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Hayate staggered slightly has she pulled the pubs door open and stumbled out into the mid-afternoon sun. It was hot and she instantly began sweating. "Hurry up Signum," she said aloud, glancing at her watch. Her vision swayed and she threw out her hands to both sides to regain her balance. It's like it hit me all at once...I'm such a cheap drunk.
She deposited herself heavily on the sidewalk, much to her ass's annoyance, and stared off into the direction she supposed Signum would arrive from. Cars flew by on the thoroughfare just beyond the parking lot just like any other day. They didn't care if two friends...lovers had just committed mutual relationship suicide...it was just like any other day to them. Drunken philosophizing is not my forte.
"I said it was the least I could do..." she fiddled with her purse, "The least I could do is go out merrily with Maydne and not give a flying freck about all this drama...but NO... I have to be the best-best friend and comfort everybody...stupid conscience."
"You would never forgive yourself if you did not."
"Gah!" Hayate scrambled backwards. "Stop reading my mind!"
"Even if I were able I would not do so." Signum reached out a hand to her mistress which was hesitantly taken and Hayate was pulled to her feet with some difficulty.
Hayate leaned a little to the left then to the right, and finally, finding a stable stance managed to brush off her butt.
"I did not expect you to become intoxicated." Signum opened the door for Hayate and motioned for her to get inside.
"It was the only way for me to be shivil...swivel...cilivi...HAHAHAH! I have no idea what word I'm trying to say." She grabbed the frame of the car and slowly lowered her backside into the car. "I'm drunk and Nanoha is stone cold sober...it's an odd reverewervae...reserverbe...f^ck." Hayate pulled her legs into the car allowing Signum to finally shut the door.
Signum got into the car and buckled her seat belt. "I did not know Nanoha had a drinking problem." She turned an eye to Hayate before putting the car into gear. "...though I must admit when I went to her home several months ago she smelled of alcohol."
Hayate leaned back into the soft leather seats and covered her face. "...I like to torment her because she used to say I drank too much...she's not a alcoholic though, she just took comfort in a few things that she shouldn't have in the last half year."
"You are quite intoxicated. How much did you have?" Signum eyed her mistress for an instant and turned her attention back to the road.
"Hmm." Hayate silently counted on her fingers. "Four or five...I forget."
"You should have treated Nanoha to one."
Hayate smiled at Signum. Is this knightly courtesy? Nanoha-chan is pregnant so she couldn't drink it even if she wanted to."
"A drink thrown in her face may better awaken her to her current situation. You would also be less unsightly if you had done so."
Would the building still be there after I did that? Hayate quirked an eyebrow. "She's certainly gotten you excited. Why don't cha use the time to get closer. To Fate instead of...Crap!...Signum drive me to Vivio's school...I didn't realize it was this late!" She threw open her purse and began searching through it.
Signum made a sharp left and car bounced hard as it travelled over the edge of the pavement and then again as the tires met the pavement on the other side of the thoroughfare. The back end of the car swung out screeching has it went as the car made a wide u-turn into the opposite lane. She slammed her foot down on the accelerator again and the car lurched forward; black smoke filling the air. "I can see why Testarossa drives such a vehicle. Many other vehicles would have overturned if such a manoeuvre were performed."
"Signummmm..."
There was a collection of tangled arms and legs now filling the passenger seat. Make-up, ID cards, and loose change rained down upon them.
"Why did you not buckle your safety belt?"
"Signummmm..."
Fifteen minutes, and a lifetime worth of whining, as far as Signum was concerned, later the pair sat in the parking lot of Vivio's school.
"You look like a chipmunk," Signum sighed leaning back in her seat.
"I buh not." Hayate chewed vigorously, a steady stream of tears running down her cheeks from the strong methanol flavoured gum..
"Allow me to go in." Signum reached for the door handle.
"I'm doing it." Hayate threw the door open and jumped out of the car. I'm not that...drunk. That wobble was only because I haven't stood in a while...yeah...better make this quick. She walked quickly across the parking lot- there were a large number of parents waiting for their children- she tried not to grimace.
How is Vivio going to know I'm here? If she used a side exit ssshe won't see me...did I just slur in my thoughts? That is not a good sign! Hayate walked into the lobby. Her classroom is over there so..."
"Can I help you." A man seated behind the receptionist desk smiled at her and Hayate jumped.
