Amber always looked forward to UHA game night. Ever since the Twister game they played with Aether, Clorinde had been organizing game nights for the UHA. Playing with the girls was so much fun.
Amber entered the Teapot and sat beside Lisa, Collei, and Eula. Tables had been set up across the room with large bottles of alcohol for each of them. Clorinde sat at the head table, waiting for any other stragglers.
Of course, some people never missed game night: Yoimiya, Katarina, and Nilou to name a few. Arlecchino wasn't always fond of UHA meetings or UHA game nights if it meant running into Yae Miko. However, as a member, she felt obligated to keep up with their sessions. The Knave didn't miss game night either.
Eventually, the infrequent attendees like Ganyu, Layla, and Jean showed up. Tonight, it was packed. Everybody showed up this time. Clorinde surveyed the packed room, surrendering a content expression.
"Welcome," she said. "Tonight's game will be: Never have I ever. People were so fond of the last one, that they've requested we play once more."
Smiles spread across their faces. Amber got excited too, though, not nearly as excited as Jeht and Beidou who looked eager to get drunk. Clorinde gave everyone a refresher on the rules. This time, they'd have to say things related to their interactions with Aether.
Then, she placed a hat on the table. "This hat shall choose whose turn it is." Yae Miko eyed the hat wearily, undoubtedly remembering the wicked punishment a similar hat gave her on Twister Night.
She finished by saying, "I shall also be playing. Best of luck, everyone."
Clorinde stepped off the lead table and took her place beside Navia.
The hat belched out a cloud. It swirled and ebbed, solidifying into letters.
E-M-I-L-I-E
The perfumer grew thoughtful as she considered. Emilie said, "Never have I ever slipped Aether an aphrodisiac."
Aside from Lynette, all the Fatui ladies and Yae Miko took a sip. Xiangling sipped too. Eula tried taking a sip from her flagon as subtly as possible, muttering that she'd have vengeance on Emilie beneath her breath. Sucrose and Lisa also took sips beside her. Lisa didn't surprise her much, but Sucrose—now that was unexpected.
The hat chose its next person:
L-I-S-A
The librarian chuckled. "Let's see. Never have I ever called Aether daddy."
While Noelle asked the person beside her, "Why would we refer to Aether as our father?" women around her took sips: Sucrose, Ganyu, Keqing, Yoimiya, Furina, Lynette, Ayaka, Nilou, and Barbara.
Eula tilted up her nose, refusing to drink. Then, Lisa said, "Eula, you're not fooling any of us." Everyone voiced their agreement.
Red-faced, Eula took a sip. Once again, she murmured that she'd have vengeance on Lisa.
K-E-Q-I-N-G
"Never have I ever given Aether a rim job."
Yae Miko and Mirror Maiden were the first to sip. Kokomi, Cryo Cincin Mage, and Hu Tao soon followed. Amber noticed Mona and Rosaria also sipping. Not far off, Xianyun stared at her disciples both taking sips and blinked in disbelief.
Noelle asked the person beside her Dehya, who was busy wiping her lips, "Excuse me? What's a rim job?"
Dehya chuckled. "If you don't know, you probably haven't done it."
C-L-O-R-I-N-D-E
"Never have I ever tied Aether to a bed."
Yelan drank first. No surprise there. The lady's main power involved wires. Once again, all the Fatui ladies except Arlecchino, Katarina, and Lynette sipped. It kind of surprised her that Arlecchino hadn't. Amber would've thought the Knave would've been into that sort of thing. Well, you never did know.
Hu Tao took a sip. Yae Miko, who had been drinking basically every time, also drank again. Lisa chuckled as she swallowed from her flagon. Noelle asked Dehya why anyone would tie Aether to a bed. Dehya wiped her lips and shrugged.
S-H-E-N-H-E
Shenhe pursed her lips. "I… Never have I ever actually told Aether I love him."
Finally, she got her turn to drink. Warm alcohol lighted on her senses and gave her tongue a little buzz. Amber didn't normally drink, so the flavor was a bit strong for her liking.
Most everyone drank on this one, even Yae Miko. This time, it was more curious to see who refrained. The only exceptions were Arlecchino, Collei, Emilie, Sucrose, Lynette, and Rosaria. Nobody looked at them judgingly. As they'd all learned from their time with Aether, intimacy could be a scary thing. Telling someone you loved them was a huge step.
Thankfully, you didn't have to tell someone you loved them for them to know it. There were many ways to show affection. That's why Amber never felt the need to actually say it. Aether knew exactly how she felt.
The hat buzzed, spewing out a new name.
H-U-T-A-O
"Never have I ever given Aether a tittyjob!"
