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The proxy siblings were very good at their jobs, the best in New Eridu, in fact. Yet they were still people, them being a duo relied a lot on that, what the other one lacked the other helped, it was a crucial detail to Phaeton's success.
It wasn't much of a surprise Belle and Wise had very different personalities. His little sister was much more out going and could keep a conversation for hours while he was much more introverted and liked to keep an eye out, for their own security- mostly. He was also an older brother, so you couldn't blame him for being overprotective when his sister couldn't stop almost dying to the point his blood pressure sky rocket simply by receiving a slight worried text about her. Nicole now knows better than to just not explain herself in her messages, after Wise gave her such a glare at the Unit6 fiasco she felt afraid of him for the first time.
Belle loved pushing his buttons and making him "get a life" as she says. Always wanting to include him when she goes out, which he found sweet. As much as they could fight, Wise always let her win and his devious little sister knew this way too much.
That's why he was in such predicament right now. With Yuzuha scheeming to have them sneak out to drink with her and some friends.
"The danger makes it more fun!" She had said, something that sadly had won over Belle. Feeling adventurous and pushing Wise to do the same. The young man had a strong belief that it was more about the fact that if they end up getting caught by their master for breaking curfew, she would not be the only one in trouble.
They sneaked out as quietly as they could, meeting Yuzuha who whispered them to one of the apartments houses where the party was taking place. From what she had told them it was from one of her classmates.
"Does that mean we're also party crashing?" Wise asked as Belle dragged him up the stairs. Alice seemed to be the only one sharing his worries, since the Thiren eyes widened.
"Pssh" Yuzuha batted his worries away with a laugh. "Oh, she won't mind it. She's the "the more the merrier" kind of gal"
"Yeah, come on Wise. Don't be a party pooper"
"I-it just seems rude" Sweet Alice said, trying to defend him.
"Party poopers~" sang Yuzuha this time, giggling at her friends pout response. "And here we are~~~"
The red haired girl opened her arms to the door in question, where the music could be heard muffled by the wood, and light changing colors from the floor, when she opened it the place was packed with people. Wise swalloed, a little nervous.
"Enjoy it! Didn't you guys say you were stuck on a super boring stric training at the temple?" Yuzuha asked.
That they were, and the reason why Wise had been so against them doing this. They had not seen their Master angry but he rather save himself the suffering. Their training was one about focus, where they meditated for hours and tried to take their minds of mundane things.
Like parties.
"And this takes away all our progress" He grumbled, receiving an elbow to the gut by his sister.
"No, it doesn't! Our training is almost done anyway. And Shisou always says for us to take a break, she'll understand" his sister said. When Wise didn't look convinced she added "She was super fine with Fufu recording a whole movie during her training!"
He sighed. His sister had a point, yet his brotherly instincts pushed him against verbalizing it.
"Fine" He groaned. Belle and Yuzuha cheered in victory.
"Come now. Belle said you two never went to college parties before" Yuzuha said, then pointed at Alice who flinched. " and I KNOW you haven't either"
"W-well..." Alice stuttered.
"Time for you to have the time of your lives!" Yuzuha announced as she opened the door.
"Yees!!" Belle cheered with her.
Wise and Alice exchanged glances, laughing nervously since they both knew they would do anything the two girls asked out of them.
To Yuzuha's credit she did her best to be a host, pushing them to the dance floor where some of her colleges where. Wise had been a little awkward not knowing how to dance, drinking more from his red cup than moving his legs.
Belle on the other hand was having the time of her life, throwing dance moves that coincidentally looked way to similar to her dance off games' choreography.
The party had actually a karaoke machine, where again Wise would rather not embarass himself and drink, but Belle wasn't having it. Making them at least sign a song together.
It was nice seeing his little sister have so much fun with people. Things had been so much different since the lost of their home, the need for secrecy that made them be of arms length from everybody. Moments like this were only found on long lost memories.
He sighed, those were not the kind of thoughts to have at a party. His cup was feeling too light, and seeing a chance to go get more as the three girls were too focused on a famous song, he used that opportunity to go towards the drinks table.
"Oh, hey!" One of the guys at the table greeted him. "I know you!" His blond hair covered his eyes, while his friend wore sunglasses.
