sat down next to you and put his head on your shoulder.

"You tired?" You asked as Ryusuke closed his eyes.

"Yeah, I didn't sleep much." He replied yawning.

"Awww." You pouted. "Oh, I almost forgot." You handed him a box wrapped with bright paper. "Happy Birthday!"

"You didn't have to." He said as he started to open it.

"No, but I wanted to." You grinned at him.

"Awesome, a new effects pedal, thanks." He gave you a hug, smiling.

"No problem, I heard your old one fell into the pond." You chuckled.

"Heh, yeah." He stretched, got up and went to his guitar. "Wanna test it out?" He asked holding his Les Paul.

"What? The effects pedal?" You asked and he nodded. "'Tis your effects pedal."

"So? I haven't heard you play since you moved over here." He handed you the guitar.

"Okay fine." You stuck your tongue out and began to play and sing Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker. Ryusuke smiled and got his acoustic guitar and joined in. You played a short solo combining blues scales with miscellaneous notes.

"Your turn." You said holding the rhythm. Your jaw dropped as he played a solo without any scales, just completely from feeling. You couldn't help but smile.

"Are we interrupting something?" Chiba's rowdy voice asked loudly.

"Not really, just a jam session." You laughed and put down Ryusuke's guitar turning off the amp. You then sat back on Ryusuke's futon. He joined you and went back to resting his head on your shoulder.

"Good because we brought cake." Saku said smiling, holding a box.

"And VODKA!" Chiba yelled enthusiastically as he held up a bottle and giggled.

"Don't get too carried away." Taira said with a thoughtful smile.

"Oh come on!" Chiba groaned. You laughed.

"What kind of cake did you decide on?"

"Strawberry short cake." Koyuki smiled. "We got it from that high end bakery a few blocks from here."

"No kidding! My mom had that for her birthday but it was this lemon cake thing, it was fuckin' awesome." You grinned and then looked down at Ryusuke.

"What?" He asked with his eyes closed.

"You're quiet, that's all." You poked his nose and he scrunched up his face. Chiba's boisterous laugh made you look up at him.

"Let's get this party started!" He yelled and jogged in to the kitchen giggling. Ryusuke chuckled and everyone started getting settled. Chiba came back with plastic cups and 6 plates with cake.

"Hooray! MY CAKE!" You grabbed one of the plates from him and attacked the cake. Your eyes gleamed as you tasted the fluffy goodness.

"Holy shit, this is really good cake." Ryusuke said with his mouth full.

"Yeah and I'm not really a cake person." Koyuki smiled chewing.

"Not a... cake person?! How is this possible?" You pretended to look shocked and horrified. "Oh well, do you like pie?"

"Yup." Koyuki replied.

"Then I guess I can forgive you." You shrugged and went back to your cake.

"Who wants vodka?" Chiba giggled as he poured the it into the cups.

"I do." Ryusuke said still eating his cake.

"Me too." You grinned evilly.

"So do I." Taira raised his hand. Chiba looked at Saku and Koyuki and grinned.

"Uh, no thanks... I'll just have some tea." Koyuki said and Chiba frowned.

"You suck ass."

"Oh don't be mean." You stuck your tongue out at Chiba. "Tea is pretty hardcore."

"Yeah." Saku agreed laughing. Chiba took a gulp from the cup and got up and started to make tea.

"Who knew you were so good at catering to people?" You asked after him.

"Ha ha." He replied sarcastically as Taira laughed.

"Yo, is there any orange juice while you're up?"

After about an hour the whole bottle of vodka was empty and Chiba had actually went out to get a second one, which was now almost gone.

"Uhh, you know... that thing with the airplane, like the hall thing?" You asked trying to tell the story of how you practically fell onto a stewardess carrying boiling hot tea when you were flying to Japan after Koyuki spilled a bit of tea on the floor.

"Nooo idea." Chiba giggled with a blush across his face.

"You know Ray, aisle. How the hell do you say that in Japanese?" You asked pouting.

Ryusuke raised an eyebrow with half open eyes trying to think. "Tsuro? I think." He looked to Chiba.

"Like an aisle seat?" Chiba asked squinting his eyes.

"Yeah, I guess." You replied. "Whatever, point is, it all worked out." You beamed at him.

"YAY!" Chiba said laughing.

Your eyes closed and your head nodded forward. You pulled your head back up wearing a sloppy smile.

"You are so drunk." Taira laughed watching you.

"Oh I am so not drunken." You slurred giggling as Ryusuke laughed. "I'm not! Serious!"

"I'm pretty sure all of you are." Saku said eying all of you.

"I'm not drunk, drunk, just sort of drunk." Ryusuke explained with a chuckle. Your eyelids drooped and you giggled.

"Right about now I'm happy I just had tea." Saku said as Koyuki nodded. At that exact moment Chiba slumped over and fell asleep. Taira laughed.

"Heh heh, funny." Taira said looking too happy not to be drunk.

"He's, he's so, like, so... fuzzy." You managed to say looking at Ryusuke. He nodded and yawned. Your head drooped forward landing on Ryusuke's shoulder. You nuzzled him and he kissed the top of your head and then chuckled.

"Should we like... I don't know... keep them separated?" Koyuki asked eying the two of you being rather affectionate. You kept touching his face and hanging all over him.

"Nah." Saku took another sip of tea. You grinned stupidly at Ryusuke and then got up.

"We should totally go get more alcohol." You said incoherently. Everyone looked at you funny and then you keeled over.

"Holy crap." Ryusuke said sitting there looking at you with his head tilted. "You kay?" You grinned.

