Gin had dragged Sake all over Sunagakure, shopping for clothes and taking him out to eat. It was almost approaching sundown when they reached the apartment Gin owned. It was relatively small, but it had enough living space for two people. Sure, it only had one bedroom and one bathroom, but they'd manage. Gin had no problem with letting Sake sleep on her couch. It wasn't a bed, but it was better than the bench he had been sleeping in. She would have let him sleep in her bed, but she often snored loudly and moved a lot in her sleep. Not only that, but it would probably mean something completely different to him than it did to her. In Gin's mind, they were still best friends, despite everything. It didn't mean much if they shared a bed. But for Sake, doing so would probably have different implications. "Well that was fun," She said as they both approached Gin's apartment complex. Naturally, she had made Sake carry all of the shopping bags, even though only about 10% of the things in them actually belonged to him. The rest? Well, it all obviously belonged to Gin. The young Kazekage pulled out the keys to her apartment from her item's pouch and opened the door. She slipped the key in, twisted the knob and led both of them into her house.

Gin switched on the lights. The apartment could have been described as nice. The space in the living room was wide enough to fit a large black leather couch and two armchairs along with a flat-screen TV, equipped with a very nice sound system. There was a wooden dining table on the other side of the living room. The wooden floor was nicely polished and the far wall had a panoramic window where one could see the entire view of Sunagakure. There were two doors - one to the left and another to the right - each leading to the bedroom and the kitchen respectively. The only problem with the apartment was that Gin hardly ever cleaned it. Old bottles of beer and other assorted alcohols littered the dining table. Dirty clothes lay on the floor along with some of Gin's perverted novels and empty packs of instant meals. Dirty dishes were thrown haphazardly on the sink and the bed was unmade. "Sorry about the mess," She began, scratching the back of her head. "I hardly ever have time to clean anymore."

Burning, Sake's arms were on fire. Those damn shopping bags were really heavy and most of the stuff wasnt even Sake's. As Gin said 'You have to earn your keep' but this stuff was really heavy! Sake's head almost exploded after the extended time Gin took to find her keys, this stuff wasnt getting any lighter! Worse when she missed the keyhole a few times and took almost forever to turn the key, Sake's arms were really taking a beating from these heavy bags. Sake had been shopping with Gin, and all he had got was 5 sets of the same clothes he already had, although Gin did feed him really well. Still, Gin went a little overboard with all the crap she bought, stuff she didnt even need! Sake calmed these thoughts of his, he was in no place to complain, Gin was letting him stay with her for virtually free in a nice apartment. Although the one bathroom could be a bit of trouble.....

The speed that Sake sprinted in at was amazing, faster than the human eye can detect. He ran and dropped the bags on the sofa, shaking his arms off; relieving the burning. After furiously shaking his arms he took a moment to look at the apartment. The living space itself was nice, lots of room and many valuable assets. But Sake had to say, the place was a tip! Bottles of assorted alcohol on the floor, dirty dishes and smelly laundry; but yet again, sake couldnt complain; the place was free. Sake walked over to the fridge, grabbing himself a beer, and one for Gin too, he popped off the tops and tossed Gin hers: "I know its kind of rude to take shit without asking, but c'mon, I havent had alcohol in ages. Except for that time that nice nomad gave me ALOT of Sake. Anyway, Bottoms up!" Sake chugged down the whole beer in one, licking his lips after. Before he was exiled, Sake was a king of drinking games, and he held his liquor very well. And now he found a supply, the fun would begin....

Gin smiled widely as she saw Sake heading straight to the couch to set his bags down. "You should've said something if you thought the bags were that heavy," She ,used, stepping into the apartment after him. She didn't really mind that he had pulled a couple of beers from the fridge. She caught the bottle of beer in her hand and chugged it down almost at the same time as Sake. She wiped her mouth with her sleeve after she was done and left the bottle on the kitchen counter. "You haven't had alcohol in ages and you go straight for the lightest drink in the fridge. You could've easily gone for the rum or the tequila, you know," She said as she headed towards the couch. She set the shopping bags on the floor and lied down. "So! Roommate agreements!" She began. It was best to get that out of the way first so that they could just relax and have fun later. "First off, like I said before, I don't have time to clean. I can't cook, either, so don't expect much. I usually sleep in my underwear, so don't be surprised. You're free to sleep on the couch or on the bed as long as you don't try anything," She said. That was all she could come up with, for the moment.

