Secrets and Whisky [Closed]

Shinpachi did not understand why they were only allowed to travel at night. It made no sense to him! They were getting far enough from Redfield that they should be fine, so what was up with this nocturnal woman!? He gave in, he always did. He couldn't help it! She was really nice and really beautiful. How many men could say no to her. They walked for three days at night and she wanted to rest. He looked over to the tavern that was up ahead and then back to her. He blinked as she begged him and then smiled. He swooped her up off her feet and carried her over. "Sure, no problem! If ya feet are hurtin' or ya need some rest, jus' tell me." he said happily as he walked over to the inn.

When they stepped inside, he gladly and gently set her down at the bar and smiled. "There you go. Don't push yourself, kay?" he said and sat down next to her. She spoke up to admit something and he looked to her. He just smiled. "I know. It's okay." he said with a chuckle, "Not many ladies'.. um... bajungas jingle when they walk or sway and stuff. I could hear it." He pointed to his ear. He didn't have a problem with it. She had her reasons and he was probably the nicest and most understanding men she had ever met. She ordered what she wanted and he just wanted food. Unfortunately, he didn't know how much she had, so since she was paying for it, he ordered what would tide him over.

Shinpachi looked to the bottle she pointed to. She was gonna drink? He blinked. She offered him some and he shook his head. "I've not drank anythin' like that for a long time... No alcohol in me tonight, thanks..." he waved it off like he wasn't interested. If he was smarter, he'd not of looked back to her. But he wasn't so he looked to her and saw her holding up the bottle to pour him some. He gave in again and held up his. "Sure, just this one, though." he said and smiled as she poured it. He smelled it and scrunched his nose. "Mm..." he took a breath and chugged it back. He probably shouldn't have drank it so fast, but he could surprisingly handle the intense burn that most felt when chugging it fast.

Shinpachi was a kind and shy man, so all of this flattery was making his shyness even worse. He blushed a lot when he was around her and couldn't tell himself why. In the bar, he made a little bit of a wording error. "Well, I don't know what else to call them without being... crude." He hesitated for a moment to think of the word. He nodded, "You're welcome." From there, taking a drink was easier than usual. In fact, he welcomed it. He felt like he needed a little bit of released after spending the last few days with this woman. He chugged his bit and she asked if he was okay. "Of course, I'm fine."

"Um... Not really from anywhere." There was hesitation, but it wasn't an entire lie. "I really don't want to talk about it. I keep my past behind me." he explained as kindly as he could, "And my family is also behind me. I just don't like remembering it." Shinpachi ended up taking quite a few more drinks, trying to drown out the things he was bringing back up. "Thank you though... I'm not usually complimented this much. So how about you? Family? Friends maybe? If you're comfortable talking about it.

Shinpachi chuckled and took a drink that he practically choked on when he realized she said Lysander. He coughed as he hit his chest and cleared his throat. "Lysander? You just said Lysander? You know him? He a man with red hair, little shorter than me.. uses a spear?" Shinpachi asked excitedly. Once he got confirmation he laughed. "No way! That's amazing! He and I actually trained a bit together back in the day. We're old friends, ya know? He was the one I thought I could catch up with in Varedia, so I guess we're going to see the same people, huh? One of these days, he'll have to admit I'm more built than him." Shinpachi stood, his face flushed from the alcohol. He lifted his sleeve and flexed his arms. "See, better than Ly's." he pushed his arm toward her, "Touch it. Toouuuch it, it's awesome."

At this point, the bartender was trying his best not to laugh at Shinpachi and keep to himself. "What?! Look at this!" Shinpachi took off his shirt and flexed even more, showing off for the people around, "Yeah, see... Lysander ain't got nothin' on these muscles and he knows it!" Shinpachi let out a hardy laugh and put his hands on his hips. Lydia said his name and immediately got his attention. He sat back down at the bar, with this shirt thrown over his shoulder, and listened to her question. "Uh... Well one of them was seriously paranoid, but the other one seemed to just hate me. She got a headache every time I started talking. I don't know why... I think she thought I was stupid or annoying..." Shinpachi glanced away, taking another drink of the whiskey, "I don't understand girls. You're all weird and too soft." When  he mentioned women being soft, he looked to the hand that was rubbing his arm, "Like that. I don't understand it. How are your hands giving me the goosebumps? Women are so confusing!"

