15 minutes later
"Nines drive faster." You demanded while looking over at Nines.
"I am driving at the speed limit, I cannot go any faster!" Nines stated, raising his voice at you. His LED glowing between red and yellow. "No you're driving like a grandma." You teased Nines who had just stopped at a red light, his head turned towards you. A frown spread across his face.
"What does that even mean? I am driving at an acceptable speed. We will arrive at the bar in less than three minutes." Nines argued before taking a deep and unneeded breath, then blowing it out of his mouth slowly. "You are trying to tease me... it is highly annoying."
"I do it because I like you... I'm not trying to be mean I promise..." You told Nines with a pout on your face which only made him smile at you.
"I am aware that you are not trying to be mean, I do not drive like a grandma though." Nines remarked as you made a sound of uncertainty, that's when Nines looked away and began to drive again. "Yeah sure... hurry up I want a singular alcoholic drink!" You exclaimed making Nines laugh at you, obviously you were very convincing because he sped up the tiniest amount.
"Why are you only having one drink?" Nines asked his voice held a large amount of curiosity.
"You've dealt with drunk me enough times already, besides I don't need to be drunk to have a good time." You explained to Nines as the bar slowly came into view, Nines went silent as he pulled into a parking spot near the bar. "You know I do not mind it, you are entertaining either way." Nines mumbled as he cut the engine and turned to look at you.
"We can all enjoy drunk Hank." You suggested as Nines smiled at you then nodded.
Even though it took some time to get there you finally entered the bar after Nines held the door open for you, looking around you spotted Connor's uniform jacket so instantly made your way towards him. Nines in tow behind you. Reaching the table you saw two empty glasses on the table and a full one in Hanks hand.
"I said a singular drink." You said as Hank and Connor turned their attention to you.
"Yeah well I got of waiting for you, you can still have one. I'm going for ten to twenty." Hank told you as he raised his glass slightly in the air before lowering it to his lips and drinking some. "You are not having twenty drinks, Hank!" Connor exclaimed as he whipped his head around in Hank direction.
"I'm going to go and get myself a drink, you stay here with them, okay Nines?" You asked in a whisper to Nines who shook his head 'no', you weren't sure why he didn't want to stay. "I would like to come with you, please." Nines said as he glanced towards the bar, you weren't going to argue with him and you'd already teased him enough tonight.
"Me and Nines will be back in a few minutes, gonna go get my singular drink." You told Hank and Connor who had just been bickering between one another. "Make sure she gets something strong, RK900!" Hank called out to Nines as you started to push Nines towards the bar.
"Can you stop being annoying for five minutes, Hank!" You heard Connor scold Hank as they began to bicker again.
"What drink will you order?" Nines asked after you stopped pushing him and instead let him walk alongside you. "I'm not sure... I'm not getting anything too strong..." You told him as you made it to the bar and placed your hands flat down onto the counter.
"It does not matter if you have a strong drink, you are very good at holding your alcohol. You will not get drunk if you have one drink." Nines said as he began to look behind the bar at all the alcohol around, he really seemed interested in all the different types of alcohol. "Wanna find out why most people hate the taste of vodka?" You asked Nines while using your eyes to look at him, he turned his head to connect his eyes with yours.
"But I did not think you liked it..." Nines commented.
"I'm not a fan... it tastes like shit... but I can drink it." You explained to Nines who glanced towards the drinks again before nodding at you. "I would like to try it, if that is okay?" Nines inquired and rather than responding you called out to the bar tender instead.
"Could I please have a straight vodka?" You asked as they nodded then went to work to get you a vodka. "I'm so going to regret this..."
"Is it really that bad?" Nines questioned with his eyes wide.
"Oh it won't be for you... it won't burn your throat. It will mine." You laughed expecting his face to relax but it didn't, he just looked even more concerned now. "It is going to burn your throat?!" Nines exclaimed keeping his voice relatively quiet.
"Not literally! It just leaves a burning feeling because the alcohol level is so high!" You explained as his face relaxed a small amount, the bar tender placed the drink down onto the bar in front of you. "Thank you." With that you pulled out your money to pay for the drink, once you had paid you picked it up off of the bar surface and made your way back towards Hank and Connor.
Reaching the table you gestured for Nines to go in first, which he did. Hank was eyeing your drink up like he was trying to figure out what you had.
"Is that straight vodka?" Hank asked you as you gave a small nod in response.