Every big-breasted lady present drank, from Ei, Clorinde, Yae Miko, and Mirror Maiden to Ganyu, Emilie, Beidou, Jean, Candace, and Xianyun. Amber also sipped, although admittedly the tittyjob she gave him hadn't been enough to engulf his cock like the others probably could. Mona, Navia, Kokomi, Eula, and Yelan also drank. The smaller-breasted ladies like Furina, Barbara, and Xinyan refrained, much to their embarrassment. Arlecchino also refrained from taking a sip, although Lynette did not.
As Dehya took her sip, Noelle asked, "Why would we give Aether fake breast implants?"
"That's not what that means," said the merc.
N-O-E-L-L-E
"Oh, it's my turn? Okay then. Let me think." Noelle paused, deliberating on what she'd say. "Never have I ever gone to bed without tucking in my Aether body pillow beside me."
Everyone drank.
Y-E-L-A-N
"Never have I ever broken the bed while doing it."
It might've been the first time all night that Noelle finally drank. Ei, Jeht, Shenhe, Clorinde, and Dehya also drank. After some hesitation, Arlecchino took a sip as well, earning a giggle from an observing Yae Miko. The shrine maiden enjoyed savoring her drink. Undoubtedly, she had fond memories of all those broken beds.
Amber drank too. She and Aether got a little too competitive when it came to sex, so they weren't strangers to wild times in bed. The last person to have a drink was Mirror Maiden. Everyone went still and watched the hat.
A-Y-A-K-A
"Never have I ever had sex with Aether in a public place."
Almost everyone drank, including Amber, Lisa, Yae Miko, Shenhe, Rosaria, Kirara, Navia, and even sweet Collei. The abstainers were the law-abiding citizens and paragons like Jean, Ganyu, Noelle, Ei, Barbara, Ayaka, Charlotte, and Chevreuse. Arlecchino also abstained, casting an accusatory glare at Lynette who did not.
Chevreuse stared in disbelief at all those lawbreakers and scowled. "If I wasn't off duty, I'd arrest every one of you for public indecency."
"H-hold on," said Noelle. "You mean to say… you all?... with him? In public? But what if someone saw you?!"
"Being sneaky is half the fun," said Yae Miko. "Just the idea that you have to hold back your moans or risk being discovered…"
Noelle fainted.
Sighing, Dehya laid a blanket across Noelle's shoulders and propped her head up on a pillow. The game continued.
Y-O-I-M-I-Y-A
"Me? Let's see," she said. "Oh! I know. Never have I ever made love 69-position!"
Amber drank to that along with Mona, Yae Miko (of course), Kokomi, Furina, and Lisa to name a few. Personally, Amber liked the position a lot. It let her and Aether compete to see who could make the other spurt first.
L-Y-N-E-T-T-E
"Entering speaking mode. Never have I ever been a top."
Amber had to drink to that. Most of them did, except for a very embarrassed Eula. No surprise there. Eula's sexual stamina was nonexistent. She was a bottom, much as she hated it. Eula grumbled once more that she'd have her vengeance.
Layla refrained, which Amber thought was odd. She'd seen Layla top Aether during their orgies plenty of times. Well, it had been that other Layla doing the actual topping.
Kirara didn't drink because she preferred it missionary or more often on all fours.
The hat searched for another person. Letters formed.
Y-U-N-J-I-N
"Never have I ever done food play."
Navia and Xiangling drank to that, of course. Yae Miko drank to that like she drank to everything spoken. Mona didn't—Amber wasn't sure Mona even had food to spare for that kind of thing. Sucrose drank, surprisingly. Kirara did too, but Amber wasn't sure making Aether dip himself in catnip and licking him clean should count as food play.
N-I-L-O-U
"Never have I ever made Aether call me mommy."
Yae Miko drank, unsurprisingly, and so did Emilie, Candace, Jean, Mirror Maiden, Cryo Cincin Mage, Navia, Clorinde, Dehya, and Ningguang. Eula reached for her mug, but Lisa stopped her.
"Come on, dear," she said, "be honest."
Eula withdrew her hand from the mug. Folding her arms across her chest, she pouted her little vengeance line. Lisa simply drank her share with a smile.
From the corner of Amber's eye, she noticed something truly odd. Furina drank her mug, and nobody stopped her. No way. Did she have a secret dominatrix side to her? It rather surprised her that Ei and Beidou did not drink. Those two weren't into the whole mommy thing.
B-E-I-D-O-U
Beidou said, "Never have I ever played strip Genius Invocation."
