A.N: Happy New Year! A bit early but anyway...
Chapter 2: The"first time" while in drunk
Fifteen years old Sabo was walking in a hallway of the Revolution Army´s HQ. He had been a revolutionary for five years, ever since the day his boat was shot by a tenryuubito. That day changed him completely, the doctors blaming a trauma, which was probably true. He only spoke when spoken to or when he was at work. He smiled almost never, much less laughed. Only few, including Dragon, had seen the said young man laugh.
"Sa~bo~!" and one of these few was, naturally, the hyper ten years old redhead Nora. She had joined the army four years ago when she was only six years old. She was also the first one to see Sabo laugh after the accident, the reason most likely being the fact that she reminded him of Luffy.
Sabo turned around just in time when Nora threw herself at him.
"What is it, Nora?" Sabo said, going straight to business as usual. He had to pry Nora´s hand off of his long hair, again.
"Boss and the others are back; they were able to take over the Konyou Kingdom. And now it´s time for a party!" Nora cheered, throwing her hands in the air.
"I´ll pass" Sabo said, immediately changing Nora´s cheerfulness in to a pout.
"Oh no you won´t, not this time. You always pass; it´s not fun!" she yelled "You´re coming"
"Nora-"
"No buts, Sabo you´re coming!" Nora said, taking a hold of Sabo´s hand and starting to drag him to the direction she came from.
Once they came to the huge hall where most of the people and the main party were it was already started.
"So you were actually able to drag him to the party" said Clark, an old friend of Sabo´s. And he really was an old friend; a survivor from Grey Terminal who had known Sabo and the other two with his siblings.
"It´s good to see you survived alive from the fight in Konyou" was Sabo´s reply.
"Of courseh we did!" came a slightly drunken voice of Clark´s sister, Clarissa. Sabo looked at his left and saw the said young woman together with her other brother, Clause. The three of them were actually triplets and had already gained a terrifying reputation as "The Nightmare Triplets." That name was first used by the government and was now used among the army, too.
"She´s drunk again" Nora said bluntly, earning a whack on the head from the older woman.
"Ah am noht!" Clarissa said.
"Of course not" Sabo said sarcastically "You only beat up kids when you´re clear headed"
"Hash anywhone thold youh you´re annoyingh?" Clarissa asked.
"Many times" Sabo replied, making the other three laugh.
"Whatehwer" Clarissa said, taking a sip from her drink "Youh take a drink tooh, Sabo!"
"No thank you" Sabo said, unconsciously touching his left side where a big scar reminded him of how his first time drunk ended like. It´s not like it was his only scar; not even close. In the explosion five years ago his right arm had burned completely and now it was full of ugly scars all the way up to his shoulder. He also had a big scar made by a sword when he saved Nora four years ago on his back and few other much smaller scars, including the one on his face that came from his right eyebrow across his nose to his left cheek.
"You could drink for once, Sabo; this is a party after all!" Clark said.
"No thanks; I´m underage" the blonde boy said.
"So are we" the triplets said.
"Then can I drink too?" Nora asked.
"No" the boys said, but Clarissa protested: "Oh c´mon guys, she´sh old enouh to thake a smahll sip"
"No she´s not" Sabo said again, starting to get annoyed.
"Oh come onh, stop phlaying her ohlder brother" her brothers gave her looks after she had said that. Soon she realized what she had said and turned to Sabo to apologize, but he was already walking away.
"Sabo where are you going?" Nora asked, running after him.
"You shouldn´t have said that" Claus scolded his sister.
"Ah know" Clarissa said, biting her lip.
"What happened here?" came a rough voice from behind them, causing them to turn around.
"Boss" Claus said, nodding to Dragon, their leader. The said man ignored him and asked again: "What happened here?"
"I shaid shomething stupid anh nowh Sabo´s angry" Clarissa muttered, making Dragon sigh.
"You should be more careful around him" he said "Especially when he finally came to the party. How did that even happen?"
"All we know is that it was Nora´s doing" Clark said.
"Should have known" Dragon though with a sigh "I´ll go look for him"
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Sabo was sitting on the roof; he did that often. No one aside from himself, Dragon and one of the doctors, Leslie, ever came there so it was peaceful. He didn´t know why no one else bothered to go there, but he had his doubts. Hardly anyone could stand Leslie more than two minutes; expect him and Dragon of course.
"She´s not that bad" Sabo thought, knowing another person who had a similar personality as Leslie.
"I knew you´d be here" said Dragon who came up.
"Hello boss" Sabo said, not bothering to even look at the said man´s direction. Dragon sat next to him and said: "So, care to tell me what happened?"