"Why are you drinking straight vodka?!" Connor asked his voice panicked, his LED started to glow yellow. "That type of vodka is forty percent alcohol!"
"I said one drink... I never said what kind of drink..." You shrugged as Hank began to chuckle, clearly proud of your response to Connor. Instead of drinking it you pushed it towards Nines and nodded down to it. "Go on... try it."
"Very well." Nines mumbled as he picked it up and raised it to his lips, he looked to you so you nodded at him in encouragement. "Go Nines!" You sang as he took a small sip of the alcohol, it didn't take long for his face to scrunch up in disgust.
"That is quite simply awful... I do not understand how humans enjoy the taste of it" Nines stated as both you and Hank began to laugh at him, Nines pushed the glass back towards you his face still disgusted. "Well he's got the analytic program so I'm not gonna argue with him and I know it tastes like shit anyway." You laughed before picking the glass up and putting it to your lips. "Prepare to be amazed."
With that you downed the rest of the glass, pulling the glass away from your face you began coughing from the burning sensation in your throat.
"You only have yourself to blame, Y/N!" Hank chuckled while you continued to cough, all the while making disgusted sounds.
"Oh fuck... still disgusting!" You coughed as you felt Nines's hand drop onto your thigh, in a supportive way.
"Are you alright, Y/N?" Connor asked looking up at him you raised a hand and put a thumbs up to him. "Bloody fantastic, thanks for asking..." You coughed out, as you slammed the same hand down onto the table.
That's when Connor began to laugh, the only one who wasn't laughing was Nines.
"I'm... I'm sorry... your accent... just makes it so funny!" Connor exclaimed as his laughter increased and so did Hanks, glancing at Nines you could tell he was fighting the urge to laugh himself. "Even blue eyes... looks entertained!" Hank laughed at he pointed to Nines who shook his head 'no'.
'Not even offended by them finding it funny... just nice to see everyone happy around each other...' You thought to yourself finally getting over the burning feeling in your throat.
"Glad my suffering and accent put together amuses you Connor." You commented raising an eyebrow at him with a serious look on your face, this only made him laugh harder though. "You hearing this Nines, he's laughing at my pain."
"You were the one who drank the whole glass." Nines commented and you could see the amusement in his eyes, he was also still trying to fight his own laughter. "True... well I've had my one drink even if it did create a hole in my throat." You stated as you cleared your throat in an obnoxiously loud manner.
"I need my fourth one, wanna go get me it?" Hank asked as he smiled widely at you.
"No... I don't, ask your very lovely son to get you one." You said pointing at Connor who widened his eyes at you, as if to say 'traitor' "Son, go get me another drink..." Hank requested as Connor let out an unneeded but annoyed sigh, then begrudgingly stood from the seat.
"Fine... did you want anything else, Y/N?" Connor asked as he smiled sweetly at you.
"Uh... as long as it's not alcoholic I'll have another drink." You answered, with a singular nod Connor turned away and made his way towards the bar. "Hey Hank?"
"Yeah, what's up?" Hank asked while playing the with the glass he had just been drinking from. "Thank you for paying for me and Nines and thank you for it in general." You thanked Hank blew a breath out of his mouth making a weird noise as he did.
"Don't be stupid, it's not every day you save one of your colleagues lives. Well... I guess you do if it's your partner... you know what I mean!" Hank rambled seeming to get annoyed at the way he was explaining it, you were trying so hard not to laugh at him. "We know what you mean, Hank, you explained it surprisingly well enough for us to understand." Nines told Hank who looked over at him, looking to Nines you could see his LED was just a nice blue hue.
"It weird when you call me Hank... I know I asked you to but it's still weird..." Hank mumbled as Nines's hand began to rub circles around the top of your thigh. "May I ask you a question, Hank?" Nines asked as Hank raised an eyebrow with a smirk on his face.
"You just did." Hank snorted, "But yeah."
"Why did you give me the nickname of blue eyes?" Nines asked you knew what he meant by it, yet you knew exactly what Hanks response to him would be.
"Cause you've got blue eyes..." Hank mumbled trying to contain his laughter.
Nines turned to look at you and shook his head before his hand squeezed down into your thigh slightly.
"Hank." You said.
"Okay, I call you blue eyes cause I'm sick of constantly saying RK900. But I'm pretty sure you'll only allow her to call you well... you know... Nines." Hank explained to Nines who was still looking at you, he looked happy by Hanks answer.
'Does he only let me call him that?' You wondered trying to think back if anyone else has called him it.