Wise frooze at that, concerned that his proxy identity would be revealed. It wasn't much of a top secret anymore, but it being said on a room full of college students was definitely a bad thing. You never know...
"You're one of the guys from the temple!"
Oh! Thank God. "Y-yeah, I am" He laughed nervously. "I'm a friend of Yuzuha. She invited me"
"That's cool, the temple folks are super awesome" The blond guy said. "Also a friend of Yuzuha is a friend of ours" he added. " She helps me cheat on tests"
"Ren, shut up!" His friend said. "You're drunk already, aren't you?"
"No, I am not! This is basically juice" He said, "Come on, have a taste, I see your cup is empty bro"
Wise's response just came as blinking to many times and quickly handing over his cup as the guy was already pouring it, avoiding it falling to the floor. The drink was shared between the three of them as they did small talk, until it was only a few droplets for the blond guy.
"Awn man...out of juice already" He said sadly.
"Let's just grab more when we go for a smoke" the sunglasses guy said, turning to Wise. "You coming?" He invited him
"Oh! T-thanks but I don't smoke"
"Kudos to you bro, trying hard to quit but it's hard. Really need a ciggie right now. C'mon Ren" With that the two guys waved him goodbye as they went to the open area.
The proxy sighed heavily, interactions like that were much more Belle's cup of tea than his. He looked down at his cup, Wise didn't exactly know what the drink was, probably a mix. It had a orange color and a sweet fruity flavour. He decided to turned up his cup on his lips, almost coughing it out by how strong it was.
Juice, my bangboo's but. That was almost pure liquor! He already could feel himself get lightheaded. This being a terrible combination from his already too many cups collection of the night.
Wise was already feeling a bit tipsy, that had been his choice to preserve during the whole night, nothing more. This drink felt like a punch to his face.
Whenever the proxy siblings attended a party, it was a rare moment. As Belle enjoyed it way more than he did, with him just taking care of everything else while she was the face of the event. One of the problems of such events was that he was almost always the main victim of them.
The last time they tried it, it had been by the Cunning Hares invitation. With Nicole trying to make some money by a drinking competition between everyone since she could hold her liquor.
Well, newsflash. Wise CANNOT.
Belle loved it, much for his dismay, as she says he looses all his inhibitions when he was drunk. That day he had shamelessly hitted on Billy for hours, to then play around with Nicole in her gambling scheme.
The only thing he remembered was a big headache the other day, and some "What are we, manager ?" jokes from Billy. He had been mortified by what he had done.
Nicole had just sent him a "Let's do that next time ;)" message, bragging with how much they had gained together with some pictures he definitely didn't remember.
He couldn't face anybody for an entire month, it didn't help that his sister was keeping the shame alive by showing off embarassing pictures of him throughout the whole week.
He had swore to never get drunk like that again, his excuse was that he had to look out for his little sister. Maintaining his stance whenever Nicole begged him get a bit drunk with her.
He hissed, as the room started to swim around him. That drink had been a horrible idea as he felt himself loose his footing and trip to the side, being caught by strong arms.
Wait, he knew those buff arms.
He turned his head up, being faced by a wolf thiren with black and red hair looking down on him.
"Manato?"
"I thought I had recognized ya" the wolf Thiren said. "You good?"
"Manato... what are you doing here" then his mind slowed remembered that him and Yuzuha were classmates. Of course he would be here.
"Yuzuha pratically begged me to come here" was his response as he helped Wise to his feet.
"Have anyone said to you that your hair reminds people of Shadow the hedgehog?" His dumb self asked.
Manato was definitely not expecting that answer, his eyes widening in shock. He then looked to the side, grabbing a piece of his bangs and began examinating it.
"Is it bad?" He asked, almost coyly. Even if the thiren had a very scary appearance, he had quite a soft interior.
"Nah, it's hot" Wise busted out, having the small shame of covering his mouth afterwards.
Manato looked surprise again, but chuckled, amused. "You're drunk, aren't you?"
"Nu-uh!" Wise defended himself. He was the oldest one there, an older brother at that. He had a reputation and image to maintain. Even if only Manato's shirt could fit three of him, he was still older than the thiren by a couple of years. "I'm not drunk"
"Psst right" Manato smirked, leaning in to Wise's face. Had the Thiren not saved his life before, Wise would be sure the guy was getting ready to beat his ass. He then heard him sniffing, and hoped his nose could not smell the shiver that went up his spine.
