This one's short. I want to make it long but I'm a little sluggish lately, so...

Chapter 6

Youko

"I found her!" Eriko called out to me.

It has been more than thirty minutes after Sei left us. I was very worried so we decided to look for her. Eriko found Sei at the bar. Her head is slumped and there are shot glasses toppled on the table. Naru, Eriko and I rushed to where she is.

"Sei! Sei!" I called as I shake her shoulders, but she didn't answer. My heart is beating rapidly and I don't know what to do.

"Calm down, Youko. She just passed out. If you keep shaking her, she might just throw out what she had. She'll be okay, so don't worry." Eriko reassured.

"Why did you give her too much to drink?" Naru queried the bartender who has his head bowed down.

"I…I-I'm sorry Sir, she requested me to give her more glasses of tequila but I said that she had too much, then she threatened that she'll call you, Sir Naruki, if I didn't give her what she ordered." He fretfully replied.

"Are you new here?"

"N-no sir."

"Then you should at least know that we can't just give more than 12 glasses of tequila to a customer, right? That's one of our policies. If a customer asks for more than 12 and threatened to call the manager or someone in higher position then you shouldn't be worried that you'll get terminated." he lectured.

"I'll remember that and I'm sorry again sir."

"I'll let you off this time, but be sure that this won't happen again."

"Yes sir."

After Naru finished lecturing the wretched bartender, he faced us. "I'm very sorry for what happened girls."

"It's okay, and it's not your fault or the bartender. We should get going now. Sei needs to be put to bed."

"Do you need a ride?"

"No thank you. I can drive Sei's car. I'll just sleep at her apartment for tonight since she needs someone to look after her."

"How about you, Eriko-san?"

Eriko shook her head, "Thank you but I asked my brother to pick me up. He's waiting outside."

"Alright, then let me help you carry Satou-san to the car."

"That would be a big help Naru, thanks."

Ignoring Sei's weight, he carried her in his arms as we followed him outside the club. If Sei would have been aware that a man is carrying her right now, she would have very much protested.

"Where's her key?" Eriko asked.

"I think it's in her pocket. Let me get it." I slipped my fingers in Sei's pocket to get her keys. I blushed at the thought of this. Unfortunately, Naru caught me. He laughed as he looked at me with amusement. Thankfully, Eriko seems clueless of what's happening.

"Hey! Don't laugh, you might drop her!" I scolded. "Got it." I carefully pulled the keys out of her pocket hoping not to wake her up. She stirred slightly. I opened the car door for Naru to place Sei inside the yellow beetle.

"You sure you're okay?" he asked me.

"Yeah. Where's your brother Eriko?"

"He's waiting for me inside his car." He pointed her finger at the black BMW not far from us. A familiar man with glasses got out of his car and walked towards us.

"Long time no see, Youko-chan. What happened to Sei-kun?" Eriko's brother inquired.

"Good evening Akio-onii-sama. Sei passed out while drinking plenty of tequila."

"Wow. That's rough. Will she be alright?"

"I hope so…We should go now. Bye Eriko, Naru and Akio-onii-sama."

"Bye!" they all replied.

Be careful on your way home." Naru shouted.

I sat on the driver's seat and started the engine. Good thing that my father let me take driving lessons before entering college and it didn't look like Sei's beetle is far different from my car.

The only problem is to figure out a way how to get Sei out of the car and in to her apartment. Now, I regret turning down Naru's offer. I'm standing outside her apartment building when I spotted the doorman standing and waiting to open the door for residents who go in and out of the apartment building. I approached him to ask for assistance.

We reached the 5th floor of the building where Sei lives and thanked the kind doorman for his help then he went back to the ground floor to get back to his duty. Using all my energy, I slung Sei's arm on my shoulder and carried her inside her apartment and into her bed. I looked at her peaceful sleeping face for a second, "You like making me worry, don't you?" I murmured then smiled. Before tucking her in, I took off her shoes and vest. "Good night, Sei." I kissed her forehead lightly. I'm thinking of changing my clothes when I felt someone stopped me. I turned around to see Sei grabbing the hem of my dress.

"You…ko…dunnleave...justay here b'side mee…" she mumbled, her eyes closed. It made me smile how she tells me that she needs me. I cupped her left cheek with my hand.

"I won't. Let me change my clothes first." I went to her wardrobe to get some clothes for me to wear.

"You…ko." I find it cute when she's calling me like that.

"Yes, yes, I'll be there in a minute."

When I opened her average sized wardrobe, all I can find are two button-down long sleeves, a turtleneck, some underwear and a pair of pants. I grinned as I peeked through her overloaded clothes bin. I got off my dress to put on the button-down shirt which is long enough to cover my underwear, and then proceeded to the bed where Sei is. Her sleeping face is adorable. She stirred slightly as I brushed a strand of hair off her charming face. I felt elated knowing that Sei is sleeping next to me, but then I thought about the sad look she gave me when we were chatting at the restaurant. Thinking over the situation, I choose to give up because if I kept lingering on her, she can't be free to love someone.

"Youko…" she purred.

"I'm right here. Good night, Sei." I replied before drifting off to sleep.

10:56pm

=_=" whew~