Notes: Hello! thanks for reading my fic (: This is the first time I actually love one of my stories and I'll be updating soon because I'm kind of obsessed with this D: Anyways, enjoy it...?
Disclaimer: I hate this. You obviously know I don't own Naruto, 'cause you're not stupid, right? So... whatever.
Chapter one
The pajama party
It all started with one stupid game, in one stupid night, at a stupid pajama party, with five stupid girls.
Hinata's pajama party was supposed to be the best pajama party ever. Firstly, because her friends had been very excited about it, so they were supposed to plan cool stuff to do; and secondly, because Hinata was a Hyuuga, so she was rich, her house was a mansion, and her bedroom was out of this world.
But no. There was no fun, no laughter, and – hell, not even music! It looked like the most boring pajama party ever, because Hinata's four best friends were acting all out-of-character ever since they arrived and no one was having fun.
Sakura Haruno, one of the first friends Hinata ever made, who used to be a happy, high-tempered and smart girl, was lying on Hinata's king-sized bed, staring at the ceiling. She was so quiet and calm that Hinata almost thought she was dead or something.
Ino Yamanaka, the most popular girl in school, someone everyone described as a loud, crazy and fun blonde, was sitting in front of Hinata's big mirror, staring at herself while combing her long hair. Hinata noticed that she wasn't actually looking at herself; her eyes seemed distant, as if she was deep in thought, and they looked sad.
Temari No Sabaku, the oldest of them for two years, was someone described as friendly, sincere and high-tempered by everyone she knew. But, even though Hinata knew she was the kind of person that always needed to be doing something, she was in her balcony, watching the stars decorating the black sky above them. She wasn't the type of person that likes silence, either, just like Ino (maybe it was a blonde thing), so the sight of her being quiet, calm and thoughtful was extremely awkward.
And lastly, TenTen, the first best friend Hinata ever had, someone Hinata knew as the back of her hand, was playing with her iPod, totally quiet. Sure, TenTen was quiet and thoughtful sometimes, because she was a mature girl (even for her age: just one year older than Hinata) and very smart, but – c´mon, thoughtfulness never got mixed with a pajama party! TenTen sure knew that, and instead of listening music quietly, she should've been singing and dancing and acting like a fool and just having fun!
They all seemed to be trapped into their own minds, and that hadn't been the plan, right? It was a pajama party, they were all best friends, and they were supposed to be laughing, talking, playing, or something! Hinata was getting more and more bored, confused and annoyed.
Suddenly, Hinata couldn't stand it anymore. Something was wrong, and she had to do something about it now.
"Okay, STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!" Hinata exclaimed, and her voice charged with annoyance and frustration came out louder than she had planned.
Sakura sat down and stared at Hinata with wide eyes; Ino stopped combing her hair and stared at Hinata through the mirror, too; Temari left the balcony and entered the room, looking alarmed, as if she had thought someone was in danger; and TenTen raised her head and dropped the iPod away. They looked surprised and confused, but they were paying attention to her, and that was what she needed.
"Stop what?" Sakura was the first to say something, speaking for everyone else. Hinata turned to her, and realized just how random her outburst had been. She sighed and started walking towards the bed to sit on the edge of it, right next to Sakura.
"I don't understand what you guys are doing," Hinata started, "but what I do understand is that there's something wrong with each one of you. I don't know what, and I don't know if it's because of something I did or said before, but-"
"Whoa, whoa!" Ino interrupted, frowning at Hinata and standing up. "Hinata, you so not have something to do with this. Nothing here is your fault!"
"Yeah, so don't say that, because we're the ones crazy in here," TenTen supported, with a grin on her face. Hinata smiled back, feeling happy to see them act like their own selves again.
"But still, that doesn't tell me what's wrong with you, girls," the Hyuuga girl insisted.
Temari walked towards the bed and sat next to Sakura. "Well," she said, "I didn't realize before that the others were also quiet, 'cause I was in my own world, but I guess that, if you really wanna know, I can tell you what's going on with me."
"I'm listening," Hinata smirked. "But you're all next, okay?" She pointed her other friends and they nodded and smiled at her. TenTen and Ino climbed the king-sized bed, and now the five of them were on it.
"Okay, here I go… You remember Shikamaru Nara, right?" Temari asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Of course we do, he's my ex-boyfriend!" Ino rolled her eyes. "And he's also one of our closer friends."
"Oh, right…" Temari took a deep breath, readying herself. "Well, you see… lately, he's been hanging out with Gaara, my brother, a lot, and he's coming to our house to play videogames and stuff. You know I love videogames and I'm very competitive, so when one afternoon Shikamaru challenged me to play Mortal Kombat with him, I couldn't say no. He's really good, almost as much as me, and we became, like- rivals, but…" She looked down and murmured: "Okay, this is the part I hate…"
Sakura noticed she was blushing, and as soon as the realization hit her, she said: "YOU LIKE SHIKAMARU!"
