Around 5:45 or 6 was a quick happy hour with Julie and Aaron having some of a strawberry rose wine. I think Daphne had a little bit, but she had to drive, so maybe not. I had a sip. It was fine. Tasted a bit like a strawberry juice, but with a very ethanol-like aftertaste, with the immediate familiarity being that of cough medicine. I think I'm so used to drinking coffee I just dissect beverages automatically. It turns out that this was actually a very sweet wine. Very very sweet. Aaron's first impression was that he couldn't taste the alcohol. I think what got me the most was how casual it was, and of course Julie and Aaron were 21, but they drank with a casualness that had clearly told me they had drank well and gotten sloshed before. They also had some soju and Yakult, and this other sweet blue milk drink, though I forget the name of it. Ethan did not have any. Ethan in general was very very quiet which I had expected, but well, alright. Julie remained talkative, bouncing off Aaron often about college life and rock climbing, and Daphne interjected too about college life. I was quieter than I thought — most of my verbal thinking out loud is topical and not really social I suppose. Around 7:45 we moved into Julie's living room and continued to talk.
"[Growing up] is hard and nobody understands." // https://www.homestuck.com/story/2391