Storm decided he wanted to have a little fun tonight so he sat up with his back straight. "I'll go first." He said to Alexis. 

"Oh good." Alexis said clasping her hands together. "Pick anyone you want." 

Storm nodded and his eyes travelled around the room slowly. Ultear subtly avoided his eye contact by looking at the ground while Hunter was nonchalantly eating a bowl of ramen. With a smirk, Storm locked eyes with his target - Gale. Gale raised his brow trying to figure out what Storm was up to.

"Hey Flame Brain, truth or dare?" Storm asked suddenly still looking at Gale for one more moment. Just as Gale's cheeks became flushed, Storm looked at the pink haired girl with a smirk.

Nashi, who was stuffing her face with food, stopped momentarily and narrowed her eyes at the ice-make mage. "Well, since I'm not a chicken..." She started. "I'm gonna go with dare." 

"Okay." Storm grinned. She'd picked exactly what he predicted. "Sit on Gale's lap for the rest of the night." He ordered her. 

"That's easy." Nashi promptly planted her butt on Gale's lap oblivious to fact that that his face was just as red as a tomato. 

Gale looked as if he wanted to kill Storm which he most definitely did want to do in that moment. Storm saw this and didn't at all hide his laughter. Ultear, Hunter and Alexis, on the other hand, tried to conceal their amusement for Gale's sake.

"My turn!" Nashi yelled, gaining everyone's attention. She rubbed her hands together. "Ultear, truth or dare?" 

Ultear shrugged. "Dare." She answered.

Nashi's eyes lit up. "Hold up, I'll be right back." She jumped onto her feet and scurried away to the kitchen. The sound of a blender was heard and everyone stared at each other sceptically. One minute later and Nashi reentered the living room with a cup of some sort of beverage. "I dare you to drink this." Nashi said with a grin holding the cup out to Ultear. 

Ultear took the cup into her hand and stared at the 'drink' in it while Nashi took her place back on Gale's lap. 

The drink was literally grey and resembled sludge. Ultear could've swore it had chunks of spaghetti and... Oreos? The stench coming from the cup was beyond disgusting as well and caused her to pinch her nose. She gagged. "What the hell did you put in here?" 

Nashi shrugged. "Everything in your fridge and pantry that cut fit in the blender." She said.

Ultear looked back at the cup before shaking her head. "No... I'm not going to drink this." She refused. "I'd rather not die from food poisoning."

"As someone who's felt the Master's lightning roar, I suggest you pick up that cup and drink it, Ul." Hunter said slurping up some of his ramen with a knowing look. "It hurts like literal hell."

Ultear didn't particularly feel like being electrocuted and the fact that her whole body was composed of water meant it would hurt even more. "You know what..." Ultear took a deep breath staring at the cup with a determined look. "If I can take on a psycho demon witch like Alexis at her most powerful then I can take on anything!" Ultear yelled hyping herself up.

"I have no idea whether to be offended or not." Alexis said squinting.

Ultear seized the cup in her hand before taking a swig of the foul beverage. 

"CHUG! CHUG! CHUG!" Nashi, Gale and Storm all cheered, eyes a light with excitement. 

Ultear's eyes started to tear up from the completely disgusting taste filling her mouth and moving down her throat. Though she never let the cup leave her lips until it was empty. 

"Oh Mavis, I'm... I'm going to throw up." Ultear covered her mouth and gagged. "I-I need a distraction." She turned to Hunter. "I dare you to take off your shirt."

"Don't I get a choice whether I want a dare or not?." Hunter said clearly confused. 

"Oh my gosh, Hunter. Just listen to the girl!" Alexis insisted. She had a camera in her hand now pointing straight at him. Where had she got the camera from? Hunter had no clue.

With a growl, he placed his bowl of ramen next to him before pulling his shirt over his head and flinging it to the side. Alexis squealed and a flash triggered. Hunter just rolled his eyes and sat back down. 

"Happy?" He asked Ultear who nodded with a satisfied smile. "Okay Alexis, I dare you to make me some more ramen." He ordered her. His current bowl was now empty and he was still hungry.

Alexis frowned as she stood up. She held her arms up as if she was surrendering. "Okay but I'm warning you, Ivar never let me in a kitchen for a reason." She said before disappearing into the kitchen. 

"This night is actually started to get fun." Storm admitted. He shifted his eyes to a certain iron dragon slayer and smirked. "Isn't it Gale?"

Gale was beyond uncomfortable having Nashi in his lap. She kept wiggling and moving which increased his distress tenfold. That was why he'd been pretty much silent. "I hate you." He hissed. Storm laughed. "I got a truth for you." Gale said narrowing his eyes. "What happened with you and Quinn huh?"

Storm's smile faded. "Shut up." He turned away now folding his arms over his chest.

"That is something I wanna know too." Ultear said curiously as she sat up fully recovered now. A shirtless Hunter seemed to have made her feel better pretty quick.

"Oooo you have to tell it or you'll get electrocuted." Nashi added wiggling in her position with excitement. Gale seemed to go even redder. "Spill the details, Stripper." 

Storm glared at them all. "It's none of your business."

"I'll bet you'll look good without eyebrows when Alexis waxes them off unless the lightning already scorches them off beforehand." Gale said with a dark grin. "Either way, you suffer and I'll be happy."

"Piss off, Metal Face." Storm scowled.

Just as Gale was going to press Storm further into confessing, Nashi interrupted.

"Guys, I smell burning." Nashi mentioned with a confused look on her face. 

