It's Wine O'Clock

"Your sake, Mikaela. Would you like something to eat?" The voice of the owner of the small restaurant interrupted his thoughts. The bright red-haired male would nod his head and give him a small smile. It wasn't uncommon for people from this small village to know him by name, especially given his rather borderline problem when it came to alcohol. He basically had to have at least one drink a night, perhaps developed through the years of being a Senju. Like one had a caffeine addiction, but his was with plum wine. And there was nothing to not like about the liquid, slightly sour, sweet and acidic. There was no way of drinking it that wasn't pleasant, although he himself preferred on the rocks. It was the best way to taste the alcohol at its finest and purest.

Kisatsu-tai...he thought to himself, picking up the tall glass of wine, the ice cubes bumped into one another inside the glass, creating music of its own. The male looked absent-mindedly at his drink, twirling his hand so that the substance turned with the motion. He took a sip from it and closed his eyes. The first taste that hit his tongue was the sourness of the plums, which then turned into almost sickly sweet as it traveled down his throat. Mikaela's body felt warm when the liquid slid down his throat and made it into his system. Just as good plum wine should. He put down the glass gently on the counter, his mind wandering to the recent events lately.

Was he extremely diligent? Not exactly.

Did he really want to be a ninja? Not entirely.

Mikaela had become a shinobi because it was the right thing to do, as a Senju, and having been from the wood-release family. Unlike most of the others who joined, he had no personal qualms with other nations, none of his family really attacked by them for him to feel any type of way. The same thing could be said about him as well. He merely took another sip of his wine and signaled the owner for another, careful not to drink his entire stock of plum wine.

After a few visits with the Taika’s Tea and Bathhouse and becoming more familiar with Tanbogakure’s layout, the rouge lass was finding some sense of comfort with her visit to the land of Rice. She was letting herself slack off a bit, enjoying life as an ordinary young woman, who was starting to develop a bad drinking habit. 

However, Kana Mi was far from ordinary. Even though she displayed a sense of carelessness as she went out and socialized amongst the Tanbo people, Kana still double checked herself to keep track of what happened around her. She wasn’t the type to easily let her guard down, no matter how much fun she was having. 

 A soft bubble of laughter danced from her lips as one of the other residents revealed a hilarious joke to bless her ears. She had been here for a few hours already, and didn’t even realize it. Kana had already forgotten what brought her to this restaurant in the first place. 

Was it the rice noodles drenched in beef broth and enoki mushrooms? Perhaps it was to drown a little more in the sensation of intoxication. 

Whatever it was didn’t matter to her anymore. The rice noodles and liquor both satisfied her as much as they could offer. 

It wouldn’t be long until the scarlet - haired lass would be draining another helpless bunny from the fields. Kana wasn’t in no hurry though. The thought of another rodent was nowhere near as appealing. 

As of the moment, the lass was dressed in a black skirt that possessed a flowy fit, and a black crop top. She wore her usual combat boots, but her usual jacket was forgotten on the back of her seat. Letting the woman show off the black ink that traveled down her left arm. Kana was about to go for another drink, as she heard one of the other customers holler for a fireball. After spending quite a bit of her time in the land of Fire, with a few drinks here and there of course, Kana came familiar with the liquor there. A devious grin curved the shape of her lips as she wiggled her way between the two men at the bar. One had hair as fiery as hers, and the other had hair the color of twilight. 

She grabbed the bartender's attention and ordered two shots of Shochu, one for her and one for the fireball boy. “May I interest you in something a little stronger? It’s not fireball but it’ll bite.” The Shochu was a japanese - like vodka, and Kana had been blessed since the day she knew that Tanbogakure had a supply of it behind their counters. The shot would be on her tab of course.

Whether or not the man would accept her offer, Kana found her eyes taking in the hair of the man by her other side. What are the chances of two people having such blood - like hair within the same small building. 

