A Little Fun
A/N: This is set when all of the Sins had finally got together after the long ten years. Elizabeth is of course with them but she has gone to fetch some groceries for them all and won't return until later on.
Chapter Two: Never Have I Ever
A mug slammed down on the table, its contents sloshing over the edge and dripping onto the table. A hand joined the mug on the table as its owner abruptly stood up. "I'm booreed, Cap'n~!" He said, his sharp teeth showing.
The "Cap'n" put down the mug he was currently washing and walked over to the whining person. "I was hoping you'd say that," he said as he stopped in front of him, "let's play a game of Never Have I Ever!" He suggested, throwing his arms up in the air for extra emphasis. The whining person laughed at his Captain, "what are we? Teenagers?" He asked, sitting back down. The other person sat, too. "Never Have I Ever isn't just for teenagers, Ban. It can be played by adults, too. Just get out some alcohol and wham! How about it?" He asked, leaning an arm on the table as he intently stared at Ban. Said person rolled his eyes as he agreed to play the party game, and followed the Captain's orders to go and get the rest of the Sins.
Five minutes later they were all inside the newly renovated Boar Hat, sat around one of the many tables, drinks in front of them all.
Silence filled the air as they all stared at each other, until suddenly, "right! Let's get this show on the road!" The Captain shouted, looking at his team as they all jumped at the sound of his shouting.
Meliodas clapped his hands together and gave a suspicious smile, "so, I'll go first and we'll go round in a circle clockwise!" He told them, before starting the game, "never have I ever... peed my pants!" He said, watching as three of his comrades, Escanor, King, and Merlin, took a sip of their drink. They all tried to do it slyly but everyone else saw and had to refrain from laughing. If it had been just King and Escanor, they would have laughed, but Merlin had also taken a sip so they held their tongues.
To the left of Meliodas sat Diane who watched her three teammates take a sip of their ale before it was her turn. She thought of all the things she could say before she smiled widely, saying, "never have I ever gotten so drunk I couldn't walk," she watched in satisfaction as half her friends, including Ban of course, drank from their mugs.
To Diane's left was King, who had been forced to play this game and was already regretting it. He looked at the others, who were looking at him, and sighed, "never have I ever commited a sin," he said, taking a drink from his ale. Everyone else either rolled their eyes or shook their heads as they drank (except Gowther).
Ban was next to King so he smirked his trademark smirk before yelling out, "never have I ever played never have I ever!" He laughed so hard, he fell off his stool where his mug of ale fell on him. The rest of the Sins glared at him before taking a sip of their own ale.
Escanor was to Ban's left and when he had stopped watching Ban rolling on the floor with laughter, he looked up to his comrade's staring at him. He stuttered in anxiety as his friends wouldn't stop staring. He quickly said, "never have I ever cross dressed," as he looked down, away from their stares. Gowther, King, and Meliodas all had a sip of their ale, ignoring the glare from Diane, the confused eyebrow raise from Merlin, and the head scratch from everyone else.
Next up was Gowther who stoically stared at the others, making them uncomfortable, as he thought of something. After a few more minutes of awkward staring he said, "never have I ever been in love." The others stared at him in disbelief at the fact that, that is what he went with. Everyone took a sip of their ale, barring Gowther, and the turn went to Merlin.
She tossed a few ideas around in her mind before coming to a good one, "never have I ever killed anyone or anything". Everyone muttered something under their breath about Merlin trying to get them drunk or something, but they all drank anyway.
Nearly an hour later and everyone except Meliodas, Gowther, and Merlin was drunk. Merlin and Meliodas were only tipsy as they could hold their ale, but Gowther didn't eat or drink at all so he was, unfortunately, stone cold sober.
Ban was, once again, rolling around on the floor crying of laughter, Escanor was desperately trying to get Merlin's attention, and Diane and King were making eyes at each other.
Merlin was quickly getting bored so she turned to the Captain and smirked at him, "it seems we're missing out on the fun, Captain, so I propose a challenge," she started. This quickly got everyone's attention, including Ban who seemed to have forgotten what he was laughing at. Meliodas turned to look at his teammate and friend, and smiled, "okay, what kind of challenge?" He asked as he jumped up so he was crouching on his seat rather than sitting on it in order to look Merlin in the eyes.
She stood up and went behind the bar, coming back a few seconds later with four cups of ale. Sitting down again, she leant against the table and waved her hand nonchalantly as she began, "we seem to have a very high alcohol intolerance, meaning we can't join in the fun with everyone else without feeling like absolute... morons, so to speak," she pushed two cups towards the Captain and brought the other two towards her. Meliodas eagerly laughed and asked what the challenge was.
King was suddenly teleported next to Meliodas and Merlin, much to his surprise, making him almost pee himself. "King, I'd like you to ask us the 'never have I ever' questions seeing as you have a knack for asking ones that you know we've done. Captain, the first one to get too drunk to finish the game or pass out loses, the other one immediately wins. Are you in?" Merlin inquired of the Captain as they stared at each other. The brief thought that this might be one of Merlin's many experiments on him passed through his mind, but he didn't pay it any mind as he accepted her challenge with a smile on his face.
They both looked to the Fairy King, waiting for him to say something so they could start their game. King stuttered for a few seconds as he was put on the spot and didn't have any time to think of something before being practically thrown into the situation. "Um, never have I ever experimented on someone," the Fairy King said. Merlin cast him a quick look but drank her first sip of ale. Meliodas smirked at her as she took a step closer to her losing and him winning.
"Never have I ever sacrificed someone for the greater good?" Was King's next question and at this, both the competing Sins had some of their ale.
"Come on, King, give us some good ones!" The Captain tells King as his ale sloshes about in his cup and he hops from one foot to another, getting excited now. When it came down to it, Meliodas was very competitive against his teammates. Especially Ban and Merlin because they were just about as competitive as he was.
King nervously nodded and said, "never have I ever had sex," Merlin and Meliodas rolled their eyes again and took a drink.
"Never have I ever killed someone who didn't deserve it," both Sins took a drink.
"Never have I ever hidden something important from the rest of the Sins," Merlin took a drink. Meliodas gave her a confused look but promised to ask her later.
"Never have I ever-"
The rest of them game went something like this and nearly three hours and several mugs of ale later, Meliodas finally won when Merlin straight up passed out on the floor. Meliodas let out a shaky laugh of victory when she did, however, he fell straight off the table (which he had climbed on top of) and joined Merlin in the land of slumber.
It was at this point Elizabeth and Hawk decided to come back from grocery shopping. The bags were dropped to the floor as she stared in shock at the completely drunk Sins. "Sir Gowther, what happened here?" She asked as she and Hawk took a step into the tavern. She knew that Gowther didn't eat or drink at all so it was safer to ask him. "We were playing a game called "Never Have I Ever" and Merlin challenged Meliodas to their own game," he started explaining, "the first one to pass out loses. Merlin lost, she passed out just before Meliodas, that's when you walked in," he finished. Elizabeth walked behind the counter to put the groceries down.
As she walked from behind the counter, she tripped over an unconscious Ban, only to be caught by Meliodas who had woken up the instant he 'felt' Elizabeth was in trouble. When he had returned her to her feet, he immediately started groping her, much to her embarrassment. Not that any of the Sins noticed, King had just passed out, Gowther had started reading a book, Escanor was obsessing over a passed out Merlin, Ban had started laughing aain so much, the blood rushed to his head and he passed out, and Diane was drinking more ale.
It was going to be a long day tomorrow.