"There is obviously not a problem with you calling me it, I was just... not sure why you called me it other than the fact that I have blue eyes." Nines said to Hank as Connor re-appeared with two drinks in hand, when he made it to the table he placed one down in front of Hank then one down in front of you. "It is non-alcoholic." Connor informed you before he then sat back down next to Hank.
"I can't believe you're gonna drink something non-alcoholic..." Hank grumbled in complete disgust but you raised it to your lips and took a sip.
"Mmm tastes pretty good." You laughed.
An hour had passed and Hank was well and truly drunk now, you found it quite funny while Connor seemed very disappointed. The conversations had flowed surprisingly well and Nines had joined in with them quite a lot. He really seemed happy. Well that was until Connor opened his mouth and then he'd become very emotionless and uninterested.
It was getting later and later and you were honestly starting to feel really tired, the yawns quietly escaping you making it more evident. Nines had kept his hand on your thigh the whole time, the only difference now was that his thumb was rubbing circles around your inner thigh, not on top of your thigh.
"As much as I'm enjo-" you cut yourself off with a loud yawn before continuing, "enjoying myself... I'm getting really tired... so I think me and Nines are going to head home." You told Hank and Connor.
Hank immediately gave you a drunken sad face while Connor just smiled at you.
"But we're having fun!" Hank exclaimed slamming his fist down onto the table almost knocking his drink over in the process.
"No you are having fun, Hank, could you perhaps help me with him before you both go?" Connor asked you and Nines, there was no way you were going to leave Connor alone to deal with a drunken Hank. "I'll help and I'm sure it'll be easier if Nines helps too." You replied smiling tiredly at Connor, Nines's hand abruptly pulled itself off of your thigh sending a shiver down your spine.
"I have helped before and I am sure I can help again." Nines stated, slipping out from the booth you allowed Nines to get out as well. Connor was also moving to stand up while Hank just stared at you all. "Not leaving..." Hank slurred as he downed the last of his glass then smacked his lips together.
"Oh yeah... you are." You told him as Connor glared towards him.
"You're all mean..." Hank grumbled as he pushed himself along the booth and tried to stand up, almost immediately wobbling over into Connor. Who caught him. "Excuse me, Y/N, I shall assist RK800." Nines said, being awfully polite as he pulled you by your hips to the left of him.
"Oh yeah... sorry..." You mumbled as you watched both Connor and Nines hoist Hank up and start to carry him, you decided to move past them and towards the door so they didn't have to struggle with that and Hank. "I've got the door."
"God, she's so lovely..." Hank murmured his words were so slurred and you knew it was the alcohol talking, Hank was never that nice while sober.
"Wow you are really drunk..." You laughed as you opened the door for them, the three of them passing through the door.
Once you and Nines had helped Connor with Hank you both made your way back to your car, you knew you wanted Nines to drive and he would anyway.
"I had a drink so you're driving..." You told Nines who nodded in response pulling the keys out of his pocket and unlocking the car. "That is certainly wise, you should not drive at all if you have consumed alcohol." Nines stated as you moved to the passenger side and opened the door climbing in straight after.
Nines began to drive once you were both ready, he was being awfully quiet and you were beginning to worry that something was wrong with him. 'Maybe I should start a conversation with him...' You thought while staring at him, you hadn't asked him what he actually thought of the film you had watched yet, so that was going to be the start.
"Oh! I didn't ask... what did you think of the film we watched?" You asked Nines watching his face the entire time, his LED switched to yellow rapidly before going back to its usual blue glow. "I enjoyed it, however I think the start of it was very slow and honestly quite boring. The end of it was very entertaining though." Nines answered as he continued to drive along, you were glad that you weren't the only one who thought the start was boring.
"Oh my God, the start was so fucking boring... I was ready to fall asleep." You giggled as a smile appeared on Nines face.
"I am not surprised, but did you enjoy it? We went for you after all." Nines questioned as he glanced at you for a few seconds before looking back to the road. "I did yeah... best part was you trying popcorn." You laughed which only made Nines's smile grow.
"The second piece was much nicer than the first... it had barely any flavouring on but the second was amazing." Nines told you while you just continued to study his face, intently. "I must say I very much enjoyed this evening even though I had to tolerate RK800."
"I'm glad you had a good time, I did too by the way... still sorry about the tipping popcorn all over you ordeal." You said with your voice trailing off at the end, while trying to keep your giggles in.
"Do not lie, you are not sorry." Nines scolded as you burst out laughing.