"I'm here to pick up ...I mean meet Vivio." It be best if I didn't make it sound like I was here to make a lesbian advance on one of their students. "Could you page her for me so she knows I'm here? Nanoha...Vivio's mom... asked me to pick...err drive her home today."
"I see and who are you?"
"I'm her aunt...Hayate Yagami." Hayate could see the man's eyes narrowing but the smile remained on his face. There was a security guard standing near the entrance and even in her altered state she noticed their eyes meet for a second.
The man pressed a button on the screen in front of him. "Vivio Takamachi please come to the lobby after the bell rings."
Ring! Ring! Ring! Just in time. Wow! The school bell is so much louder than I remember it!
A stream of students exploded into the lobby, filling it with teenage bodies and noise. Hayate backed up to the wall trying not to impede traffic and silently hoping they could not smell the alcohol on her breath. She gulped and chewed her gum harder.
"Aunt Hayate?" Vivio walked slowly forward. Her face was pale and her eyes were wide and focused on her aunt.
"Hiya!" Hayate waved happily. He finally stopped watching me. She breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?" Her lip trembled.
How do I answer that? "Come on kiddo. Signum's waiting for us." She waved the girl over to her.
Vivio hesitated and finally walked forward to close the distance between her aunt and her. She stared at her shoes, her face ghostly white, and held onto her book bag straps with a vice like grip.
Vivio's hands shot out and she latched onto Hayate's sleeve. "Did something happen to my mama's? Are they hurt?"
Hayate's eyes widened. "They aren't hurt sweetheart." Not physically anyway. She wanted to comfort the younger girl but they were in the parking lot now and it was full. She very much doubted Vivio would be comforted by the comforting anyway.
"You...you scared me half to death. I thought for sure Fate-mama got hurt on a mission or...or Nanoha-mama from training...my heart still hasn't slowed down yet. Why didn't you send me a message or something?" She breathed heavily, still latched onto the older woman's sleeve.
Maybe Signum would have been the better choice.
Vivio quirked an eyebrow. "You're drunk aren't you."
"I am not."
"Then why are you walking like that?" Vivio frowned.
"I...I had a couple of drinks yes."
"And you smell like Nanoha-mama."
Wow. I can see why Nanoha gets annoyed when someone mentions her drinking.
"Don't you have work today? Are you drinking on the job? Mama's always hungover at work but I don't think she drinks on the job." Vivio bounced around the trying-her-best-not-to-be-a-disgrace-to-the-military- commander.
"Quit it. I took a some time off."
"To go drinking?" She took a second to contemplate this. "Don't tell mama or she'll take everyday off."
"Quit it you little fart. Don't think your too big to noogie."
"Gross!" Vivio screwed up her face. "I don't want to noogie with you."
Is this what dealing with me is like? "Listen..."
"You're slurring!"
"Vivio..."
"I can't believe you took a day off to go drinking. Wait till Vita hears this."
"Oh? What about that time I found you on my doorstep..."
"Quiet!" Vivio shoved her hand in Hayate's face.
"I'll bite." An errant finger found its way between Hayate's teeth and she bit down.
"Ohhh Hayate! I kind of like that you perv."
Yup. This is definitely what dealing with me must be like.
"Sigh. Are you two finished?" Signum was staring at them and tapping her fingers against the hood of the car.
The pair jogged toward the car; Vivio snickering the whole way at Hayate's less than straight path. Hayate moved the seat forward and Vivio crawled into the back seat and immediately put on the safety belt. Hayate gently lowered herself in and shut the door.
"Mistress, please take Vivio's example and put on your seat belt this time."
"I have bruises from that u-...u-turn!" She hastily buckled her seat belt.
"Then a lesson that you will remember for a few days at least until the bruises fade." Signum started the car and drove out of the parking space. "Going into Vivio's school while intoxicated was not one of your smarter ideas."
"Signum...aunt Hayate touched me inappropriately... with her teeth."
"Vivio sweetheart. Please don't joke about stuff like that." She turned to face Vivio. "You don't think that the receptionist thought I was your girlfriend or something did he?"
"You're too old..."
"Whimper." Like a red hot poker.
"...so I doubt it."
"Would you like me to drop the two of you off at a coffee shop?" Signum averted her eyes from the road briefly to make eye contact with Hayate.
"Oh...that would be great."
Signum slowed the car and turned smoothly into Mr. Coffee's parking lot pulled up alongside the entrance.
