Chapitre 54: A fleeting Christmas party 2/2
"Let's see if I understood you, you don't like chocolate?" Yoshino said with a completely indignant expression as she looked at Aizawa next to Oboro in the living room, who also felt betrayed.
"I don't like chocolate, I'd say it's a bit overrated as a sweet" Aizawa said with his typical bored and blunt expression making Yoshino have a cloudy smile on her face.
Oboro took a few steps back to approach Azami a few meters from him in search of someone to stop Yoshino before she kills Aizawa, although he himself had to admit that he was considering the idea of not saving him after what he said.
"Wait a second, why the hell did you put so much hair gel to make it so spiky?" Mirai said curiously as she spoke to Hizashi as well as Azami as he thawed his hair in the fireplace.
"I wanted to try a new look!! But I still need my hair to grow longer" Hizashi said making quite a fuss as usual at first and then falling into a deep depression as he couldn't change his look.
At that moment, Oboro arrived next to Azami and whispered to her what was about to happen to Aizawa, so she nodded and moved away from her a little while being noticed by Mirai.
"What happened Azami?" Mirai said with a bit of curiosity seeing Azami's worried expression.
At that moment, a terrible scenario flashed through Oboro's mind, so he made various gestures to Azami for her not to explain the situation, but it was already too late...
"I have to save Aizawa since he said that chocolate is overrated" Azami said in a bit of a hurry to save Aizawa causing Oboro to form a cloud in his ears.
"That he said what!!!!" Mirai said also brimming with anger before walking towards Aizawa aggressively.
"Wait, he's a grandfather but he doesn't deserve death!!" Hizashi said getting up from his seat to stop the death of his friend being instantly followed by Azami and Oboro.
Doryoku for his part, found himself in one of the corners of the room with a slight smile as he watched all the events.
He had a small coffee table and he found his head resting on his arms as he decided that just watching was enough.
'It's because you don't have anything interesting to say' was what went through his mind giving answers to his questions as painful as they were, although Doryoku was too busy with the moment to pay attention to his thoughts.
After an assassination attempt on Aizawa that was mostly stopped by Azami somehow, she started giving the guests something to drink to calm the mood, in this case the cream punch.
Oboro took two glasses from it and walked over to Doryoku to hand him one with an expectant smile, followed by Aizawa and the rest of the group after a moment.
"Why alone redhead? You can't blame us if you do it on purpose" Yoshino said unapologetically as under her vision Doryoku sought his own loneliness.
"You're right about that, I guess I like simple and small places" Doryoku said quite comfortable as he was leaning on the table, as everyone stood in a circle around it.
"I agree in this case, I don't know why there is always a tendency to ignore the most comfortable places in the corners" Aizawa said agreeing in this case and not understanding why the central tables are always occupied first.
"It's called socialization, although I don't think it's a term you know" Mirai said with an explanatory and mocking tone while Aizawa had a little twitch in his eye.
"Well before anything else I would like to introduce you to the main drink, the cream punch! The third one since the previous ones could be considered as biological disorders" Azami said introducing the drink with enough pride and honesty, although the last part did not sound very convincing.
"Tsss, fear is for those who only listen lofi, here I come!!" Hizashi said being the first to throw himself into the void without thinking and taking a drink of the punch.
Aizawa and Oboro wore curious expressions as did Doryoku to a lesser extent, until Hizashi decided to answer.
"It's pretty good actually" Hizashi said with a rather blanker expression than usual although he really seemed to like it and he really expected something completely different.
Oboro was the second to try being followed by Aizawa, while Azami and Mirai looked a little nervous and Yoshino just enjoyed the tension.
"Ohhhh, it's delicious, it's wonderfully sweet!!!" Oboro said with an expression of complete satisfaction at the terrible sweetness of the drink.
"God, I'm sure I'm going to die of diabetes after this" Aizawa said overwhelmed by the sweet taste, although it wasn't as bad as he thought.
