HA3 2.4 – Hanna’s Secret

This morning, Hanna woke up earlier than usual. After preparing a jug of orange juice and a pile of toast, she arranged her smartphone and wallet in the dining table. Last night, she brought the two into water so now she had to clean it.

Wasting no time, Hanna started the cleaning while happily humming. Her smartphone was waterproof and shockproof. She only had to clean it and it would be as good as new. As for her wallet, she put only a few pieces 2000 Ren notes and 500 Ren coins on it. It won’t need much work to separate and dry them. As for her ID card and other cards, it was also not a big deal to wipe it clean.

Then, Hide came out of the bathroom and went straight to dining table, and Hanna instantly became nervous. She still clearly remembered the trouble she made last night.

“Hide,” Hanna said as Hide sat before her. “Sorry for the last night.”

“It’s fine,” Hide casually said before taking a piece of toast and put walnut butter on it.

“You are not angry?”

“Nope,” Hide replied before taking a bite of the walnut butter toast.

“Really?”

“Really.”

After observing Hide’s casual expression for a moment Hanna smiled. “I can say for sure for other woman, but for me, be able to drink as much as I can without having to worry someone will take advantage of me, and then being escorted home safely, makes me super happy.

And even though I don’t clearly remember it, I can tell that you bathed me clean and put fresh clothes on me before putting me on the bed. .”

“You are wet from shoulder to toe. I can’t just put you straight to the bed,” Hide said as he took another piece of loaf. “And I’m happy if you have good time last night.”

Another smile instantly bloomed in Hanna’s lips. “I see.”

Last night, when she asked Hide to pampering her, what she wanted was actually a wild and hot sex. Unfortunately, Hide was rather dense sometimes. Fortunately, the ear cleaning, the feet massage, and the drinking was no less enjoyable than the sex she hoped for. It greatly elevated her mood, and now she woke up with a feeling as if she could conquer the world with a flick of her fingers.

“Have you ever encountered someone as weird as myself when they drunk?”

“Nope.” A lie smoothly slipped through Hide’s teeth.

“Really?” Hanna curiously asked. “As far as I remember, you were pretty calm when handling me last night. You seemed really know how to handle a drunkard.”

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“Actually, I almost got heart attack, when you suddenly groped the waitress.”

“I have to apologize to her later,” Hanna said in low voice.

“I already gave her 90 degree bow several times and bought her the expensive drink in the menu,” Hide calmly said. “But, I agree you still have to apologize to her personally.”

“I will definitely apologize to her personally,” Hanna obediently replied.

After taking a sip of his orange juice Hide then curiously asked, “When your colleagues from Beauty and the Beast learn about your drunkard behaviors, what did they say about it?”

“They don’t know about it,” Hanna casually replied.

“How is that possible?”

“Before last night, I did such craziness only once.” Hanna took a deep breath before continuing, “I was eighteen at that time. My father promised me I can drink after I graduated from Harvard, but he canceled it because I graduated two years earlier than the schedule.

As a protest, I stole his whiskey, two full bottles and finished it in my room. After that I came out of my room, heavily drunk, and went straight to living room where my father and step-mom watched a melodrama.

When my step-mom approached me with worry face, I pushed her to the wall and gave her a deep French kiss. When my father tried to separate us, I slapped him and he backed down after that.”

After looking at Hanna with hanging mouth Hide said, “That’s pretty wild.”

“Yeah,” Hanna openly admitted. “And just so you know, my step-mom is smoking hot lady, and she almost passed-out when I’m done with her.

I then switched to a 200-year-old walnut tree in our backyard, hugging and pressing my cheek on it while smiling like an idiot.”

‘What a rascal,’ Hide muttered with complicated gaze. Then, he took a deep breath before saying, “But your colleagues never see your drunkard side. Not even once.”

“I hide it as best as I can. When I drink with them I always limit myself,” Hanna casually said. “If you scale it from 1 to 10, I never got drunk beyond level 5.”

“But last night you go beyond level 5.”

“Well, it felt so good and comfortable to drink with you, and before I realized it I already hit level 9.” As she looked at Hide straight in the eyes Hanna added, “You are the first man to see my true drunkard side.”

“I see.” After a smile Hide added, “I don’t mind if you want to get drunk again with me.”

“Are you sure about that?” Hanna teasingly said.

“Absolutely,’ Hide firmly replied.

Basically, Hide treated the needs to drink like the needs of a husky to go for a walk. If you didn’t walk your husky regularly, they would build excess energy and released it by making a mess in the house.

In that sense, human was pretty much like a husky. They built up stress from various issues and challenges they encountered in their daily life, and a good drink could help them to release this build up.

As for Hanna, if she was a husky, Hide believed she would become the weirdest husky since the dawn of humanity. Therefore, when Hanna want to get drunk as heavy as she could, Hide would have a peace of mind only if she went with him. He really didn’t want to let her get drunk alone or with someone else. Of course, he would put some condition so the heavy drinking routine stayed only as stress relief and didn’t go too excessive.

“But let’s limit it only twice a month and only the two of us,” Hide firmly said. “It’s easier to manage the situation that way, so you can get drunk as much you want without any worry.”

After a smile Hanna said, “Okay.”

Hanna was very happy with Hide’s idea, but unfortunately she didn’t know Hide’s inner thought. So, she strengthened her resolve to not get drunk again in front of Hide. As someone who was older than him, she felt some guilt for putting Hide in difficult situation. In the future, if she had a crappy day and wanted to get drunk she would do it in her apartment alone.

At the same time, while finishing his orange juice Hide recalled a drunkard from his platoon in 1st Airborne Brigade. He was a Hakaido native who couldn’t stand a crowd of strangers, but he had a gift with forest. He was the best tracker in the whole brigade, and could walk across a thick forest from one edge to another without making a sound.

He also deeply fell in love with his life in airborne brigade because despite the rough and harsh training routine, he felt that the brigade was a family where he belongs. It’s just that when he was drunk he turned into a damnable rascal.

One time, in the middle of the night he ran circling the army general staff HQ while carrying their unit flag, buck naked from head to toe. In another time, he kissed a guest who happened to be the new paramedic instructor, and she was the kind who knew how to hold a grudge. Worst of all, as his senior in buddy-buddy system Hide had to clean his mess and it was not easy job.

There was even a time when Hide wanted to bury him alive, but as time went on and they had to bear one shit after another, they became teammates with bond thicker than blood. The two even joint 1st SFG together, even though after they passed the 12-months training and selection they were being placed in different team.

‘Thank you, for giving me valuable experience on how to handle an rascal drunkard,’ Hide sincerely muttered.

Now, after he learned about Hanna’s drunkard pattern, Hide didn’t think it was a big headache anymore. As long as he knew the pattern, he would be able to manage it. Not to mention, Hanna was not as strong as bull and possessed decent martial arts like his old mates.

After finishing his breakfast, Hide then went to the workshop with light mood.

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