Chapter 3 -
A drunken alphabet, a messed number system, a sloppy kiss and a sore ass.
A week had past since the boys had taken up residence in Aine's house. She'd opened up to them a considerable amount but her and Wufei still didn't seem to want to see eye to eye. One night they were all watching something on 1 of the 3 channels Aine had on her TV. Aine was never much of a TV person. Suddenly, an idea had popped into Duos head.
"Aine?" He asked, while she looked over to him.
"Yes Duo?"
"Got any.Alcohol!?" He asked, a mischievous look on his face. Aine raised an eyebrow at him.
"What are you playing at?" Quatre asked him; by this time they were all looking at Duo, somewhat intrigued.
"I think there is a couple bottles of something, whiskey I think" she replied "I don't know if it's any good, its been in there for years now"
"The older the better"
"For what?" Aine asked naively.
"Drinking Games my friend!" He answered standing and turning off the television, "where is it?"
"I'll get it," She said getting up off the couch and disappearing into the kitchen. She returned with two bottles of Jack Daniels whiskey and 6 shot glasses. They boys were all seated on a circle on the floor and Aine sat in- between Heero and Trowa, placing the 6 shot glasses and the whiskey in the middle of the circle.
"What are we going to play?" Quatre asked, taking a shot glass.
"The alphabet game, I'll start with a word that starts with A and then Wufei will go, his letter will be B but he has to say my word before he can say his, and so on and so on. If you screw up you have to take a shot of Tennessee's finest! Comprende?" he asked, they all nodded.
"Ok then, Ass"
"Ass, Bureaucrat" Wufei said. Now it was Quatres turn.
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel" "Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia" said Heero, looking to Aine.
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation"
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast"
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene" Duo said smiling sheepishly, he found Gangrene to be quite an amusing word.
"Gangrene? Where did that come from?" Quatre asked, dumbfounded by his word choice.
"It comes from lack of Vitamin C, Quatre" He replied.
"That's scurvy Dumbass" Heero Corrected, Duo opened his mouth for a rebuttal but realized defeat. Rubbing the back of his head he said
"Oh right!"
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus" Wufei said returning back to the Game. Back to Quatre
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus, Invert"
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus, Invert, Jackass" Now it was Aine's turn.
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus, Invert, Jackass, Kinky" She said with a grin, while she saw heads turn to look at her.
"What?" She asked innocently.
"I like your vocabulary!" Duo said with a laugh. Trowa looked to Aine then to Duo, feeling slightly jealous hearing Aine's Duo induced laughter. He had come to terms with his feelings and he realized that he wanted Aine.
"Yo Trowa, Its your turn" Duo said bringing him back to reality.
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus, Invert, Jackass, Kinky, Lotus"
The game went on and no one had taken a shot. They all had amazingly good memories, so no one screwed up, yet. Wufei was the last person so he had to recall every single word that was said.
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus, Invert, Jackass, Kinky, Lotus, Mucus, Navel, Oleander, Psychopath, Quirk, Rudimentary, Scurvy, Tandem, Usurper, Violin, Wood, Xylophone, Yellow, Zebra" He finished with a satisfied smirk, which was removed from his face, upon seeing Aine pour him a shot.
"I said work not wood, bottoms up Wufei!" she said, now wearing his smirk upon hearing laughter.
"She's got you there buddy!" Duo said. Wufei took the shot glass and downed it, letting the liquid slide down his throat. He placed the glass down and coughed lightly.
"Burns doesn't it?" Duo asked, and Wufei nodded in response.
"Got any more drinking Games?" Heero asked
"I know one, its called the number game" Aine started "You start off by pointing at someone with both you're pointer fingers and saying one, then that person has to point at someone else in the same way and say two, and well, you get the picture"
"That's it?" Heero asked.
"No there are a couple catches; you can't say multiples of 7" she started only to be cut off by Duo.
"I don't like this game" he whined, "There's math involved"
"I wasn't done yet; so you can't say multiples of 7 and you have to say Sex instead of 6, and if you screw up, we go back to one"
"Never mind!" Duo chimed happily, ready to play.
"I'll go first" She said, she pointed her fingers at Quatre and said "One"
"2" he said pointing to Heero.
"3" said Heero pointing to Wufei.
"4" Wufei to Trowa.
"5" Trowa to Duo.
"SEX!" Dup shouted pointing to Aine, who sat smirking.