At this Mirai and Azami seemed quite proud, although the newly discovered Doryoku with culinary skills was still missing.
Doryoku took the small glass they gave him and the first thing he did was smell it, almost as if he were a professional wine taster.
"Mmmm, sugar, milk, vanilla and what seems to be some kind of whipped cream, although it has an extra smell that I can't identify..." Doryoku said thinking for a moment where he had smelled each thing but not knowing what exactly was the last.
Even so, he tried it, and it felt too sweet, especially for him, who barely tolerated sweets.
"It's pretty good, I don't like sweets but other than that it's very good, but I would really like to know what the last ingredient is" Doryoku said with appreciation even though sweets was one of his weaknesses, making Mirai and Azami bump fists due to its resounding success.
"It's a touch of alcohol, don't worry, it's completely regulated by my father" Mirai said making the quartet of idiots instantly exalted although everyone calmed down for the clarification, except for...
"A-Alcohol, b-but I'm still underage" Doryoku said with a rather nervous expression as if he had committed an unforgivable crime.
"Don't worry, it's not even considered an alcoholic beverage, besides we have the consent of an adult" Mirai said a little amused just like the rest at Doryoku's highly exaggerated expression.
Even so, Doryoku still felt quite uncomfortable and his expression looked like a tragedy, so at that moment Mirai had a great idea.
"I think I have an idea, maybe there's some non-alcoholic punch left over somewhere, would that be better?" Mirai said with a very slight mischievous smile behind her, only being noticed by Azami and Yoshino.
"If you don't mind I would really prefer it, I'm sorry to be so selective" Doryoku said trying to be as polite as possible to say that he really didn't want to drink the punch.
The courtesy made Mirai doubt her plan for almost a second, but still she stood her ground and took the glass of Doryoku to calmly go to the kitchen...
"I have to do something... And if you ask, it's a women's thing" Yoshino said getting up from her seat and just when Oboro was going to ask he found a trap card impossible to avoid.
"I have to see that Mirai doesn't do something crazy" Azami with much more honesty than Yoshino who could only put her hand on her face.
"And... Anything to say?" Hizashi said with some expectation for a strange anecdote from anyone.
"Nothing weird ever happens to me, maybe because I don't pay attention... Oh, did I ever tell you about when I met the Messiah?" Doryoku said thoughtfully, until he recorded a certain anecdote from long ago.
"The Messiah? I don't remember anything about it" Oboro quite curious since he hadn't heard about it until now just like Hizashi and Oboro.
"I had no idea when was a good time to bring that up, besides... Until recently I was sure it was a hallucination" Doryoku said with a thoughtful tone and still somewhat unsure than that moment was real.
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"Huhuhu, uhuhuhuhuhu" said Mirai laughing evilly as she was looking for something in a kitchen cabinet.
"Hey Mira... what are you doing?" Yoshino said appearing next to Mirai suddenly and causing her to get upset and lightly hit her head with the cabinet.
"It's nothing bad... Just a little experiment, don't tell me you went soft" Mirai said with an innocent smile and a bit mocking.
"Never soft, if he deserves it I would make him pieces, but to my misfortune he's the idiot I least dislike" Yoshino said with a vein on her forehead although accepting that last part.
"Then no problem! he won't die I promise" Mirai said calmly as she continued searching the cabinet.
"Mirai don't give the guests poison!" Azami said arriving at the kitchen quite excited and looking around somewhat confused.
"Here it is! Dad's white wine!" Mirai said with great anticipation and taking out a rather elegant bottle with a light cream colored liquid inside.
"Why do you want wine Mirai?" Azami said still confused since that was the wine they used in the punch.
The white wine was not strong in terms of alcohol percentage and also had a color very similar to punch, so that was the one that Mirai's father chose as he was known of it.
"It's not that hard to guess either, I'll give this to the redheaded emo" Mirai said expectantly as she poured some (quite a lot) of the wine into the punch.
