Love is not Extinct

Halloween Special: Weekend Haunt

"One! Two! Three! Shot!" The five boys kneeling around the glass coffee table that sat in the middle of the room tipped back their heads and downed shots of a bright green liquid, followed by the gasps and moans as it burned on the way down.

"Whoo!" Inuoka cheered, putting his arm around Fukunaga who sat to his left, still blinking wide eyed at the sensation the alcohol had left on his tongue and down his throat. "That's the stuff! What did you say this stuff was called again?" He looked across the table at Lev who was sitting behind Yaku with his legs on either side and his arms casually around his boyfriend.

"Absinthe," Lev responded with a smile as he watched his boyfriend pour himself another shot glass as if he had not been affected.

"Another round for me!" Yamamoto cheered, holding out his glass, followed by the whoops of agreement from Kuroo,Teshiro and Inuoka as they all moved their glasses forward onto the table to be refilled. Fukunaga's glass was moved forward by Inuoka without asking, and Yaku downed his second shot and placed his cup back down for a third. Lev reached over and filled each glass up with precision and finesse.

Behind Kuroo, sitting on the couch, Kenma listened to their caterwauling, disinterested as he played a mobile game on his phone while Kai and Shibayama sat next to him, observing the group on the floor, amused, while they sipped their own beverages.

This was a pretty common setting for the gang of Nekoma apartment complex men when they hung out. Although they rotated who's apartment they went to, Lev and Yaku's was usually a favorite simply because the couple had a three bedroom apartment that was the most spacious floor plan the building had to offer. And of course, their apartment was always stocked with a large variety of alcohol.

"So, how did you little project go?" Inuoka asked after they had taken their shot. He leaned back on his palms and looked over at Kuroo curiously.

"My project?" Kuroo asked as he leaned against the couch, the back of his head resting against Kenma's knee. "What are you talking about?"

"Obviously whatever it was you were up to at the club the other night," Yamamoto cut in, leaning forward and putting his elbows on the table.

"We all could tell you were up to something," Sibayama said casually as he took a long, slow sip of his drink. "You get this look on your face when you start to scheme."

"Not to mention, Lev came back from whatever assignment you gave him with a girl." Inuoka snickered and had to duck a shot glass being thrown at him.

"I am not happy with that Kuroo." Yaku looked over, glaring at their messy-haired companion who only smirked in response.

Lev tightened his arms around his boyfriend, hoping to get him to calm down. Yaku was always extra feisty when he was drunk and he had already been in a bad moon since that evening. Lev didn't really want him to start to try and pick a fight with Kuroo in their living room. Especially since, despite Yaku's fearlessness, Lev was sure that Kuroo was one of the only members of their group that Yaku wouldn't have a chance at defeating.

"Calm down Yaku. All I did was spill a drink on her to get her away from someone." Lev tried to reason and as a result got head butted by the short man in his arms. "Ow..." he winced, reaching up one hand to rub his chin.

"Because he knew you would get her attention. He was using you for your looks. I am not okay with that."

"You know I meant no harm," Kuroo said with a smile as he filled up his shot glass once again and slid it across the table as a peace offering. "I had faith in Lev. He is loyal like a little puppy. I wasn't taking a risk and you know it." Yaku grumbled but took the shot as Lev smiled brightly, wrapping his arms around him tightly once more.