Chapter 4: A Little Too Much To Drink

Yuzu straddled Mei as she pushed her down onto the bed in hopes of deepening their kiss. Slipping her tongue into Mei's mouth she felt Mei try and retreat, however, Yuzu managed to clasp Mei's tongue before she could, sucking on it as well as her lower lip. She pushed herself down closer to Mei who was lying flush on the mattress as she continued their kiss, daring to go a step further, Yuzu let one of her hands cautiously climb Mei's side. Reaching the destination of her breast, Yuzu gave it a hard squeeze, god how much that satisfied Yuzu.

After what felt like mere seconds, she broke the kiss, her lungs felt like they were going to burst, but Yuzu didn't give in as she leaned down stealing another kiss from Mei, who was still wriggling under her. Yuzu still cupping the breast in her hand started slowly, oh so slowly, grinding against Mei as she continued massaging the younger girl's breast. Maybe tonight was the night Yuzu thought, well there was only one way to find out.

For the second time, she reluctantly left Meis' lips and made light work of her neck and collarbone, slowly working her way to the neckline of Mei's ruffled shirt. Her hand ceased contact with the mound and travelled its way down Mei's flat stomach. Yuzu's movements where so light her fingers were practically dancing over the skin. When they finally reached the waistband of Mei's shorts, her advances were quickly stopped as she felt Mei's firm grip on her wrist.

"Yuzu I said no," Mei managed out through her ragged breath, her voice was hoarse and husky, this only made Yuzu want her more. Though Yuzu stilled her hand her lips never stopped for a second, moving upwards again she sucked on Mei's lower neck, even going as far as biting it.

"Yuzu!" Mei's voice was once again deep and harsh as Yuzu began licking and sucking over the now purple, blue skin. Maybe I bit a little too hard Yuzu thought as she stopped to look at the bite; she could clearly see her teeth imprints on Mei's neck.

Mei took her girlfriend's momental stop as on opening to take control of the situation, she pushed Yuzu backward until she was once again sitting upon Mei, who also rose from the bed. She swiftly removed Yuzu's legs from her waist and stood up, leaving Yuzu on the bed.

"God Yuzu, take a hint I said no," Mei said briefly before walking over to the blonde's mirror on her desk, sighing when she saw the dark bruise and teeth marks on her neck, rubbing it as if that would make a difference.

Yuzu gave a small 'sorry' before climbing under the covers and facing away from Mei, it was still relatively early but she just wanted to go to bed and sleep it off. Again.

They were both well over ¾ through their first year, which was good, but it also meant that Mei had her final assignment due in a couple weeks, and if Yuzu was honest, she wasn't taking it very well.

It wasn't like her years in high school where she would overwork herself, but more like she was constantly stressed, worried if her assignment would get a high grade. Yuzu had never thought Mei was one to be worried about failing, all throughout high school Mei had been confident in her abilities. Yet for the past 3 weeks, since she had gotten her brief, she had been in constant worry.

Yuzu had tried on countless occasions to calm and reassure her after all, Mei had read her assignment to Yuzu a dozen times, Yuzu thought she could probably recite it herself. Mei had finished her assignment several days ago, but now she thought it wasn't good enough or that she had to add more detail, after all, she still had two weeks before she was supposed to hand it in. So, every night after her classes she would come home, have dinner and spend the rest of her night trying to find a way to improve her assignment. And at some point last week, Yuzu was sure that Mei had actually made a second one so she could compare the two.

Yuzu had gotten used to the routine, but there was one part of it she hated. No sex. Yuzu hadn't gotten laid in over 3 weeks, and god how she missed it, having Mei around her all day, sleeping next to her at night, but not being able to touch her. It was driving her mad. No matter how many of the countless ways she tried to turn Mei on, her reply was always along the lines of, 'Not right now Yuzu or when I'm finished my assignment'. Unfortunately for Yuzu, at this rate, it would mean when the clock struck 12 on the date her assignment was due.

Yuzu also had her final exam of the year coming up but she was confident she would pass, she knew the material, she went to study groups and yet she still wanted sex. She didn't know why Mei didn't, and it was starting to get a little frustrating for the blonde, even if she knew it was selfish.

So, there she lay in bed facing away from Mei after being rejected for what must have been the hundredth time, or that's what it felt like. She knew Mei was lying back in bed beside her but all she could hear was the constant tapping of keys, as Mei continued her work on her laptop. It was like a slap in the face, Yuzu knew Mei wanted to focus on her work more than her right now, and Mei was just proving her point. Yuzu tried to ignore it but in the silence of the room, every key Mei struck just irritated her.

