Something very dark,
is playing with your mind,
it's not the end of days,
Just a bump and grind.
After dinner, we returned to Lightning's house, ready for a good night's sleep. We found out our sleeping arrangements for the week as well. Roxas and Riku were sharing – I had to hold back my laughter at the irony – Cloud and I were sharing, which left Yuffie and Namine to share the last guest room. Yuj, Maqui and Hope came with us as well, sleeping in the living room on Light's fold out bed on the couch.
We stayed up until ten at least, before actually going to bed and to my surprised when I laid down, Cloud pulled me into him, his arms wrapped around my waist. I must say, I was glad it was dark so no one was able to see my blush.
Cloud and I whispered for a few moments, but it just consisted of me asking him if there was anything in particular he wanted to do tomorrow, but he just said he didn't mind and fell asleep, before it claimed me as well.
RRD
Something – or someone – was shaking me, and to put it nicely, I wasn't happy when I opened my eyes to see Roxas standing there with grin on his face, a faint light from the hall drifting into the room and incidentally falling right on my face.
"What is it?" I asked, sitting up gently, only now realizing that Cloud and I weren't spooning anymore. Roxas chucked one of my baggy jackets at me, murmuring two words before he left.
"Midnight Margarita's."
I bolted out of the bed, clumsily putting my jacket on and zooming past Roxas to the kitchen, where our three friends were standing in their pajama's, the sound of a blender only now becoming known to me.
"Yeah! Sora's finally up!" Maqui exclaimed happily as Yuj poured a light green liquid into five pre-prepared glasses that had a lime wedge on the edge of the glasses and rimmed with sugar, which was no doubt prepared by Hope.
"We need some music." Roxas said with a grin as he walked over to the small stereo located on the kitchen bench. It was only there because Lightning liked to listen to music when she attempted to cook something decent.
When the music came on, we all nodded to each other in a mellow way, picking up our glasses and toasting when the first verse started.
Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
His sister had another one, she paid it for a lime.
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up
As we drank more, Maqui and I burst into a fit of giggles for no reason, skulling the rest of the liquid before pouring ourselves some more. The alcohol stung as it travelled down my throat, but I didn't mind because it felt kinda nice.
She put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up,
And said, "Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?
I say, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take
I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?"
"Now let me get this straight "
Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up
Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up
Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up
Hope and Yuj started dancing and saying the lyrics to each other, Roxas joining in a while later while Maqui and I were practically having a drinking contest.
Put the lime in the coconut, you called your doctor, woke him up,
And say, 'Doctor, ain't there nothing I can take,
I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?
I say, Doctor, doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, dooooctor, to relieve this belly ache?'
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together,
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better,
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning
Wouh wouh wouh wouh wouh
Before the last line of that verse went on, Roxas and I jumped on the small island in the middle of the kitchen and held our glasses high, moving to the soft beat beneath the words. The other guys cheered as on when we downed the rest of the margarita, Yuj pulling out a blender cup filled with crushed red ice and more glasses rimmed with sugar.
Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
His sister had another one, she paid it for a lime.
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up,
She put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up,
Say "Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?
I say, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
I say Doctor! let me get this straight".
Okay, so by now we would have been a little more than tipsy, and I was surprised we hadn't already woken up the whole house with our obnoxious singing to the music, since Maqui and I were kinda singing off key.
Woo Woo, ain't there nothin' you can take, I say
Woo Woo, to relieve my belly ache,
You say woo woo ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
Woo woo, to relieve your belly ache,
You say yah yah, ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
Waah waah, to relieve this belly ache,
By now, the bluette and silverette had joined us on the island, dancing behind us the way you would in a night club. They handed us the new, undoubtedly strawberry margarita's that Yuj most likely gave to them before we all started screaming the lyrics.
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together,
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better,
Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the moooooorning,
Yes, you call me in the morning,
If you call me in the morning, then I'll tell you what to do
As the song faded out, our glasses got filled some more before the next song came on. It was Beer! from the show South Park, and even though we weren't technically drinking beer, we still held our glasses in the air and shouted beer when the song did.
Seven songs later we were sitting at the dinning table, several bottles of tequila in each of our hands. Maqui was holding Roxas' hand, palm up, all of us laughing as the blond tried to be serious.
"Come on!" Maqui whined, trying to get us to stop laughing. We eventually stopped and he squirmed in his seat. "Alright. I see a man… I see a man in your future and he is… he is gorgeous! And big!"
I 'oohh'ed and shook my hand in the air as Roxas blushed, laughing it off, waiting for Maqui to continue.
"But your scared to death! And you wind up a frigid old hag… with your two frigid old hag aunts!" he said, bursting into a fit of giggles, calming down shortly after. "Phew. I don't know where that came from. That was weird."
Hope took a swig from his bottle, pointing at the blond, looking between me and Yuj. "He's never been interested in his gifts. He just made that all up. Don't lie, Maqui."
"Maqui has his own magic." Yuj said, pulling out a cigarette and lighting it up. "And we all know what it is."
Roxas and I gaped at him. "That's just so wrong!" we said in unison.
"You self-centered shrew!" Maqui yelled at the bluette.
"Ingrate!" Roxas yelled at the other blond who retorted with; "Goody two-shoes!"
We all let out a hearty laugh at the childish name calling.
"Hey, look what I can do!" Yuj said, jumping up on the table and pouring some alcohol onto his hand. We all let out panicked noises – as we thought it was going to spill onto the table – but the clear liquor stayed in the bluette's hand, morphing into a ball. Yuj smiled cockily at us, throwing the now empty bottle to Maqui who caught it with ease before separating the water into tinier balls and juggling them like someone would with tennis balls. He performed tricks that would make a circus juggler jealous, but when the sound of something cluttering to the floor, the balls burst back into normal tequila and fell through Yuj's hands and onto the table.
Turning, we saw Cloud standing in the doorway, mouth open like a fish out of water. In the background you could hear Maqui and Hope curse at the same time before Cloud quickly left the kitchen doorway, most likely heading back to the room he and I shared.
I looked up and into Yuj's eyes that were slowly fading from gold to his normal blue, and obviously we were all thinking the same thing.
There were no words to describe how utterly screwed we were.
TBC
No, seriously, what is this? I can't stop typing!
I think it might have something to do with the fact that I have to go back to school in four days and I feel as though I have been seriously slacking on this story. Because between school, work, tafe and fundraising for my japan field trip, I don't think I will have a lot of free time to spend on my writing…
The song used was Put a lime in the Coconut, if you want to listen to the Baha Men version, then go ahead, but it's actually the Harry Nilson version I used and listened to on repeat while writing this.
If anyone is interested in what the magarita's look like here are the links: .
And .ru/images/attach/c/2/66/325/66325306_1289177182_IP0405_StrawberryMargaritaMousse_
Again, thank you to Totalanimeloverno1 who reviewed on the last chapter and said very encouraging words!