A/N: Chapter two of my special twin chapter release for the summer is here! Yeah I decided to release two chapters not only to celebrate the end of May but the beginning of the summer (even if here, in Texas, our summer starts in pretty much the end of April) and for the people who don't really like lemons, since chapter nineteen was a big ass lemon party because even I have my moments.
This chapter is what you may call a basic party chapter, but it has some character development, a friendship that's growing and a drinking contest with a surprise winner that some of you may not see coming...but then again you guys are smart and know me by now, it's been twenty chapters and I don't remember how many months off the top of my head.
If you've enjoyed what you've read so far I may be working on a second story sometime soon, if I can manage writing both this and the new one, or if anything I might slowly piece together a one shot of around twenty to thirty thousand words. If you have any theme or plot suggestions for a one-shot, new story or a spin-off one-shot of this story, please let me know. As usual, please read, review, follow and favorite if you so choose, and enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Naruto or any of the characters besides Asuka because dammit, she's mine! Oh, and the lyrics belong to Sublime and Staind, respectively, so all rights go to those two kickass bands!
HINATA-POV
May 28th, 1:00 pm.
Man were we sore from last night when we woke up, the memories still fresh in our heads. I woke up at eleven if I'm right and made me some oatmeal, thank god today was 'make your own breakfast' day.
Sasuke had told me that when we left they had a fairly interesting night. Tayuya stopped by for a little bit with Kidoumaru and Jiroubo while we were doing our thing and hung out. They all drank a little but they were still preparing for today. What is today, you might ask? Well apparently its a drinking contest involving everyone who can drink.
I wasn't sure how well I would fare in that, but I did well Thursday night so I can imagine I'll do okay tonight, especially if I put my head to it, hunkered down and threw them back like fifty year old veteran who has nothing better to do than remember the fallen and drink.
The rules were rather simple, we'll tally up beers and mixed drinks, all mixed drinks will be made by Temari since she won't be drinking and at any time we can choose to make them stronger as a group decision, you're allowed to throw up once, unless it's intentionally caused by sabotage, like if someone knows something makes you throw up even when sober and does it anyways to trigger you.
No eating after dinner, so eat a big dinner which will be pizza tonight so it's at least bready and filling enough to hold you over. Should you choose to smoke any weed and crossfade yourself, you're making that choice at your own discretion, so if you lose because of that it's your fault, we're not counting marijuana.
But if you do win while crossfaded then you get mad props, at least from me, which doesn't mean much of anything, but still...
Was I gonna do it? Fuck yeah, might as well. If I have a small chance of winning then I might as well go all out so if I do win, however small a chance that is, it'll be just that much more impressive. Still not something I wanna right home to the folks about, but hey, a win is a win and I enjoy bragging rights sometimes.
What did the winner get? Well, besides bragging rights...nothing really. But the rights to say 'I outdrank all you guys and girls' is worth more than money or sex. Well, maybe not sex, but it's close enough.
Right now was a relaxing time for me, the boys were throwing the football, Ino and Asuka were watching a movie with Temari and Sakura, well, she just walked into mine and Naruto's room and took a seat on the bed. "Hey Hinata, how you feeling?" I know what she wants to talk about, she wants to talk about last night.
Smiling at her I motioned for her to lay next to me, which she did, stretching out a little bit. "Ne, I'm a little sore but otherwise...happy, fulfilled and ready to outdrink everyone tonight. How're you feeling 'Suka?" I looked over to her and saw her smile at me.
"I'm doing pretty good, but you know me better than that 'Nata, you know I want the juicy details of last nights ménage." Of course she did, but did she want me to go into full detail? Or just what happened?
She's getting full details though, so she can get over it. "My lord Sakura, I had never seen him so dominant and commanding, the orgasms we had can't be topped by anything at all, when he filled us up with his, well, yano, it was the best feeling in the world." I went on, eyes filled with passion about it. And then I told her about the whole eating cum thing, which made her look at me weird.
Her face went from confused to kinda curious. "Really? He did that?" I nodded slowly, accentuating my story. "That's...fucking hot...it kinda turns me on too." She laughed, resting her hand on my shoulder.
Laughing with her I agreed, it was fucking hot. And then what happened after was just a cluster. "Yeah, but we're all a little sore, especially Asuka, she took her first time doing anal pretty well, and with Naruto's, er, member, it was impressive to me. She hadn't even as much as fingered herself there before." I know, kinda weird.
Sakura nodded, trying to recall her first time with Sasuke. "Well, it wasn't bad at all with Sasuke considering I had used toys down there before. The first time I used a toy in that hole it was painful, but once you get over it it's pretty exhilarating." Once again I have to agree. "But...it's weird, I don't wanna offend you but I've been thinking about how Naruto is in bed recently, for some reason."
I waved off any offense she might have done me, and just laughed. "It's ok to be curious, that's how me and Naruto got to do that stuff with Ino and Asuka. Do you think there's any chance of our two couples doing that?" It's not something I'd be closed to, except Naruto may be, it's his best friend after all.
The pink haired girl next to me shrugged. "I don't know, honestly, but I would be down if you are." She smiled when she saw me nod. "I think I would enjoy it, and so would you, just the hard part is convincing either of em." Yeah...but we have our ways.