Sabo was silent for a moment before answering: "It´s nothing, just... some memories"
Dragon nodded, knowing that when Sabo said something like that it was a sore subject he didn´t like to talk about. But he had a fair guess it had something to do with his son. He decided to change the subject by saying: "So Nora was able to take you to the party for a while"
"Drag would be a better word for the situation, but yeah" Sabo said dryly, making Dragon smirk.
"You really should join us once in a while" the older man said, but Sabo shook his head.
"I´ll pass, but thanks anyway" he said.
"You really should relax every once in a while" Dragon said, taking something from inside his cape and throwing to Sabo "Here"
Sabo caught it easily and looked at it. A bottle of rum.
"I´m underage"
"And your point is?" Dragon asked, raising an eyebrow. Sabo let out a chuckle, which didn´t happen often.
"I really shouldn´t" he said again "Things didn´t go that well last time I drank"
"When was it?"
"Five years ago" Sabo answered, turning to face the smirking man "Why?"
"You were ten, but now you´re fifteen" Dragon said "You can handle it better now so you can drink"
Sabo blinked; his boss did have a point... but no, he shouldn´t. Sabo shook his head, telling his thoughts out aloud.
"Just drink it; it´s not even that strong" Dragon said. If he was someone else he wouldn´t tell him to drink, but this was Sabo. Calm and strong kid who always knew what he was doing, but was way too serious for his age. He needed a break from that role.
Sabo still seemed a bit unsure, but finally opened the bottle and took a sip. It burned his throat, but he knew that was the way it was supposed to be. And he liked it. One bottle certainly wouldn´t hurt, now would it? After all, just like Dragon had said, he wasn´t a child anymore.
Dragon laughed as Sabo took another sip.
"What?" Sabo asked.
"Weren´t you saying just a moment ago that you wouldn´t drink?" Dragon asked, making Sabo look down.
"Yeah" the blond admitted "I shouldn´t"
"That´s not what I meant" Dragon said "Just drink it, one bottle won´t hurt"
"Agues you´re right" Sabo said, taking a gulp again.
"I´m going back to the party" Dragon said, standing up "Join us when you feel like it"
"Will do" Sabo said and his boss left. After that Sabo looked at the bottle again, making his decision. He was older now; one bottle couldn´t cause as much damage as it had before. With that in mind he started to enjoy his drink while watching the sky.
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"Has anyone seen Sabo-kun?" Inazuma, in her original female form, asked from the triplets.
"Nope" all three said, making Inazuma sigh.
"I should have know he wouldn´t come to the party this time either"
"Actually he did" Clark said, getting Inazuma´s attention "But because of someone he already left"
Clarissa looked at the floor, guilty. Before Inazuma could ask more she saw, out of the corner of her eye, Sabo walking in to the room.
"Sabo-kun" she says, getting the younger man´s attention.
"Yo" Sabo replies, walking over to them. Inazuma blinked under her sunglasses. Yo? Sabo never said yo, never. She glanced at the triplets, who seemed a bit confused too. Finally Claus managed to ask: "Sabo, you´ve been drinking haven´t you?"
"Just one bottle" the blond man answered with a wide grin, making Inazuma´s jaw drop open. She had barely seen Sabo smile once, and it was just a small quirk of his lips. But now his large grin was so honest that it overdid even Nora. Inazuma, who was had never drank alcohol, was starting to believe that maybe, just maybe, it could have positive effects on people too.
Sabo could tell from their faces that he was creeping them out and he found it quite fun. Dragon had been right; one bottle didn´t cause any damage even though it did change his behaviour. Ah well, it wouldn´t really change anything.
"Aren´t you underage?" Inazuma asked, making the other four look at her like she was stupid and ask: "Yeah, so?"
"Dragon-san will be angry" Inazuma said, but Sabo just laughed. Inazuma felt weird; she had never heard Sabo laugh before. His laugh sounded beautiful.
"No he won´t; he´s the one who gave me the bottle" the blond defended. Inazuma shook her head, muttering: "What kind of doctor are you..."
"Geez Inazuma, don´t be so tense" Clark said "Take a drink and stop acting like an old lady"
Inazuma´s face went deep red, causing the other four to laugh.
"C´mon Inazuma, you can relax every once in a while" Sabo said, making the older woman sweat drop. Was he really one to talk?
"I´d rather not" Inazuma said, making sure her sunglasses stayed on. Sabo rolled his eyes, taking a hold of his friend´s hand.
"C´mon" he said, dragging her towards the tables. He poured two mugs of rum and handed the other one to Inazuma when he himself took the other one.
"Cheers!" Sabo said, gulping the liquid down. Inazuma looked at her mug, then at Sabo and then at her mug again.
"Cheers" she said uncertainly, gulping the cold yet burning liquid down her throat. She made a face of disgust, making Sabo laugh.
"Maybe you should start with something lamer" he said.
