Chapter 6: Alcohol and Milk for the Corrupt

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Great," Hao said, trying to stifle his laughter. "He—kmph! Ate…a…BUTTON! HA HA HA! What an idiot! Oh god knows what he even ate! A button or a bug, it's funny both ways! Who eats a button and thinks it's some kind of freakin' painkiller?" Hao started banging the floor while he was laughing like a maniac.

"SHUT UP, HAO!" Lyserg yelled. "IT'S NOT FUNNY! Besides…it really did look like some kind of painkiller…"

Most of the people who were sitting down were amused at the fact that Lyserg could actually swallow a button or whatever it was and not tell the difference. Many were tempted to laugh out loud but they all had some manners…all except for Hao who was laughing like some weird fiend on the floor while going in circles.

Yoh took hold of the bottle; this was his chance, it was his turn. He was happy to know that everyone was having an interesting time thinking about how Lyserg swallowed the button but he desperately wanted to move on to his turn. "Hey, is it okay if I spin the bottle now?" Yoh asked. "We should move on. Besides, shouldn't you stop laughing and picking on Lyserg now, Hao? I think he might appreciate it if you do."

Hao stopped laughing and walked back to his seat. "Fine, but only because I'm in a good mood from all the hysterical laughing I just went through," he agreed coolly.

"I am forever indebted to you, Yoh!" Lyserg cried out loudly. He glared at Hao. "As long as he gets off my case, I will be in bliss. He obviously doesn't anything better to do by torturing me like this all the time." Lyserg looked up to the heavens even though he was still inside the house. "Why am I the one who always gets picked on? No matter where I am, no matter what I do, no matter whose group I join, I am the sole target for everyone."

Yoh placed the old glass bottle down as Lyserg continued to rant on about how unlucky he was. Last time, Yoh wanted to ask Ren if he slept with a cute stuffed animal or not but Hao took his first and only turn since then. He was excited to do this and actually get his turn which showed in the strength he put in the spin. A minute later, the bottle was slowing down. Everyone eyed the bottle eagerly until it stopped and pointed to Ren Tao. The group stared at him.

"It's my turn to once again play this ridiculous game?" Ren sighed. "I don't want to continue playing this stupid game anymore; I just want to quit." It was final: this game was getting to his nerves now. How anyone thought this game was amusing, Ren didn't know.

"Hey, since when did you turn into a quitter? Tao Ren doesn't quit and especially not for such a small thing as this game," Yoh reminded Ren. "So, since when did you turn into a quitter, Ren?"

"Since I had to play this crap," Ren replied dryly.

Yoh grinned at the way Ren was acting toward just a simple game. "Well, why not just play? We only play games to keep us entertained and there's nothing wrong with this one," he explained to stubborn Ren. This looked like it needed more convincing. "Horohoro's playing, he's close, right?"

"No," Ren answered coldly. "I don't care if he's playing or not. He's annoying enough for me to wish that I had never met someone him." Ren paused. "Maybe how I feel about him is closer to hate than anything else."

"Is—is that true, Ren?" Horohoro asked miserably. "I didn't know that you felt that way."

"Hey!" Hao broke out with a big can of beer in one hand and a fancy looking glass bottle of milk in another. "Woo, do I feel drunk!" he laughed. "For shum weird reason I feel so happy!" Hao had huge cute watery round eyes. "I feel so happy that I think that I might just start shinging a song! Okay, let's all sing! Everybody join in! LA LA LA! MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB, LITTLE LAMB, LITTLE LAMB, MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB WHOSE FLEECE WAS—"

"JUST SHUT UP, HAO, SHUT UP!" Lyserg screamed. He had had enough of Hao. "I just want to destroy you once and for all! As if murdering my parents wasn't bad enough, you also have to be the World's most annoying person on top of that! I—where'd you get that beer and milk? Did we have those in the house all this time, Yoh?"

Soon enough, Yoh was also distracted. "We…do? I didn't know we kept any alcohol in this house. Alcohol or good quality milk, two things that we have in our house and I didn't even know about it." Yoh looked shocked.

Hao held out a big jug. "WHO WANTS THISH? I MADE IT MYSELF! IT'S A REALLY GOOD TASTING BEVERAGE…IF YOU DON"T MIND A TINSHY WINSHY AMOUT OF ALCOHOL!" A couple of people held out their hands without thinking. Hao was drunk but he wasn't that stupid, he knew when people were caught doing something that they weren't supposed to be doing. "Hello, what's thish?" He sneered. Some people regretfully put their arms down "Under age drinking perhapsh? You know, underage drinking is a terrible thing to do; no one should do shomething so corrupt as drinking when you're under 18 or 21, whichever it was. " Hao laughed. "Only corrupt people like me should be allowed! Only corrupt people! Hey, Ren, you want shome, too? It has shome milk in it!"

"Are you implying that I'm corrupt like you? But, yes, I do want some."

"Well, then you have to play thish game."

"What game are you talking about?"

"Ooh, we all know how much Ren likes drinking milk," everyone whispered.

"So, Hao, start."

"Okay, truth or dare. You better make thish quick, Ren; I'm not waiting forever for your anshwer."

Yoh fell onto the floor. "There goes my turn. And once again, it's taken by Hao," he sighed. "When will I ever get the chance to go?"

"Fine. Truth."

"Do you actually hate him?"

"What?"

"I mean, do you actually hate Horohoro? You know, the guy with the blue hair and--"

"I know who he is!" Ren looked back at Horohoro. "I might regret saying this but I guess not," Ren sighed. "I guess I don't hate him. He's actually kind of…" Ren was bit hesitant but he finished. "…close to me. But I still won't hesitate to kill him when I get the chance," he added quickly.

Horohoro beamed. "Really? You don't hate me?"

"…"

"Hey, what'sh thish, Ren? You should go in for the kill thish time and make him yours!" Hao smirked. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! I feel so happy! I think I'm high! High! High! High!"

"Shut up! I don't know what you're talking about!" Ren yell. Then he noticed the drink again. "So, I played your ridiculous game, aren't you going to let me have some of that weird drink you have? Or at least give me the good quality milk."

"Thish?" Hao asked while holding up the bottle. He looked up to remember where he got it from, and then he stared at Horohoro with a smirk on his face.

Horohoro looked puzzled at first. "Wait, you didn't take it out from—"

"Yesh, I did! I took it from your bag! I took the milk from your bag! I don't know what you were doing with beer, but it was there and I took it, too!" Hao shouted triumphantly.

Horohoro ran over to his bag and opened it. He searched through it a bit. "Whew," he sighed. "You took all the beer but at least you took only one bottle of milk; there's another still in here."

"Okay, what were you doing with beer! Tell me now." Ren demanded. "Underage drinking is not a good thing!"

"Hey, but you were willing to drink that weird drink of Hao's and that's alcohol," Horohoro said, defending himself.

"Well…" Ren thought for a moment. "…That's different! I'm more mature than you are!"

"But you're a month younger than me!"

"Hmm, that's' true…but still!"

"Umm…well, actually, I got the milk for you, Ren." Horohoro held out the bottle. "I guess…out of respect for you being the team leader? I don't know."

"Huh?" Ren was shocked.

A/N: You know, I'm shocked that this has almost reached 60 reviews now. A few days ago, Flame-chan was surprised at having a total of 62 reviews for one of her fics and the whole time while she was still shocked, I was just like, "Yeah, I guess that it's a high number." A day or two later, it finally hit me and I realized that I was only a little bit off from 60. I can't believe I have some many reviews for something like this…wow. I didn't think anything I wrote would even reach 20 and 30 was the maximum that I ever expected to get. Wow, that's something, almost 60.