"And why would you want to do that? I can't believe it's something as simple as annoying him more" Yoshino said still suspicious of Mirai's intentions as well as Azami.
"Exactly, the idea is to make him at least a little drunk, just imagine, what will be behind the calculating mask when he doesn't think" Mirai said with an explanatory and expectant tone.
Yoshino was about to say something, but actually the idea was great, and the seed of curiosity had already sprung up, so she was only left in a thoughtful state.
"That's not a good idea Mirai, that could cause a bad experience in Doryoku" Azami said being the voice of reason as always even though there was also curiosity in her.
"She's right, besides, you forget that he already knows how alcohol smells, now it would be impossible for him not to notice the aroma" Yoshino said also agreeing and finding a giant flaw in Mirai's plan.
Mirai thought for a bit and realized that it was true, it would be impossible to get Doryoku to drink since now he would notice the smell and simply deny it so the plan was almost impossible.
"Hey blonde where is the bathroom?" Oboro said suddenly appearing in the kitchen and making everyone jump.
Oboro stared at the situation for a moment, Mirai pouring alcohol into a glass, Yoshino's face pale, and Azami about to initiate what seemed like an apology.
"So there's no bathroom?" Oboro said sticking out his tongue like an idiot and relaxing the atmosphere instantly.
"Hey seriously, I can't let you do something bad to Doryoku, Nintai-san commissioned me and the last thing I could do is fail her" Oboro said with a little more seriousness than usual when it came to the health of his friend.
Even Mirai felt bad seeing Oboro's serious and worried expression, so she let out a tired sigh and said...
"Yeah, I'm sorry... you were right, it was a bad idea to make the emo drunk" Mirai said feeling bad and guilty for wanting to force that situation.
Just as she was about to throw the punch she was stopped by...
"Did you say drunk? If you need help you could use cocoa, when there is something bitter his smell is not so good" Oboro said with an expectant smile and giving his advice with a lot of emotion.
"Didn't you say it was bad cloudy?" Yoshino said with blank eyes and quite annoyed at what seemed to be a practical joke from Oboro.
"Give Doryoku a moment of freedom without any thought? Believe me, he wouldn't refuse something like that" Oboro said with a slight smile as he knew his best friend perfectly, and then left the kitchen.
"I think dad has cocoa in his room!" Mirai said regaining her expectation of him and running quickly through her house just like Yoshino.
'Wasn't he looking for the bathroom?' Azami thought somewhat confused after Oboro, then smiled slightly when she found the answer.
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"Here it is, a completely legal drink!" Mirai said offering the glass of punch to Doryoku with an innocent smile.
Doryoku took the glass and sniffed at it for a moment making Yoshino, Azami and Mirai tense slightly, though he didn't find anything unusual.
Then Doryoku took a small drink and as he tasted a bit...
"It's much better" Doryoku said with a rather satisfied smile at the taste of cocoa, one of his favorite things.
"Sorry for all the inconvenience, and thanks for the cocoa" Doryoku said a little embarrassed as he continued to drink punch and the atmosphere relaxed.
"Could I ask for a change too?" Aizawa said also somewhat dissatisfied with drinking alcohol.
"Hohohoho, your turn will come" Mirai said with a slight mischievous smile making Aizawa tilt his head in confusion.
"I want to eat the cake Doryoku brought! I'm barely getting out of his existence!" Hizashi said rather impatiently and somewhat indignant at not being notified.
"Never, it's too good to share!!" Mirai said running towards the kitchen to secure the cake, being instantly followed by Yoshino and the rest, except for Doryoku.
After a pitched battle, everyone had a piece of cake to eat, and even Aizawa admitted that it was worth being a part of that because of how good it tasted.
The first to arrive in the living room was a defeated Mirai, although as she paid attention to her surroundings she noticed that...
"Hey, where's the redhead?" Mirai said somewhat scared as she didn't see Doryoku anywhere.