"8" she replied Pointing to Heero.
"9" Heero to Trowa.
"10" Trowa said nonchalantly pointing to Quatre.
"11" Quatre said, choosing Duo this time.
"12" Duo said, choosing Aine again.
"13" Aine said, throwing the game back to Duo.
"14" Duo said, realizing only after that he said 14 he had screwed up.
"Shots for Duo, You said a multiple of 7!" Aine said pouring him a glass. The seventh and last time they reached 65 and Duo was a little tipsier than everyone else, since he was the one making the majority of the mistakes.
"I know!" he said "Lets play I never"
"How do you play?" Aine Asked.
"You go around in a circle saying things that you haven't don and if someone has done it than they take a shot. So who wants to start?" Duo asked looking around the circle.
"I will" Quatre said, he thought for a moment as the bottle of whiskey was passed around to fill everyone's shot glass. The first bottle was mostly empty but they still had the second one to go through, and that one was unopened.
"I've never been in a fist fight" He said and watched as everyone downed a shot.
"You've been in a fist fight?" Wufei asked Aine sceptically.
"Don't looked so surprised" she replied, seemingly unfazed by his question.
"When?"
"At the orphanage, beat some kid up because he called me a girl" she said satisfied with herself. Duo laughed slightly.
"My turn" Wufei said shaking his head "I've never been to a circus" To no one but Aine's surprise Trowa took a shot.
"I've never broken a bone," Duo said while Aine, Trowa, and Heero took a shot.
"What did you break?" Quatre asked Aine.
"My finger" Aine said, "I have nerve damage in it" She held out her left hand and her left pointer finger went veering off upwards and to the right while the rest of her fingers were straight.
"Alright, My turn" Heero said as he thought then looked to Duo, getting his idea "I've never kissed a guy before" Duo was holding in fits of laughter remembering the time he was dared to kiss Heero as he took his shot. The boys notice that Aine didn't take a shot.
"I've never been to space" She said watching the guys all take a shot. Now it was Trowas turn.
"I've never duct taped someone to a wall" Duo laughed again and took another shot; he was getting drunker by the second. Now it was Quatres turn again.
"I've never had a disfiguring scar" Trowa and Aine took a shot but Aine was more reluctant to take hers.
"Can we see?" Duo asked Aine as she raised her grey eyes to look at Duo.
"Duo" Trowa said sternly, he knew the background of her scar and knew that it pained her.
"No" she said half drunkenly after she thought about it for a minute. Soon after the 'I never' game the alcohol ran out and they all talked drunkenly throughout the night. Aine got up to get a glass of water for herself but as she passed Duo he grabbed her wrist and yanked on her arm so hard the she fell flat on her ass and landed beside Duo.
"OW! DUO! That Hurt!" She said rubbing her tailbone, giving him a stern look. Duo laughed and smiled at Aine. Trowa watched them intently, jealousy growing in the pit of his stomach.
"So you've never kissed a boy before huh?" He asked, silence following his question, everyone was staring at them with interest. The jealousy had turned into white-hot flames and they were now licking at Trowas insides. Aine was meant for him, not Duo. Well, at least that was what he thought.
"No I haven't, Boys are gross!" Aine said laughing, and looking over at Trowa subtly. Everyone else laughed, except Trowa. Duo leaned Aine back a little and leaned in and planted a sloppy kiss on Aines lips. Trowa widened his eyes in surprise and extreme jealousy.
No he didn't.she wouldn't.but he did and she would, they were drunk all right. Once Aine realized whom it was that was kissing her, she pushed him off of her and stood up, swaying slightly. She clumsily ran upstairs and fell down at the very top stair. To her, running up the stairs drunk was like trying to run up downwards escalators.
"Apparently, You aren't that good of a kisser" Wufei Joked.
"Hey!" Duo said sharply.
Aine closed the bathroom door and slumped against it, breathing heavily. Her first kiss was supposed to involve her being sober and, Like Trowa, she had realized her desire for him. She hugged her knees to her chest and buried her face in her knees. Surely Trowa wouldn't forgive her, would he? Thousands of thoughts raced through her head but moments later Aine was curled up on the bathroom floor, fast asleep.
Morning presented itself and it lit up the bathroom. Someone knocked gently on the door, which scared Aine and made her head pound at the same time. Her eyes snapped open and she rolled over onto her back, stiffly.
