Comic Demon (Archive)

Drinking

"Ha! They're so blind," I said, sneaking back up the stairs with a bottle in my hand.

I sat on my bed and looked at the label.

'Cheap Booze' I read, crossing my legs. 'Well at least they're honest'

I opened the bottle and started drinking.

"Ugh," I said, scrunching up my nose.

It tasted terrible but I kept drinking, and didn't seem long until the whole bottle was gone.

"Maybe I should get some more. It wasn't so bad."

I stood up. My feet seemed to have a mind of their own as I stumbled out the door.

'Oh,' I thought. 'Stairs again?'

I made my way towards the stairs to the lobby and tripped on the last step.

"Yeek!" I squealed as I hit the floor.

I slowly got up and stumbled to Husk.

"Heyyy... Husk!"

He looked at me. It took him a second to realize what I had in my hand.

"Did you get into the..." his voice trailed off as he turned around and looked at the shelves behind him.

"Looking fooor... this?" I asked, holding the bottle up so he could see it.

"You drank... all of it?"

"Mhmm. Hurts. Throat burns... my.... What?"

"Yeah, it probably does burn."

I looked at him. He had another bottle in his hand.

"Yoink!" I said, grabbing it from him and stumbling away.

"Hey!" He whipped around.

I tipped the bottle up and started drinking again. I cringed. It burned my throat, but I had to keep drinking.

'I'm no coward! Come on!'

I stopped about halfway through and slumped against the wall. Alcohol spilled out of the bottle and onto the floor.

"Did I ever tell you- Husk, did I ever tell you how great you are?" I asked.

He rolled his eyes and sighed.

"No," he said. "You didn't."

"Aww," I said.

I dipped my finger into the puddle and started drawing a messy picture on the floor.

He cocked his head and squinted.

"What's that?"

"It's you. I call it Alco-... AlcoHalla."

He sighed again and walked away.

"You're beautiful, Husk!" I called out to him, my eyes dropping. "My waifu!"

I heard him groan and smiled as I went to sleep.