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It was a supposedly normal Friday night after a long day at Gardenview centre. Shelly and Sprout were having an Uno standoff in the mains lounge. Astro was just reading on the couch nearby and everything seemed fine, albeit slightly boring.
Just then, Vee came striding into the room, holding something behind her back. “Hey hey, guess what I found near the back of the storage room~!” She said.
Everyone looked up from what they were doing and tilted their heads. “Vee…what exactly do you have behind your back?” Astro asked quietly. Vee grinned before pulling out a crate of some vodka and another filled with beer. “Is that what I think it is…?” Shelly inquired curiously.
“Hell yes it is. It’s alcohol. I found these when I was taking a walk around the place.” Vee said with a nod. “How’s about we have some fun for tonight? Nobody’s gonna stop us!” She added. “Well, I guess one shot of beer couldn’t hurt…” Sprout mumbled as Vee handed him a bottle. “That’s the spirit!” She replied, handing the others some drinks too.
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Pretty soon enough the whole group were clearly very drunk and enjoying themselves, laughing and talking nonsense. They’d made it through half of both crates while doing so. Right now Sprout was telling everyone an absurd story.
“Then they shaid it wash like thish big…” He murmured in a somewhat slurred tone as he motioned with his hands a specific size. He was pretty lightweight for a strawberry so he was more drunk than the rest. “And I shaid no wway, thatsh crazy- *Hic* an’ I shaid you’re lying!” He added.
“Sho then I- *hic* I shee the cake that the baker bringsh out and itsh huge! About ash huge ash the dining table!” Sprout slurred again, hiccuping as he took a swig of beer.
“That’s a total lie. That ssshouldn’t be true!” Shelly said, hiccuping a little herself as she took a swig of her vodka. “Yuh huh, thatsh falth!” Astro slurred with a nod, frustrated with how he was unable to use his magic from how drunk he was to pick up his beer. “100% false!” Vee (who was less drunk but still kind of is herself) added, involuntarily hiccuping. “Oh, pardon me…”
Sprout shook his head. “Nope! Itsh true alright!” He said and he along with the others laughed despite not getting the joke. Vee looked up at the clock, seeing it was 10:00 PM. “Hey, shouldn’t we you know turn in for the night? It’s getting late…” She said, shaking her head a little as she felt lightheaded, despite not being as drunk as the other three. The rest of the group groaned.
“Aww, do we haf tooo??” Sprout whined. He was always a bit emotional when he was wasted. “Yes, we do. I know we’re all clearly- *hic* enjoying ourselves, but it’s past the time we usually go to sleep.” Vee murmured. “Ughh..fiinnnee….” Shelly grumbled.
Vee went out first, holding Shelly in her arms. “Goodnight, you two.” She said to the other two on the way out. Sprout had to make a pit stop at the bathroom and when he did he threw up into the toilet, quite messily, and flushed it before washing his hands and going to bed.
Dandy (who was wanting to get himself some water as he was thirsty) passed by the lounge and when he peeked inside he saw Astro slumped like a cat on the couch, and there were a few empty bottles on the floor and on the table. The flower made his way over to the moon and gently touched his shoulder before shaking it lightly. “Hey, Astro, starlight, what on earth happened in here?” He said.
Getting no response he sighed and started to pick up the mess and put the empty bottles into a recycling bag to throw away in the morning. He then found a cupboard and locked the remaining bottles away, writing a note reading “DO NOT open this cupboard unless you ask me permission to use any of the contents inside. - D” and stapled it to the door of the cupboard. He then walked back over to Astro before trying to prise him off the couch though just then the moon opened his eyes and looked up at him.
“…Did I wake you?” Dandy said sheepishly. Astro sat up, clearly looking very drunk. “Nahh, ya didn’t…” He slurred, gripping onto Dandy’s arm for support as he stood up and leaned on him for support (he was a lot taller than Dandy). The flower yelped as the moon put his weight on him. “Sh-sheesh, you’re really wasted, aren’t you big guy? Come on, let’s get you to bed.” He said as he started out of the room with the moon still leaning on him like a lazy cat.
The two made their way back Astro’s room and Dandy helped him undress and get into some clean pyjamas before sitting him down on the bed. He turned to leave when the moon toon gripped onto his shirt sleeve. “Nooo…don’t leave…” he mumbled. Dandy sighed. “I won’t be gone long, I promise. I just need to grab you a bucket you can throw up in and some water for you to drink in case you have a hangover in the morning.” He said as he tried to pull his sleeve away. Astro grumbled though let him go, he was oddly submissive, considering that he was drunk.
Dandy left for a moment and returned with the bucket and water jug and cup before putting the bucket on the floor beside the bed and the water on the bedside table. He softly stroked the seemingly sleeping moon’s head and turned to leave when he felt a hand grab his waist and another grab his arm before he was pulled under the covers. “Wh-hat-?!” He started to speak when he felt a warm hand press his lips shut. “Shhh~” Astro whispered softly as he pulled Dandy into a warm embrace and stroked his petals, knowing that the flower always liked that gesture. That was the last thing Dandy remembered before he blacked out. At least Astro was warm enough to cuddle with.
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Dandy woke up the next morning in Astro’s bed and looked down at himself, flushing from embarrassment as soon as he realised that he was wearing almost to nothing aside from his pants and binder (which he forgot to take off last night). He also saw a bunch of bruises and bitemarks on his neck and shoulders (as well as a few on his legs and ankles too) which looked a lot like they came from kisses. “What on earth happened last night..?” He muttered to himself as his eyes darted around the room and he saw his pyjamas laid surprisingly neatly on the floor. He was about to get out of bed when he glanced over to his side, seeing Astro without his nightcap on and grumbling a little in his sleep. Looks as if he’s having a hangover.
Dandy carefully got out of the bed and walked with his clothes over to the bathroom before closing the door behind himself and looking in the mirror. “Oh sheesh…looks like someone went crazy…” he muttered as he saw the bite marks, kisses and bruises in more detail. He found some lotion for bruises and some gel as well as some cotton pads before starting to treat it all. Then he put his clothes back on.
After a while he heard a groan coming from the bedroom. He pulled on his shirt and walked out of the bathroom. “Oh hey, you’re awake, starlight.” He said, sitting on the bed as Astro rubbed his face and looked at him. “Urgh…Where am I…? And why do you have those bruises on your neck…?” The tall moon replied. Dandy’s face flushed. He didn’t say anything. Astro added, “Was I drunk…? All I recall is being given some vodka and beer by Vee and talking with Sprout and Shelly…”
“Uh, yeah you were pretty drunk so I cleaned up and got you back to bed since you were alone by yourself.” Dandy replied. “I woke up in your bed with you and covered in bruises.” Astro’s face flushed red with embarrassment. “Uh…oops.” He lowly murmured.
An awkward silence filled the room before Dandy spoke up. “Well uhh since you’re probably gonna have a hangover all day, how about we just spend the day watching movies and stuff?” Astro smiled a little bit. “That would be good, my love.” And they did that.