小嫂子的味道

I slammed open the door to my room, and while I\'d intented to walk inside I couldn\'t help but fall over as my face hit the ground.

I\'d say it was because the alcohol was getting to my brain, but I can\'t ignore the fact that my shoes were wet due to the snow.

\'That should\'ve hurt, yet I somehow feel nothing but numbness.\'

I forced myself up, and after struggling for a while I was able to get back on my feet. I closed the door shut, blocking the cold winds from entering inside.

Removing my shoes I was about to go toward my room when my feet stumbled again and I lost balance.

"Got you!" the voice seemed familiar, thus when I turned my head to look I saw that it was Req.

She was holding me, and keeping from falling over again. I didn\'t want to, but neither did I have the strength to prevent myself from resting my head on her shoulder.

\'This is strange, she never smelled this good. No, wait, I was the one who didn\'t sniff her. Wait for a second, why would I sniff her? She was not a flower. She was a girl…or a sword? Ah, fuck it. Whatever.\'

"I told you to be careful, didn\'t I?" she said as she supported me and helped me stand still.

"How the hell I could\'ve avoided this, huh? There is no way I would have let that girl tease me like I she wanted! I had to finish the drink!" at this point I couldn\'t tell, but I was probably speaking louder than I usually do.

"You can control the elements, right? Then all you had to do was turn the alcohol into water," she suggested.

"I can do that?" I asked. I really had no idea.

"You should be able to, haven\'t you ever tried?" she spoke while helping me walk to the bed.

"What? Of course, I haven\'t tried! Why would I? I don\'t go drinking alcohol all day!" I said as I sat on the bed.

"Anyway, you should not drink it all in one big gulp—like you did—if it\'s your first time drinking. Your body ain\'t used to that stuff, so you\'d get drunk faster and the hangover will be more fierce too," she explained.

"Ahh…that\'s the best piece of information you could\'ve given me right now," I muttered while I took my jacket off and threw it on the floor. I did the same with my socks.

After that I was about to stand up again, but since my head was feeling heavy as a rock and I had no sense of direction whatsoever, I ended up stumbling again. And backward, this time.

Req tried to prevent that by holding out her hand and grabbing my arm but failed. At the end, she ended up falling over me too. Fortunately, there was the bed behind us thus I fell on it with Req above me.

\'Fucking cringe!\'

She was surprised at first but then her cheeks curled up into a mischievous smile.

"You know, I actually don\'t mind you getting drunk. I wouldn\'t be made even if you do it daily," she said.

"Shut up!" I snapped, and then pushed her to my side. Then I stood up, and this time I was able to make it without falling.

"You should not move around too much, it can be dangerous if you hit your head and lost your memory or something," Req advised.

\'If you\'re that worried then don\'t raise all the red flags, damn it!\'

I ignored her, and made my way toward the kitchen. My head was so heavy that I felt like I was carrying a boulder over my head, each step I took would feel like I was climbing over a mountain.

But still, I knew I had to do this. This was the only way.

I walked over inside the kitchen, used my elemental magic to turn on the stove, then took out some coffee power from a jar and transfered it in a cup. Then I remembered that I\'ve turned the stove on but haven\'t put the water to boil, so I did that.

When the water was starting to boil, I turned off the stove and decanted the water into the cup. I skipped the sugar, and everything else that I used to mix in. It was just coffee and water.

I came back into the room with the cup, sat on the bed and rested the cup on the desk. Req who was rolling on the lower end of the bed looked at me curiously.

"Coffee? Seriously? Haven\'t you had enough drinking already?" she asked.

"Just shut up for a second!" I really meant that. With everything going on, I was getting irritated at her even when I didn\'t want to.

I was not in a good state. If I lost control of my mind then all the limiters I\'ve set on myself would be useless. There\'d be another disaster, another funeral, I didn\'t want that.

I picked up the cup of coffee and took a sip. The coffee was hot and I burned my tongue, but it didn\'t really matter as I took another big gulp anyway.

In a total of three sips I finished the whole cup and set the cup on the desk.

My mouth and throat was burning, and my tongue was not in good condition either. Soon I felt that burning sensation spread through my chest and then into my whole body. During this period, I closed my eyes and sat on the bed while leaning against the wall.

Around half an later I opened my eyes, the world seemed a lot clear now. And while the heaviness and dizziness in my head had not completely faded away, it had reduced to an extent where it was bearable and didn\'t affect my actions.

I tried to stand up, and was able to do it successfully.

"Seems like it worked," I mumbled.

Req looked at me in astonishment. "No way! Don\'t tell me you are not drunk anymore!"

"Well, I was just going to say that."