Grrr...Why couldn't she turn like that before?
Hayate opened the door and tipped the seat forward for Vivio. How the heck am I going to bring this up? Vivio already knows...but how much does she know? Did she hear them fight last night?
"What would you like? You can't have too much though...because it'll be dinner time soon."
"So?" She snorted. "I can't eat charcoal...but Fate-mama might be cooking...can I just have a bottle of water?"
"Sure...go find us a seat."
"Coffee won't make you sober."
"Go. Find. Us. A. Seat." Hayate pointed to the far corner of the building and Vivio finally scampered off.
Am I too intoxicated for this? Hayate sighed. Maybe thinking that means I'm not. She perked up a bit and paid for the beverages.
Vivio lay her head on her arm then sat up and stretched out then lay her head on her arm again.
"Here you go." Hayate put the drinks down.
"...So..."
Hayate froze. How the heck do I...Nanoha you picked the wrong candidate. She took a long drink of her coffee. "Your moms...well your moms are going to take some time apart. They're..."
Vivio's eyes filled with tears and she covered her face.
Hayate scooted her chair over closer to Vivio and placed a gentle hand on her back. "Maybe they'll..." No, I shouldn't say that. What if they don't? At a lost for what to say, she hugged Vivio.
"Sniff I hate Yuuno sniff."
"I'm sure he didn't try it. Don't hate him." So she knew everything. "You have to be a good girl and help Nanoha with the baby."
"What!"
Oh fudge.
"Mama's pregnant." Her lip quivered and Hayate's quivered in response. Sobbing now she lay her head on the table and pressed her face into her arms.
S.O.S. Hailing HMS Signum on all frequencies. "You're going to have a cute little sister to play with."
"Half-sssister." Vivio sobbed
That makes perfect sense somehow. Hayate hugged back into her niece. I need to pee. "Are you going to be okay? I have to go to the washroom."
Sniff.
Taking that as a yes, Hayate walked to the washroom and as quick as she was able raced back toward the table.
Vivio was gone. Hayate eyes widened and her mouth shot open. She spun around desperately looking for the blonde head of hair. "Signum is Vivio out there?" Hayate used a mind link.
"No mistress and I did not see her leave the building."
Oh fudge une deuxieme fois.
Nanoha wasn't quite sure how she managed to get to Uminari City with only a portion of her brain concentrated on the task but there she was. She remembered missing her stop dozens of times on the subway when she was younger and yet travelling to Earth was more complicated. Nanoha stared up at the pinkish black sky she had spend half her life under. Japan still felt like home. It was far more humid than Cranagan but there was a comfortable familiarity with it.
She wiped her brow. Maybe I'm not used to the heat anymore. She walked into a tiny convenience store. She pulled a bottle from the back of the cooler, hoping it would be colder, and sat it down on the counter.
A little old lady smiled at her and put down the magazine she was reading. "Hello. Is this everything?" Nanoha nodded and the woman punched in the order with a shaky finger. "Do you take this..."
"What?"
"Oh. I was wondering if you thought it was going to rain?" She stared outside for a second. "I have the windows open in the store, you see, and this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife too old to shut them quickly if we have a downpour."
"I don't think so." She paid for the item and walked out of the store. I think my brain is broken. She walked across the street to the park. It was empty, other than a couple of teenagers on a bench eating fast food, so she sat in a swing and opened her drink.
"You have a message from Vita." Raising Heart chirped.
Nanoha, as discretely has she could, opened a small screen and Vita's words promptly appeared. "If you want to take another day off don't worry about the brats. Forsake all others," Nanoha shook her head, "For your sake have some rest."
Vita's so sweet. She couldn't help but giggle thinking about Vita writing the message.
Momoko Takamachi appeared on the sidewalk, humming happily, with a small box in her hands.
"Hi mom."
The elder Takamachi's warm expression faltered for a moment but she recovered quickly and wrapped her arms around her daughter. "I wasn't expecting to see you!" She broke away from the hug to look deeply into her daughters eyes. "You're staying for a bit right?"
"Yep." Nanoha happily bounced over to her mother.
"You almost scared me todeath. I didn't expect to see you there."
"Sorry. I didn't mean to."
"Is something bothering you?"
"No, not really." Nanoha followed her mother silently. It wasn't far to their house.