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'Wow, look at this fuckin guy', was all Mikaela could think of as rather tall male come busslin through ordering a round of drinks talking in a way that he had no home training. Giving a disgruntle look, he went back to sipping his wine as the purple-haired individual tried to order his drink but was denied. 'What's he thinks this place is? A major village?' Well, they this place really did have everything, except what he was looking for. Speaking of looking, Mikaela turned his gaze towards the man. Eyeing him up and down. Mikaela liked what he saw but he never seen this person before. Must be another 'visitor'. The number of travelers coming here was ungodly, how many people knew of this place.

Sitting his glass back down, he felt another figure push up between him and the other male. Giving a huff and a puff, he tried sliding his barstool over with a humph. Turning once again, he met beautiful red hair and skin like porcelain. Intriguing. Turning his vision back towards the bar, he begins to read the bottles of alcohol that was stashed away on the shelves. Maybe he should try something new instead getting what he always gets. Mikaela doesn't know how people can drink sterilization liquid straight, without any flavoring of any kind. Well, Mikaela can do it when he really wants to get messed up, but maybe today is not the day for that.

Finishing his glass off, Mikaela would ask for another one, he could feel his stomach begin to warmly tighten as his cheeks lit up in a flush color. Yep, he was feeling it already. That means, emotionless Mikaela is out the window, and the flirt god was coming. He probably should of ate before he drank but he was drinking for results, not the taste tonight. Although, he does enjoy the plum wine. Swirling the glass around, he could feel eyes that locked on to him. He hated being stared at, he doesn't know why, but he just hated it. Turning his back to the girl, who was looking at him. Rather, looking at his hair. "See something you like?" Mikaela said giving a seductive wink towards the red head girl. "Maybe instead of stare, maybe you should say hello." Mikaela said with a small laugh, as turned his head forward, "Name's Mikaela." 


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Kana - Mi was intrigued by the way her closeness with the violet haired boy did nothing to intimidate him. Her body even coming close enough to brush against his as she found her way to the counter between them. Leaning her body against the edge of the bar in a more laxed behavior.

The two shots were placed in front of both her and the other boy, and the one with scarlet locks noticed the way she was distracted by his hair. The man named Mikaela offered her a flirtatious exchange, which Kana - Mi took as a challenge. "I guess it depends if you let me bite." She offered the remark with a tempting little smirk. She didn't mind playing with a little fire. "You can just call me, Kana."

The shot glass was within her fingers as Kana returned her attention back to the boy closest to her. Already having missed the moment where he had gestured to her bottom lip.

Kana slightly tilted her head back, as the shot of Shochu drained from the glass. Sweet damn. .  the liquor made her feel as if she was receiving a dozen of hot kisses from the lips of a fire demon all over. Her body was getting warm.

The rouge woman placed the empty shot glass back down onto the countertop. Her eyes catching the moment where the boy bit his bottom lip. "Now now. I like that you are the one teasing him about being shy, when you're the one who hasn't introduced himself yet." Her eyes looked up at him as he stood from his seat. The height difference between them was definitely there.

"If you'd like I can come up with a nickname for you? Perhaps I'll call you Kitten unless you give me something to go by" Kana continued to playfully tease him as more shots were placed onto the bar for them to indulge in.

Something about Kana, is that she always prefer to play a little unpredictable. When she is having a little too much fun, she liked to put up a little show and see how much another would challenge her. Maybe the lass was a little too daring.

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Intriguing, usually when he was drinking around others, it was in a more sophisticated aura, but now, it seems the heat and tension has risen; especially, in a good way with these two around. Between the beautiful redhead and the attractive man. Smirking upon the girl's response about letting her bite, he would say, "depends on if I get to pick where," with a hint of lust flowing from his voice. He could feel the alcohol hitting him in all the right places, knowing he was getting the full effect. Especially if he's starting to feel it in his forehead.

