Roommates

Chapter 8: Drunk friends and a late lunch

We had been having the funniest evening of my life. Drinking, laughing, dancing, joking, everything one could ask for.
Tell me, how did it lead up to this?

"Tenten."

"Yeah?"

"I bet these are going to have a hangover tomorrow."

I looked down at the giggling girl who was clinging onto my arm.

"Yep."

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Okay, I tell you what happened. As said, we were having the greatest evening of my life so far. Deidara, Sasori and Kakuzu (everyone had seemed to forget the third one) appeared too, and I got along with them very well. Although they were really weird. But so were the rest, and so am I, so who cares?

Anyway, the drinking contests continued, and, well, let's just say Sakura, Ino and – surprisingly – Hinata got a little... 'lost in the game', so to say.
Yep, you got it right.

They're drunk. Reeaally drunk. So now, at three a.m., I and Temari are dragging them back to the school after we said goodbye to a very amused Konan.

"Seriously", Temari sighed. "Aren't the 'newbies' supposed to get drunk easily, while those who've been drinking for god knows how long shouldn't?"

"I think so", I said and glanced down at Hinata, who had one of her arms around my neck, and was giggling slightly all the time.
She wasn't as bad as Sakura and Ino, though. Ino drooled and sometimes got these random laughing fits, while Sakura had these unexplainable mood-changes all the time. Now they were both silent for once. They were just giggling slightly, like Hinata.
It would all have been very funny, if I wouldn't have been one of the people to drag them home.

"There it is", Temari suddenly said, and I looked up to see the huge school building rise over the trees surrounding it. "Just a little bit longer."

"Tenten", Hinata suddenly said and looked at me with big eyes. I raised a brow as I looked at her. Her expression was serious for once.

"Yes?" I asked.

"You look like a panda!" she exclaimed and started laughing like a maniac, and soon Sakura and Ino joined in. I felt my eye twitch uncontrollably. I didn't even have my buns, dammit!

"Calm down, she doesn't know what she's talking about", Temari said, and for some reason her voice sounded somehow strained. I shot her a suspicious look.

"You thought that was funny, didn't you?" I asked. She stiffened. "You wanted to laugh, am I right?" She snickered.

"Hah!" I yelled, dropping Hinata and pointing an accusing finger at Temari. "You thought it was funny! I knew it!"

"Tenten-"

"You traitor!"

"Tenten, you can't deny it was funny", Temari sighed. "You would've laughed too." I narrowed my eyes at her and thought for a while.

"Meh", I then said, shrugging, as I picked up Hinata. She had been lying on the ground, giggling all the while.
Wow. Out of character much?
I heard Temari roll her eyes.

We walked a little, when I suddenly came to think about something. I stiffened in fright.

"Tenten?" Temari asked as she turned to look at me.

"Temari", I said in a frightened voice. "Do you realize in how deep shit we would be if Neji would find out about this?"

"Don't worry, Tennie-chan", Ino said, grinning. "Neji-kun won't notice a thing!" She started laughing again together with the two other party-queens. Temari rolled her eyes again.