Sake took offence to Gin telling him about the light alcohol. He reached into the cupboard, finding 3 shotglasses and setting them on the dining table in a row. He pulled out the Rum and The Vodka, pouring 3 half vodka half rum shots. He hammered them down one after the other, licking his lips and smiling at Gin. It burned the crap out of his throat, but he didnt show it, not to Gin.
"If the couch is gonna be my bed, can you move these heavy bags away from it? And you're the damn Kazekage, dont you have people who come clean this for you. Dont worry about the cooking either, I surived off of shit in the desert for a long time, I dont need gormet food." Sake jumped onto the sofa, his hands behind his head. He wouldnt be here for long, not when he got his own place. That was if him and Gins relationship didnt go so far that they would move in together, permanently....

Gin watched lazily as Sake poured himself a couple of shots and downed them all in one go. "Well look at that, so you can stomach hard alcohol," She said, mostly trying to tease him. She laughed at what Sake said. Sure, she was the Kazekage, but that didn't mean she had a set of handmaidens waiting to take care of all of her chores. She would rather pout her resources and money elsewhere. She didn't like to take advantage of her position, it felt wrong. As he sat on the couch, Gin moved to put her head on his lap, settling there comfortable, should he let her. "You know, you're right. I'm the damn Kazekage, I should have someone to clean for me..." She said and paused briefly. "You do it," She ordered. The tone she used left no room for questioning. She was quite serious. "And while we're on that subject, you should take the time to learn how to cook. You'll be doing it for a while."

Sake laughed at Gins comments, the joke about the alcohol made him chuckle a little but, but he could tell that Gin was pretty serious about him tidying and cooking. Sake had some experience in cooking before he left, so learning wouldnt be a problem, and for heaven;s sake, He's a puppeteer, tidying should be a peice of cake! Sake stretched out his chakra strings, lifting different objects in different places, either putting them away neatly or throwing them in the trash. The dishes were done quickly too, thanks to his 10 extra arms. After he was done he turned to Gin
"Piece of cake Gin, You forget about my gift as a puppeteer, dont you?"

Gin stared intently as Sake cleaned almost the entire house in less than five minutes and pretty much without even moving from his place. "I'm impressed," She said, sitting up on the couch once again. She moved towards Sake and readjusted herself so that she was straddling him and wrapping her arms around his neck. "Now break out the champagne, I haven't seen you in years, we're finally together and I feel like celebrating!" She said, grinning widely. Of course, she meant any alcohol. As long as they had something to celebrate with, the young kunoichi didn't really mind. She eyed the bottles of vodka and rum that he had placed on the table. She would probably get up and get them if he didn't.

Sake was ecstatic, Gin was showing him some form of affection, and she admitted that she was impressed with him. Two things that never happened before he was exiled. When Gin said to break out the champagne, Sake knew she meant any form of alcohol, that was just Gin. He reached out his chakra strings yet again and grabbed for the rum and vodka bottles from earlier. He grabbed two of the three shotglasses and set them on the floor by the sofa. Well this would be the first time that Sake and Gin would be having fun together since he came back, so he wasnt afraid to go a little overboard. Yet again he filled the shotglasses half half, and handed Gin hers while saying "For you, m'lady" in a mock british accent, he smiled at Gin as he downed his shot.

Gin smiled as Sake reached for the two bottles she was looking at. After do long, she was genuinely glad that they had time to spend together, just doing whatever came to mind. The young Kazekage laughed at Sake's fake accent as she took the shot glass from him and drank it at the same time he did. She sighed happily. She felt a light burn down her throat, but it wasn't anything out of the ordinary. "I have an idea," She said, temporarily separating herself from Sake so that she could pour herself another shot full of both rum and vodka. "How about we play a drinking game?" She proposed. "Do you know any good ones?"

A drinking game? Sounded good to Sake, the only problem was: most of them required three or more people. Oh well, no matter, Sake would have to adapt a simple one to two player.
"Ok Gin, the rules are as follows: You flip a coin and call heads or tails while it is in the air, if you get it right you take a shot, flip again and repeat the process; if you get it wrong you pass the coin to the next player. It is usually best with three people, but we'll work with what we have." Sake took a 10 ryo coin from his pocket and flipped it...

