A/N: I guess I don't have much to say about this except that a good few years have most definitely passed since the end of the series. I usually imagine all the characters as being fairly mature, so this idea came up and I wrote it.
Background: Takes place at least three years after the end of 02, which would be after the Crystal Wars, and a great number of other events that may inspire otherwise happy characters to get themselves drunk in the middle of the night.
"Dude. Dude. Duuuuuuuude."
Tai sighed and placed one hand on Nicole's head. "Okay, you're drunk, now go upstairs and sleep it off."
She responded by cackling and falling to the floor, wrought with spurts of giggles and making no effort to pull herself back to her room. She eventually lay there, caught by hysterical laughter and a few flailing arms that seemed to accentuate something that only made sense to her.
With a groan, Tai hoisted her up so he was supporting her by the shoulder. "Sometime when it's not four in the morning, remind me why I thought it'd be a good idea to let you drink."
"'Cause you wanted to drink too?" she asked, her voice sounding mostly sober in contrast to her actions, where she was letting herself be dragged across the floor while lolling her head from side to side and grinning idiotically.
He blinked. "Well okay, that... except your tolerance is way lower than mine..." Indeed, he had had the same number of drinks she did, but unlike her he was at least still thinking clearly... somewhat.
"I'm a girl, so duh," she gazed at him goofily, her voice finally reflecting her mindset. "Less body mass to go through, ya know? Oh stairs, how I love thee..."
Tai finally gave up and deposited her onto a couch. He lightly ran back to the kitchen to grab both the nearly empty bottle and the shotglass, and wandered back to where he had left her, finding her grinning and staring at the ceiling while singing something nonsensible.
Deciding he was being extremely irresponsible, he filled the shotglass and handed it to her. "One more for you," he offered, feeling slightly guilty when she grabbed the glass and downed it in a single gulp. "And the rest for me."
"Yaaaaaay," Nicole cheered weakly, pumping a fist into the air as Tai downed the rest of the bottle. "Now we're both wasted!"
"You sound so happy about that," he mumbled, plopping onto another couch to let himself pass out.