"Hold on" she said groggily, rubbing her head. It was like she had a migraine, but it was all over her body instead of her head. With difficulty she stood up and opened the door, her face went pale upon seeing
"Trowa" she said surprised.
"Can I come in?" He asked, "I have to talk to you"
Aine nodded and opened the door wide enough to have him slip through. She took a seat on the edge of the cool porcelain bathtub and watched as he closed the door after him. He took a seat next to Aine and she looked away from him, ashamed of her behaviour and partly because it hurt to crane her neck to look at him.
"Trowa, I feel horrible," she mumbled, running her fingers through her hair.
"It's just a hangover, it'll go away" he replied.
"No not that, I feel bad about last night when Duo and I" she trailed off as she stared at her bare feet, "kissed"
"Aine." he started 'Why can't I say this?' he asked himself. Slowly and painfully Aine lifted her head to look at Trowa.
"I saw the jealousy in your eyes, when Duo leaned in" She said quietly, any voice higher than a whisper seemed to make her head pound severely.
"I was jealous" He admitted sheepishly.
"Why?"
"Because" he said stubbornly "I've come to terms with my feelings and I can't deny it anymore, Aine" 'Your eyes' he thought 'like the calm before the storm, they're beautiful, just like the rest of you'
"Aine, You've filled the void my heart has felt for the longest time, I thought it would be closed off forever, you've given me another reason to live"
Aine blushed a furious shade of red and tried to hide it, with no avail.
'Why would you fall for me? There's so much that you don't know Trowa, so much that I don't know' She thought to herself.
"Trowa" She started, "there's something about you, I look into your eyes and it feels like home, it feels like I finally belong somewhere" ((a/n- Awwwwwwwwwww! -fits of giggles-))
He brought his hand up and caressed her face, fingers reaching around the back of her neck and through her soft hair. Leaning in towards each other, their lips brush against each other but they were interrupted by a knock on the door and they pulled apart.
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Fin, whew! That was a marathon! But I won! Lol I was listening to U2 while typing this stuff up so it inspired me, at the end the sweetest thing was playing so hence the sweetness, if you could call it that, I call it fluff though, FLUFF ATTACK!
A week had past since the boys had taken up residence in Aine's house. She'd opened up to them a considerable amount but her and Wufei still didn't seem to want to see eye to eye. One night they were all watching something on 1 of the 3 channels Aine had on her TV. Aine was never much of a TV person. Suddenly, an idea had popped into Duos head.
"Aine?" He asked, while she looked over to him.
"Yes Duo?"
"Got any.Alcohol!?" He asked, a mischievous look on his face. Aine raised an eyebrow at him.
"What are you playing at?" Quatre asked him; by this time they were all looking at Duo, somewhat intrigued.
"I think there is a couple bottles of something, whiskey I think" she replied "I don't know if it's any good, its been in there for years now"
"The older the better"
"For what?" Aine asked naively.
"Drinking Games my friend!" He answered standing and turning off the television, "where is it?"
"I'll get it," She said getting up off the couch and disappearing into the kitchen. She returned with two bottles of Jack Daniels whiskey and 6 shot glasses. They boys were all seated on a circle on the floor and Aine sat in- between Heero and Trowa, placing the 6 shot glasses and the whiskey in the middle of the circle.
"What are we going to play?" Quatre asked, taking a shot glass.
"The alphabet game, I'll start with a word that starts with A and then Wufei will go, his letter will be B but he has to say my word before he can say his, and so on and so on. If you screw up you have to take a shot of Tennessee's finest! Comprende?" he asked, they all nodded.
"Ok then, Ass"
"Ass, Bureaucrat" Wufei said. Now it was Quatres turn.
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel" "Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia" said Heero, looking to Aine.
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation"
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast"
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene" Duo said smiling sheepishly, he found Gangrene to be quite an amusing word.
"Gangrene? Where did that come from?" Quatre asked, dumbfounded by his word choice.
"It comes from lack of Vitamin C, Quatre" He replied.
"That's scurvy Dumbass" Heero Corrected, Duo opened his mouth for a rebuttal but realized defeat. Rubbing the back of his head he said
"Oh right!"
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus" Wufei said returning back to the Game. Back to Quatre
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus, Invert"
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus, Invert, Jackass" Now it was Aine's turn.