Gin shook her head. "That won't do," She said, taking the shot glass she had in her hand and drinking what was in it. She was now only two shorts behind Sake. She needed to catch up if she wanted to make things fair. "That's basically the same as just drinking without the game. Make it a little bit more interesting for me, will you, Uisuki?" She said, pouting at him. She would usually never use such an expression, but she knew it would probably get Sake thinking faster. And the quicker that happened, the better. They could get back to drinking much faster that way. Gin once again poured herself another shot and drank it almost that very second before going back to sitting on Sake's lap. Now she only had one more drink left before she caught up.

Sake thought to himself for a second, and then smiled to himself. He had thought of an interesting way to alter the game to make it more interesting, but he wasnt sure if Gin would like it. He put his arm around Gin as she sat on his lap.
"How about this then? If you get it wrong you have to kiss the other person, and you have to take your shot off of their stomach. If you get it right you take two drinks, and you have to answer a question, any question the other person gives you. I know, a little lame; but what would you expect from someone who has been in the desert for years?"

Gin let Sake slip his arm around her mostly bare back. She clapped her hands together as he proposed a new idea. "Now that's what I call interesting," She said. She was grinning broadly. This was going to be fun. "You can go ahead and flip the coin first, since you already have it in your hand," She said as she poured herself the last shot she needed to catch up to Sake. She got off of his lap and sat down next to him on the couch, waiting for him to start the game. In the meantime, she poured the two shots that they would probably need in a short while.

Sake grinned, Gin agreed to the idea. So it was set, they were going to play a drinking game; a fun one at that! Sake flipped the coin, an as it was in the air he shouted "Tails!" he caught the coin in his hand and looked at it....Tails. How lucky, he was going to have to take two shots, although he wasnt looking forward to what Gin had to ask him. He took the vodka and filled two shot glasses with it, hammering them down one after the other. Sake had done well so far, but he felt a tipsy buzz coming on....

Gin looked intently at the coin as Sake threw it in the air. She didn't really know what she was hoping would happen. She didn't really know if she wanted him to take a shot off of her stomach. Nevertheless, she had already agreed to the game. There was no going back now. When she saw that he had called it right, she was slightly... disappointed. She didn't want to admit it to herself, though. But now that meant that she had to ask him a question. What could she ask him that he'd be reluctant to answer in a regular conversation? She wondered for a couple of seconds. It had been years since they had seen each other, which meant that there were a lot of things that Gin didn't really know had happened along the way. She knew bits and pieces of how he had survived, but that was about it. After a couple of seconds of consideration, she decided to blurt her question out. "Are you a virgin?" She asked, blushing slightly. If this were anyone else, she wouldn't be so shy to ask. However, dealing with Sake was strange. It made her act in ways that she usually wouldn't. she was glad that she had gotten that off of her mind, though.

Sake watched as Gin's facial expression changed when the coin flip was decide. He couldnt really tell if it was relief or disappointment; but that didnt really matter. The question she asked didnt really affect Sake, he wasnt embarassed about his virginity. Of course he still had it, he had been in the desert without human contact for years, how would he be able to "get some" while being alone in the desert? He turned to Gin, his expression remaining neutral.
"Yes, I'm a virgin. What would you expect from someone who lived alone in the desert? I'm not really embarassed though, seeeing as it is pretty much by choice..."

Gin shrugged at Sake's response. "Well what would I know? I thought you'd maybe lost it before leaving," She said. Truth be told, she hadn't really thought about it. She had just asked her question out of curiosity. But the last sentence he said struck her as somewhat odd. "And what do you mean it's by choice? I didn't take you as the sort of person who'd wait to get married," She said. She looked at his hand, noticing that he was still holding the coin and remembered that it was still his turn to flip it. "It's still your turn, Uisuki," She said in a sing-song tone. The alcohol was beginning to take effect on her.