A few minutes passed and me and Sakura ended up cuddling, holding each other in a friendly embrace. I kept thinking back to the party, before me an Naruto go together.
How young and shy I was, but Sakura really did her best to open me up, almost literally. And the truth is I owe a lot to her for helping me be the person I am today, better than the one I was yesterday. I don't use drugs...often, besides weed, I have friends I can trust now. I'm doing good for the first time in a while.
Looking at her in my arms I smiled, kissing the top of her head. "I owe you a thanks, Sakura-chan, you really helped me open up and be more sociable, and thought it may have hurt you guys were there for me the entire time, so thanks." She looked at me and smiled, kissing my cheek gently.
"It's not a problem at all, we've had some good times together, some sexy," I blushed at the wink she sent me, trying not to get excited down under, "and most importantly, we've all found ourselves a man, or woman, to call our own, we're all doing good, and I'm glad you're doing good with us too."
Fighting back tears I smiled and pulled her into me deeper, cherishing the moment we were sharing. Sakura is the definition of bae, to me at least.
2:00 pm.
Somewhere along the line we fell asleep, taking a nap together in each others arms only to be woken up by Temari, who was now convinced we were seriously lesbian and using the guys as a cover, something we vehemently denied, of course, and blushed like crazy.
Apparently we needed to get up and not sleep if we wanted to have any chance of winning tonight. Sakura wasn't competing to win, just for fun, but I was competing to win the whole thing. "Yeah, I learned if you drink right after waking up you end up sucking." Was Temari's reasoning.
When were we supposed to start though? I heard six, but then I heard seven, so which is it?
I headed to my bag, trying to change into something that wasn't so, er, sleepy and tired. Digging through it I found what I was looking for, something I haven't worn in a while, which was a pair of black basketball shorts and a tight fit black tee shirt. I tightened the strings on the shorts so they were snug with my hips, concealing the panties I was wearing, the shirt doing the job up top.
Throwing on my converse and brushing my hair I headed outside to sit and smoke a blunt, hopefully by myself. I like smoking with other people but sometimes it's good to just get away from people and be by yourself.
Rounding the corner to the side of the house I hopped up on an A/C unit big enough for me and another person, setting my phone, cigarette pack, blunt and lighter down on it. Popping a cigarette in my mouth I lit it, the weed following soon after as smoke dribbled from both devices of vices.
On the other side of where I was I could hear the men still throwing the football and yelling at each other about grass stains. I was wondering why this was called a beach house when it's mostly grass around us down a cracked up road, and the beach at the end of said road is pretty much inaccessible.
From what I've heard, which was whispers from Shika and the others, is that the beach is a drug haven for I/V users to dump needles. Sheesh, no wonder no one in his family wants to come down here and stay here. Especially if there's a ton of druggies around here, they're not your adventurous and accepting type of people, according to the pineapple haired Shikamaru.
His mom and dad aren't so bad, neither is Tayuya obviously, but the others are just eh. I managed to get halfway through a smoking session when someone interrupted. I must say that hallway isn't bad though, I expected someone before this.
Who interrupted me, you may ask? "Oi, the dobe is looking for you, I figured I'd find you hiding out somewhere after waking up." Sasuke said, somehow finding me and relaying the message. "Oh, and Temari is right, you don't wanna sleep too much, especially with my girlfriend, at least invite us first." Wait, what was that?
Did...did Sasuke just make a joke like that? I never thought I'd see the day when the man opened up and made references like that. Maybe me and Sakura's pipe dream isn't so much of a pipe dream anymore, more like a ten percent success chance. Ten percent is better than negative ten, so I'll take those numbers any day.
I never got the chance to reply before he walked off. Naruto can wait though, I'm finishing this damn blunt. "Smoking that dank without me? I'm fuckin' offended, mama."
Ok, maybe not alone. The fiery red head Tayuya showed up just now, I knew someone driving up woulda saw me, just wasn't expecting it. "Well I can't wait around all day for you to show up, Tayuya-chan." I smiled at the girl, who hopped up on the A/C unit I was sitting on, wrapping me in a hug.
This girl loves her damn hugs, I swear. Not that I mind, she's a great hugger, but still. "I'm just yanking your chain and slapping your ass, girl, the others don't even know I'm here yet so we can finish this uninterrupted." It would've been interruption free if you didn't show up as well as Sasuke, just saying...
When we finished we turned to leave, Tayuya leading the way. I don't know what it is about this girl but she attracts me so much with the way she looks and dresses, not so much her actions and mannerisms but her in general. I pushed that aside when I found the man I was looking for. "Hey Naruto-kun, what'd you wanna talk about?" I asked him after giving him a kiss on the lips.
"Oh, nothing I just wondered where you were, Sakura said she thought you were changing." I obviously did, look at me dummy. "And I see you did." Ah you do? Well isn't that a Christmas miracle.
Why was I being so snappy right now? I just got to get high, albeit with two interruptions, I got some sleep with my best friend, I had a cigarette, I'm nowhere nears close to being on my period and I'm not hungry, so what's up with me?
Maybe I'm just getting in the zone for the contest...no, it doesn't mean that much to me. Breathe, Hinata, it's ok. "Ah, yeah I'm just getting comfy for the night and trying to relax myself. It still gets a little taxing being around a bunch of people, yano?" He nodded, wrapping me in a one armed hug, a welcome one that I needed.
