Write date:01-26; 01-27
Sorry for the delay, a heavy week, but thankfully...
Another nice chapter!(which wasn't suppose to be here in the first place...) So, give yourself a free minute, get comfortable, grab a cup of tea and enjoy!
Precaution: People drink wisely.
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Chapter 8: Intermission-party!
"Hey, Soubi, I think you had enough!" Ritsuka pointed out as his boyfriend just laughed it off, toasting another one with Nagisa, who looked quite dazzed as well, swaying her shoulders and nearly missing Soubi's glass.
"Bottoms up!"
Ritsuka watched in disgust as the two grown-ups giggled after. Grown-ups? More like children, the teen had to babysit. In truth the boy lost his appetite all of a sudden, scrambling the cake in his plate. Who knew that this celebration would turn into a complete wreck. He was brought to reality as Soubi reached for the bottle again. Ritsuka slapped the blonde's hand.
"No more for you."
The latter looked displeased by the action, tossing a childish and innocent 'what did I do?' stare.
Nana began chuckling at the sight of it, as Ritsuka gave a delighted sigh, noticing that atleast one adult still held her feet.
"Hilarious. Look Soubi you should really take it easy, who knew that Ritsu kept such strong liquer hidden."
"That's so unfare! Keeping the best all to himself. Not once did he shared with us!" Nagisa pouted her lips.
"Probably because of this." Nana rolled her eyes at the blue-haired woman.
"It's not my fault!"
"Surely... Getting yourself full with alcohol was a ghost's deed." Nana leaned over the black table, glarring at he friend." You know that this is practically stealing."
"Well to late." Soubi shrugged, while laughing, that seemed more like an earthquake, and as a victim his slice of cake fell...
R.I.P- cream cake demolished by a drunkard, you will be missed greatly.
"He could of thought of locking it, the sight was too tempting, so if anyone's to blame here it's sensei. So... We are actually doing a good thing here!" The finger extended, going zigzags, while Soubi lectured with his 'golden-worth a million' logic. Atleast that seemed to him." What if someone else would come and rob this place?! He surely wouldn't miss a dozen of the best, priceful wine bottles stashed, gathering dust in the open."
"Yea..." Nana agreed 'sarcastically', mouthfull with cake.
"So in the end we're actually teaching Sensei, of what could happen! Besides, he didn't knew how to drink like a man anyway... Nagisa up for another round?"
The woman perked up from her nearly laying position like a frankenstain waking up to life, atleast his mouth didn't spit drunken, retardation every time he opened it.
"I love chromosomes!"
Unanticipatedly a knock on the door interupted them.
"Now who could that be?" Nana cocked an eyebrow.
"I'll go check. You just keep a watch on those two..." Ritsuka voiced out, getting up. Though before he could go to the intruder...
"Oh? Party?" Takehito piped up with his usual cheery tone, closing the door behind him." Why didn't anybody told me?!"
"Sorry..." Nana covered her mouth, cleaning the crums from her cheeks.
"Oh! More company? Come here, come here!" Nagisa taunted, swaying with Soubi, to there own unheared rythm. And Ritsuka emitted another heavy sigh.
"Party gone to the drain?" Takehito asked, getting comfortable on the sofa with Nagisa and Soubi. He pulled his feet up, crossing them asian style.
"Mh? No. Wouldn't say that." Nana smiled at him warmly, watching Ritsuka bring another luxurious plate."Want cake? We still have some..." Nana cut her sentence off, seeing Takehito get all pale, widening his eyes in pure horror. Ritsuka looked at him quite intently as well.
"That!" The dark-haired man stood up, shivering all over as if a thousand ants scurried all over his body. Even Soubi and Nagisa became interested with the sudden outburst, as Takehito's mouth quivered consumed by rage and fear...
"What's the matter Takehito?" Nana hurried to his side, trying to comfort him. And then...
"The cake!"
"Excuse me?" Ritsuka shifted his head to the side.
"That monster! How could you bring it here knowing it's my worst enemy!"
"Well... Gomen...We hadn't expected you here..." Nana bowed slightly, as the male still trembled at the sight of it.
"Ok..." Ritsuka pinched the bridge of his nose in confusion that was hurting his brain." Could somebody explain me what in the world is happening here?"
"Uhhh... Drama!" Nagisa beemed, leaning at Soubi's shoulder and tangling her fingers around her companions arm. Unwillingly Ritsuka felt his cheeks burn...
"I can't eat sweets..." Takehito admitted, prompting his arms on the table and laying his head on top. " I vowed to never eat them anymore, because they would get me addicted."
"But..." Ritsuka interrupted, popping a slice to his mouth." If you can't eat sweets. Then way do you carry candy around? You gave me, remember?"
"Well that's bit different..." Nana bud in to the conversation, whilst putting another slice of the calory filled food into her plate, so Kunugi wouldn't have to look at it and be tempted by.
"You see he gives that candy only to children. He never eats it himself. It's like a tradition of his. In addition Takehito especialy want's to lift the mood of scarred or abused children in the school so he tries to look after them when he get's the chance."
"Abused? There are that kind of kids here?"
"Mhm." Nana nodded." Maybe you noticed. The Zeroes are orphaned by Nagisa. Soubi, himself lost his parents in an accident, so Ritsu took him in. We take in especially those orphans, who had witnessed pain and suffering from their parents, or traumatized by any other situations. So you could say we give them another chance at life. Although not all of our enrollees are orphans, for example the Breathless pair."
"Ah... I get it..." Ritsuka muttered, rubbing his chin. In the meantime Nagisa began mumbling and waisting her drunken breath in so disrupting a normal conversation between sober people.
