10: Red Cups Red Hearts

Refresher! So, I went to Kent's house after school, where I met his host-dude, Takeda. Kent and I arrived at a college party after Takeda agreed to take us.

"Wow, this place is huge!" Kent remarked as we walked through the open chambers of the mansion. The place was brightly lit, and bustling with activity. College kids swarmed the marble tiles and hung around the velvet seats. Everywhere in sight, red party cups could be seen. "Dude, this is lit!"

"Yeah," I reply. I found myself gaping at the numerous females around us.

"Enjoying yourselves?" Takeda said, coming over from a group of friends.

"Yeah… except how are we gonna get in on the fun?" Kent replied.

"It's simple. You just gotta talk to them. Ya know, fool around a little. It's a little easier if you're buzzed, too," Takeda said nonchalantly. "Well, gotta go! Have fun!" He hastily returned to his group of party people.

"Ugh, this is kinda hard," I say. "I don't think anyone would care about a bunch of high school dorks like us. Let's find some free food!"

"Yeah… sounds like a plan." Kent and I made our way to the massive kitchen, where an amazing plethora of foods were displayed. Macarons, cake, chips, you name it. I heaped ten different flavors of Lays onto my plastic plate and five of those circle-shaped brownies.

"Yo, check it out," Kent said, pointing to an arrangement of colorful punch bowls.

"Hey man, you sure?"

"Of course. It's just punch!" Kent went over and mixed like six different punches into his cup.

"Ah, whatever," I say, pouring myself a cup. We sat down at a corner of one of the living rooms, and began to munch on our snacks. Not knowing what else to talk about, we just ended up playing games on our phones.

"Yo man, this is kinda boring," Kent said. "I gotta go pee."

"Well go find a bathroom."

"Kay." Kent got up and went to look for a bathroom. I sat there, continuing to play on my phone. All of a sudden, someone approached me.

"Hey, mind if I join you?"

I looked up, and was dumbfounded. It was a hot college chick, and her skirt was so short I could almost see up it where I was sitting.

"Uh-uh sure! Sit down!" I stutter. She smiled and plopped down next to me, flipping her dyed brown hair. I could smell her strong perfume, and she was wearing one of those off-shoulder thingies.

"You here alone?" she said, in a sweet-honey voice.

"Er-yeah!"

"Well, that's okay. You can hang with me," she said, reaching out and putting a hand on my neck. "Name's Yui. I'm a comsci major. You?"

"Uhh- Darren. I- I'm a comsci major too!" I lie.

"Really? How come I never see you? Wow, I feel so bad. You must be in so many of my classes, but I just never saw you! Hey. We should hang out more."

"Uh, yeah!"

"Did you finish the project yet? It's soooooo hard!"

"Um, yup!"

"Really? Wow, you must be smart! You like, one of those child coders or something?"

To be honest, I was terrible at computers.

"Well, kind of. Yeah."

"That's cool! What year are you?"

"Umm, freshman. Yeah."

"Aww, you're younger than me? I'm a sophomore."

"Well, I guess I should call you senpai," I say, super-nervous.

"Oh, there's no need. Heheh, you're cute," Yui remarked, patting me on the head.

"Th-thanks."

"Hey. Come here," Yui said, pulling me to my feet. She led me past the hallways and up a flight of stairs. I was feeling drunk. She opened a door, and we entered into a large room with a large bed covered in red sheets. The room smelled like cinnamon.

"Hey, what are we doing?" I ask.

"Nothing. Look," Yui said, opening a door to a balcony. We went out, taking in the view. The night was beautiful, and we looked down on the city lights below. The sea glistened in the moonlight. I turned to look at Yui. Her fair features were soft in the moonlight. My heart began to beat really fast.

"Hey, Yui. You're- pretty." My face was very hot, either because I was drunk or nervous.

"H-huh? Oh, thanks," Yui smiled. "Hey. We should hang out more. I like you. We should get to know each other more." She laughed. "You want something to drink?"

"S-sure." We went back in, and Yui pulled out a bottle of sake from a drawer. "You live here?" I ask.

"Oh, yeah. This house belongs to the Alpha Kappa Delta."

"Really? Wow, this Alpha Beta blah blah blah thing must be rich!"

"Well, not really… here, have some sake."

We drank a lot of sake.

"Ahhhhh…." I say, flopping on the bed. I wonder where Kent went. Ugh, I can't think clearly.

"Say, Yui…" I mumble. "Want to get married?"