Needed because his hugs always bring my internal and external smile back no matter what mood I'm in, one of the reasons I love him to death.
He released me after a minute and looked over my attire, noticing the tightness of the shirt pressing against my tits. "Uh, you look good." He awkwardly laughed, just staring as I pressed my boobs together while laughing. "Drinking contest is starting at six, are you ready?" He asked, trying to change the topic quickly.
I bit my lip and gave him an innocent but flirty look. "Ne, Naru-kun, it's ok to stare at me, I am your girlfriend after all." Seeing him breathe a sigh of relief, literally, brought another laugh from me. "And yeah, I'm ready to win." I know he was trying so hard not to laugh at the thought, instead trying to be supportive. "And kick your ass."
That last part was just trying to spur him to be more competitive, which he needs to be, he can't always be the supportive and caring boyfriend, we can have little contests like this and be competitive. "Oh really? Since when did little Hinata become a drinking champion? Last time I checked before we came out here you barely kept up with Sakura, and she's a lightweight." There we go, lay it on me.
Smirking confidently I put a hand on my hip, thinking back to Thursday. "Well, I did outlast you on Thursday night, love, and I was just messing around then, so who's to say I can't now?" It's a half truth, not like I can say 'well it's easy to drink yourself to death when you feel dead inside'. That wouldn't go well, I'm sure.
Now I had him on the defensive, sputtering out excuses as I just laughed, flipping my hair over my shoulder and walking off, leaving him in a sputtering mess by the front porch. "Wow, ya really told that motherfucker." I heard Tayuya say from where I was heading, around the corner again.
"Well, someone has to show the boys they aren't all that sometimes, and sometimes it has to be the formerly quiet and shy girl." I just shrugged, hopping back up on the unit from before and lighting another smoke. "You wanna smoke some more 'dank'?" I asked, getting a nod from her. "My room is first one to the left, grab my bag please."
With another nod she was off. Little did she know, or anyone else for that matter, that I had brought some really personal stuff stowed away in my back pack. I'm talking the strongest stuff I've ever smoked, it'll put even the most seasoned stoner on his or her ass easily.
About the time I finished my cigarette Tayuya rounded the corner with my bag in hand. "Sorry, had to say what's up to Ino and Asuka, they told me y'all had some real fun last night." I beat back a blush and just nodded. "Pity I wasn't here, but what's in the bag?"
Making a pausing motion I opened the top flap and wiggled my hand down to a secret pocket at the bottom of the bag, pulling out a baggie with some ground up pot in it, about three grams of it. Handing it to her I motioned for her to smell it.
She opened the bag and took a deep whiff, almost instantly putting it down and pulling her head back, eyes wide in surprise. "Ancient Melody, some of the best shit you can get anywhere. Set me back thirty a gram but it's well worth it." I think I saw a tear in her eye.
Grabbing the pipe I had stowed in the backpack I packed a bowl down of the sticky, vibrant green and red dope. "How high is this gonna get us?" Tayuya asked right as I lit the pipe, taking a long and full drag off of it, filling my lungs with the smoke.
I grabbed the back of her neck and kissed her, exhaling the smoke from my mouth and into hers. When I broke the kiss she held the smoke in for a second, before blowing it out and sitting there for a second, taking it all in. "Yeah, I'm talking higher than a motherfucker." I said, smiling at her reaction.
Taking another hit I passed it to her, letting her rip on the pipe, which had half a gram of the stuff in it. Upon her first real hit, realization hit her like a freight train. "Hinata, I may just have to marry you if it means I get to have some of this dank ass shit, the dankest fucking shit I've ever had." She coughed out, clearing her lungs of the smoke, which had a taste of citrus, earth and pine.
Forty five minutes later and three grams of the 'dankest dank I've ever danked' and we were higher than a jet plane, swaying to the music and chain smoking cigarettes.
I don't practice Santeria, I ain't got no crystal ball. Well I had a million dollars but I, I spent it all.
Yeah, it's stereotypical stoner music, but I don't care right now. "Man, like, I love this dude and all, but sometimes he acts a bit protective and concerned, and like I don't know how I feel about it." Was the way I was going with this conversation.
Tayuya put a hand on my shoulder and smiled. "Dude, like I totally feel you there, my last boyfriend thought that just cuz I been through some shit I couldn't handle being alone, and it's like man I do good on my own, I don't need no one." Right on girl, right on.
"But like, with my mom gone my dads been trying his hardest to fill both spots, and sometimes it's like I just need a dad, not a dad trying to be a mom too." The red head next to me nodded, lighting up a blunt of her own stuff she brought. "What's your story?"
Coughing while exhaling the smoke she waved it away from her face. "Ugh, well it's nothing really. My mom married into the Nara clan, but her and my dad never liked the way Konoha did politics and policing so they moved to Oto, and there things are bad. Drugs, murder, rape, all of these things I've been a victim of, and it sucks but it's hard to escape." Did she say rape?
A tear dripped from my eyes as I brought her into a deep hug. "I'm so sorry to hear that, man. Why can't you move back to Konoha" I asked, curious as to why she stays other than school and family.