"Not saving it to get married, just saving it for someone special..." Sake flipped the coi, calmly calling it heads as it was in the air. For some reason he still had a blank expression on his face; it was most likely the alcohol kicking in. He took a look at the coin as it landed. Tails. So he had got it wrong, he was going to have to take the shot off of Gin's stomach. He made eye contact with Gin, as if to ask if it was ok....

Gin cocked her head to the side as he spoke. She smiled knowingly. it didn't take a genius to tell that he was referring to her. However, she wanted to get him to admit it out loud. "And who might that be?" She asked, faking innocence. Once again, Gin watched intently as Sake flipped the coin. He got his guess wrong this time around, but was still hesitant to go on with the game. When he looked at her for permission, she let out a giggle - she could definitely feel the buzz of the alcohol now. "Ever the gentleman, Uisuki," She said, leaning back so that he could take a shot off of her stomach. "I agreed to the game, I know what's at stake," She said, winking at him and waiting for him to do what he had to do.

"You know that it's you" Sake seemed to be pretty tipsy by now. His expression blank and his eyes wide. He got quite happy when Gin gave him the ok to take the the shot off of her stomach, and even leaned back for it. He first poured the shot in the shotglass, then poured it over Gin's bare stomach, in a thin trail. He smiled at Gin, finally showing some expression on his face, and the took the shot off of Gin's stomach. Sake was far beyond tipsy by now, he had lost count of how much alcohol he had had....

Gin smiled as Sake admitted that she was the one he was waiting for. She giggled, though that was mostly because of the alcohol. Despite the fact that he had had a couple more drinks than she had, the alcohol was still taking its toll on Gin. She barely even noticed the blank look on Sake's face as he poured the drink on her stomach. She shivered and closed her eyes as Sake ran his mouth down her stomach, drinking the vodka off of it. Again, the young Kunoichi giggled. She sat up after he was done and moved closer to him, leaning over enough so that her lips barely touched his ear. She slipped her hand into his, taking the coin from him for further use. It was her turn now, after all. "You know, you said you had to kiss the other person if you guessed wrong," She whispered, laughing softly in his ear. She used her free hand to cup his cheek and turn his face towards hers. When he turned his face, she would press her lips against his passionately.

Sake turned his face to allow Gin to kiss him. It was a pretty extended kiss, but they were both under the influence. It didnt really mean much, Sake was sure it was the same for Gin; they both had had a few drinks already. When they both finally pulled away, Sake leaned back against the sofa, waiting for Gin to flip the coin. He was pretty drunk by now, and had a screwed up mouth, wide eyes, and flaring nostrils. A pretty silly expression, but hey, that's what alcohol does to ya!

As the kiss broke apart, Gin was slightly confused, as if she didn't understand what had just happened. She slowly pulled back, a blank expression on her face. However, when she saw Sake's expression, she couldn't stop laughing. "You..." She struggled to say - or at this point slur. "You look like an idiot!" She said, her laugh turning louder. "You're drunk!" She slurred, thinking for some reason that she was still sober, or at least more sober than he was. Gin flipped the coin and called it while it was still in the air. "Heads!" She said. At this point, she thought that everything she said was funny. She looked at the coin, she had gotten it right, much to her enjoyment. She poured herself two shots of vodka and downed them one after the other. Once again, she laughed. "Now you get to ask me a question!"

Sake laughed with Gin, he wasnt aware of his expression, but he could imagine himself looking like an idiot. He thought of a question to ask Gin....a good one. His expression went blank again. He felt himself going dizzy, he needed to get to bed...soon. He thought of the only question in his head.
"Are you a virgin?" Sake wondered if Gin had kept hold of her virginity while he was gone...he really had no idea what to think, that's why he asked....

Gin giggled at Sake's question. For some reason, she found it terribly funny that he would repeat her question. She shook her head slowly. "Nope!" She said. "I'm not. But don't worry, that just means I have experience and that you'll have a better time when we do it!" She giggled. Damn she was drunk now. She was saying things that she wouldn't say when she had self control. Had her sober self seen her right now, she was sure that she would've beaten herself to hell. She could barely keep focus now. She yawned, stretching her arms and back. "I'm tired," she said. She grabbed Sake's wrist so that she could drag him off the couch and towards her room. "Come on, let's go to sleep!" She said as she stumbled towards her room. "We're going to Konoha tomorrow morning so we have to wake up early," She slurred.