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus, Invert, Jackass, Kinky" She said with a grin, while she saw heads turn to look at her.
"What?" She asked innocently.
"I like your vocabulary!" Duo said with a laugh. Trowa looked to Aine then to Duo, feeling slightly jealous hearing Aine's Duo induced laughter. He had come to terms with his feelings and he realized that he wanted Aine.
"Yo Trowa, Its your turn" Duo said bringing him back to reality.
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus, Invert, Jackass, Kinky, Lotus"
The game went on and no one had taken a shot. They all had amazingly good memories, so no one screwed up, yet. Wufei was the last person so he had to recall every single word that was said.
"Ass, Bureaucrat, Camel, Dyslexia, Elevation, Flabbergast, Gangrene, Homunculus, Invert, Jackass, Kinky, Lotus, Mucus, Navel, Oleander, Psychopath, Quirk, Rudimentary, Scurvy, Tandem, Usurper, Violin, Wood, Xylophone, Yellow, Zebra" He finished with a satisfied smirk, which was removed from his face, upon seeing Aine pour him a shot.
"I said work not wood, bottoms up Wufei!" she said, now wearing his smirk upon hearing laughter.
"She's got you there buddy!" Duo said. Wufei took the shot glass and downed it, letting the liquid slide down his throat. He placed the glass down and coughed lightly.
"Burns doesn't it?" Duo asked, and Wufei nodded in response.
"Got any more drinking Games?" Heero asked
"I know one, its called the number game" Aine started "You start off by pointing at someone with both you're pointer fingers and saying one, then that person has to point at someone else in the same way and say two, and well, you get the picture"
"That's it?" Heero asked.
"No there are a couple catches; you can't say multiples of 7" she started only to be cut off by Duo.
"I don't like this game" he whined, "There's math involved"
"I wasn't done yet; so you can't say multiples of 7 and you have to say Sex instead of 6, and if you screw up, we go back to one"
"Never mind!" Duo chimed happily, ready to play.
"I'll go first" She said, she pointed her fingers at Quatre and said "One"
"2" he said pointing to Heero.
"3" said Heero pointing to Wufei.
"4" Wufei to Trowa.
"5" Trowa to Duo.
"SEX!" Dup shouted pointing to Aine, who sat smirking.
"8" she replied Pointing to Heero.
"9" Heero to Trowa.
"10" Trowa said nonchalantly pointing to Quatre.
"11" Quatre said, choosing Duo this time.
"12" Duo said, choosing Aine again.
"13" Aine said, throwing the game back to Duo.
"14" Duo said, realizing only after that he said 14 he had screwed up.
"Shots for Duo, You said a multiple of 7!" Aine said pouring him a glass. The seventh and last time they reached 65 and Duo was a little tipsier than everyone else, since he was the one making the majority of the mistakes.
"I know!" he said "Lets play I never"
"How do you play?" Aine Asked.
"You go around in a circle saying things that you haven't don and if someone has done it than they take a shot. So who wants to start?" Duo asked looking around the circle.
"I will" Quatre said, he thought for a moment as the bottle of whiskey was passed around to fill everyone's shot glass. The first bottle was mostly empty but they still had the second one to go through, and that one was unopened.
"I've never been in a fist fight" He said and watched as everyone downed a shot.
"You've been in a fist fight?" Wufei asked Aine sceptically.
"Don't looked so surprised" she replied, seemingly unfazed by his question.
"When?"
"At the orphanage, beat some kid up because he called me a girl" she said satisfied with herself. Duo laughed slightly.
"My turn" Wufei said shaking his head "I've never been to a circus" To no one but Aine's surprise Trowa took a shot.
"I've never broken a bone," Duo said while Aine, Trowa, and Heero took a shot.
"What did you break?" Quatre asked Aine.
"My finger" Aine said, "I have nerve damage in it" She held out her left hand and her left pointer finger went veering off upwards and to the right while the rest of her fingers were straight.
"Alright, My turn" Heero said as he thought then looked to Duo, getting his idea "I've never kissed a guy before" Duo was holding in fits of laughter remembering the time he was dared to kiss Heero as he took his shot. The boys notice that Aine didn't take a shot.
"I've never been to space" She said watching the guys all take a shot. Now it was Trowas turn.
"I've never duct taped someone to a wall" Duo laughed again and took another shot; he was getting drunker by the second. Now it was Quatres turn again.