She hit the blunt one more time and passed it to me, sighing out the smoke. "Because, Konoha is strict on refugees from Oto, making it hard for me to even try. It's not all bad, I have my best friend Kin, a trans girl, Kido, Jiroubo, Sakon, Ukon, Dosu and Zaku are cool but sketchy druggies." Ah, go figure politics would be the reason.
"Still...maybe the future will be better for you, I have faith it will be." She smiled at me, eyes brimming with happiness, something her eyes seem to not see much.
We finished the last blunt and walked around the corner, smoking a cigarette to mask the smell on our breaths. I looked in one of the windows, catching sight of my bloodshot and squinted eyes and laughed. "Hot damn, we are higher than shit, I gotta hand it to you again." Tayuya said after seeing her eyes.
There's no hiding the fact that we're high right now, not a snowballs chance in hell. It was almost four now, leaving two hours before the contest. "Are you gonna try to win or are you gonna stay out of it?" I could use a friend like here there.
Shaking her head she grinded the finished stogie into the ground. "Nah, never been much of a drinker to be honest, but I'll drink for sure, just don't laugh at me being a little bit of a lightweight." I laughed and shook my head reminding her I used to be the same way. "What made you get better at it though?"
Good question, my friend. I looked at her, donning a sad smile and just shrugged. "I guess not having a care whether or not you wake up in the morning means you can drink until you physically can't." It was the sad truth that needed no other explanation.
Heading inside we found Ino and Asuka sitting at the table with Temari and Shikamaru playing a game of...go fish. "Hey, we thought you two had died-holy shit you guys are higher than all hell." Asuka laughed out, catching sight of our eyes. "I would've asked if you wanted to play but you guys disappeared, and for a good reason, just invite me next time."
I laughed a little bit, giving the girl a thumbs up. "Will do, but now we're in need of some snacks and a funny ass movie until six, anyone wanna help with that?" Shika just pointed to the cabinets, also telling us that Sasuke and Naruto went to check out the beach.
Godspeed, and don't come back with AIDS from a dirty needle, or I'll be sad. And I don't wanna be sad right now.
SASUKE-POV
May 28th, 4:00 pm.
Good lord, now I see why no one goes here. When we got to the beach is was covered in trash, and you had to hop a fence and a gate to get to it. It looked like it could've been beautiful once upon a time before it got ruined by trash, waste and drug needles.
Thankfully me and Naruto wore our pairs of extra thick soled shoes and thick jeans to prevent us from getting stuck. "Damn son, it's a wreck..." I heard Naruto mutter under his breath, gazing out onto the beach as we started taking small steps onto the sand and trash, moving closer to where the water met the sand and made it a beach instead of a desert.
We trudged on, reaching the water line and looking out into the water, the suns rays shining from behind us and hitting the water. "I just can't believe the things some people will do to feel good...anyone who did or does drugs like that is an idiot." Out of the corner of my eye I saw Naruto's face scrunch up, but release quickly.
Huh, weird, but it is Naruto after all. "Teme, I'm gonna trust you with something, okay?" He said out of nowhere, catching me off guard, but I agreed nonetheless. "For the longest time, the reason I was drawn to Hinata is because she felt the same pain I did, we both used to do drugs like this." Uh...what? So the whole drug thing...
I laughed, turning and looking at him and his confused face. "Dobe, we're still brothers, but that just means I can do this and get away with it." Before he could ask I struck out my hand, decking him in the face. "You're an idiot, Naruto, but that doesn't mean I look at you any different."
When he recovered from the blow and straightened himself out he just smiled. "Thanks for that, I deserved it teme." He laughed, punching my shoulder gently.
Fifteen minutes we stood here and just gazed out into the water, thinking about life. Naruto lit up a cigarette and puffed the smoke out, watching it flow in the wind. "Sakura has bee trying to get me to be more adventurous in bed, but we're already doing BDSM stuff." I said in a cool tone, as if it were nothing at all.
But Naruto didn't think so, coughing on the smoke. "Ugh, okay that was random, but I feel you, that's why me and Hinata did that stuff with Ino and Asuka and man, lemme tell you, it was the best thing in the world." Huh...I don't know about two girls though, she said she'd want another guy there if we did.
"Yeah, I know it'll be fun, it just depends on who it is. She wants another straight couple, and I don't know any besides Temari and Shika and you and Hinata. But that'd be weird...right?" I asked tentatively, running the idea through my head.
Now I was a nervous wreck on the inside and Naruto kept his cool, just exhaling the smoke from his lungs. "Well, it's only weird if you make it weird, to be honest. It's a big thing to do together, and I'm skeptical about doing it with another guy too, so might as well make it someone I already know, right?" He did have a point, for once, I'd rather know who'd be sleeping with my girlfriend.
Thinking it over I wracked my head trying to find an answer, before settling on one. "Fuck it, let's do it, but not tonight, we'll have to do it back in Konoha." Naruto nodded in agreement, smiling over at me and giving me a thumbs up. "So...what do you in a foursome?"
He laughed a little bit, resting a hand on my shoulder. "Whatever comes to mind, bro, you just have to let go of any fears and go with the flow of things." I guess so, brother.
We left the beach a minute later, returning to his truck and turning the A/C on, heading back to our beach house. "I feel like I'm overthinking things, man, it's stressful, what if they don't like what I do?" And why am I so nervous about this?
