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[playinmygarden]

WHO: Nana (playinmygarden ), Ren (chainedlotus ), Nobu (justcannotwin ), and Hachi (yourfaithfulpet ).
LOCATION: Hufflepuff common room?
WEEK: 56
TIME: The night after this post.
WHAT: Mahjong night and beer. Catching up tiemz. Possible drunken tiemz as well.
RATING: PG? Maybe PG-13 for language?

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[chainedlotus]

Nana wasn’t missing much so far. Ren had arrived not too long ago so, the table was set up along with the tiles in one corner of the common room. The beer was already handed out to those sitting at the table and the tiles were being shuffled and split into four groups. They were only in the common room so, if a prefect decided to snitch on them for drinking and for both Ren and Nana smoking, they were in trouble but, since they were out of the way and near one of the small windows, there shouldn’t be as much problems.

Ren looked up as Nana showed up. “It’s about time,” he grinned, “We were gonna start with out you and Hachiko would have lost without your help.”

[justcannotwin]

Nobu nursed the can in his hand, leaning back in his chair as he waited for Ren to finish shuffling and for Nana to hurry up on down the stairs. Kind of funny that the Gryffindor was here before she was, considering that it was also her house, their common room. He cast a quick glance at Hachi before looking up at Nana.

"I would have helped her if she was doing that bad," Nobu spoke up, eyebrows raising as he took another quick swig of the beer. Yeah, he should work on not becoming a total fool during this game. That sounded like a good plan, a plan that would not work out well, but he could try.

[yourfaithfulpet]

Hachi looked up and smiled at Nana as her proclaimed best friend finally made it downstairs. "Nana!" She greeted, waving at the other girl over eagerly from where she was sitting. Of course there was an open can of beer by her spot, but she promised that she wasn't drunk just yet.

"Come play with me Nana!" Not that the idea of playing with Nobu was a bad one, a tiny bit of color rising to her cheek sat the though as she glanced at her housemate. Still he was just a friend! This wasn't how it was supposed to be. Woe to all the hearts that threatened to spill out every time she looked at him. It was such a pain keeping them inside.

[playinmygarden]

"Sorry," she said to Ren as she took a seat at the table, right next to Hachi. "Took a nap after classes, and I guess Hachi didn't think to wake me up." She shot an amused glance at her roommate, a smirk playing on her lips.

Nana grabbed one of the beers sitting near the windowsill and cracked it open. Taking a sip, she jumped right into the game, peeking over at Hachi's tiles every now and then, trying to help her out.

She noticed the look on Hachi's face when she looked over at Nobu. Blossomings young love? Possibly. To be honest, Nana was completely psyched about her roommate's recent infatuation with her friend. She was sure Nobu was interested in Hachi too, but getting them to admit that to each other? Now that was the problem. Maybe a few more beers would loosen them up.

"Hey Nobuo, catch," Nana said as she threw a cold beer in his direction. "That one you have right now has to be warm by now."

[chainedlotus]

“Maybe next round if she lets you,” He commented and grabbed his set of tiles from the walls. Ren could also tell there was something between the two but he saw it more in how eager Nobu was to help Hachiko. Kid was kind of transparent when it came to who he was trying to grab someone’s attention. It was kind of a constant doting attention on the person and just getting excited at the chance to be close to them. He was certain Nana could tell too, being friends with both of them but it was just seeing if those two could tell the other was interested.

For some reason, he didn’t think they did.

“Alright,” Ren said, arranging a few of his tiles, “Nobu, you’re first.”

Yaaaay, fudging over how to do this crap |D

[justcannotwin]

"H-hey." A second later in his reaction time, and Nobu would have been a little too late in catching that can. Thankfully enough, he caught it, even if he fumbled a little, coughing to cover his embarrass. Smooth. Real smooth. He tried to not look at Hachi so that he could still pretend to keep his cool. "Thanks, I guess."

His old beer was still perfectly fine though, but he hurried to finish it up anyway.

"Yeah, sure." He looked at his tiles for a second, grabbed one of the tiles from the wall, and discarded a tile of seven characters.

You and me both

[yourfaithfulpet]

"I forgot to wake you up didn't I?" Hachi had honestly forgotten. The reason why was pretty obvious though as she glanced over at Nobu in an all too obvious manner. "At least it all worked out?" Hachi asked, hazel eyes mournful as she looked over at her best friend. Thankfully for the Hufflepuff male she totally missed the almost botched catch.

