So that's why her hair is two different shades.
Somehow-after various stops because of Eva falling, almost getting hit by a car, and trying to start a fight with someone to show off her martial arts, as well as Rudolf stopping to chat up every young woman they came across-they had finally made it back to the hotel. Natsuhi didn't even care as Eva almost demanded alcohol as soon as they entered the place. She just kept walking, hoping Rudolf would drag his sister along. Luckily, he did manage to get her away from the poor person standing at the counter.
"And you thought I was going to be the embarrassment." he laughed. Any words after that didn't reach Natsuhi's ears, though she was sure it was just them arguing.
When they reached the doors to their rooms, a tired sigh escaped her lips. 'Please don't let this be impossibly difficult.' She turned to Eva, who was leaning against the wall. She was about to ask for the keys, but she stopped when she saw them being held out for her. Rudolf offered her a grin, but she didn't return it,
"...You took the keys from her?"
"I don't know, these keys just so happened to be floating in mid air." he replied sarcastically. She sighed yet again,
"...Why couldn't you just get them for me before?"
"And miss out on the fun night we all had together? Come on, Natsuhi-neesan."
She glared. 'Fun '? In that case, she never wanted to have 'fun ' again. She held her head in one hand and took the keys with the other. After unlocking the door, Rudolf helped Eva in and it was only then that a certain fact dawned on her for the second time that day: She was sharing a room with Eva. The difference this time was that she'd be sharing one with a drunk Eva. That's when she thought of something that could work, but it would require Rudolf's cooperation. She stepped in, the door closing behind her. She was about to talk to him, but he was dialing a number on the phone.
"Ahh, Genj-!" he made a pained noise and suddenly held the phone away from his ear. When he brought it back, it was obvious who was on the other side of the line, "Oh, hey, Anik. ...What? ...Oh, you called numerous time? Haha, sorry sorry. We were out a bit later than we thought we'd be. Yeah, yeah. She's fine." He glanced back at Natsuhi before saying something else.
While Natsuhi was listening to the one side of the conversation, she didn't realize when Eva had gotten up from her bed. She almost yelped when she felt arms wrap around her waist from behind. 'SERIOUSLY?! ' She turned her head, only to blush when she was met with Eva's face because the woman was resting her own head on her shoulder. Quickly turning back away, Natsuhi called out in a whisper, loud enough for the people in the room to hear, but low enough so it wouldn't travel through the phone,
"R-Rudolf-san!"
He turned around, phone still to his ear. He grinned almost immediately as his eyes settled on the two. Rather than rushing to her aid, however, he continued talking into the receiver,
"No, Aniki. ...Yeah, I promise~ Besides, I don't think I'm the one you need to be worrying about." he glanced at his sister, "...No, that's not what I mean...Don't worry about her. No men have tried to make any moves on her. ...Aww, you caught me. Anyway, we're all pretty tired. Natsuhi-neesan's knocked out right now, so she can't speak right now. ...Of course I'm going to my own room. Honestly..." He hung up the phone, though it seemed obvious that Krauss hadn't been done talking. Looking at the two, he laughed, "Enjoying yourselves, ladies?"
Natsuhi swore if there were ever a time she wanted to punch someone...
"Rudolf-san, PLEASE." Her voice was desperate. He chuckled and walked over to pry Eva off of her,
"Come on, Aneki. Let's get you to bed." She weakly flailed her arms as she was pulled off,
"What the hell, Rudolf? I WAS in bed! Until you pulled me off!"
Natsuhi blushed as she realized she, apparently, was the bed. Could her headache get any worse?
"No, you were just confused about that."
"Don't tell me what I am or am not confused about! How about I kick you right in the-"
"I'm leaving now, alright?" He held his hands up and quickly stepped away, heading for the door. Her chance was slipping away.
"Wait, Rudolf-san!" Natsuhi called as she chased after him.
"What up, Natsuhi-neesan? Don't worry; she'll pass out soon enough."