"Sasuke, chill." Naruto said firmly, trying to put any worries I had to rest. "It's not like they're asking us to sleep with each other. And besides, I handled three horny and sex driven women, I think I can handle Hinata and Sakura, especially with your help." True, if he can handle three sex addicted women, I think we got this in the bag.
Still, if you think about it, we're practically sleeping with each others girlfriends and getting away with it...actually, in hindsight, I can't really complain with that too much, and Hinata is pretty, so yeah. I know he thinks Sakura is pretty, too, so I'm not that worried anymore.
For a little help, he sat there and told me what happened last night, going into minor detail about it. I have to say I'm impressed he managed to control and command three girls when I barely manage one without losing control.
I just can't understand why people lower themselves to doing hard drugs, like you, Naruto. There has to be an underlying reason both him and Hinata have done that shit, and more importantly, are they still doing it? I want to believe they're not, but I don't even know anymore. Shit's changed in the past eight months, all of us have changed, for the better I presume.
Hell, even my stoic brother, the master of apathetic looks and not giving a shit, has changed since he left. My dad well, er, not so much. I will say he's a bit more childish.
Yeah he's more in touch with the younger side of himself than before, turning to playing practical pranks on my mom that usually end up getting him kicked out of the room and into the living room for the night. Way to go.
Even after years of him being AWOL from us and nowhere to be found he's still eligible for the dog house treatment. Some things never change, amirite? And this is just one of those things that never has and never will, even with the need for more 'gender neutralization and equality'. Psh, fuck that shit man, we're not unequal, you're delusional.
Delusions are a symptom of mental diseases, and mental diseases suck, so you may wanna go get that check out, hun, before you end up hurting yourself or someone else that just so happens to be around you, and that's no fun for anyone.
Can we just start drinking now? Good, we're back at the beach house, thank god.
SHIKAMARU-POV
May 28th, 6:00 pm.
"It's-"
"Naruto, I swear if you do that shit again I'm gonna-"
"-tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime for the main event of the evening! In this cor-ow! Hey lemme go damn it! My voice will be heard! And I-mmph!"
Thank you, Hinata, I was about ready to punch him in the lip, but a kiss from you is a bit more humane. Gathered on the back porch was myself, Temari, Ino, Asuka, Hinata, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Tayuya, all ready to begin the contest. I think Tayuya was here just to try and seduce someone, but she'll be disappointed to see we're all taken.
"Alright guys, let's get this started." I went through a mental checklist, making sure the ice chests were full of beer and the liquor we needed for the night. "We all know the rules, but now we need to pick a drinking partner for the night." The point of a partner being I make sure they don't cheat and vice versa. Unfortunately, we have to follow each other literally everywhere. Even the restroom.
Normally I'd pick Temari, but choosing your girl/boyfriend, fiancée/fiancé or wife/husband is against the rules. In the end it was Sasuke/Ino, Sakura/Tayuya, Naruto/Asuka and me ending up with Hinata. "So...partners?" She asked me, walking up to my side and smiling.
I nodded, smiling back at her. "Partners. I know me and you can drink a lot, so let's just make sure neither of us throw up and neither of us cheat, k?" I saw her nod firmly, sticking her hand out to me. Laughing I took her hand and shook it, making a pact with her.
Looking around I saw the other teams talking strategy. While this was a one-winner contest, having a teammate to propel and support you helps a ton. I knew who would be out first, and that was Sakura and Tayuya. Basically this was a team contest but only one person would win. And that's all because of the last contest.
When all other teams are eliminated, it comes down to you versus your teammate in a dick measuring drinking contest. If it came down to me and Hinata...I have no idea who would walk away victorious. I think the only other team that can match us is Naruto and Asuka, mainly because of Naruto, I'm not sure about Asuka. She's an unknown.
"Well, pick a drink and let's get ready to start." I told her, following her to the ice chests. She fished in one and grabbed a beer, tossing one to me. I caught it with ease and high fived her, walking over to the ring of chairs in the middle of the back porch.
As expected Naruto and Sasuke had a beer and the other girls had a Temari Mixed Drink, trademarked by me. They're usually the best I've ever had, and I say usually because sometimes they put me on my ass faster than being hit by a freight train.
Temari looked over us, making sure none of the drinks were tampered with before smiling. "And this contest begins...now!" Now, it wasn't a contest of who could drink the most the quickest, not at all, but you don't wanna be sitting on a drink for an hour, the average turnaround on a drink is usually fifteen minutes for a beer and ten for a mixed drink, until you get drunk.
After we get drunk we just knock them back and back until we can't, never paying attention to time, but if I'm right it's about five minutes each. I popped the cap off the beer in my hand and looked towards Hinata. "Cheers, mate." She stuck her beer out, waiting for me to cross necks with her.
I almost made the mistake of touching tips with her, but avoided it, clanking the glass necks of the beer bottles together. For some reason, watching her drink was oddly satisfying. She drank with precision and an air of experience.
Five minutes later and she had downed almost her entire beer, making small talk with me in the meantime. "Ne, if you wanted to touch tips with me you could've just asked and we could arrange something." Thank god I had already swallowed the beer in my mouth, only choking on a small bit of it.