"I'm never shy but yes, let's do shots! I bet I can do more than both of you," Mikaela laughed as he grabbed his bottle of sake, tilting it up to his mouth, taking another mouthful of the alcohol. While sober Mikaela was poised and quiet, drinking Mikaela was the complete opposite. He wanted to have a good time, and he would peer pressure the fuck out of someone to get them to drink with him. Luckily for him, he found two perfect individuals that likes to have as much of a good time as him. "She's right, what is your name. Or do you like let people think you're mysterious." Mikaela stood up to be eye level with the duo, well, he was only a couple inches taller than Kana while the male had to be over six feet tall.

"Hm, would kitten be the right name," Mikaela seductively smirked as he moved forward, raising his hand and twirled the dark purple locks of the male around his finger. Looking him up and down once again, "maybe Stallion would be better, don't you think Kana," Fluctuating his eyes between Kana and the male. One of the worse things about Mikaela when he drinks, he loves to start touching people. Such a touchy-feely person. "Why don't we grab a table for this little contest, or we can go back to my place, I have enough room," Mikaela excitedly said holding up his bottle one hand and grabbing Kana's with his other with a smile, inviting the two foreigners to his home.

Kana wondered to herself if the man Mikeala would reconsider his choice of daring words if he knew just how dangerous her bite could be. It was always fun to tease about love nips with them being oblivious. “Don’t tease me too much with a good time.”

It was getting hot, like reallyy hot in this place. Katsuragi’s eyes looked the two of them over as the atmosphere of the place bubbled with growing excitement. Kana Mi found her lips on the edge of another shot glass that the bartender slid her way. Her tongue tasted the liquor. It was dangerous how smoothly the shot went down.

The party of three continued to indulge themselves with the liquid of courage. Kana was a little surprised with Mikeala’s forwardness as he took her hand, with his bottle of sake in the other. Inviting the two to accompany him to his place. The red haired lass couldn’t help but be interested in how this night would go. Katsuragi didn’t seem to mind the idea either. “The Ring of Fire? I must say. . There was a time or two when I was enlightened by that game during my time there.” Kana admitted to her experience of the drinking game Katsuragi mentioned.

“I can’t make any promises as to how well I’ll behave myself.” Her warning purr’d like a kitten with intentions, as she grabbed her jacket from the back of her seat from earlier. Being sure not to forget about it before following with the other two.    

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"I'm not teasing when it comes to you," Mikaela smirked at the female redhead. He was having fun and didn't want the night to end anytime soon. As he was leading Kana out of the building, he heard the tall male announce his name. "Katsuragi, huh? That's a mouth full, I wonder what else about you is," Mikaela smirked as he eyed up the male walking backwards. He loved being flirtatious, not only does it come natural to him but he's really good at it. Also, with these two, it almost comes naturally as they both receive it well. Turning around and finally exiting the door leading outside. Hearing Kana's comment, he would respond, "that's okay, I'm most likely going to as well, so let's just have fun."

"Oh, I've never heard of this game, you'll have to show me how to play!" Mikaela said excitedly as he lead the duo down the mostly empty streets with every so often lights illuminating the way. The cold winter air brushed against his face, but it wasn't too bad as it has usually been like the last few months. Aiming ahead, his vision was a little blurry, but he was still able to guide the duo towards his homestead. Taking another swig from the bottle, he would then shove it towards Kana, "another shot!" Mikaela said almost yelling as he the liquid courage went down smoothly this time. He probably shouldn't be screaming about taking shots in the middle of the streets, but he really doesn't care right now.

Finally coming to a stop outside of a rather large home. The trio would find themselves in front of a small but up class house. Being one of the only Senju in the village, obviously his home would be more than some commoner lives in. Leading them in, they would be met with one of the most extravagant details and design homes in all of the Rice Village. "Make yourselves at home." Mikaela said as he led them into the open area of the living room which still had a little fire still burning in the fireplace.

Sitting upon the singular couch, he would invite the two over to sit next to him. "Now it's your turn to drink Katsu, and then you can tell me more about this game." Mikaela said with a smile as handle to the bottle in the direction of Katsuragi and then started to relax as he was in the comfort of his own home.