"He probably went to the bathroom, I don't see the problem" Aizawa said coming second and not understanding Mirai's expression.
"Well… Let's just say that drink wasn't sooo normal…" Mirai said with a slight nervous smile as the entire group stood before her.
And that was the flag... that made everyone search every place in Mirai's house.
The search drilled into every room in the house, and everyone searched every corner with great concern, except for Oboro, who was sure that he himself was more likely to misfortune than Doryoku drunk.
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I found him" Yoshino said with blank eyes finding Doryoku after checking a small room somewhat hidden near the living room.
Each one was arriving and everyone was left with the same expression as Doryoku found himself... In the karaoke room.
{Lil'B - Orange}
"~Naki warai mi kimi no kokoro wa, ima donna e no gu no iro shiteru nooooo!~" Doryoku sang with a wide smile on his face flushed from alcohol.
The strangest thing was not seeing the less expressive guy singing or with that almost strange smile on his face, no, the strangest thing was that he knew the song perfectly.
In that same moment, Oboro was the first to move and arrived next to Doryoku to put his arm on his shoulder just like the latter and start singing in duet.
"~Naki warai suki egao hajikeru futari wa, Taiyou mitai kira kira na orenjiiiii!~" both friends sang at the same time, smiling a lot and with great emotion.
The duet continued to perfectly sing the song for a few seconds until Hizashi snapped out of his shock at the strangeness and was carried away by the song, followed almost instantly by an emotional Mirai.
"~Naki warai suki yuuhi ni tokechaisou, namida de yurari yura orenjiiiii!~" they all sang this time in a quartet, hugging each other in a row and with a lot of emotion for the song.
Azami, Yoshino and Aizawa could only watch the situation with amusement and lightly laughing as well, at the rather comical scene in front of them, or at least that was until the song reached a certain part...
At that moment the quartet split up, Mirai taking Azami by force to karaoke, Oboro and Hizashi taking Aizawa and Doryoku taking Yoshino still quite excited.
"~Koishisa shitto fuan no uzu ni makare, mata hitori kiri no aida ni kokoro ga hotsureta mitaiii, ookina ana ga aku mae ni kimi no ai de sotto tsutsunde, Koborenai you ni hari to ito de nuitsukete hoshiiiiiiiiiii!~" they sang this time Doryoku and Yoshino mostly while the rest also followed the song.
"~Naki warai suki kimi no kokoro wa, ima donna e no gu no iro shiteru nooooo, naki warai suki ai ga afuretara nakechau gurai jinwari na orenjiiiii!~" they all sang this time completely as a group while hugging each other with one arm over the shoulder.
"~Naki warai suki futari no mirai wa, nee donna e no gu no iro ni naru kanaaaaaaa, bad warai suki man juu nen sen demo, negau is not amazuppai orenjiiiiiii!~"
"~Ato nando!~" Doryoku sang this time alone.
"(~Donna yume wo mite!~)" said the rest following the song.
"~Asa ha kite mo, te wo tsunaide!~"
"(~Get on wo tsutsunde!~)"
"~Ite neee...Nakijakutte!~"
"(~Tonari ni iru watashi!~)"
"~Warai koregete, yappari kimi no zutto orenjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! ~" Doryoku finally sang perhaps the widest smile he had ever had in his life.
And the rest of the party was quite good, but an agreement was also reached between everyone after all, and that is that Doryoku was as and even more resplendent than Oboro himself when he was not thinking, as much as he shone the same sun.
L’AVIS DES CRÉATEURS 
Grim_Jester
Grim_Jester No, I didn't become an otaku and take a bath before doing this.
The point is that there are some spoilers in that song and it would be a bit rude of me to throw them in your face, so if you want to know about spoilers you will have to translate the song, and if not just ignore the song but not the dialogues.
For those who saw Bleach, the song will bring nostalgia, but only the true ones, the true superior beings, will think of final fantasy sonic x when listening to the song hehe
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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