Izumi had not partaken in an obscene amount of fermented berries like she had the other night. The empress was lucky enough to learn her lesson and never do that again, lest she risk embarrassing herself again. Just the memory of the events from the other night caused her cheeks to heat uncomfortably — the first time she'd ever gotten drunk. It was good to know now, because she was never doing it again.
Except she had.
Not in the severity that caused her delirious visions and a pool of vomit come next morning. No — she had found herself just a little bit tipsy after consuming some more fermented elderberries within the cache. The cranebird needed something to take her mind off of her own actions the other night, laying to rest beside a tree for comfort. She should have restrained herself, that night, and anxiously wondered if Osamu thought less of her because of it.
Or worse, reconsidered his choice to be romantically involved…
……
Ah, she needed more berries…

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