Cursed Souls - Chapter 23 23 Drunken Oaki

She got back to the room and found Noah waiting for her. Little did he know the craziness that was about to unfold. Before getting back to the room Oaki had drank a few shots of whiskey. She stumbled into the bathroom to shower. In retrospect, this was probably her worst idea yet because she had never drunk before and was now, well… drunk. She went into the shower feeling pathetic and sorry for herself, thinking about Will, and Chris. She looked down at her feet as the water fell onto them. She remembered when Noah helped her bathe. ‘Noah’ she thought to herself, ‘maybe I shouldn’t fight the assigned coupling idea anymore, maybe I’m just meant to be with Noah’. She got out of the shower and put a small towel around herself that barely covered everything. She walked out into the room when she heard a knock at the door. She walked toward it to answer it. Noah grabbed one of his huge T-shirts and asked her to put it on before answering the door. It wasn’t until he got close to her that he could smell the alcohol on her. A few second later he heard her slurred speech. She opened the door in the towel as Noah threw the blanket from there bed over her shoulders to better cover her. Will was at the door.

“I think we need to talk,” Will said calmly.

“No!” she said childishly walking away.

“Oaki. I’m sorry!” he screamed from the doorway.

Noah got up and stood in front of him, clearly out of the loop. He remained standing there for a few seconds.

“She doesn’t wish to see you at the moment. Maybe later.” Noah said trying to be reasonable.

Will walked in pushing past Noah. Then he went over to Oaki grabbing her shoulder aggressively. She turned around and looked up at him.

“You hurt me. You broke your promise. And all you are is a liar”. She said stammering drunken, slurring her speech.

“You don’t understand.” He said trying to explain himself.

“Nope nope nope.” She said shaking her finger in front of his face.

She laughed at him. “I love her!” she said pointing at Dao on the floor. “I don’t want to talk to you. You made what you wanted clear. And I don’t like you”

Just then Chris came barging into the room and punched Will. Oaki laid on the bed with the blanket undressed.

“Is she drunk?” Chris asked a little taken aback glancing over to Oaki.

“…yes,” Noah said looking at her disappointed.

“You have to get dressed!” Noah said looking over to her.

“No clothes are no fun.” She said stretching her arms out to him as if she wanted him to pick her up like she was three years old again.

Noah walked over to the dresser and grabbed clothes. Her arms were resting outside the blanket so he put her hands through the huge holes in his T-shirt he had grabbed earlier. It was like a dress on her. He put it around her head and made sure she was not exposed. She looked at him and smiled.

“We are paired together. And I was fighting everything. But no more feelings. Let’s just do it and live whatever life we have to.”

Chris sat next to Oaki. “You don’t know what you’re saying. And tomorrow you won’t want to have sex with anyone… Yanno like your usual self.”

Noah and Chris looked at each other, then back at her. She turned and smiled at both of them.

“It’s inevitable. We are going to pair up and then the whole life, kids, and commitment crap. Sex is just an act. It’s meaningless. So come on” She said looking at Noah.

“OAKI STOP THIS! I TOLD YOU I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO YOU UNLESS I AM ABLE TO GET YOUR HEART AND YOU TRULY WANT TO BE WITH ME AND EVERYTHING. I DON’T WANT YOU LIKE THIS!” He said yelling at her a little hurt.

“Chris?” She said looking at him leaning close towards his lips.

He got up and backed away. He knew this was wrong. They both looked at passed out Will in the hallway and scoffed. Oaki turned over and was out like a light.

Both of the boys closed the door and sat on the floor by the table. They waited for her to awake from her crazy drunken daze.