"I've never had a disfiguring scar" Trowa and Aine took a shot but Aine was more reluctant to take hers.
"Can we see?" Duo asked Aine as she raised her grey eyes to look at Duo.
"Duo" Trowa said sternly, he knew the background of her scar and knew that it pained her.
"No" she said half drunkenly after she thought about it for a minute. Soon after the 'I never' game the alcohol ran out and they all talked drunkenly throughout the night. Aine got up to get a glass of water for herself but as she passed Duo he grabbed her wrist and yanked on her arm so hard the she fell flat on her ass and landed beside Duo.
"OW! DUO! That Hurt!" She said rubbing her tailbone, giving him a stern look. Duo laughed and smiled at Aine. Trowa watched them intently, jealousy growing in the pit of his stomach.
"So you've never kissed a boy before huh?" He asked, silence following his question, everyone was staring at them with interest. The jealousy had turned into white-hot flames and they were now licking at Trowas insides. Aine was meant for him, not Duo. Well, at least that was what he thought.
"No I haven't, Boys are gross!" Aine said laughing, and looking over at Trowa subtly. Everyone else laughed, except Trowa. Duo leaned Aine back a little and leaned in and planted a sloppy kiss on Aines lips. Trowa widened his eyes in surprise and extreme jealousy.
No he didn't.she wouldn't.but he did and she would, they were drunk all right. Once Aine realized whom it was that was kissing her, she pushed him off of her and stood up, swaying slightly. She clumsily ran upstairs and fell down at the very top stair. To her, running up the stairs drunk was like trying to run up downwards escalators.
"Apparently, You aren't that good of a kisser" Wufei Joked.
"Hey!" Duo said sharply.
Aine closed the bathroom door and slumped against it, breathing heavily. Her first kiss was supposed to involve her being sober and, Like Trowa, she had realized her desire for him. She hugged her knees to her chest and buried her face in her knees. Surely Trowa wouldn't forgive her, would he? Thousands of thoughts raced through her head but moments later Aine was curled up on the bathroom floor, fast asleep.
Morning presented itself and it lit up the bathroom. Someone knocked gently on the door, which scared Aine and made her head pound at the same time. Her eyes snapped open and she rolled over onto her back, stiffly.
"Hold on" she said groggily, rubbing her head. It was like she had a migraine, but it was all over her body instead of her head. With difficulty she stood up and opened the door, her face went pale upon seeing
"Trowa" she said surprised.
"Can I come in?" He asked, "I have to talk to you"
Aine nodded and opened the door wide enough to have him slip through. She took a seat on the edge of the cool porcelain bathtub and watched as he closed the door after him. He took a seat next to Aine and she looked away from him, ashamed of her behaviour and partly because it hurt to crane her neck to look at him.
"Trowa, I feel horrible," she mumbled, running her fingers through her hair.
"It's just a hangover, it'll go away" he replied.
"No not that, I feel bad about last night when Duo and I" she trailed off as she stared at her bare feet, "kissed"
"Aine." he started 'Why can't I say this?' he asked himself. Slowly and painfully Aine lifted her head to look at Trowa.
"I saw the jealousy in your eyes, when Duo leaned in" She said quietly, any voice higher than a whisper seemed to make her head pound severely.
"I was jealous" He admitted sheepishly.
"Why?"
"Because" he said stubbornly "I've come to terms with my feelings and I can't deny it anymore, Aine" 'Your eyes' he thought 'like the calm before the storm, they're beautiful, just like the rest of you'
"Aine, You've filled the void my heart has felt for the longest time, I thought it would be closed off forever, you've given me another reason to live"
Aine blushed a furious shade of red and tried to hide it, with no avail.
'Why would you fall for me? There's so much that you don't know Trowa, so much that I don't know' She thought to herself.
"Trowa" She started, "there's something about you, I look into your eyes and it feels like home, it feels like I finally belong somewhere" ((a/n- Awwwwwwwwwww! -fits of giggles-))
He brought his hand up and caressed her face, fingers reaching around the back of her neck and through her soft hair. Leaning in towards each other, their lips brush against each other but they were interrupted by a knock on the door and they pulled apart.
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Fin, whew! That was a marathon! But I won! Lol I was listening to U2 while typing this stuff up so it inspired me, at the end the sweetest thing was playing so hence the sweetness, if you could call it that, I call it fluff though, FLUFF ATTACK!