Log: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

[amethyst_orbs]

Who: Hyuuga Hinata, Uzumaki Naruto, Aburame Shino, Haruno Sakura, Tenten, Hyuuga Hizashi, Hyuuga Hiashi, Hyuuga Neji, one giant fucking gingerbread castle (Everybody else GTFO! No I‘m kidding I love you all)
Where: Hinata’s Apartment
What: Christmas Dinner
When: December 25, 2009 (It’s Christmas y’all!)
Why: Because Hinata would like to imagine

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[becomingheaven]

Tenten bit her lip gently as she scurried around the apartment, getting ready. She still wasn't sure what she should be wearing, and she had to keep an eye on the hot chocolate on the stove. If it boiled over, she'd have a mess all over her floor, and cleaning up wasn't exactly what she wanted to be doing when she had planned on leaving in a few minutes anyway. Once she had pulled on a simple outfit of a slightly dressy top and simple pants, she slid into the kitchen, whisk in hand, to finish up the hot chocolate on the stove. A few minutes later, it had cooled slightly, the peppermint liquor had been added, and it was packed away into the 2-quart thermos she had bought for the occasion. She grabbed the box containing a hostess gift for Hinata and hustled out to her car.

The traffic was horrible, as she probably should have suspected. A bus or a taxi would have been a better option, but Tenten had always enjoyed driving. With her favorite music turned up loud and the sound of impatient drivers still penetrating the closed car doors, she had a chance to be a little bit to herself before going off and meeting people at Hinata's party. Who would be there again? She ran over a mental list of all of the people invited. Hinata, of course, Neji, Hiashi and Hizashi, Naruto (someone she hadn't even spoken to yet), Sakura, Shino (another person she hadn't met). It should be an interesting mix of people, she decided, even if she didn't know most of them well enough yet to gauge whether or not she'd actually enjoy their company.

After a ton of honked horns, a brief time spent driving, several wrong turns, one or two u-turns, and a partridge in a pear tree Tenten finally found Hinata's apartment. It was a decent place, not too small but certainly not too large, perfectly sized for one person. Although eight people might have been a bit of a stretch, Tenten trusted Hinata's judgement enough to at least hope that the food and all of the people would fit somewhat comfortably. Well, she decided, it was definitely better than her own apartment, which would hardly hold four and a small dinner. Grinning at the thought, she checked the address again and made her way up the stairs to Hinata's door.

[amethyst_orbs]

Hinata managed toopen the door with much more grace the next time she heard a knock on the door, her ever-present smile brightening at the sight of a girl who could only be Neji's friend Tenten.

"Ah, I'm glad you made it."

The fact that Neji was unconscious on her bed and that Tenten would thus have no one to fall back on socially occurred to her, and she hoped that the young woman before her wouldn't be too upset about that fact. Speaking of women...

'Sakura's not here yet, I hope she's doing alright, she's never late. I didn't really set a time though, so perhaps she just didn't expect everyone to be so early?'

She brushed aside the brief thoughts of her friend, returning her attention to the young woman before her again.

"Come on in, please make yourself at home."

[becomingheaven]

"Glad I could be here. Traffic was a bit crazy, but I guess I'm even crazier to be driving in it on Christmas. Pretty silly of me, eh?" she asked, grinning. What Tenten lacked in tact and social grace she made up with quick smile and a good amount of energy. Even if Neji was knocked out on the couch (she'd be lecturing him later) she would be able to keep herself fairly entertained.

"I have hot chocolate. A bit of alcohol with it, of course," she said, smiling wryly. "A little bit of peppermint liquor because I figured plain hot chocolate would be too tame for everyone. Where should I put that?" Tenten asked. "Just on the table with everything else?" Speaking of tables, she looked over at it. "Damn, that's a lot of food!" she laughed. "You must've been up all night making it!"

Another thought sprang to Tenten's mind, and after relieving herself of the thermos of hot chocolate, she presented the candles to Hinata. "It's a small gift of appreciation for you, like a hostess gift." She grinned and rubbed the back of her head. "Sorry, it's kinda a habit to always bring something. My parents drilled it into me when we lived back in China." She knew such things were slightly less common in the states, but she supposed it wouldn't be too strange.