Smoke billowed into the room from the kitchen.

Hunter jumped to his feet bolting to the kitchen in record time. Everyone followed behind.

Alexis was frantically fanning a flame coming from the oven. 

Hunter yanked her by the arm away from the fire. "What the fuck Alexis?!" He yelled angrily. "You don't even need an oven to make ramen."

"We- Well! I didn't know that!" She yelled back in panic. 

"You told me you liked cooking!"

"That doesn't necessarily mean I was any good at it!"

As Hunter glared down at Alexis, Nashi promptly shuffled into the kitchen and ate up the flames.

"Thanks for nearly burning down the house, Alexis." Ultear spat harshly as she looked at the charred up kitchen. 

Alexis flinched slightly looking down in shame. "Sorry..." 

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10 minutes later...

"Well, now that the situation is handled." Ultear glared at Alexis who avoided her eye contact. She took a deep breath and looked to her brother. "Storm, tell us the deal with Quinn." Ultear was honestly dying to know.

"I'm not telling you shit." Storm replied promptly. 

"Uh-oh... wrong answer." Alexis said. 

The second the words left Alexis' lips, a powerful surge of lightning struck Storm with a loud bang. It lasted a whole seven seconds and while it happened everyone watched wide eyed. When it finally stopped, Storm let out a loud prolonged groan. 

"OH MAVIS! DO THAT AGAIN!" Nashi yelled before bursting into a fit of laughter. She was laughing so much that she had to clutch onto her stomach. "I should've recorded that." She added wiping a tear from her eye. 

"That worked a lot better than I expected" Hunter admitted with a shrug. He honestly expected Alexis' barrier to be a total fail seeing as she was completely clueless about everything when he was helping her set it up. 

"Damn, I actually feel sorry for you, man." Gale said peering over Nashi's shoulder at Storm. 

Ultear cautiously crouched beside her brother. She placed her hand on his shoulder. "You alright there?" She asked softly. 

Storm groaned once again. "What do you think?" He said sarcastically. 

"I'll give you one more chance to tell the truth before I take out the wax strips." Alexis warned shaking the box in her hand. To be honest, she was waiting the whole night to wax someone's eyebrows off.

The lightning was painful as hell and Storm was not about to take his chances with the wax strips. He liked his eyebrows too. So he shook Ultear's hand of his shoulder and sat up properly.

"Fine." Storm grumbled. "Quinn wants to... She wants..." He swore under his breath.

"Spit it out already." Nashi barked growing impatient.

"She wants to end things alright?" Storm muttered. 

The whole room went silent 'cause like... awkwarrrddd.

Storm continued looking more frustrated now as he clenched his fists tightly. "Which makes no sense since we were never dating in the first place." Storm declared as if he was trying to convince himself that what he was saying was true. "It's not like I really care, we weren't anything special..."

Gale knew Storm was more... effected by the whole Quinn situation than he let on. Everyone in the room probably thought the same by the way Storm's whole demeanour did a whole 180. He seemed almost heartbroken but in denial of being heartbroken at the same time which was pretty strange to Gale. After all like Storm had said, they weren't even dating. 

It seemed as if Ultear understood Storm's predicament though.

"I don't know about the rest of you but I could really use a drink." She grumbled.

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the next day...

Gray was having a good day. 

The alone time that he had with his wife was exactly what he needed.

"Do you think the kids are awake yet?" Juvia questioned as they approached their home. 

"It's noon." Gray said rubbing his chin. "So no... That won't stop me from kicking all of their sorry asses out though." He grinned and Juvia just shook her head with a frown. 

"Juvia thinks you should be more nice, Gray." She leaned in and gave him a peck on the cheek.  Gray just shrugged. 

He got to the front door and when he opened the door, he froze at the unpleasant surprise that welcomed him. Juvia's mouth hung open in shock. 

The place was a complete mess. It was like a burglar had ransacked the place as empty bottles of booze laid scattered on the ground.

Storm was duct taped to the wall snoring his head off. When Gray walked closer, he noticed that his son's mouth was slathered in red lipstick and his hair was tied in pig tails. Judging by the clothes abandoned on the floor her him, Storm was most likely naked under all that duct tape. 

Gale was passed out on the floor in a bunny costume and the word, 'WHIPPED' written in big black marker pen across his forehead. Unlike Storm who had lipstick on his face, Gale had an over excess amount of blue eyeshadow on his eyelids. 

Nashi was cradling a burnt turkey leg in her arms, curling herself into a ball in the corner of the room. The area around her seemed charred like lightning had struck that spot multiple times. 

Hunter had Nashi's scarf tied around his head like a bandana. Red lipstick prints scattered all over his face like someone had kissed him. 

Ultear was passed out on the stairs using her arms as a pillow. She still had a half full bottle of booze clutched into her hand. 

The only one who seemed normal was Alexis who was peacefully sleeping on the sofa. A fluffy lavender blanket covered her and a matching eye mask covered her eyes as she slept. 

"Do you still think I should be nice?" Gray growled, his veins filled with anger.

Juvia didn't answer.

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FUN FACT - Storm only refers to Nashi as Flame Brain. Never by her real name. He stopped calling her Nashi when he was four. It's been Flame Brain ever since then.

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I had to rewrite this chapter cause somehow it half of it got deleted so apologies if its not that great, cause I was literally annoyed and just DONE the whole time writing

on another note,school's almost back on and I want to cry

#unedited

comment what y'all thought of this train wreck of a chapter