"Thanks for the warning" she said bitterly. Sabo laughed again, making his friend´s anger vanish. She just couldn´t help but love that cheerful, honest laugh that she just an hour ago would never had believed belonging to this man. Little by little, because of alcohol and Sabo, she started to relax. Soon the two young people, who were known as ones of the army´s calmest, quiets people, were both more or less drunk, finally being able to party and to forget their problems.
"I need some fresh air" Inazuma said at one point, feeling really dizzy.
"I´hll come too" Sabo said, now a bit more drunk tan earlier, but still not that drunk that he wouldn´t be able to speak pretty clearly. Soon both of them were outside, in the garden. Inazuma collapsed on to a bench and Sabo sat next to her, both of them looking up at the sky.
"It´s beautiful" Inazuma commented.
"Sure is, Ina-chan" Sabo replied, making Inazuma blink and lift her sunglasses. Only Nora called her that, there had been no exceptions until now. Sabo chuckled at her confused expression.
"What?" he asked, taking a bottle of rum from under his cape, starting to drink.
"Nothing" Inazuma said, staring at Sabo´s face. Soon he put the bottle away and they stared at each other's eyes, neither of them even blinking. Without even noticing it both of them leaned closer and closer, until their faces weren´t even an inch apart. Then they stopped both still staring and, oddly enough Sabo, the one who was drunk more, also seemed more nervous.
"I-"
Before he could say anything Inazuma´s lips were already pressed against his. For a moment he just sat still, shocked, but then he closed his eyes and answered her kiss. Her arms went around his neck at the same time as his went to her hair and the other one behind her back. They were both panting when they finally broke the kiss. They stared at each other for a moment again before kissing again, this time much more passionately. Inazuma leaned back and was soon lying on the bench with Sabo on top of her. His lips moved to her neck, leaving a trail of kisses behind.
"If someone sees us we´ll be in trouble" Inazuma said. She pushed Sabo away and sat up "We should go somewhere else"
"Your room or mineh?" Sabo asked, standing up. Inazuma also stood up and started to lead Sabo to their destination.
"So in the end it´sh your room" Sabo said, closing the door.
"In your room Nora could burst in at any moment" Inazuma told before pulling him in to a passionate kiss again. Sabo´s right hand went to her hair while the left one went behind her back.
"Ya do have ah point" Sabo said as he pulled away for air. They kissed again, walking towards Inazuma´s bed. Sabo pushed her down on to the soft mattress, once again moving his lips to her neck. Inazuma moaned, moving her hands under Sabo´s shirt and pulling it off. In a blink of an eye they changed positions, Inazuma soon being the one on the top.
"Aren´t men suppoohsed to be in controlh?"
"Aren´t men supposed to have short hair?" Inazuma shot back, playing with Sabo´s long hair with her other hand while the other one drew circles to his chest.
"...I´ll shut up nov" Sabo mumbled, moving his hands to Inazuma´s hair and pulling her closer, their lips touching again.
"That´s a good idea"
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In the morning Sabo woke up with a terrible headache.
"Oh shit; I actually drank... so this is what hangover feels like..." he thought "Hopefully I didn´t do anything stupid..."
He sat up and noticed that he wasn´t in his own room.
"This can´t be good" he thought as he felt something move next to him. A second later he came face to face with now completely awake Inazuma.
"..."
"..."
"Looks like I wasn´t the only one drunk yesterday" Sabo commented.
"Seems like it" Inazuma said, pulling the covers closer to her naked body "We´ll never talk about this to anyone ever again"
"Agreed" Sabo said, holding his head "I definitely drank too much; my memory is blurry"
"Mine too" Inazuma agreed, getting off of the bed. Sabo looked away, a small blush coming to his cheeks. Inazuma laughed at this.
"Why are you blushing? You´ve already seen me" she said.
"Like I said my memory is blurry" Sabo said. In reality he did remember some of the last night´s events, but it was better if he forgot them anyway.
"I´m going to take a shower" Inazuma said as she dressed up and took the things she needed "Try not to be seen when you leave"
"I know" he said as Inazuma closed the door behind her. Sabo sighed and got off of the bed to get his clothes.
"I do remember that the triplets saw me and Inazuma leaving together" Sabo thought as he dressed up "I´m going to hear about this later"
A.N: Sorry, no lemons, yet. I don´t think this chapter should be called M rated but if somebody thinks it should then it´s good that the rating is M already. And before someone asks: I don´t think Inazuma and Sabo´s age difference is that big, can´t be much bigger than Robin and Zoro´s and we all know that that´s a popular pairing, so you guys should have nothing to complain about. Please review.
P.S: Go read my Christmas story called "Christmas?" and remember also to read my New Year´s story called "I promise" that will be published tomorrow.