"Re-really? Aww, Darren-chhhhyan. Heyyyy… we shullld." Yui laid down next to me, and I felt her breath in my face. "

"I wunder what Kent is doooingg…" I say.

"Who's Kent? Hey. Hey." I felt Yui's face come close to mine. Very close. She wrapped her arm around me, and suddenly pulled herself atop me. I felt her weight push down on my body, and I broke out sweating. Is this really happening? She leaned down, her hair falling into my face, and kissed my forehead. "My baby Darrennnn…"

I reached up and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her closer.

I felt her straddle me tighter.

My heart beating a million times a second, I slowly moved my lips to meet hers. As our faces drew closer and closer, I felt sweat pouring down like buckets. Seriously, this was happening.

BOOM! The door burst open.

Before our lips touched, we suddenly looked up.

Standing at the doorway was Takami Chika, breathing heavily.

"Darren-chan!" She shouted.

"Ch-Chika-chan?" I said, dumbfounded.

"Who's that?" Yui said, annoyed.

Chika ran over and began prying Yui off me.
"Darren-chan! You know better than this! Don't touch my Darren-chan!" Chika shouted, managing to push Yui off me. I sat up.

"Chika, what are you doing here?" I questioned.

"I knew something was up when you said you were going over to Kent's," she replied. I figured you must be going partying or something. So I knew you were here. My sis drove me here. Everyone knows about this party. Things like this always happen. Come on, you're going home," Chika berated.

"Wh-what? Awwwww, I was just having fun! I don't wannaaaa go homeee…." I was still drunk.

"Excuse me? Who are you? His b****?" Yui spat. Ignoring her, Chika grabbed the bottle of sake and dumped it on my face.

"Ahhhghh! What was that?!" I shout.

"Sober up! Come on!" Chika yanked me to my feet and pulled me outside. "Mito's waiting in the car."

"Really? Why did you come for me, Chika? Is this really your business?"

"Of course it's my business. You're my host-brother, no? I'm responsible for you."

"Wow, you really care for me?"

"Of course I care about you, Darren." Chika stopped in her tracks. We were near the driveway, where Mito was waiting in a car. "Of course I care about you."

Chika hugged me.

"Chika-chan…"

"I was so worried when you didn't come home before dark," she mumbled, face buried in my chest.

"Chika…" I wrap my arms around her. "...I 'm sorry."

"Please, don't do that again… I don't want you hanging around with these people. It's so creepy," she said. "Hey, if you're lonely, you can always talk to me, you know. You don't need to go partying and get drunk to have fun, you know. "

"Yeah… I'm sorry." We entered the car, and drove home. Chika and I sat in the back seats, and she leaned on me the whole way back.

Sigh, what was I doing with my life. She literally caught me about to do it with some random hoe that I just met for less than fifteen minutes. How stupid could I be? Urgggh. Man, I feel so bad.

When we got home, I took a quick shower and put on my pjs. Ah, whatever. What happened happened. Just gotta move on. As I reach to turn out the light, there was a knock on my door.

"Darren?" It was Chika's voice.

I opened the door.

"Chika? What is it?"

"You can sleep in my room, if you want."

"R-really?"

"Yeah." Chika led me to her room, and shut the lights. "Here." She laid down, and beckoned me over. I laid down next to her.

"Sorry, Chika," I whisper.

"No, it's fine," she replied. "It's all good, Darren-CHAN!" Chika laughed, socking me in the arm.

"Wow. It's a little early for chan, isn't it?" I teased.

"Hey! You called me chan first!" Chika replied. We began giggling and all. All of a sudden, we heard footsteps.

I put a hand over Chika's mouth. "Shhhhhhhhhh…"

The footsteps passed by the hallway. Chika held her breath, trying not to burst into laughter. When the footsteps died, I released my hand. We continued whisper-giggling.

"Woah, that was close!" Chika whispered.

"Lol, I know right!"

"Hey, Darren-chan."

"Yeah?"

"I'm glad you came into my life."

"As am I."

We hugged each other for the longest time.

After a while, Chika was asleep.

I couldn't sleep, so I took out my phone. Unread messages from Yukio? Four hours ago? I opened the message.

"Darren-kun? Hi! I had a great time with you on Saturday, and I was wondering if you wanted to come over and meet my family tonight! My parents are only going to be here for tonight, so you should come meet them!"

No. It was already so late, she would probably be asleep. I felt my heart twist into a knot.

I don't know what to feel.

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