Of course, she had no idea what she was doing, though at least she realized that it was her turn. Sadly she had no idea what to do, which is why she turned to Nana. Puppy dog look is now a go, "Nana?"

[playinmygarden]

"Hm...?" Nana sounded as she arranged her own tiles. When she was done doing this, she took a look over at Hachi's, plucked three out, discarded five, and arranged the rest. "You want to do this," she pointed to the matching tiles grouped together, "and try to find the rest."

It was the simplest way to explain this game to her roommate. Though there was strategy involved, Nana figured that starting out with the basic stuff would be the best.

Finally her turn, Nana discarded six of her tiles. As she finished she sat back in her seat and directed her next comment to Ren. "Glad to see your wifey let you out tonight."

[chainedlotus]

“Since when does 5 months automatically mean marriage?” Ren sighed. Him and Catty have been going out a while but, didn’t mean they always hung out with only each other. They had their own group of friends and, although Ren had been asked out quite a few times recently, it wasn’t like his girlfriend would stay in Gryffindor common room and wait for him to come back.

“Pon,” he called and took Nana’s discarded tile and put it aside with two of his own before throwing another one in the centre. That was one pair for him so far.

[justcannotwin]

Small favors, that one, with Hachi being more focused on Nana than on himself.

"Sometimes people get married after only knowing each other for a month," Nobu said absently, glancing over the tiles in his hand now. "You two are together a lot."

He pulled three tiles from his hand, pushing them to the side. "Chow." Another tile tossed into the discarded pile before he flipped the tab on his beer to open the can.

[yourfaithfulpet]

"It's sweet. I'm glad that things are going so well for you both, Ren!"

She looked at her tiles, not having a clue what was going on really. She was trying though, even if it just showed exactly how much she didn't know. Discarding one tile, she picked up another apparently at random and that was the extent of it as she looked over at Nana. She couldn't get any worse at Mahjong if she'd tried.

[playinmygarden]

"Just sayin'... you've been with her for five months. It's practically marriage," Nana stated, putting her cigarette out in an empty beer can.

She looked over at Hachi, who looked like she was having trouble. "Here Hachi." Nana took a tile out of her hand and took the one Nobu had discarded. Now she had a set. She whispered to her roommate, "Say Chow."

[chainedlotus]

Marriage was far from his train of thoughts at the moment when it came to his relationship. He never considered it and he hoped Catty never did either. “Just don’t tell Catty that or she’ll freak,” Ren muttered, taking a gulp from his beer. If the only conversation was going to be about his relationship he was gonna need a few more drinks. “Hey, Nana. Pass over the shochu.”

He looked to see Nana help out Hachiko and waved it off. The girl did need some help but it was good she was still trying to learn although, Ren was thinking she was only trying because of Nana and Nobu.

[justcannotwin]

"Why would she freak? I thought girls liked stuff like that." Nobu sent a glance in the general direction of Nana. "Except you, Nana. You're not really a girl, after all." Well, at least not to him, not anymore. She was just Nana.

He smiled at Hachi, and the help she was getting just to play. She might as well should have let Nana play for her at this rate. "Don't worry, Hachi. It takes awhile to get the hang of."

[yourfaithfulpet]

"I think it's romantic." Hachi chimed in, smilingly brightly. "You'd be a great couple! High school sweethearts after all, can you get any more dreamy?" That certainly confirmed Nobu's idea that girls like that sort of thing, or that at least Hachi did.

"Oh, Chow!" She crowed and then promptly turned to Nana. "What did that mean again?" Clearly, Hachi was hopeless at Mahjong.

[playinmygarden]

Nana smiled at her roommate. Sometimes, Hachi could be so clueless, but it was just one of the things Nana liked about her. "It means you got a set of three numbers in order," she explained to her.

"Oh come on, Ren. Afraid I'm gonna jinx your relationship or something?" she joked as she took her turn. Well look at that. Four of a kind. "Kong," she announced as she flipped up her set.

Nana was a little more than irritated at Nobo's comment. In fact, the grip on her beer can got just a little tighter, the sound of crinkling aluminum audible. Wasn't a girl, huh? "What gives you the impression that I'm not a girl, Nobuo?"