When Lydia agreed with him, Shinpachi gasped. "You have to tell Lysander that. You just gotta! He'll get so mad. Hahaha." That would make Shinpachi's day. Now he was even more excited to catch up with his old friend. Women were confusing, even Lydia agreed to this, but she gave Shinpachi a few pointers. "I don't get it... I mean, I'm protective over anyone I care about, so is that why I won't get a girlfriend? Cause I'm not just protective over her? A-A-And jealous? What's the point of that? Being jealous means you're worried that your woman isn't your woman... like she's treating someone else better than you... And if that's so, shouldn't you let her go then?" When the sex came up, Shinpachi's eyes widened and he looked away in a pout. He ain't sayin' it in this damn bar, but he already told her he hadn't done anything with a woman before. It was an embarrassing thing for him.

"Probably not." Shinpachi answered her question rather casually, shrugged, and took another drink. He smiled and looked back to her now that the glass was empty again. "I don't like bad people, but bad people are rare, ya know? Sometimes people make bad decisions, get caught up in bad places, or have bad things happen to them so they've lost hope, but not many people are actually bad people. Bad people hurt children without feeling guilt, kill for fun, want to take over the world, and other bad things on purpose. A person being a bad person and making bad choices are very different." Shinpachi nodded as if he had taught someone a lesson today. "You couldn't be bad even if you tried. Your heart's just not into things like that." He got another drink and took a sip. This was about his sixth glass and he probably shouldn't do much more. "Why ya askin', Lydia? I really don't care about the money lie."

Yeah, these two were getting drunk. Their time at the bar was likely to be ending soon since the bartender was beginning to give them looks. On their last drinks, right before Shinpachi was going to reply, the bartender decided he'd cut them off. "I'm sorry, but there are things I don't want my wife havin' to clean up anymore. Please treat your room kindly and... toss the sheets in the basket when you're finished." Shinpachi was confused by the end part, but he knew he'd be able to hold his own. He wasn't going to throw up or anything. Shinpachi smiled and nodded, getting a smile and nod in return.

"Well, uh... Wh-What was I sayin'?" he asked and then remembered, "I already told you y-you're not a bad person, so stop thinkin' like that! You're nice and all that shtuff." Shinpachi sniffled and took up the last of his final drink. He set the glass down and stood up. "Crazy women... Thinkin' they're bad when they're not. Dun 'ven know whut bad actually is... Bad is, is... Bad is bad." He nodded to himself and pointed toward the rooms, "We, we should go... bed sleep now... Tired..." Shinpachi waddled himself over to the room. Once he could get in the door, he pretty much collapsed face first onto the bed.

Shinpachi had slept like a rock, a rock that has a habit of snoring on the louder side. Still, he was completely out of it for quite a few more hours than he normally would have slept. Once he finally began waking up, he noticed he was actually cooler than normal and felt a little more weight on him. He opened his eyes and looked toward Lydia. He smiled and rubbed the back of his head, "Morn-..." And then noticed she was not wearing a shirt. With how this woman was, the first thing he did was look down to his body. Since he was still fully dressed, he was sure nothing happened, but it's not like he couldn't have gotten dressed afterwards. "Um... How come you're nak... completely naked!?" he added as he noticed she wasn't wearing anything at all. Shinpachi's face turned red and he jumped up off of the bed, sitting in the corner, and facing the wall. It's like he put himself in timeout. This place was safe. He can't do anything wrong to or offend a woman if this is where he was!

Shinpachi tensed and arched his back when he felt her chest against him. She was still naked. Still nude! "Y-You're still naked!!!!" he flailed a bit, his face extremely red from blushing. He looked away again when he realized what he could see and grabbed his head. There was a naked woman in his room and my god she was hawt. "I drink sometimes, but not often. Only started drinking when I first met Lysander. He thought he could beat me in a muscle contest because he beat me in battle. Ha. Showed him!" Shinpachi, still facing the wall, flexed his arms and pat them. He was proud of his physique. Hearing the rest of what she said, he nodded toward the wall. "I'm glad I could help." he said and gave a thumbs up, "You wanna get going? Be nice to travel during the day at least once... How come you prefer the night so much? Redfield is far from here, so none of them are gonna be chasin' you now." Shinpachi took a deep breath. He had a bit of a headache from last night, but was okay.