"Ah, yes... I'm sure of that, but do you think maybe...um..." She took a breath and just came out and asked, "...Would you be willing to sleep in here and let me stay in your room for the night?"
He looked surprised. However, he shot down her request,
"Sorry, Natsuhi-neesan, but Aneki would kill me if she woke up to me in the room with her. Besides, I really don't want to deal with her first thing in the morning when she's suffering from a hangover. Nor do I want to deal with her anymore tonight."
"And you think I DO?!" She shot back. Honestly, could the two BE anymore inconsiderate?
"Ahaha. No, no. Of course not. But I do have a date I'm supposed to be meeting up with soon, so-"
"Are you serious?!"
"Very. Now, I've got to go. Play nice, you two~" he jet, not waiting to be called back. Frustrated and tired, the option to try calling Krauss again didn't even dawn on her. She turned around and was pleased to see that Eva hadn't moved from where she was sprawled out on the bed.
Natsuhi sighed and went to sit on her own bed. Maybe Eva had already passed out. But, of course, that would be too good to be true, for she suddenly sat up. Natsuhi braced herself for anything, but was dumbfounded when Eva just picked up the phone and started dialing a number.
"...Eva-san...? Who are you-"
"Shh!" Eva motioned for her to be quiet before speaking into the phone, "Yes, I would like some alcohol sent to room...uh...what room number is this...? ...Just send it to the room under Ushiromiya Eva's name~ No, I don't really care what you bring. Just fuck me up." Before she could get another word out, Natsuhi yanked the phone from her and slammed it down to hang it up. "He~y, I wasn't done with thaat."
"You're getting MORE alcohol?!"
"Did you not hear me on the phone?"
Natushi's face twisted in rage, "You don't need anymore!"
"They sure are taking their sweet time bringing it here..." Eva muttered, completely ignoring the words of the person in front of her.
"Wha-! You JUST called them! What do you expect?! Them to drop everything they're doing to-!" There was a knock on the door.
"Wow~ That was fast service!~" Eva smiled and pranced over to the door to open it. The person held out a couple fancy bottles, bowing politely,
"Since it was a member of the Ushiromiya family who called, we dropped everything we were doing to bring these to you. I do hope you enjoy."
"Thank yo~u!" Eva accepted them and shut the door. She headed back to her bed and sat down.
...So, this was really happening, right now. This was real life. Natsuhi pinched the bridge of her nose, trying to suppress the ever growing pain in her head. She got the feeling she wasn't going to get much sleep that night. Nonetheless, she was exhausted both mentally and physically, so she threw away her pride and spoke in a slightly begging manner,
"...Eva-san...Please, stop drinking... Let's just go to sleep." But she already knew it was too late to reason with her, for she already had one bottle open and was taking a sip from it. After she removed the bottle from her mouth, Eva stared at Natsuhi with glazed eyes. She blinked a couple of times to try and clear her vision. All she saw was a glare aimed in her direction. She smirked,
"Nee, Natushi-neesan~~ That's a scary face. Why don't you relax, and drink with me?" she held the bottle out, expecting her offer to be accepted. Natsuhi was exasperated,
"Absolutely not! This is such despicable behavior!"
"Come on, Nappi~ Just one sip?"
"N-Nappi?!" she was caught off guard by the sudden pet name and felt her face heat up with embarrassment on top of closed her eyes and willed herself to calm down again... It wasn't really working. "Eva-san. I am not drinking with you."
"Not even one sip?"
"NOT EVEN ONE SIP!" How much medicine had she taken that day? Certainly not enough. Eva's mood was finally starting to sour as well,
"Tch. How boring. I bet if you weren't married to Nii-san, you wouldn't feel so inclined to not have a good time."
"What?"
"You're such a good, little girl, aren't you? Have to play the role of a 'proper wife '. Won't let yourself do anything even remotely inappropriate. You just won't let yourself have a good time. You won't even have one sip of alcohol."
"W-! I can let myself have a good time! I don't need anyone's permission!"
"Then have a sip!"
"No!"
She wouldn't give in to peer pressure.
"Come on, Nappi."