"Your father is going to be happy to see you." Momoko smiled and Nanoha followed her mother into the house and to the kitchen table. This place never changes. New paint and appliances but still the same warm familiar smell. She took a deep breath and leaned back into the chair. Does my house smell like this? She looked around the room playing spot the difference. There were new pictures on the wall of her nieces and nephews and of Vivio. Some of the furniture had been repositioned and she was almost positive that there was a new rug in the living room.
Clack. Nanoha jumped has her mother placed a tray of assorted cookies on the table.
"Would you like some tea?" Momoko smiled sweetly.
"Sure."
Her mother took a half step backwards, eyes trained on Nanoha, and again disappeared into the kitchen.
When was the last time I was here I wonder? Christmas...maybe...that can't be right. That's way to long you big dummy! I was here in May...right before...
"Here you go honey."
"Gah!"
Momoko sat the cup in front of Nanoha and then pulled out a chair for herself. "You're certainly jumpy. Do those children you teach have your nerves frayed? Maybe it be better or for worse if you take a few days off."
Nanoha's head tilted to one side and she sighed. "I'm going to take a little break. This is the worse group I've had. They all think they're hot shots."
Momoko took a taste of her tea, all purity and grace, her smile a hundred watt light bulb. "You've had plenty of difficult students so what's different this time?"
"...It's hard to say...I guess...It's like they expect me to pass them or something so they don't have to work!" And then coming home to Vivio on top of it.
"You enjoy your work so I'm sure you make the best of it. You can always take over the cafe if it doesn't work out. It won't make you richer or for poorer but you'll make a good living from it."
"Mom...I'm not taking over the cafe." She snagged a chocolate chip cookie that had caught her interest.
"I'm glad to see you've been eating well..."
"Mommmmmm...that's not a compliment." Nanoha pouted. "Do I look fat?"
"Your face has filled out a little. I didn't mean your were fat. I always worry if you're eating properly over there or if your starving yourself on some diet."
"I haven't dieted in ages." Nanoha pulled a compact out of her handbag and flipped it open. Now I'm going to be self-conscious for weeks. She glared at her reflection.
"That's good to hear. When you fainted you nearly gave Fate-chan and I heart-attacks. I thought for sure..."
Nanoha inhaled sharply, a illusionary pin sticking in her side.
"...and it just had to be on your wedding day." Momoko shook her head. "You didn't need to starve yourself on top of getting everything prepared for the wedding."
"It was dumb." It's hard to breathe.
"And all for nought. Fate-chan looked so lovely in her dress."
"Wha...are you...saying I didn't look lovely?"
"You looked sickness and in health that day dear. You had dark bags under your eyes and you were as white as a sheet."
Nanoha felt her mother's eyes catch, ever so slightly, on some blemish on her face and she flipped open the compact again. My eyes are bloodshot...dark bags too.
"You two looked so great walking down the aisle...oh and Vivio in that little dress! I guess I shouldn't say little since she was a teenager." Momoko stared off into the distance. "I can't say I imaged marrying you off to another woman when you were born but you couldn't have picked a better person."
Nanoha clasped her hands together her index finger falling on the golden band encompassing her ring finger on her left hand. She ran her finger along its smooth, worn, surface; it did not budge. She twisted it with a little more force and it gave into the pressure slightly; in the years since she married it had left her hand only twice.
"Have you been sleeping well? You look a little worn out." Momoko sipped her tea.
"I'm fine mom."
"Where's are Vivio and Fate tonight?"
"I don't know." Nanoha did not miss the quirking of her mother's eyebrow. "I don't keep track of them every second." Nanoha took a long drink of her rapidly cooling tea and sat it down a little harder than she had intended. "I use to roam all over the place and I was a lot younger than Vivio..."
"You're father was in the hospital and it was hard trying to run the cafe..."
"...When I was Vivio's age I was already working with TSAB and going off world."
"Nanoha...you're so defensive." Momoko sighed.
"...because it feels like you're criticizing me."
Momoko sighed again. "I was just wondering where your wife..."
Nanoha winched.
"...was tonight. Fate hasn't been home in ages so I thought you two would be spending some time together before she goes off to another horrible place."
Nanoha clasped her hands together. Her fingers finding their way naturally to her ring.
"Much of the time when you visit you have half a dozen people in tow. Hayate and Yunno are with you sometimes. Then there's Lindy, Arf and Vita-chan and those two gay girls that were your students...I forget their names."
