Chapter 13
"Woohoo! Congratulations, Denizu-sensei!" Sakura claps.
"Let's get this party going!" Kurenai adds. "But no saké for you girls! You're too young to drink."
Kurenai shakes a finger at the table of underage ladies: Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Ten Ten. The women of age at the party are myself, Kurenai, Denizu, Lady Tsunade, and Shizune. Kurenai and Sakura made reservations at this restaurant for a private party.
"Maybe next time, when one of you girls gets married next!" Lady Tsunade holds a saké bottle.
"All right!" Denizu takes a shot of saké. "Let's get this party going!"
"So how's it feel, Denizu?" I ask. "Your single days are about to be over!"
"Hm?" Denizu takes another shot of saké. "Well, not that I was a heartbreaker... My heart was really only set on Kakashi."
"Wow! Even after all these years!" Ten Ten exclaims.
"How romantic!" Ino blushes.
"It's about damn time Kakashi settles down!" Kurenai says after taking a shot. "Though I'm sure you guys woulda married sooner if you could have."
"There would've been little Uchiha running around by now!" Tsunade jokes.
"Have you guys talked about how many kids you want to have?" Sakura asks.
"We wanna have one for sure," Denizu answers after taking a strip of barbecued pork.
"Boy or girl?" Ino asks.
"As long as the baby is born healthy and well, gender doesn't matter."
"I'll drink to that!" Kurenai holds up a shot.
The ladies and I are having a great time. Lady Tsunade is the first one to get drunk, to nobody's surprise. I am following close behind and am super tipsy. The food is delicious and we continue our conversation until we hear a commotion in the private room next to us.
"What's that?" Ten Ten asks.
"Bunch of idiots who are making too much noise!" Tsunade grunts.
"Whoa! Hey! Hey!" We hear male voices shouting.
"That sounds like..." Hinata says.
"Is that…" I say hearing a familiar voice.
Crash! Gai comes bursting through the wooden sliding wall.
"Now look at what you've done!" Kiba says.
"Huh?!" Sakura looks through the hole. "What are you guys doing here?!"
"I was gonna ask you the same question!" Naruto says.
"I thought I told you not to come to this restaurant! The ladies claimed it!"
"You gave me the name of a restaurant, and that's where I went!"
"I gave you the name of the restaurant NOT to go to! Weren't you paying attention?!"
"Oh..." Naruto has an embarrassed smile and sweat drop as he rubs the back of his head.
"Great! What are we supposed to do now?!" Sakura puts her hands on her hips.
Gai grunts and then throws up in the corner of the private room. Everyone groans and looks away.
"Gai, are you okay?" I drunkenly walk over. "What did you all do to him?"
"He was drinking on an empty stomach," Sai says.
I grab a cup of water and hand it to him and I rub his back.
"Bring me some more water and some bread," I say.
"Here you go," Shikamaru hands me what I ask for.
"Gai, munch on this." I hand him the bread. "Eat this and it should help you feel better."
He looks up weakly at me still tipsy and bites the bread that I am holding.
"Mizuki-sensei, is Gai-sensei going to be okay?" Lee walks over.
"He will be fine," I hand him a piece of bread. "Can you be a sport and take him to the bathroom to get cleaned up? Have him eat this."
"No problem, Mizuki-sensei!" Lee helps Gai stand and takes him to the bathroom.
I go and sit next to Tsunade and watch Naruto and Sakura bicker with each other. Tsunade looks over to me and hands me the sake bottle.
"To Denizu and Kakshi," she toasts.
"To Denizu and Kakashi," I hiccup as I take a swig of the sake.
Tsunade and I continue to drink, getting more and more drunk as the night goes on.
"Are you okay, Mizuki?" Sakura asks.
"Who me?" I say. "Never better."
I hold out a sake cup to her, slowly swaying side to side.
"Here, you deserve at least one drink in honor of Denizu's big day and all the hard work you have done," I say.
"Are you sure?" she says nervously as she looks at Tsunade.
"She is drunk, Sakura," I hiccup. "She won't notice."
"What's going on here?" Gai stumbles over.
"Oh, Gai, how are you feeling?" I pat the spot next to me for him to sit down.
"Much better," he sits next to me.
"Did you eat some food?" Sakura asks him.
"Yes, I just finished a plate and am feeling better to start getting another drink!" He says with a grin.
"Just in time then!" I smile. "Where is Lee? He should join us?"
"Lee!" Gai yells out.
"Yes, Gai-sensei!" Lee walks over.
"Lee sit!" I hold out a glass of sake. "I am allowing one cup of sake to the both of you!"
"Are you sure, Mizuki-sensei?" Lee asks me.
"I am not going to force you," I take another swig. "And I am not allowing you to have more than one."
"Very well then!" Lee holds his cup.
"To Kakashi and Denizu!" I say holding up my cup.
"To Kakashi and Denizu!" Sakrua, Gai, and Lee say as we all take a swig.
"Look at their faces," I say to Gai as they scrunch up their faces from the sake.
"Those two do not look like they are going to be drinkers," he says with a chuckle.
"Here, drink some water," I hand them water. "It will help wash down the sake."
"Thank you," they take the water.
It is late in the night. Gai and I are drunk and stumbling. Tsunade is passed out, Denizu and Kakashi are missing, Naruto is looking for them, and most of the others left.
"I will attempt to get Gai home if you got Tsunade?" I tell Sakura with a giant grin and hiccuping.
"Are you sure you two will be okay?" she asks concerned.
"Don't be ridiculous," Gai almost falls over.
"We will be fine," I giggle as I hold on to him to keep us from falling.
"Alright you two," she walks over to Tsunade. "Make it home safely."
"We will!" Gai says as we stumble out of the restaurant.
Gai and I stumble through the village on the way back to his apartment giggling the entire time. I look up and see that it is a full moon.
"Gai, look," I look up.
"Hmm?" He also looks up.
"Look how pretty the moon is."
"Not as pretty as you," he tries to lean into a kiss.
"Oh no you don't," I hold my finger to his lips. "You are not getting a kiss till you brush your teeth."
"Aww, why?" he says with a pout.
"You puked at the restaurant," I chuckle. "Come on, let's keep walking."
"That's fair," he says with a hiccup still pouting.
We continue on stumbling through the village. We somehow make our way to the house, and Gai drops the keys when trying to open the door.
"Oh, we're drunk drunk," I giggle.
"Oh shush," he says laughing as he grabs the keys and opens the door.
We get inside and I take off my sandals and head towards my room and change into my pajamas. I can hear Gai go into the bathroom and the sink starts running. I crawl into my bed and begin to fade. Soon I feel the bed move.
"Huh?" I say quietly and turn to look.
I see Gai crawl into the bed.
"Gai, this isn't your room," I say sleepily.
Gai just grunts as he puts his arms around me and pulls me close.
"Fine," I sigh.
He grunts again as he snuggles against me and soon we both fall asleep.