"Stop calling me that!"
She wouldn't...
"Prove me wrong. It's just one sip."
"FINE!"
She snatched the bottle and brought it to her lips before her mind could catch up to tell her to stop. She ignored Eva's teasing comment of calling her "aggressive" and poured some of the liquid into her mouth, but since she had done it so roughly, she ended up drinking quite a bit more than just "one sip". The adrenaline rush having calmed down, she removed the bottle slowly. Though she should have been looking Eva in the eye triumphantly, she avoided her gaze. They both knew who had really won, and while she hated to admit it, the drink had tasted pretty good...
"Wow, Natsuhi-neesan~ So, I guess you can prove me wrong." Eva clapped, looking incredibly stupid. Satisfied with getting her way, she held out her hand to retrieve the bottle, "Alright~ That'll be enough~! You can give it back to me now." Natsuhi didn't give it back though, and instead she just kept staring at the ground. She had an expression on her face that made it look like she was torn about something. After a few more moments, she sighed and brought the bottle back to her mouth. After another sip, she looked at a smug Eva.
"...I'm just having a little bit...Then I want to go to sleep. You too, Eva-san." She kept the bottle out of reach until the other would agree.
"Okay!~ Just a little bit!" Eva gleamed as she shot up and tackled an unprepared Natsuhi onto the other bed only to roll off and sit back up. Natsuhi sat up as well, face red,
"...If you keep acting like that, I won't drink."
"Ye~s"
After a while, Eva was still as giddy as ever and Natushi, herself, was feeling the effects of the drink. She hadn't even had that much, but she did remember what Eva had said on the phone when she told them to bring her alcohol. ...So, it must've been pretty strong. She wasn't drunk, but she definitely didn't feel quite like herself. To say the least, she felt pretty... relaxed.
"I told you drinking with me wold be fun~" Eva laughed, casually resting her arm around the other woman's shoulders.
"No, you didn't. ...Did you? I don't remember..." Her memory was a little hazy. She brought her hand up to her head to try and clear it up. Eva seemed to think the gesture was because of something else though,
"...Do you have a headache?"
Surprised, Natsuhi murmured, "Oh, well... I mean yes. I've had one all day, actually." Eva grinned before grabbing her head, surprising her even more,
"I'm sorry~ Rudolf and I probably didn't help it much, did we?" She giggled before brushing Natsuhi's bangs out of the way and pressing her lips to her forehead. That resulted in Natsuhi's face catching on fire,
"H-Hey...You don't have to do that..." she leaned away, but was still held by the arm around her.
"I guess not, but I wanted to~ You're so cute when you blush." She laughed before quieting down. Her eyes grew softer as she let out small breaths, the smell of alcohol still present, "...You're so cute...So...pretty. ...You're so pretty, Natsuhi-neesan."
"E...Eh...?" Well, this was unexpected. Even in her intoxicated state, Natsuhi understood how strange this all was. the strangeness of it all only progressed as Eva began running her fingers through her hair,
"Your hair is so nice, too~ But, it would be even nicer if you did something with it."
"R-really?" Natsuhi laughed nervously, "Well, what do you supposed I should do with it then...?"
Eva almost beamed at the implication of those words, "Ah... So you'll consider my idea?"
"Eh? Well, I mean... That's not..." Her voice faded. She didn't know why she was about to say the next word on her mind. She was sure it was because of the alcohol; that was the only logical explanation. She'd never agree otherwise. Regret was sure to wash over her in the morning from whatever was still to come of the night. Despite all that, she simply smiled and said, "...Sure."
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"Rudolff~~ Get out here!" Eva pounded on his door, Natsuhi behind her. A few seconds later, Rudolf came out and looked at both of them. Despite the lights in his room being out, he looked wide awake and grinned,
"Yo, Aneki~ Natsuhi-neesan~ What's up?" he stepped out, shutting the door behind him. Even though neither of them commented, they were sure someone else was in the room, probably sleeping by then.
"We're taking Natsuhi-neesan out to get something for her hair~ So, come on."
