“We’re going to get in trouble,” Dionysus grumbled, but there was a wicked smile playing about his lips.

Loki swung around, walking backwards so he could put a finger over his lips and wink at Dio. “What big daddy Zeus doesn’t know… hell, he’ll probably find out in the first five minutes, but I don’t care!” he exclaimed with a mischievous grin.

“Whatever you say,” Dio shook his head, amused by the flamboyant god, and shifted his grip on the large box he held in his arms. Bottles clinked, an almost cheerful sound, one that made him grin. Despite his minor hesitation, he was glad Loki had involved him in his plan to get all the gods roaring drunk.

The door opened just as Loki was reaching out for it. Yuki, who had been leaving, regarded his cheerful expression with narrow-eyed suspicion. There were only two times when Loki looked that happy- when Balder paid attention to him, and when he had a plan that would end with them all getting in trouble.

“Do I want to know what you have planned this time?” Yuki asked, her hand on the door keeping Loki from coming in the room where the rest of the gods, along with Haruka, had gathered.

Loki grinned at her. “Let me through, and you might actually enjoy yourself tonight.”

“You… fine,” Yuki sighed, stepping aside to let him in despite the frown creasing her face.

He cheered, and brushed past her to plop down on one of the empty spots on the couches, next to Balder. Dio was slower, careful with his box, which he set gingerly on the table before popping to top off. The gods all leaned forward to see what was in it, and their expressions ranged from disdain to excitement when they saw the bottles of wine.

“You… want us to get drunk?” Haruka looked up, raising an eyebrow at the mischievous Norse god.

Loki grinned at him. “It’s stress relief!”

“It sounds like fun,” Yuki leaned forward with a bright smile, reaching for a bottle.

“No way.” Haruka and Takeru said at the same time, Takeru reaching out to stop her.

Haruka scowled at the younger girl. “Your parents would murder me if I allowed you to get drunk.”

“Yes, none for you,” Takeru said firmly, using his grip on her wrist to draw her into his lap.

“Haruka’s not that much older than me,” Yuki complained, pouting.

Takeru kissed her cheek, and she brightened, suddenly happy with her substitute for liquor. “We have better things we can do than get drunk,” he murmured, and she giggled, letting him pull her to her feet and lead her out of the room.

Others took their leave, Thor claiming he had homework, Balder denying his envious look at the wine and leaving- which meant Loki left with him. There were only five of them in the end: Dio, Apollon and Tsukito, and Haruka and Hades.

Dio looked between the two couples, heaved a sigh, and grabbed one of the bottles. “You all have fun,” he said, saluting them with the bottle before leaving as well- snagging one more on his way out since that would leave four, one per person.

Haruka was the first to lean forward, grabbing a bottle. He shrugged at Hades’s surprised look. “It can’t hurt. We’ve all been tense with the deadline for making you all find your humanity, and all,” he said, wrestling with the top, grinning victoriously when it came off in his hand.

Apollon shrugged too, and grabbed bottles for him and Tsukito; the moon god looked unsure, until he took a sip right out of the mouth of the bottle, and a pleasant surprise turned up his mouth. “It’s wonderful,” he assured the others, taking a longer drag of the sweet wine.

Haruka didn’t need to be told; though he wasn’t technically old enough to drink, he’d done it before. And besides, what did it matter when he was in a school created by a god, for gods? He doubted he would be arrested for it. So he sipped experimentally from the bottle, his smile close to Tsukito’s when he immediately fell in love with the wine, and was far less cautious as he continued to drink.

Apollon and Hades glanced at each other, unsure. Then they released twin sighs and opened their bottles, and realized they wouldn’t regret it when they enjoyed the wine as much as their respective other halves.

~

“Ha-ades.” Haruka drawled his lover’s name, leaning against the god and looking up at him with a bright smile. “You drink so slow.”

Haruka held up his bottle to compare. While Hades’s was more than half full, his was almost empty. But Tsukito’s was empty already, and Apollon’s nearly as empty as Haruka’s, so he didn’t feel bad. Bad was the farthest thing from what he felt. In fact, he felt…

Hades’s surprised sound was muffled by Haruka’s sudden kiss. His hands naturally settled on Haruka’s waist as the pinkette all but attacked him. “Haruka!” Hades had to push hard to get the pinkette to pull back.

“What?” Haruka’s bottom lip slipped out in a pout. “Don’t you like it?” He moved in Hades’s lap, satisfied by the groan it drew out.

Hades turned his face away from Haruka, trying to control himself. “It’s not nice to tease, Haruka,” he breathed, his fingers digging into Haruka’s waist as the boy leaned forward, his breath beating against the god’s neck.

“Who said I’m teasing?” Haruka’s lips followed his neck, and Hades’s head fell back against the couch as he held in a moan. The pinkette was more experienced than he let on- or maybe he just spent too much time on the internet. Either way, it was sweet torture to have the pinkette in his lap, marking his neck.

“Haruka.” He was trying to be chiding, but his lover’s name came out as a moan. Pressing himself back into the couch, Hades caught Haruka’s chin with one hand and pulled his face up so Haruka was forced to look at him. “That’s not the sort of thing one does in front of his friends!”

Haruka made an inquisitive noise. “You mean Tsukito and Apollon?”

“They must be terribly uncomfortable.”

“I’m sure they were, when they left five minutes ago, before I kissed you,” Haruka said smugly.

And it stole Hades’s excuse to protest. He let his hand fall, and Haruka leaned forward eagerly, meeting him halfway. It was easy to fall into patterns established over weeks of intimacy, Haruka’s hands slipping under Hades’s shirt to trace the well-defined lines of his chest before shoving the shirt up, the god willingly raising his arms to help get the shirt off. It hit the floor to their right, and Haruka’s shirt wasn’t far behind it. Their hearts beat together as they kissed, exploring hands seeking the next barrier to what they wanted. Nothing was a barrier for long, and Haruka got exactly what he wanted, until it was too much for both of them too take, the waves of sensation overcoming them.

Haruka collapsed against Hades, both of them breathing hard, with glowing smiles on their faces. The pinkette rested his forehead against Hades’s shoulder, kissing his collarbone. “I love you,” he hummed, snuggling in close, languid from both the liquor and the intimacy.

Hades wrapped his arms around his lover, happy with the moment. “I love you too,” he murmured.

And far away, in a distant part of the school, Zeus swore at Dionysus and Loki, threatening them should they ever get the other students drunk- but there was a fond smile on his face when nobody was looking, because his brother’s happiness was worth the trouble.