"Come to think of it... I remember now... When we used to go the same university..." Ritsuka let out a sigh of confusion, not understanding what was she on about. Well actually it was doubtful that Nagisa's words held any meaning in the first place.
"Her and Takehito." Nana explained.
"Me and Nagisa what?" Takehito growled, shifting his eyes from the drunkards back to Nana and taking out a chess board in front of him. "Nana if you're assuming there was something between me and her just because we studied together, don't bother, you know I can't stand her yelling."
"Well I wasn't assuming anything." Nana blurted out blushing, while the dark-haired man turned to the boy as if expecting his curious gaze.
"Want a round of chess?"
"Ah.. I'm quite pathetic at it..."
"Don't worry it's not about the winning. the process of the game is what trully matters. The enjoyment." Takehito's eyes sparkled in determination, making Ritsuka gulp. He was going against a pro, wasn't he? Otherwise Takehito wouldn't be that fired up on this...
Nagisa watched as the figures were set among the board and suddenly she raised her finger as if it had been a lightning rod, ubruptly drawing herself up. In this pose you could mistake her for a famous scientist. Just ready to conduct his famous theory in pride, which revolutionized the world, the beliefs of it as well.( Charles Darwin the second!) Or... Not it was just Nagisa..
"I remeber now!" She beemed, falling down on the couch, it seemed the liquer still held her down in place.
"Ah... What now Nagisa?" Takehito gave her annoyed glares. As she pointed her silent finger at him.
"I remember you from the university!"
"Way to wake up..." Nana whispered to Ritsuka, who could hardly control his laughter.
"Mister Chubby Cheeks!"
Takehito's face froze.
"Say what now?" Nana whirled her head around and back at Takehito distastfully grumbling." I knew there was something between you!"
"No there wasn't!" The ash-haired man tried defending.
"Chubby.. Cheeks..."
"Chubby Cheeks who's that?"
Takehito's face suddenly dyied in red, hearing Ritsuka and Soubi getting interested. Suddenly he slammed the table, making the liquer nearly fall down. Ritsuka wished with all his might for it to do so.
"Don't freaking call me that again!"
"Chubby Cheeks?" Ritsuka perked up, snickering." That was how you were called Takehito-san?"
"Wha.. What?! No I wasn't!"
"I remember... You were all small and plump like a ball. And had does little cute chubby cheeks, that made you all cute and baby looking."
"Not in a hot way Nana! Calm down for Christ sake!" Takehito tried pulling her to sit down, when the female rolled back her sleeves ready for one big fight.
"But it was true! Always gobbling down your food like a beast. People joked that the university became a zoo."
"Please stop it..." Takehito had his face hidden behind his palms now, as the remaining gang had to fight with themselves to contain their laughter." Please just... I can't take it anymore..."
"Keep talking!" Nana ordered, leaning over the table to Nagisa.
"Well, what more..." Nagisa pestered her painted fingers on her chin in deep thought as Nana, Ritsuka andSoubi cornered her from every side.
"Oh I remember he was the mascot for the university's baskeball team! Dressed as a ball, fit him pretty well, he said he wanted to join the team ..." At that point Nagisa had to stop her storytelling because everyone bursted out in their own ways: Soubi fell off the sofa, Ritsuka hit the table with tears streaming down and it seemed Nana was ready to faint from the lack of oxygen.
" I think you had enough of making fun of people, I changed okay? I don't raven my food anymore. And I refrain from sweets..."
Takehito barked, crossing his arms trying to change the subject at all cost.
"What ever you say mister chubby cheeks..." Nana saluted, after regaining her breath. The ash-haired man face palmed himself. However the little mocking didn't end quite yet as Nagisa and Soubi began singing, dropping their arms around one another's shoulders.
"Chubby~ cheeks, Chubby~ cheeks..."
Ritsuka patted the despareful man's head when the latter seemed to lose all hope, handing him a cup of coffee to calm Takehito's nerves.
"I don't get it how do you live on with him..." Takehito tried throwing the most sincere and sympathetic smile his lips allowed to curve up, without going down the drain.
"It's easier than this..." Ritsuka laughed, taking a cup of tea, which's smell he couldn't quite indentify." In fact I've never seen Soubi getting this drunk before. He rarely got intoxicated... But after this..." He overlooked his fighter swaying with Nagisa, whilst slurring the phrase to ' Hubby Hewks'." I doubt anything will surprise me anymore..."
Suddenly Nagisa turned to Takehito throwing her hand around his throat as if wishing to crush his wind pipe.
"Come on sing along!"
Soubi did the same to Nana,( not the throat)he put an arm around her shoulder and Nagisa gave Takehito a sign to extend the line, meaning- drop an arm on Ritsuka as well,( though she still held Takehito in a strangling manner.)
"Hubby... Hewks..."
"No I'm not singing that!" Takehito managed to squeal out.
"Mh.. Fine..." Nagisa pouted her lips." What should we sing then?"
As Ritsu's appartment flood in songs and warmth it's been missing for ages, the group inside kept swaying, while holding hands in circle. They were a family, of totally unrelated people. Drawn in and scattered by fate...
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A/N:
Nagisa:' I love chromosomes!'
Chromosome- a DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material (genome) of an organism. Check more on Wikipedia if you're interested...
Literally speaking it doesn't have any meaning to the plot (that's not a slang for the culprit, nor a supernatural being causing one hell of a wreck) so don't worry, Nagisa's just slurring words that formed on the tip of her tongue, too much work I suppose, or rather too much to drink...