Sniff shivers? What the hell was he talking about? He was too drunk for this.
"You're drunk" Manato stated. "I can smell it, it's...."
"Fruity?" Wise laughed, putting his cup in front of Manato's nose. The thiren, curious, went to hold his cup to have a better look before Wise turned his arm away. "Nu-uh! That's too strong for you!"
"What?" Manato seemed to have taken that as a challange, because of course he did. "Nothing is too strong for me!"
"It is! You would be wasted in one gulp" Wise teased.
"No, I would not! Give me that!" Manato growled, trying to snatch Wise's cup. The proxy did his best to detain the thiren from getting it, leading them to a game of catch.
If Yuzuha had made Manato suffer from such games before, he didn't know. But the Thiren quickly snatched the cup from his hands.
"Ha! Let's see who's weak" He then turned the cup all the way, before his eyes widened and he turned the cup down in the air. It being completely empty.
Oh that's right, Wise had drank it all up. How funny
Wise began laughing, while Manato gave him an incredulous glare.
"It's empty!" He huffed, crunching the cup on his hand. "It's not over, where did you get this drink?" He asked, grabbing a giggling Wise's shoulders to grab his attention. "Let's settle this"
"Okay, okay" He giggled one last time. "A blond guy gave it to me. He's... out smoking, I think"
"Ugh...." Smoking was smelly to humans, downright insufferable to a thiren. Him being a wolf, the simple smell of smoke just put him in a bad mood. All his closest friends had stopped smoking out of fear of the deadly glares he gave them. "Fine, let's find him"
Manato grabbed Wise's arm and dragged him to the open area that people had designed to be the smoking spot of the party. His height helped him see above most people's heads, he tsked when the smoke made its way up his nostrils, but he had found the guy they were looking for.
"Hey, you!" Manato shouted at the guy in question. The blond guy jumped, dropping his cigarette. With his friend promptly hiding his behind his back, gulping
"Ma-manato, wassup? I wasn't smoking or anything. I'm trying to quit!" He tried to say before the thiren cut him.
"I don't care about none of that!" He barked, eyeing all the others that were hiding behind the guy in question. Definitely findinf some of his other friends there "For now!" He said at them before lifting Wise up by his arm. "You gave a drink to this guy, right? You have more?"
"Hey, bro!" Wise waved.
"O-oh" the bangs guy said, showing his own empty bottle "S-Sorry man. I ran out, but my sister was the one that made it. She probably have more!" He said quickly. "She was the one in charge of the drinks"
"Rumia is close to the kitchen, playing a game, she can give you some"
Manato sighed, grumbling some thanks, as he found himself in a chase hunt to prove something that didn't need proving. Wise tagged along with him this time, liking the idea of getting another drink. Despite being very strong, he liked the fruity flavour.
Rumia was one of his classmates, the one throwing this party. She was more friends with Yuzuha than his, as both girls shared similar personalities. It wasn't difficult to find her as his big figure helped him push people around, cleaning a path. The girl was sitting around in a circle with some of his other classmates and some girls he didn't recognize. In the center of the circle was two identical bottles to what the other guy was holding. One full and the other half full. The drink that Wise was sure he couldn't handle.
"Yo Rumia" He said when he and Wise stopped in front of the group.
"Manato!! Wanna play?" The girl greeted him, opening her arms to the circle where some girls, and boys blushed upon seeing him, for some reason.
"Yes!" Wise said instanly before even hearing what game it was.
"No!" Manato corrected. "That bottle" He said pointing at it," Give me some. I want to settle something with this guy"
"Oh, my" Rumia giggled, no wonder her and Yuzuha got along so much. "Sure, sure" She filled two cups for them, giving them to him. "It would be more fun if you played, tho" She said, giving him a whiny voice.
"Hmpf" He grabbed the two cups and gave one to Wise that grabbed it with a big smile.
"Wanna eat your words?" Manato asked him, grinning.
"Hehe sure. In one, two, three" With his countdown they both turned their cups up, drinking it all.
Wise simply hissed at how the drink crashed against his system, he could feel his left eye twitch. But that had been a very small reaction compared to Manato's who started coughing violently, curling on himself, as he was not ready to how strong it was.
