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"Your younger days? Are you a teenager or an old lady? Or really that bad of an alcoholic?"

Whatever the reason Titus leaned against the counter and watched Riyo slammed back the drink just content in watching until she asked if he was going to join her.

"Well....I've never actually tried any." As with regular food and drinks the more exciting stuff didn't entice him in the least. It was probably a wonder he had managed to find a favorite food.

Titus eyed the glass and its contents for a long second before he finally pushed his way from the counter and lifted it. "Why the hell not." He kicked back the glass much like Riyo had done and drained the contents in one go. Once he pulled the glass away he ran his tongue over his lips, his eyes judging the glass like he wasn't certain how to feel about it.

"The flavor is a little odd." He couldn't say it was bad but he also couldn't say he liked it. It was just on that strange middle ground. "Why do people enjoy this stuff?" He set the glass back down the slid it across to Riyo. In truth he only knew people enjoyed alcohol because of tv and movies. That and there was a very large selection of it at his Uncle's house. That had to mean something.

"More?" He sneered a bit but watched as she threw back another glass before pouring another for him. He reached for it just as she mentioned something about drinking with other people and games.

"I think you are asking the wrong person on drinking with other people." He looked at the glass as he brought it closer. The liquid looked a lot like water but it certainly didn't taste the same. "How can you make a game out of drinking?" Titus didn't really understand but threw back the glass like the other, though he had to take it in two gulps since Riyo had filled it a little more. When it was empty he slid it back. He still didn't feel anything. What was supposed to happen?

"So I'm guessing since you brought it up you want to experiment with said games?"

"Those don't sound particularly entertaining." He admitted, though maybe he just couldn't grasp the idea of playing a game with others.

When the conversation found its way back to Hel and his pretend ghoulfriend situation Titus made a frustrated sound and grabbed for the glass and the booze and poured himself a drink. Unlike Riyo he just filled the glass. He didn't know it wasn't the thing to do but he figured it was easier than just filling it little bits at a time.

Taking a decent drink from the glass he set it down starting to feel a little warm through his stomach and chest. It was a little weird but not completely unpleasant.

There were a few more moments of silence and it probably appeared like Titus was just ignoring the looming conversation all together like he hadn't heard Riyo bring it up. When he finally did speak he kept it brief. "There isn't much to say. I needed a pretend ghoulfriend and Kidget is a particularly bad actress."

And there Riyo was just vomiting questions all over the place. There was no real way for Titus to casually explain without going into detail but the idea of talking about it seemed a little less painful than before. He took another drink from the glass and set it down, trying to think about how he wanted to explain. Unfortunately his mind was a little bit jumbled.

"She owed me a debt. I had to buy her this stupid cloth because the shop keeper wouldn't sell to her for being a midget..." No...wait. That wasn't right. "Reaper." He corrected. "Probably a good call but what can I say." The prejudice was still there.

That managed to cover the why a little, Titus really didn't want to go into detail on the lack of friends or really knowing anyone. Calling in favors to people he didn't know just wasn't going to happen and actually getting a ghoulfriend......yeah. Yeah that really wasn't going to happen. For some unknown reason though his mouth wanted to keep going and so he explained the why pretend part next with three simple words. "You remember Gina?"

The ghoul was hard to forget he imagined but he waited a moment for his brain to catch up with what he wanted to say before he continued. It was getting a little harder to think straight. "My parents were pushing the marriage issue so at the time I thought that if I had a ghoulfriend maybe they would drop it. I was wrong."

There was a little bit of color blooming across Titus' cheeks and for once it wasn't from embarrassment. His body felt warm now and the aches and pains he had felt from the earlier battle were nearly none existent. This was some pretty good s**t.

"Eloped?" Titus turned his head quickly in Riyo's direction which turned out to be a terrible idea. His vision was slow to catch up and it left him feeling a little dizzy. Wavering he leaned a little more against the counter, listening as Riyo tried to explain her idea.

His brain tried to wrap itself around the idea but with his limited thinking power Titus couldn't see any obvious flaws in her logic. "That's not a bad plan actually." Except for the fact that he had limited money to work with but he would figure something out. "Problem is who could I get to marry me?" He thought about it but apparently no one was coming to mind.

Titus nodded at each point she made thinking about what options he had. It was clear, or at least as clear as it was going to get at the moment, who the logical choice would be.

"I wonder how hard it would be to get Clara into one of those small wedding chapels. Do you think they can do something outside or can I just get the forms to fill out?" Of course Titus would think of his car first. It was the only logical choice but he didn't want a big event out of the whole thing.

Titus gasped dramatically. "You're right." He hadn't even thought of that. If he were to marry Clara, Gina would surely destroy his car. It wasn't a matter of if but when.

Shaking his head he tried to come up with another plan his eyes gazing around the room idly as he thought until they landed on Riyo. He saw her there nearly laying across the counter top and he went through the mental check list. Single, check! Did she plan on being in a relationship? Titus didn't know and rightly didn't care so check! Decent liar? Check. Could stand to be around him for more than an hour??? It was a give or take from day to day really but he could go with check for the sake of things.

"What about you? You seem to fit the bill."