Everyone looked at me weird but kept their mouths shut, focusing on their drinks. "Ha, very funny, I'll have you know only me and Temari do that." It was her turn to choke on her drink, still coughing as she introduced a cigarette to her mouth, offering one to me.
Accepting her invitation she stuck her lighter out in her hand, already lit, lighting my cigarette for me. I put the beer to my mouth, about to finish it off when she opened her mouth again. "I always light my bitches cigarettes, Shika." What little beer as in my mouth ended up on the floor, her laughs echoing in my head as I coughed out the alcohol in my lungs.
Glaring at her, We both finished off our beers and grabbed fresh ones, repeating the same process as before, except this time we actually touched the tips together. "Oh no, it wasn't supposed to go this was, I wanted it to be special damn it!" I whined out in a girly voice, straining my vocal chords and making her keel over in laughter.
Yeah, I have a feeling that we're gonna make the best team ever. "Ah shit, my sides hurt dammit." She cried out, trying to quell the laughter coming from her. "Okay, alright now, we had some fun didn't we?" Her question came clearly, receiving a nod as an answer from me.
"We have had some fun indeed, now let's get down to brass tax." Thankfully she knew what I meant, grabbing a second beer and taking a seat at the bar where Temari sat behind, waiting to make drinks. I kissed her on the lips, laughing at Hinata's 'grossed out' reaction. "Oh come one, you've done worse." I said, getting her to stop.
She laughed, putting a hand on my shoulder and shaking me a bit. "Yeah, I know, I'm just messing with you. So we gonna smoke?" I nodded, nodding to Temari.
Within a few seconds she had a joint on her hand, lighting it up and smoking it with us as the commotion continued on in the background. It was gonna be a long night.
9:00 pm.
A few hours had passed, and the totals were as I expected. Naruto and Sasuke at nine beers and two mixed drinks, Ino had four mixed drinks and a beer, Asuka was slightly ahead with six mixed drinks and two beers, Sakura was five mixed drinks in, Tayuya with four beers and two mixed drinks and me with nine beers and a mixed drink.
Hinata, though, had eleven beers and three mixed drinks, leading all of us so far. But the worst part was she wasn't even all that drunk, if I guessed she's about a four on the Shikamaru Nara scale of drunkenness and a two on the Shikamaru Nara scale of how much more she can actually go.
"C'mon Shika, we got a while to go so hunker down." True, Naruto can go for a while and so can Sasuke. I'd say this isn't gonna end until probably three in the morning.
I'd say I'm about a five and a four on my scales, respectively. Where this newfound drinking skill came from. I looked over to the crowd, seeing Tayuya saying she's gonna have to bow out of the contest, saying she doesn't wanna risk actually throwing up, something she has always hated. One team down, two to go, and these next two are gonna be hard.
Now if Sakura wanted to continue she could hop a team with someone else if their partner dropped, but I think she's done too. "So you think we'll make it to the end?" I asked the dark haired girl I had as a drinking buddy.
She looked at me and just smiled softly. "Yep, I know Naruto and he'll have to tap out eventually. I, however, don't feel like stopping for a while, so if you want that title then you're gonna have to fight for it." Damn, and I've never won before either. Maybe I should just tap out..."Oh, and don't tap out either, that's not cool." True enough...
I nodded to her, vowing to stay in it as long as I could. I was working on my tenth beer when Hinata cracked open her twelfth beer, quickly finishing it and going for another one in a span of five minutes. "Dang Hinata, gonna give any of us a chance?" Sasuke jeered, laughing alongside Ino.
Hinata spun on her heel and faced Sasuke, just smiling sweetly. "Ne, maybe you should grab your balls from Sakura's purse and put them on, then you might have a chance in beating me." Hot damn, when did she get some fire ass comebacks?
But I couldn't help but laugh my ass off at Sasuke's shocked face. "Hinata, I don't know if you're just being competitive or if this is a part of a plan, but that shit right there is funny as fuck." Tayuya said, taking a mixed drink from Temari, who was enjoying herself playing DJ and getting high.
My partner just shrugged, waiting till Tayuya left to speak again. "Yano, it is a part of a plan." She muttered to me, trying not to let anyone hear her. "Yeah, see, if I ruffle their feathers they'll push themselves trying to one-up me and drink too fast, screwing themselves in a sense."
Well then, I gotta say that's not such a bad idea. Wait, then..."What were you trying to ruffle my feathers for then, since we are partners." It made no logical sense, at least not to me. A good plan, yes, but that part was senseless.
Her sweet and innocent smile returned, making me brace for another quip at me. "Oh, that?" I nodded, answering her question. "Eh, I was just fucking with you, warming up for the others. If I could shake you then I knew I wouldn't have a problem getting to them." Why, is what I asked. "Why? Because, you're calm and collected, they aren't, so if I could get you to break, they'd be easy as fuck." Okay, she's back to making sense.
"So what're you gonna do about Naruto? So far you've only gotten me and Sasuke." She put a finger up while she started chugging her beer, downing it and tossing it in the can. "Oh boy, I feel bad for him now..." I muttered under my breath, watching her spring into action.
She strutted her way over to him and started dancing on him a little, and he bit into the bait easily, falling for her trap. I had faith in him, but not anymore. And then she leaned into his ear, whispering something that made his face go beet red.