Like that narrows it down...
"I always know weeks in advance you're coming and tonight you just showed up all by yourself...so what's wrong?"
Nanoha stared at her hands. The words rising in her throat she choked them back again. Momoko was calmly drinking her tea and raking her eyes over her daughter. Nanoha's lips finally opened. "Mom...I'm pregnant."
Momoko's eyes widened ever so slightly and she adjusted her cup in her hands. The clock loudly ticked four times in the perfect silence of the room. "Congratulations! I didn't realize you were trying for a baby. I know you spoke a while ago about the matter...and I believe Fate mentioned adoption... What made you decide suddenly?"
"I'm getting older...and um...for Vivio's sake. I've got a brother and sister and I didn't want Vivo to be by herself. I've wanted a baby for a while now. You knew that."
"I see...How far are you along?"
Gulp. "About six weeks." I haven't even thought about it. Is it six weeks? Four weeks?
"So you had it done while Fate was away? What a brave girl."
"Yeah," Nanoha said softly, blushing filling her cheeks.
"So that is why you are filling out? Have you been getting morning sickness? I had the worse morning sickness with your brother. Everything set me off. I swear I ate nothing but crackers and toast for months at a time. You and your sister were easier, easier to deliver too, your first is always your worse. I was in labour for two days with Kyoya..."
"If I told you something would you disown me?"
"Haha whatever for? The thought of disowning my own child! Hahaha," Momoko voice rang out with soft gentle laughter. "The way the neighbours speak I should have disowned you already."
What?
"Akaike-oba-san came to the cafe about a week ago. Asked me how my son and daughter were." Momoko's jaw clenched. "She's known you since you were a toddler and she acts like you don't exist because that's what she would do if they had a homosexual child...I was cutting a cake and I'm lucky that Shiro slipped the knife from my hand."
"She was always nice to me."
"She still thinks she is being nice by not mentioning my pariah child."
Nanoha's eyes went back to contemplating her hands and sorry state of her nails. "I'm seeing Yunno now."
Nanoha could feel her mother's eyes digging into her and she didn't dare look back up. She couldn't shake the feeling she was sixteen again and getting caught...doing multiple things.
There were voices outside now moving closer. Nanoha didn't need to listen very hard to distinguish her father's voice nor her sisters.
"Momoko I'm home." Shiro called out from the front door. "Nanoha!" He walked into the room and kissed Nanoha on the top of the head. "My one and only daughter!"
"Dad are you still going on about that Father's Day card? I gave you one and that was months ago!" Miyuki crossed her arms.
"After I reminded you..." Shiro's eyes met Momoko's and he was silent. There was an unspoken conversation of nothing but quick glances and familiarity. "Come on Miyuki lets go do something...in the...umm...backyard."
"What? Why? I haven't seen sis in ages." Miyuki stammered as her father pushed her of the kitchen and through the back door.
"She'll still be here..." the door closed and there was silence again; nothing but the hum of the refrigerator and incessant ticking of the clock.
"You've divorced Fate?" She wore a blank expression.
"Well...we..we haven't divorced yet...but..."
"Did you lie to me about how you became pregnant."
"I...wasn't ready to tell you." There was no way to meet her mother's eyes now.
So you're having an affair."
Nanoha didn't like that word. The word burned. Maybe it was her mother saying it but she'd rather stick her hand in the kettle than hear it again. "Affair," to her sounded so planned and deliberate rather than something more spontaneous and lustful. I didn't try to break her heart...it just happened.
"Nanoha?" Momoko glared at her as she waited for a response. She had her hands clasped in front of her on the table and sat their with perfect posture; she seemed so at ease. In contrast, her eyes were smouldering cauldrons.. "I think this may have been the last thing I expected to hear tonight. You broke that poor girl's heart."
"It's...complicated."
"Are you going to explain yourself? You came here to talk to me didn't you?"
"Fate's hasn't been home much these last few years...and then things kinda happened..."
"What happened?" Momoko's voice was loud enough it likely didn't matter that the rest of the family was outside.
"It doesn't matter. I love him."
"It does matter Nanoha and this doesn't sound like you at all. I figured you to be the last person to cheat on your partner." She shook her head and closed her eyes. "You were so in lovewith her...what happened?"
Nanoha sipped the scalding hot liquid to avoid making a reply and instantly regretted it.
"You were so sensible when you were younger, stubborn, but sensible."
