Tenten [ テンテン ] (oriental_dragon) wrote in last_stretch,
@ 2009-10-07 23:12:00

Current location:	Konoha no Gakuen Boarding School
Current mood:	energetic
Current music:	You're Gonna Go Far, Kid - The Offspring
Entry tags:	kiba, naruto, neji, open log, sakura, tenten

[ Open - In Progress | Man, he never had a chance... ]
Who: Everyone Naruto knows.
What: Party for Blondie~ And coming in costume is encouraged!
When: October 10th... ish, evening/night
Where: Faculty Lounge at a certain boarding school
Warning(s): The usual warnings when people get shit-faced drunk.

It was like taking a page out of their long history together, to the very origins of who they once were. Phantom ghosts of what they would become. The place where it all began for a good number of them. And where the foundation of their collective friendships found its root. To be able to walk the halls again gave her an eerie yet exciting thrill she could hardly understand.

It was like they had never left.

Konoha no Gakuen. She could hardly believe that it had been more than three years since they left the hallow halls of the institution. They had a lot of good times there. Some, not so much. All the same, the school held many memories. For her, and most of all, for Naruto. So it only made sense that on the day that they would celebrate the young man's birth, they would have the festivities here. It was a small little tradition that she had taken to practicing. With the help and not-so-official approval of the local administration, of course. Silly, really. But one that she, at the very least, looked forward to year after year. Because this had been the beginning, so many long years ago. When a foreign girl from China thought it would be a nice gesture to plan a surprise party for a rambunctious blond she hardly knew. And in return, she had gained a life-long friendship. Several, in fact.

There was no rec room, this time around. Most certainly, with the presence of alcohol they could hardly allow it anywhere within reach of the students. But the faculty lounge on the other side of the school grounds made for an excellent substitute. And if their old instructors happened to drop in for a drink or two while they congratulated the young man on surviving another year, who was to stop them?

It had taken longer than expected to decorate the room, especially with only one other set of hands to help her this time. But to her credit, Tenten was a good planner, and an efficient worker. And with Neji's diligent -- relentless, despite her efforts to avoid adding to his already full schedule -- attention, they were an unstoppable team.

As she took a step back from making the last touches to the room, she could hardly be disappointed with the results. Spirals of orange and black streamers looped out from the center fan, reaching out like long bony fingers to touch upon each wall of the room. Hanging along its body were long colorful ribbons, curled in helical tendrils some draped over one row of streamers, others over two or even three. Ultimately, the design created a sort of webbing effect. If one took the time to notice. And to complete the illusion, scattered all throughout the room and netting were plastic spiders. Most were black, but a small portion were of the glow in the dark variety, illuminated by the black light she had fixed in the corner of the room.

The food was already heated and set out for party-goers to enjoy. The balloons were evenly distributed throughout the room. And as the rhythmic beat of the music boomed against the creeking floorboards, Tenten could only smile to herself.

This would definitely be a night to remember.

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*gives love* ♥

oriental_dragon
2009-10-12 04:52 am UTC (link)

It was not so much of a surprise to find that Neji... simply refused to wear a costume. Or at least avoided putting much effort into finding one that he found suitable for the occasion. After all, his entire side career was filled with putting on one costume or another. Tenten did not understand the modeling world all that well, but she knew of it enough from Neji's experience of it. And in any case, that portion of the invite had been encouraged. Not mandatory. So she would let that matter slide for now. After all, costumes were not the first thing that came to mind when one thought of Hyuuga Neji.

Still, he looked nice and fit for a party.

"Hey," she greeted when he returned, her smile all the brighter at the sight of him. Although filled with little else than constant scrambling to ensure everything would be ready by the time guests arrived, the afternoon had been well spent. For the simple fact that... it had been a long time - longer than she could recall at the moment - since the two of them had been allowed to simply be... friends. Neji's schedule was always demanding of his attention both inside and outside of school. And Tenten was never one to add to his obligations. "I was starting to wonder where you had disappeared to..."

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nom nom nom

infrawhite
2009-10-15 01:22 am UTC (link)

It took Neji all of one and a half seconds to mask the raise of his eyebrows as pleasant surprise instead of startled skepticism at her costume. Or lack thereof? It wasn't at all as though he'd never seen anything of the sort before, but it felt a tad different when one of his closest friends was on display.

Other people of course had a point when they called him a prude, but he'd come to nag less over the years, instead wrapping his concerns about decency in more convenient paper. "If there is anything you need fetched from outside, do inform me. It's freezing."

And ah, yes, he'd been later than intended, Naruto's play longer than anticipated, though it served its purpose. It was a little harder to be angry with someone for their utter density when they'd just put some of their talent on display, after all. He was prepared in more ways than one, maybe not braced, but maybe a little harder to rile up. Thankfully, Neji had already angled their conversation towards her getup, and so he let it slide.

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*gnaws lovingly*

oriental_dragon
2009-10-18 05:38 am UTC (link)

Surprise was something she expected to get throughout the night. Especially since it was not too often that Tenten indulged in the more girlish side of her personality. When you had a host of men as your closest circle of friends, looks and how you dressed were never all that important. Still, it did not escape Tenten's mind that her costume would be provocative if not distracting. After all the hard work and energy she had put into training for volleyball as well as her martial arts classes, the young woman knew she had a fairly fit body. One that could very well stop a man in his tracks.

But this party was for close friends. There was no one to impress. Just a lot of people to shock. And Tenten took some small amount of joy in knowing that. Which showed in the way her lips quirked up in a gentle smirk at Neji's reaction as well as his words.

"Don't worry, I got everything I needed from outside before I changed," she responded with a playful slant of her eyes, "I'm good at planning, remember?"

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