"Oh~? Are you still drinking? Haven't you had enough fun for one night?"
Though he seemed to be lecturing them, it was evident he'd still been drinking too.
"You're one to talk, Rudolf~ Don't think we don't know about that nice friend you have in there~"
Rudolf just laughed, "My 'nice friend' is asleep now, but I'm still wide awake, so I guess it would be nice to get out and do one more thing." He looked to Natsuhi with an eyebrow raised, "...But what I'm surprised about it you, Natsuhi-neesan. You look a bit flushed. ...Have you been drinking as well~? Well, I suppose that is the only way you'd be here, agreeing to go out with us this late~"
Natsuhi just smiled briefly. Yeah, that probably was the only reason why. Or maybe behind all that, she was simply letting herself have a good time. It was crazy, but in retrospect, maybe the time spent with them hadn't been so horrible after all. ...That alcohol really was affecting her.
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"N-Natsuhi!?" Krauss' voice rang throughout the mansion. "What happened to your hair!?" Rudolf and Eva were dying of laughter as the person in question fidgeted, trying to find an explanation to give her husband.
"Well, um... I don't remember all the details but-"
"'DON'T REMEMBER'?" Krauss nearly shrieked, "Did they DRUG you!?" He wasn't angry at her, but because of his tone and his words being directed towards her, it seemed like he was. In actuality, he was just overreacting.
"Relax, Nii-san~" Eva cut in, "So her hair has a little bit of dye in it. What's the big deal?"
Krauss shot her a look. He was infuriated, "A 'LITTLE' !? That is not a little! That is half her hair!" He pointed to emphasize.
"Calm down, Aniki. It's just dye. It'll fade out." Rudolf laughed, though he wore a smug expression. He knew what was about to come next, and Natsuhi had to brace herself. Eva giggled and immediately shot down any hopes that their older brother may have had,
"Except that we bought a lifetime supply of it. No refunds and you can't resell them. Oh, and we used your credit card. Really, Nii-san~ The fact that you didn't notice we took it is proof enough that you're not fit to be the future Head~"
"You did WHAT?!" He pulled out his wallet and his face paled when he didn't see what he was looking for. The two younger siblings continued to laugh while Natsuhi stood there awkwardly.
"Since you're stuck with them she may as well use them, riight?"
"We had such a good time yesterday, Aniki. You should consider coming next time."
"There will be no 'next time '! You two are never allowed to take my wife out again! Natsuhi! These two are trying to corrupt you! Pack your bags! We're taking a trip with each other!"
"Your debt's going to skyrocket if you do that, Nii-san. And what about helping Father?"
"Yeah. Why not just let us take her out again?"
"ABSOLUTELY NOT!"
Amongst the fighting of the three siblings, Natsuhi stood quietly, observing them. Despite all the yelling the day before and now, she decided she didn't regret going with them. She had certainly learned a lot about the two of them, and maybe they had figured out a few things about her. She smiled to herself. Though she may never admit it aloud, the time spent with them actually hadn't been as terrible as she thought. She may have hated it at the time, but looking back on it, she was glad she'd said yes. ...And she personally kind of liked the new color in her hair, so she was secretly happy they'd bought enough of it to last for years. Of course, that, too, was a fact she'd never let them have the pleasure of learning.
And that concludes these three's interesting night out with each other. I literally just planned on the club and hair parts, but it got away from me and turned into this long piece of work -_-; I know the characters' colors and whatnot were all just "artistic choices", but I still picture them the way they're presented ;P And people are always being like, "Why Natsuhi's hair like that?" (most easy to tell in the original PC sprites), so I worked in what could be one of the many possibilities ;D Anyways~ I'm willing to take requests for this fic (the possibilities are endless after all~). Just make sure to give me prompts too, otherwise I have no idea what I'll do for it (I'm only creative sometimes, people -3-) And keep it rated T, I'm not about writing that smut life (at least yet ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ) I hope you enjoyed, and please let me know if you liked it ^^
Also, did you all finally get the pun of the title?.3.