Even more drunk than before Wise began laughing, all his inhibitions drown away by the alcohol. "It's just juice" He teased.
"Juice my ass! What he hell kind of juice is this?" The wolf thiren coughed out.
"Alcohol juice!" Wise giggled. "I won so now you have to do what I say!"
Manato looked up at him, drying the corner of his mouth with his hand. "What? When did we agree to this?"
"We settled it when you lost!" Wise said, imitating the words of his sister whenever they made a bet. "Now let's play the game" He announced proudly.
Two seconds ticked before he became aware he didn't know what kind of game it was and turned to the party host.
"What game is it, again?"
"Hehe Seven minutes in heaven" the girl smugly answered.
"Ah..." Wise eyes widened, feeling a bit sober now and regretting his previous decision.
"You two are welcome to the closet" She pointed at the door a few meters away from them.
"We don't have to..." Wise laughed, embarassed. Manato raised an eyebrow at his sudden change in personality.
"Nah, you won. We're doing it" He grinned. It seemed being proven wrong had hit a soft spot in the wolf's ego. As he seemed a bit angry when he dragged them to the closet in question. He quickly grabbed one of the open bottles and brought it with them.
"W-wait Manato! " Wise said as he was dragged, hearing giggled and cheers from the group of players.
Manato opened the closet and pushed him inside, it was easily for him to loose his balance while being so drunk. It didn't take long for him to fall on his butt as the thiren closed the door.
Manato kneeled down, glaring at the bottle of liquor like it had kicked his grandma.
"Tsk it's just a stupid bottle." He whined, sounding a little petulant, the alcohol may have already started working on getting the wolf thiren drunk "Hmph"
He opened the bottle and then turned it up, drinking a few gulps before being done. He whipped his mouth clean and grinning at Wise.
"Ha! See! Didn't cough this time!" Even though his eyes were shining with tears and that he needed to clear his throat two times to get his voice right.
Wise giggled, seeing how Manato was trying so hard to get his tough image up again. "Are you a sore looser, by any chance?"
He was taunting a wild beast, he knew that, but just the sight of Manato's glare made him feel giddy for some reason. A thing his drunk self was having a blast with and wanting more.
"Don't be selfish and give me some, pleeease!" Wise wined, making grabby gestures with his hand.
"You sound like Yuzuha, now" Manato chuckled, but handled over the bottle. "Never seen you like that before"
"It's cause I'm super duper drunk." He grinned "That's my thirtieth cup of the night" He lied, giving his companion a peace sign before he chugged down the liquid. When Manato gave him a concerned look, he couldn't hold on to his laugh. Ending up coughing up and making a mess of himself.
"Hey, I think you've had enough" Manato said, taking the drink away from Wise as the proxy continued coughing.
"Party pooper" Wise whined.
"Right, now you really sound like Yuzuha. You definitely had enough"
"That's no fun, if we're not gonna drink then we better start making out before the time runs out"
Manato froze, eyes turning wide at the proxy for his sudden phrasing. "Huh?" He then remembered why they were there in the first place, and relaxed. "Oh, right. The game"
"Yeap! I've been wanting to make out with you for a long time. Ever since I first saw you!" Wise said, as he crawled his way towards the thiren.
"What?" Manato asked, surprised.
"Not makeout, makeout! Just kiss!" He clarified, so that he would not be label a pervert. "When I first saw you I instanly tought, you were really really hot " He said, putting his hands on Manato's knees.
"Heh, really?" Manato grinned, feeling very good about himself as he heard the proxy say out loud his unfiltered thoughts. His tail even began wagging. The thiren knew he was attractive, but the male proxy was always so collected and serious whenever they were on a mission. So different from his sister who was bubbly. He never though he would feel this way towards him. Well, not this explicitly and even less, say it to his face!
"Mhm!" Wise nodded cheerfully. Then the proxy closed his eyes and plucked his lips as he leaned towards him. Request obvious.
Manato huffed a laugh, but gave the proxy what he wanted. Connecting their lips in a kiss
It started soft, with Manato giving what Wise wanted, he said he wanted to kiss him the first time he saw him, and that's what he delivered. His mouth softly caressing the proxy's soft lips with his own before they pulled apart.
