Jump n' Jive

"Well, I guess there are all kinds of people in this world." Saya smiled and drank more of her milk. "So what does ShinRa do exactly? Besides send you?"

"What are you drinking?" Ventus asked nosily. It didn't smell like anything he, Aqua, or Terra drank. Perhaps this was "alcohol." Yes, Ventus was that innocent. He hadn't even seen his master Eraqus drink alcohol, not even sake with his friends or fellow keyblade masters.

"I'd never be able to work for a company," Saya replied, impressed. "I like setting my own hours like this. Besides, I get baddies off the street." She winked at him. "Don't get on a wanted poster, or I'll kick your sorry butt."

"I'm not too young!" Ventus replied. He still didn't really know what the drink was, though. "What's it taste like, anyway?" He might not want to drink it, but he at least wanted a taste.

"More milk would be good," Saya said, lifting up her empty bottle by the top and swining it back and forth a little like a pendulum playfully. "Alcohol makes me loopy, and a sweeper's always on the job." She grinned.

Saya laughed and turned to the barkeeper. "Another milk," she said brightly, "and for my friend a..." she paused. "Um, what would you like to drink, Reno?"

"And a beer!" she called over to the barkeep, who simply nodded and returned with the drinks in question. "Thank you, as always," she said. She always thanked the barkeep. Bars could be the best places for information, sometimes.

Ventus's face went bright red against his will. "Eh?! M-mouth-to-mouth?!" He hadn't meant to be so loud. He quickly quieted down. "W-why on Earth would you ask a person that?" Oh great, he'd gotten into a discussion with a gay guy who was interrested in him. Okay, he didn't mind gay people in the least, but the idea of being gay himself... he shuddered. "I think I'd like to drink some," he said.

"It's on me," Saya said with a smile. "You just buy the next round." She then glanced over at Ventus and Axel. "I believe we have a problem." She nodded to the two. "I don't know about you, but I think we ought to do something."

Saya nodded and walked over to Axel and Ventus. "Excuse me," she said, butting into their conversation. "I hate to interrupt, but how old are you?" The question was aimed at Ventus. She could already tell Axel was old enough to be drinking.

"Um... Fifteen?" Ventus didn't like where this conversation was headed. "They let me in."

"I realize that," Saya replied. "They let any age in. It's the age you're allowed to drink at that I'm worried about, and you're obviously not legal, which means you," she gave Axel a hard look, "can't give him anything."

Saya sighed and shook her head. "Girls, your both pretty. Can we get back to the point?" She gestured at Ventus. "As in, underage drinking and possibly seduction?"

Ventus felt his face grow hot again. "I-i-it wasn't anything like that!" he stuttered. "He was only joking around... I think."

Saya gestured to Axel while looking straight at Ventus, her eyebrow raised and her point proven.

"Okay, so maybe he wasn't joking, but I wouldn't have let him do anything to me."

"No, you were just going to drink some of his beer when you have no idea what he's done to it. Where are your parents? I ought to talk to them about you."