Nanoha scrunched her eyes closed. I keep getting these backhanded compliments! "I'm still sensible! I've had a falling out with Fate and now I'm seeing someone else."
Momoko was silent again has she considered this. "Have you tried making up with her?"
Nanoha's lips quivered. "I'm in love with Yuuno."
"Why don't you try getting on your knees with your head down low and pray that she'll take you back...bringing some flowers along wouldn't hurt either."
"Yuuno..."
"Remember when you were younger and Miyuki won that doll you wanted at the summer festival? You tried to say you were happy with your key chain. I remember it the same as it was yesterday, you looked at me with tears in your little eyes and sniffling and told me you couldn't wait to show it to the girls at school...that's just what you look like now. Go make up with her."
"..." Nanoha whimpered.
"...and you think that staying with Yuuno while you're still in love with Fate is going to make you happy? You're having a baby for Christ's sake...pardon my language."
"Mom...I...I don't deserve her."
Momoko got up from her chair and moved around the table. She hugged Nanoha to her chest and gently wiped the tears from her daughters eyes. "I don't see you two enough so I expect the next teaching break you get to stay for a while." She patted Nanoha on the hand and moved to the backdoor. "I wonder where your father's gotten to?"
"I have two days off in October."
"If Fate's not with you, you're not invited." Momoko glared and then yelled out to her husband again.
Nanoha sat in the cab watching the signs go by has she rode back to her house in Cranagan. There was hardly any traffic and the homes she passed were all dark. I should have called Vivio earlier...I left her a message so I hope she got it.
"The new Avenger from Atoyot. Cranaganian engineering...what not to love and cherish. I mean "to love." Nanoha mumbled reading a passing billboard. The cab driver looked at her in the mirror but said nothing. She couldn't wait to get home and go to bed...for another sleepless night.
Make up with Fate. Get on my knees and pray for forgiveness. Nanoha frowned. Thinking of Fate playing with her baby, rocking it to sleep...a child that wasn't hers...a child that would bring back all these emotions over and over again...it was too painful to imagine. She wiped the tears from her eyes.
Nanoha couldn't help but think what if things were the other way around; if the shoe were on the other foot so to speak. Every time Fate came home a little late she'd wonder if she was with the other person. Every kiss wondering where her lips were last. If she'd just zone out for a second, Nanoha would wonder if she were thinking of him. It was painful to think about it from that perspective and to think about what actually happened... I can't put my Fate through that.
The house was in sight now but Nanoha opened a screen and checked her messages. Maybe Vivio needs a ride home...Nanoha scowled. She'd better be home and in bed and not out at this hour! The only message was fromHayate and she didn't want to open it.
The cab came to a stop and Nanoha paid her fare and got out into the cold Mid Childa night. It was weird to go from cold to hot and humid back to cold again in such a short span of hours. Her house was completely dark which was something else odd for her.
Nanoha opened the door, took a step inside and flicked on the lights with her other hand.
Laying in the porch, her butt partially inside the closet, was Vivio with her school uniform crumpled and the jacket missing.
"Vivio..."
The door behind her swung open.
"Nanoha!" Yuuno panted resting against the door frame. "You scared me half to death to us part." Yuuno took a deep breath. "I saw the light on so I thought you might be home."
"It's 3:30." Nanoha laughed. Kicking off her shoes she walked into the house. "What are you stalking me?"
"That...that hurts. I worked late and I thought I come by and see if you were home. It seemed like you just disappeared this morning so I was worried."
Nanoha appeared again with a pillow and blanket. She crouched and gently tucked it under Vivo's head and threw the blanket over top of her.
"You're just going to leave her there." Yuuno gaped.
"I can't lift her anyway."
"Let me take her..."
"No way. You'll wake her up and I'm in no mood for a huge fight."
"You can't just..."
"She'll be fine. She'll wake up so sore and hungover tomorrow that she'll never want to drink again." She tucked the blanket underneath her to keep out the chills.
"...That's cruel."
"Are you staying or are you going home?"
"I have some food if your hungry." Yuuno walked into the kitchen and placed the take-out bag on the counter.
"Nyahaha. What part of 3:30 don't you understand." She knelt besides Vivio and ran a hand to her hair. She kissed her gently on the cheek and hugged her as tightly as she thought wouldn't wake her. Standing again she turned on the heat for the porch area and flicked off the light. "Good night sweetheart."