They stared at each other, jade into ruby as they gathered what they just did. The so polite and collective proxy he had met was a complete different person now. His green eyes was glaced and his place skin was decorated with a heavy blush, Manato's eyes went down to his moisty lips that were now red thanks to him. He smelled so good
The proxy wanting more, put his arms around his shoulders initiating another kiss. Not wasting time in deepening it, as he softly nibbled on the thiren's lips with his teeth, introducing his tongue.
There was a soft taste of fruity Manato could feel, he grabbed Wise's hips and brought him to his lap easily. Causing the proxy to moan in surprise at the sudden manhendling. It quickly melting into another one, once Manato made the kiss more aggressive.
Manato leaned back, separating their mouths to grin at the proxy. "What?" He teased, lifting his eyebrows in a challenge, "Can't handle it?" Using the same tone the older man had talked down on him with.
Wise's red face pouted at the clear jab, deciding to focus on more important matters, more kissing. "More" He said, making the thiren laugh.
"Anything for you, princess"
Wise didn't know how to deal with the petname, to treat it as another jab or to melt under the affection. He saved coming up with an answer, as his lips were attacked the thiren's lips again in a demanding kiss.
Manato pushed his body towards his, locking them even more closer than before. The only sound that could be heard in the closet was the sound of their lips smacking and the grunts and moans of satisfaction of the two men.
When gathering their breaths, Manato turned his face to his neck, his nose nuzzling his soft skin. His mind was still foggy by the alcohol, like he was in the midst of clouds yet being aware of the thiren in front of him. His wolf ears twitched every so often, they looked so soft, he reached his hands up to hold them between his fingers.
"Knew you wanted to do that" Manato said, his left ear twitching away from his finger, teasing.
"I actually wanted to fondle your chest" Wise confessed. He heard Manato choke on something
"Pay me dinner first"
"Can I be your dinner? I bet I taste like mooncakes" Wise said, not making complete sense, causing the wolf thiren to laugh. He could hear his tail wagging on the floor.
Wise gently lowered his head and gave his lips another kiss, having them fall into them again. This time not as aggressive or gentle, but passionate. Wise made himself at home at the thiren's lap, as Manato rested his hand at the back of his head, his thumb caressing his exposed hip.
Then a sudden knock startled the two of them, making Wise fall off Manato's lap. The knocks were aggressive as to make sure whoever was making out would be able to heard it no matter where they mind were.
"Helloo lovebirds~" The voice came from Yuzuha, you could hear her smile from behind the door. "Stop eating each other's faces! Time is up!"
Wise's heart was beating fast at the sudden scare, the little alcohol in his system drying up by his shock.
"It's been way more than seven minutes, I was just being nice" this time who said it, sounded like Rumia. As she and Yuzuha began starting a teasing conversation on their expense, it being muffled by the door between them.
The two men awkwardly stood up and began sorting themselves out, as to not be so obvious and give the two women more ammunition.
Wise gathered his courage to be the first one to leave, hoping to just run past Yuzuha and her friend. But before he could turn the doorknob Manato leaned into him, making him freeze. His nose nuzzled just beneath his chin.
"Ma-Manato?" He asked, with his voice trembling. Finally sounding more like his usual self, he could hear a soft deep chuckle on his ear.
"See you later, Proxy" The Thiren said, lowering his head towards his neck and biting down on his flesh. Wise flinched, yet the bite wasn't deep.
Manato looked at the mark he made, seeming satisfied he nodded, going beside him as he opened the door, closing it behind him.
Wise was still gathering himself, leaning against the doorframe in the empty closet. He could hear muffled voices that to him belonged to Manato, Yuzuha and Rumia. It slowly fading away as the Thiren lead them somewhere. How? He didn't know but thanked him all the same.
The alcohol was already leaving his system, with only droplets remaining to the tank. His body already feeling heavy as a result.
He quietly left the closet, doing his best not to be seen as he walked away. A few feet away Belle, who was looking around stopped when she saw her brother. Walking towards him.
"Wise, there you are. I was looking for you" She said. "Where did you go?"
The side affects of being so drunk started to catch up to him, his stomach turning as he holded it down as to not throw up.
Seeing the pained expression on her brother, Belle asked a bit worried. "Wise?"
Wise swalloed down the bile, feeling it burn down his throat. And sighed heavily, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Belle..."
"Yes?" His sister answered confused.
"I'm never drinking again"