"I'm awesome." You rolled on to Ryusuke's futon. You giggled and gave him a really sloppy drunken kiss.

"Oh boy." Koyuki said covering his face with his hand, blushing.

"I think that's our cue to leave." Saku said as you and Ryusuke nuzzled each other.

"AWWWW!" You said with a huge pout.

"Don't worry, we'll be here tomorrow." Koyuki said, obviously a little uncomfortable about the whole drunk making out thing.

"Fine, I'll miss yoooooou!" You said as they both stood.

"We'll miss you too." Saku said with a smile. "Are you coming Taira-kun?"

"Nah, I'm just gonna crash here." He replied as your tongue entered into Ryusuke's mouth and felt around. He then broke the kiss and started kissing your neck.

"Okay, well… we're getting out of here." Koyuki said watching you and Ryusuke with a slightly concerned look.

"They'll be fine." Taira said following Koyuki's line of vision.

"Alright, well, night." Saku said as he and Koyuki left. You just giggled and bit Ryusuke's lower lip gently and let it slide from your teeth. You put your forehead on his so your noses were touching and planted one more kiss on his lips and then passed out.

"Uh, Ann." Ryusuke's muffled voice said. You felt your lips pressed against some else's. Your eyes flicked open, realizing you were kissing him in your sleep. You sat up and grinned sheepishly.

"Sorry, heh heh." You rubbed the back of you head awkwardly and stood up.

"I don't mind, I just couldn't get up with you on me." He smiled and sat up. You laughed and then realized your head hurt.

"Owwwwww, headache." You groaned and sat down looking around the room. Taira was curled up in the corner sleeping and Chiba was sprawled out on the floor. You yawned and then groaned again. "I need advil."

"Yeah, me too." Ryusuke massaged his temples, got to his feet and walked into the bathroom. You lay back and closed your eyes as your head pounded. You felt unbelievably tired and nauseous.

"Oh crap." You got up and ran for the bathroom. Ryusuke fortunately knew what was going to happen and held your hair back. You vomited several times and then flushed the toilet. You groaned and rinsed your mouth out with water, leaning all your weight on the side of the sink. "I have the classic hangover."

"That sucks man." He pouted and handed you the advil. You took the small pill with a handful of water and walked back to his bed. You lay back down and rested your arm over your eyes. Ryusuke lay down next to you and you snuggled in to him. He gently placed his arm around you and held you close.

"Soooo tired." You muttered with a yawn. Ryusuke nodded in agreement.

Your eyes slowly opened to see Taira and Chiba playing video games; Saku and Koyuki playing cards and Ryusuke reading a book.

"Good morning." Ryusuke said glancing over at you. You waved enthusiastically and sat up. "Feeling any better?"

"Yeah but I'm still totally beat." You yawned and stretched.

"Your mom called earlier." Ryusuke said chuckling.

"Oh did she now?" You asked making a face. "What'd she say?"

"She said to call her as soon as possible and you were in big trouble." He grinned at you.

"Oh, wonderful." You stated and rolled your eyes. "Can I borrow your phone?"

"Sure." He handed it to you and you dialed your mom's number.

"Hello?" You heard your mom ask.

"Hey buddy." You said grinning sheepishly.

"ANNA! Where the hell were you last night?! Fucking that boyfriend of yours?!" Your mouth dropped open.

"Mom! No!" You yelled back incredulously. Ryusuke raised an eyebrow looking up from his book. "We are not boyfriend and girlfriend!" 'I don't think so anyway.' You mentally added.

"HA! Yeah right. I know exactly what you've been up to!" She yelled back.

"It was Ray's birthday, I got slightly drunk so I decided to stay here." You replied rolling your eyes.

"YOU WHAT?! You're only 16!" She yelled hysterically.

"No I'm not! I'm turning 18 next month!" You heard Ryusuke laugh behind you. You whipped around and gave him a look. His smile faded and he went back to reading his book.

"Oh right... but that's not the point! You're too young to be drinking!" She yelled angrily.

"Dude, calm down, it was just a little birthday fun. It's not like I do it every day." You heard silence on the other end. "Hello?"

"Ann..." Her voice was dangerously quiet.

"Yeeees?" You gulped and waited for her to start screaming.

"YOU ARE GROUNDED FOR A WEEK! GET HOME RIGHT NOW!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. You held the phone from your ear.

"B-but I'm still hanging out at Ray-"

"NO BUTS!" She interrupted you.

"Why are you making it into such a huge deal?" You asked.

"Please tell me used protection." She said after a pause.

"MOM! Ryusuke and I did not have sex!" You said loudly into the phone. Ryusuke raised his eyebrows with a smile.

Chiba leaned over to him. "Did she just say what I think she said?" Ryusuke nodded as a response to Chiba. He grinned and giggled.

"Riiiight." Your mom replied sarcastically. "Now get home!"

"Here, Taira, did Ray and I have sex?" You handed the phone to him. His eyes widened and he pushed it back at you. "What?" You whispered.

"I don't wanna get involved." Taira replied to you quietly.

"Please?" You pouted.

"They didn't have sex." Taira said quickly into the phone and handed it back to you. You smiled ever so sweetly at Taira and waited for your mom's response.

"You're still grounded for not calling." She replied smugly. You held back a snide remark and exhaled.

"Fine, I'll come home." You hung up and muttered to yourself.

"That was an interesting conversation." Ryusuke commented smirking. You stuck your tongue out at him and gathered your things.

"Alright, well I guess I'm grounded. See you guys whenever I'm let loose on the public again." You gave a half-hearted smile.

"Good luck."