That got Kokomi, Yae Miko, Lisa, and Yoimiya. Amber also had to take a sip, letting the alcohol buzz her numb mind. She and Aether were pretty darned competitive. Keqing and Mona also took their drinks. Dehya took hers as well, looking giddy from all the alcohol.
D-E-H-Y-A
"Okay. Never have I ever done shit-play with Aether?"
Everyone glanced at Yae Miko who for once did not drink.
She scoffed, "Honestly, do you all believe I'm that twisted? Even I have standards."
"Pretty low ones," muttered Ei.
But someone did drink. It was Sucrose, the sole drinker of this round. She buried her face behind her hands and short-circuited as she tried in vain to explain herself. Sucrose mumbled something about valuable experimentation, trying the unfamiliar.
"As a scientist, I must explore the unknown!"
Yae Miko regarded Sucrose with a repulsed expression. When even Yae Miko looked at you like you were gross, you'd done something super weird.
C-O-L-L-E-I
Looking to save Sucrose from her embarrassment, Collei declared, "Never have I ever done anal."
Most of them drank. This time, Arlecchino, Xianyun, Jeht, Faruzan, and Shinobu held back. Amber did too. Usually, when they made love, she and Aether competed to see who'd orgasm first. An orgasm was a bit harder to do via butt.
Ganyu and Shenhe drank, much to Xianyun's surprise. Their master muttered that she'd raised a bunch of weirdos beneath her breath.
A-R-L-E-C-C-H-I-N-O
"Never have I ever pegged Aether's butt with a strap-on."
It alarmed Amber just how many people drank. You had the obvious ones like Yae Miko, Lisa, Yelan, Ningguang, and Mirror Maiden drinking. You had the less obvious ones like Dehya, Hu Tao, Chiori, and Mona drinking. But why the heck were Layla, Jean, Kokomi Sucrose, Furina, and Ganyu drinking to that?
"It's the stress," explained Layla. "Sometimes, you just need to take out your anger on something you know?"
Ningguang and Mona nodded in unison. Kokomi, Jean, and Ganyu reluctantly muttered their agreements. Chiori shrugged. "Taking control can be quite stimulating."
"Still," murmured Amber, "pegging his butt?"
"They did what?!" A shriek rang out beside Dehya. Noelle, who had just woken up, gasped. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head, and she fainted once more. Dehya adjusted her blanket, making sure to fluff up the pillow.
The hat spat out a new name.
Y-A-E-M-I-K-O
Amber got a little curious. Miko had done anything and everything under the sexual sun. What hadn't she done with Aether? Now, there was a question.
The shrine maiden paused. Everyone leaned forward with anticipation. Seconds ticked past them and still Miko remained silent, eyes closed in thought. At last, she took a breath.
"Never have I ever simply held his hand."
Silence. Yae Miko quirked an eyebrow, her face saying I believe this is the part where everybody drinks. Indeed, everybody drank from Amber to Arlecchino.
"I'm surprised," said Ei. "You haven't held his hand?"
Yae Miko shrugged. "What can I say? It never came up."
A-M-B-E-R
Her turn, huh? The outrider stared into her flagon, observing her reflection in the liquid.
"Never have I ever not gone to sleep without hoping he's okay wherever he is."
Everyone drank solemnly. Aether was a constant in their thoughts, and they all worried for him when he was away. The hat selected its next name.
E-I
The Electro Archon said, "Never have I ever not prayed for his safety every day."
Once again, they all drank.
N-A-V-I-A
"Never have I ever not gone a day without thinking about him."
Everyone drank.
F-U-R-I-N-A
"Never have I ever," she said, "not gone a day without thanking Celestia Aether came into my life."
Every mug was raised and swallowed.
At that point, the lightweights started tapping out. Jean, Faruzan, Kirara, Barbara, and Lisa muttered that they'd had enough and drifted to sleep. Charlotte took her turn.
She said, "Never have I ever taken erotic photographs of him or myself."
Amber wasn't positive, but she was sure Nilou and Hu Tao drank. Yae Miko probably did too.
As their game continued, one by one they began dropping out. Soon they were all sleeping, unable to continue the game any further.
By this time, Noelle woke up. The diligent maid went all around carrying everyone to the beds or couches and tucking them in. Finally, Noelle came to Amber and brought her to a bed, tucking her in beside a snoring Eula.
"Thanks," slurred Amber.
"It's my pleasure. I hope I didn't miss anything too important."
"Charlotte asked if we'd ever taken erotic pictures of him or ourselves."
Noelle fell face forward onto the bed. Her eyes were little swirly marks.
Shrugging, Amber pulled the covers up Noelle, wished her goodnight, and nodded off dreaming about Aether.