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Murdoc's head was throbbing. He rolled over in his small bed and grabbed for a painkiller. He took a few more than needed, but hey, today's hang over seemed really bad. He could hardly remember a thing. He gently rubbed his head and looked up at the ceiling of the Winnebago. His stomach churned and he focused on trying to hold back a wave of nausea. He must have had a lot to drink last night if he was feeling this bad. All he wanted was to go back to sleep but the pain in his head was too much. He looked over onto the floor to see a pair of black jeans and t-shirt piled on the floor, soaking wet and covered in mud. It was then he realized he was only in boxers. He closed his eyes trying to remember what exactly had happened last night. Had he scored? He bit his lip with no recollection of it at all.

Couldn't have been anything too bad if I can't even remember it thought Murdoc as he turned over again and tried his hardest to drift back to sleep.

Usually Noodle didn't let any of the guys into her room. Sure, she went into Russel's and 2D's room on occasion, but rarely let them into her room. This time was different. 2D had actually spent the night…well, early morning, when he got back. Noodle was asleep and 2D burst into the room. This woke the youngest member of the band. She sat up quickly and was ready to defend herself. She blinked and was able to see the lead singer's tall, lanky outline in the door way.

"Stu-sama?" she whispered.

"Noodle…" he said hoarsely.

"What's wrong?" her Japanese accent was thick due to her sleepiness.

"It's…Muds…" muttered 2D.

Noodle raised an eyebrow. She picked the remote off her bedside table and hit a button to turn the lights in her room on to a dim setting. When she glanced back over at 2D, she realized how distressed he looked and he was soaked.

"2D-san…what's going on?"

He stumbled into her room and sat on the edge of her bed. She cringed for a second, realizing that she would have to wash her sheets come morning, but then she realized that she didn't care, as long as she could help her best friend.

"I - I - I dunno if I should be t-t-telling ya…" he stammered.

"Watashitachi wa tomodachi desu, (we are friends)" mumbled Noodle, "you can tell me!"

"'E wos drunk, Noodle…," sighed 2D, "'e 'ad to be…or else…"

"Or else what?"

"'E kissed me," 2D whispered to the air.

Noodle's Asian eyes got wide for their usual small and slanted size.

"Nani?" she asked.

2D sighed and stared off into space for a while. He was probably thinking about what had happened, and if the alcohol had taken full affect on Murdoc or if it was Murdoc himself being…affectionate towards 2D, or so Noodle assumed. She tired talking to him for a while…barely getting a word or two out before he'd give out a depressing sigh again.

"Sumimasen!" she screamed in a high-pitched voice.

"Wot, wot?" cried 2D glancing back at her. Wait a second…had he been crying? She bit her bottom lip.

"Aww, Stu-sama…" said Noodle as she wrapped him into a very wet hug. "Who knows what Murdoc-san is up to…"

"I dun' like it veri much…" sniffled 2D.

"Want me to talk to him?" asked Noodle sympathetically, not knowing what else to do.

"N-no, no," said 2D, his left 'eye' twitching at the thought. "'E'd pummel me if 'e knew that I told ya…"

"Murdoc-san knows we're close," said Noodle, "we tell each other everything! Remember…Watashitachi wa tomodachi desu. Do you remember what that means?"

2D looked up at the ceiling and tried, with all the brains he had left, to remember what the simple Japanese phrase meant.

"We -- we are -- amigos?"

Noodle giggled, "We are friends. Friends tell each other stuff," she placed a finger on his forehead, "I want to know what's going on in here."

2D give a small tooth-less smile, "Not a lot, luv. Nothin' a' all, really."

"And what about Murdoc-san?"

"Well, thas' something I'm gonna hafta figure out myself…"

Noodle looked around her dimly lit room and sighed. Why wasn't 2D telling her what was on his mind? Usually he never had a second thought about it or hesitated for a second.

"You should talk to him," Noodle suggested.

2D shook his head, "thas' askin' fir a beatin'."

Noodle shook her head, "Listen, if you don't, I will. Murdoc-san has been up to something lately, I can sense it. He's…edgy…and what's the word I'm trying to find here…? Mm..he's troubled, Stu-sama. Something's bothering him. I don't think he understands what it is either."

2D shook his head in agreement.

"Noodle, I'm tired."

"Me too, Stu-sama…me too…"

They both laid back onto Noodle's bed, Noodle still hugging her best friend to give him emotional and physical support. Something big was going to go down in Kong, and she had a premonition that her Stu-sama was going to be affected the most by it.

A.N: It's just getting good, people…it's just getting good.

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