[ open | for the last times, the firsts and the things that never change. ]

[infrawhite]

WHO: Open invite.
WHAT:  THE New Year's Eve party.
WHERE: Meromero Karaoke Bar
WHEN: December 31st 2009 - January 1st 2010
WARNINGS: Where there is alcohol, everything is possible.

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[oriental_dragon]

[ Aaand... in comes Tenten. Just in time to see the last minute or so of that exchange. Color her completely confused. Pent up sexual tension indeed. She'll just be... over here, taking a seat at the other end of the counter where it's safe.

Go ahead, ignore the girl in the sparkly silver top and cleavage. She won't mind. ]

[infrawhite]

[After that conversation! I am summoned by silver, sparkly or not. It's funny how you bring our team's trademark themes into one outfit, though.

Looking possibly a little wary of what just went down, he sits across from Tenten.] You look well.

[oriental_dragon]

[ What can I say, Tenten's good like that? It's New Years, something pretty and sparkly was in order if she was gonna do the night up right.

And Neji gets a little smile, if not simply as an act of sympathy for what looked to be a very uncomfortable conversation with Sakura. ] Thanks. You look... a bit stressed.

[infrawhite]

[He returns the smile, brief surprise showing at the fact of the remark] ..That shouldn't be the case on such a day with this sort of company. [It sounds like an apology, even to him.]

[oriental_dragon]

[ Mmm, he's been making so many of those recently, it might have become a default by accident. A little teasing should fix that. ] Should and are. Two different words not usually linked together in any sort of way. [ Pauses, giving him a full once-over assessment. ] In this case, especially, apparently.

[infrawhite]

I did not mean to be the cause for concern.

[oriental_dragon]

... [ Is that a smile? I think it is. It's very cute and filled with fondness, really. ] You've been my friend long enough to know... You're always a cause for concern. [ And she means that in the most loving of ways~ ]

[infrawhite]

[Neji, in turn, is comically unamused. Her fondness meets appreciation somewhere beneath the frown, but he's going to take a minute to let it show.]

That would be entirely unintentional.

[oriental_dragon]

[ And Tenten will gladly wait for it to make an appearance. Because it's been too long and even a grumpy Neji is better than no Neji at all. ] A lot of things that happen are unintentional. Doesn't stop them from happening.

However... you have some control over how you react to them. Correct?

[infrawhite]

[Well, doesn't that sound appropriate. And here Neji was enjoying the dodgy talk, too.]

Are we going into specifics already?

[oriental_dragon]

Pfft. [ And he can continue to enjoy it if he wishes because she's not gonna push anything. New Years is not the time to be speaking of such things. But Tenten's got a knack for hitting marks she never intended to hit, apparently ] That... is entirely up to you.

[ Chin, meet palm. Such a calm and casual encounter that the glance to the side at the bottles on display seems almost idle. ]

[infrawhite]

[That elicits a smirk from him.]

Then I would like to hear how you have been faring.

[oriental_dragon]

[ Smirks are good. Tenten likes the Neji!Smirks. ] Good. I've been doing good. Traveled a lot more than I expected this year, but eh... [ Shrug. ] ...What can you do?

Besides, there must be something beneficial to these frequent flier miles I've been hearing so much about, ne?