Whether it was because she was annoyed or sexually frustrated or the rejection was becoming too much she didn't know, but she snapped at Mei for what seemed like the first time in months. Kicking the covers off herself she climbed out of bed, and headed for the door, dramatically slamming it shut as she left.

Mei sat and watched as the blonde stomped out of the room, closing the door behind her. The only thing she heard the blonde say was a loud 'Fuck' as she walked down the hall, stomping her feet hard against the wooden floor.

Yuzu raked through the cabinets looking for one thing, flinging the last cupboard door shut when she found the dregs in the bottom of the bottle.

"FUCK!" She shouted again, she walked to the door putting her shoes and jacket on. Leaving, she headed for the convenience store that was just down the street from their apartment. Nothing was going right for her.

Sighing contently, she picked up her long-awaited bottle of whiskey from the shelf and headed for the till. As soon as she had paid for it and was back outside, she uncapped the bottle and took a long swig. It burned her throat as it went down, but that's what she needed at the minute, the hot sensation bringing her some sort of comfort.

She headed back to the apartment as she knew she hadn't told Mei where she was going, and she didn't have her phone as it was still in her room. She didn't know if Mei had even noticed she had left or if she had tried to call her. Yuzu looked down at the bottle in her hand and mentally scolded herself, In the 10 minutes it took her to walk to back to her apartment she had drunk more than half the bottle.

"Hmmf, maybe I should have bought two." She halfheartedly laughed as she ascended the staircase of the building, taking another long chug of the liquid. She rattled in her pockets for her keys, grumbling when she remembered she hadn't even thought to pick them up when she left.

Refusing to knock and have to ask Mei to let her back inside, she let herself slide down the wall next to the door and continued to drink. She didn't know when the alcohol started to kick in but it was happening fast, her head felt like it was buzzing around, and she gagged many times while sitting. Her throat was sore from retching, and her mind was fuzzy. She sat with her knees pulled up at her chest and stared at the bottle that she had resting on top of them.

It looked just like the one in the house now, with only a slither of amber liquid moving around at the bottom of the bottle. She laughed and took the last sip before just letting it hang from her hands.

She knew she shouldn't have drunk it all but by the time she had bothered to look, it was too late.

Time ticked on for what felt like hours, as Yuzu sat in the cold playing with the empty glass bottle. She had tried many times to get up and go get a second one, but she couldn't even get herself to feet. She didn't know why she had been so angry with Mei, and as she thought about her actions outside in the cold, she had started to see that she was the only one in the couldn't be mad at her for not wanting to have sex that was silly and wrong, Yuzu knew she was under a lot of stress at the minute. As time continued to move forward, she decided she had to apologize.

She staggered to her feet after several unsuccessful attempts and made her way back to the door. She heard the bells ring outside, and as she listened to them, she realized that it was already 12 pm. Had she really been sitting out here for 3 hours? But if that was true why hadn't Mei came looking for her, was she mad at me? Yuzu thought.

Did Mei really care more about her work right now, that she couldn't make the time to come and find me, to make sure I was okay? As Yuzu's mind began to wonder and make up scenarios, her anger once again started to rise but for a completely different reason now. After sifting through her thoughts, she knew her anger before was unnecessary and dropped it, but now she knew that Mei cared more for her work that her safety, Yuzu was beyond mad.

Given, she was the one to storm out of the house but Mei didn't even try and see if she was okay or stop her. Yuzu didn't know what to do, part of her wanted to knock down the door and confront Mei, but the other part just wanted to leave, if Mei couldn't be bothered with her at the minute she should follow suit and wait till Mei wanted to talk.

She could feel her stomach clenching, making her gag, losing what little balance she had she fell down onto the concrete landing. Several minutes later she was wiping the vomit off her chin, as she tried to see through her clouded vision, she was actually surprised she had managed to stay conscious for this long, without vomiting.

Yuzu tried to get back on her feet, and get to the door, however, despite her best efforts, her body didn't listen to her, and she ended up moving backwards rather than forwards. Yuzu felt her body falling but could do nothing to stop it, all she could see was blackness, and she felt her stomach clench once again as her body continued to flip and tumble.

When she finally came to a stop, she couldn't move, the last thing she felt before losing all consciousness was the acidic taste of vomit making its way up her throat. 'Fuck' the last word to run through her mind, at her own stupidity and recklessness.