A trail of laughter coming from Hinata followed her all the way back to where I was at in front of the bar. I had a questioning look on my face as she grabbed number fourteen and opened it. "Don't worry about what I said to him right now, I'll tell you when we beat them out."
Okay, Hinata, if you're sure we'll win.
May 29th, 12:30 am.
Three hours later and was she ever right, we won the team part of the contest, Sasuke and Naruto bowing out a minute ago, regretfully. Sasuke hit twenty beers and five mixed drinks and Naruto matched him, finishing half a mixed drink more before puking his guts out.
How did they end up as a team? Well, Ino and Asuka had to bow when they puked after Ino hit eight mixed drinks and three beers and Asuka hit ten mixed drinks and, if I remember right, four beers.
And now it's just me and Hinata, and her total was an impressive twenty six beers and six mixed drinks. Compared to my nineteen beers and four mixed drinks she was the champ hands down. There's no way I'm gonna catch up to her, not a chance in hell, considering I know she has a lot left in her. I'd say she's a solid seven on the drunk scale and the same on the continuity scale.
Naruto and Sasuke were taking the walk of shame inside to get in the shower after throwing up, leaving just me, Hinata, Tayuya and Temari outside. Temari was being a trooper, but I knew she'd have to go to bed sometime soon. "Hinata, man, you're kicking some ass!" The read headed girl said, slapping Hinata on the shoulder.
I had to give her props, high fiving her and giving her a small hug. "Yeah, I know there's no way I'm gonna win, so I'm gonna concede." She looked at me weird, tilting her head to the side questioningly.
"Ne, I'm glad I won, but that doesn't mean we gotta stop drinking, right?" Hmm, no not really. "So, whether you're with me or not, I'm setting out to find out how far I can actually go, you feel me?" All three of us nodded to her, understanding what she wanted to do.
Tayuya put a hand on Hinata's shoulder and smiled. "Well, I'm close to my personal max so I might as well see how far I can go too." Oh boy, this is gonna be fun.
Looking over to Temari she smiled at me approvingly, knowing what I was asking. Sighing I smiled at the two girls. "I'm tied with my personal max, and I know I can go more, so fuck it, let's see how far we can get...together?" I stuck fist out to the two drunk girls, receiving fist bumps from them.
I'm not sure how this is going to go, but we'll find out. It was soon one, and we found ourselves drinking more than we expected, dropping beers and mixed drinks left and right, with barely a break in between drinks.
Once two came Temari went to bed after whispering in my ear that she trusts me, Hinata and Tayuya to not do anything stupid. And we didn't...yet...not that I thought we would, but we were getting stupid drunk, not just shit faced, but stupid shit faced drunk.
What was the real point of this? I don't even know, but I'm having a good time laughing and joking with my cousin and friend. I think that, if anything, this has strengthened mine and Hinata's friendship. We shared stories and thoughts, like what we were doing now at two thirty in the morning. "I'm just saying that, like, if a woman wants to dress a certain way she shouldn't fear being judged or anything." Tayuya slurred out, but still intelligible.
Hinata threw back her thirty second beer and mixed up her eight mixed drink. "Well, yeah I agree, but that can't be an excuse to walk around basically in your underwear, ya feel me?" Hinata asked from the bar, working her way over to the chairs we were in.
I nodded in agreement, lighting the cigarette Hinata offered me. "Yeah, like I can understand dressing like you do." I gestured to Tayuya, who was wearing tight yoga pants and a spaghetti string tank top showing a slight bit of bra. "But when you go out in booty shorts so short they're basically underwear it's like what?"
Tayuya seemed to agree, nodding slightly while lighting a blunt. "I understand what y'all are saying, and I know I dress, er, risqué sometimes, but it's just comfortable and freeing. Oto is like a prison for the most part, so I like my freedom. Like right now." Yeah...Oto is a horror story for women.
Although I hardly ever see Hinata dress too scantily, she's been conservative. "But I dress like I want to, like who I am, a girl at the rock show." That's...pretty spot on.
Torn jeans, dark clothing, Converse/Vans/Adidas, dark shade makeup, band tee shirts, the only time I ever saw her 'dress up' was...I don't even remember man. "Yeah but you can pull it off perfectly, you have that cool, laid back and rocker aura to you." I said, taking the blunt from Tayuya's outstretched hand and hit it.
The rocker girl nodded in agreement, putting her cigarette out on the floor before lighting another one. "I just...I just wanna live my life to the fullest right now, no matter how many mistakes I may make I just want to be free." She finished her statement, accepting the blunt from me. "If I wanna drink imma drink, if I wanna smoke weed or cigarettes you bet imma do it." Me and Tayuya nodded in agreement, finishing our drinks.
My cousin hit twelve beers and six mixed drinks and still wanted to go, and I was at twenty four beers and eight mixed drinks and even I wanted to continue, for some odd reason. I was having fun though, we all were.
Now the question is how long can we go?
4:30 am.
Ha, I found the answer. Even if our drinking slowed down we made it to four thirty before Tayuya said she needed to crash out on the couch, not wanting to crash out on the side of the road on the way to her beach house.
Meanwhile me and Hinata were on our last drinks for the night. She clocked out at thirty seven beers and ten mixed drinks, leaving me at twenty seven beers and ten mixed drinks. Overall the score was forty seven to thirty seven, a clear victory for her. And the scary part is I know she could go for ten more probably.
And if she wasn't smoking week at the same time? Hell, I'm not even sure. All I know is two things, one is we're fucked up, and two is we're higher than a kite right now chain smoking on the back porch and listening to music. "Ne, b-but it's just confusing sometimes, I don't how I should feel in certain situations, and then in some the emotions overwhelm me." I know what you mean, Hinata.
"Yeah I get you, but you're new to being around a ton of people and drinking, smoking and partying, I would say you're handling it well. You've grown a lot since you first met us, and that's a good thing." I did my best to put together an intelligible sentence.
She nodded, taking a long drag off the cigarette in her hands and exhaling the smoke. "I know, its all just a bit overwhelming sometimes, and being loved the way Naruto loves me...man, it can be a bit too much sometimes." Never having a boyfriend before can do that to you.
I smiled at her, watching the smoke rise from her cigarette and mine and whisking up into the air, through the ceiling on the porch. "I've known him for the longest time and he's had issues too, but he's never looked at a girl the way he looks at you. I know what he feels for you is pure love, and nothing else."
It's true, he's never liked a girl this much, besides his mom. "I love him so much, I just feel like I'm not doing enough sometimes compared to what he does for me, and he does a lot for me, Shika." Yeah, I know, he talks about it a lot.
But I just continued smiling at her, trying to seem as comforting as possible. "You're doing as much as you can, and he knows that. You love him and he loves you, you even made promises to stick it out till the end, so have faith in him Hinata." I felt relieved when she smiled and nodded, giving me a one armed hug. It felt good helping others feel good about themselves.
She reached for her guitar and grabbed it, strumming on it to make sure it's in tune. "I wanna play you a song real quick, even if it's dark and depressing, but it means a lot to me, okay?" I nodded, ready to hear it. "I know the meaning to it, but make of it what you will."
When she started it seemed like two basic power chords in a simple pattern, but the words are what spoke to me.
Your words, to me, just a whisper. Your face is so unclear. I try to pay attention, your words just disappear.
Oh, oh, 'cause it's always raining in my head. Oh, oh, forget all the things that I should've said.
I tried to make sense of the words she was singing in a low tone, but decided to listen some more to get the full story. The way she played, her words meshing with the tones the guitar was emitting, made it hard to focus too much on the meaning, though.
So I speak to you in riddles, 'cause my words get in my way. I smoke the whole thing to my head, and feel it wash away.
'Cause I can't take any more of this, I wanna come apart. Or dig myself a little hole, inside your precious heart.
It seemed to me like he or she was struggling with a relationship, their words getting in the way of them speaking, so they numb the pain by smoking weed or whatever they smoke. And then they can't take any more of whatever pain or struggling they're handling, wanting to come apart or dig themselves a hole in the heart of their loved one.
Oh, oh, 'cause it's always raining in my head. Oh, oh, forget all the things that I should've said.
I am nothing more than a little girl inside, that cries out for attention, yet I always try to hide.
'Cause I talk to you like children, though I don't know how I feel, but I know I'll do the right thing, if the right thing is revealed.
'Cause it's always raining in my head, forget all the things that I should have said.
The song finished strongly, leaving me to put my thoughts into words. "Hmm, it seems to me that it's about a broken relationship? Or one that's at least not as healthy as it needed to be. How close was I?" I asked, believing to be right.
Hinata just laughed, putting the guitar in its case and clipping it shut. "Not close, but it's ok, like I said make of it what you want, that's what I did." Then what was the song actually about? "It was about having ADD, attention deficit disorder." Well damn, I wasn't close, but it does make sense. Unclear words, speaking in riddles, talking to people like children, it fits it...kind off.
And so does the raining in the head thing. "I see what you mean though. It can mean what you want it to mean to you, but the true meaning stands tall." She nodded, lighting what would be her last cigarette for the night.
I joined her in one, just letting the words go through my head one more time trying to make more sense of them to me, not noticing Hinata go inside. I thought I heard her saying goodnight, but I wasn't sure.
Looking around I saw the little bit of trash, opting to leave it for the morning, er, whenever we wake up. Could be evening, could not be, ya never know.
Now to just creep inside and not wake anyone up. I gently opened the door and stepped in tip toeing into the hallway and opening the door to my bedroom with a small creak and groan. I saw Temari stir a little bit, but she stopped, thankfully.
After undressing into just my boxers I slowly crawled into bed. Temari stirred a little bit more, opening her eyes, but once I got my arms around her and kissed her, she instantly fell back asleep, and I followed her shortly after that.
But still, those words rung through my head...I need to look into that after I get some sleep.
A/N: Well, it's over! I'll be back to once a week releases next week when Wrong Path officially turns twenty one! I can't believe I've made it this far, I halfway expected it to fall apart around ten, but I managed to stick tight, then I had the same feeling at thirteen and fourteen, but once again I stuck tight, buckled up and started shooting out words and storylines like tee shirts in a cannon at a sports game.
One more time, please review, follow and favorite, it let's me know how many of you like what I'm doing and reviews let me know what you think of what I'm writing. Have a good beginning to the summer and, as always, ja ne!