Well, screamed, actually. When Sakura had an awesome idea or realized something, she said it without thinking twice. And right now, it was the moment to think it twice, because- it was Temari, for God's sake! Hinata knew she was going to explode even before Sakura finished the sentence.
"SHUT UP, SAKURA!" Temari yelled, almost making the girls deaf. She crossed her arms over her chest and pouted. "I didn't scream at the top of my lungs that you liked Sasuke when you first told us!"
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry! But- dude, are you serious?" Sakura was unable to hide her excitement and surprise.
"Yes, I'm serious!" Temari looked angry, but her face was as red as a tomato.
"Temari! That's… that's shocking!" Hinata said, blinking and processing the information properly.
"Shocking? Believe me, this is the next level of shock!" was TenTen's response.
They were waiting for Ino to say something, because she was someone that always had something to say, but when they turned to her, they saw she was frozen, staring at Temari with wide eyes and a fallen jaw.
TenTen poked her shoulder. "Um, Ino?" she said. Ino reacted, turning to her and blinking her eyes. Then she seemed to remember what just happened, and realized that they were waiting for her opinion as Temari's friend… and Shikamaru's ex-girlfriend.
"Listen, Ino," Temari started before she could say something, "I know this is awkward because he was your, er, boyfriend, and believe me, I didn't plan this, but I have to accept it: I like him. And I-"
"Temari!" Ino interrupted her. "You really wanna know what I think?" She made a dramatic pause, and then… she smiled. "I'm happy you finally accepted it!"
Sakura was the only one that laughed with Ino. The other girls were confused, especially Temari. "Oh, we didn't tell them Ino!" Sakura said when she was done laughing out loud.
Ino stopped laughing, turned to TenTen and Hinata, and said, "Well, you see, we wanted to tell you tonight, but- well, we forgot."
"Tell us what?" TenTen said, raising an eyebrow.
"That Temari liked Shikamaru!" Ino replied, surprising them. "I realized one time that I was with Temari and we found Shikamaru and he waved at us. It was like one week ago and I saw the way Temari looked at him, and then I discovered it! I never thought Temari was going to actually accept it, though, so I'm also surprised."
"Ino told me that same day," Sakura said and then turned to Temari, "and, no matter how much I hate to accept it, seems like Ino-pig was right."
"I'm always right, forehead-girl!" Ino exclaimed. The girls laughed and Ino smiled at Temari sincerely. "Shika is an awesome boy, and I'm sure you'll make a hot couple!"
In Ino's language, that meant I'm glad and I wish you luck, which was something good. Temari smiled back and hugged Ino, feeling happy she wasn't mad at her.
"But…" Temari bit her lower lip, hesitating. "I don't know girls; I'm not sure he likes me too."
"Temari, you're super hot!" Ino exclaimed. "He'd be an idiot if he wouldn't ask you out, so forget about negative thoughts, okay? Besides, he likes blondes!" Temari smiled and nodded slowly, but she didn't look very sure.
"Okay then, Temari confessed it," Hinata said, going back to the principal subject. "But it's someone else's turn to confess! Who's next?"
"I think I'll do it," Sakura sighed sadly. Her friends listened to her attentively. "You all know I like Sasuke Uchiha, right? That I like him so much that I can say I love him. But I heard something yesterday that broke my heart: he's dating Karin."
"WHAT?" her four friends said- ahem, screamed, actually. Sakura covered her ears, wondering if the world had something against her hearing today: first Temari, now this! Then, her friends started talking at the same time.
"I can't believe it!" Hinata said.
"That's impossible! I mean- you got to be kidding me!" TenTen said.
"KARIN! He preferred HER? Eww!" Ino said.
"This guy has gone seriously crazy," Temari said.
Sakura sighed sadly. Her friends were very surprised, and pissed, in Ino's case, just like she had expected. "Guys, calm down!" she said, and they obeyed. "Listen, I know it's unbelievable, imagine how I feel! But it's true… They started yesterday, and it was supposed to be a secret until Monday, but Karin, as the stupid bitch she is, wanted me to be the first to know it."
"Because she knows you like him," TenTen reasoned, and then sighed heavily. "That bitch is going to pay for this shit."
"Oh, no TenTen, we can't do anything!" Sakura looked down sadly. "He likes her, not me. He chose her, so she has the right to feel happy. She won… I lost. Besides, they make a good couple, right? He's the most handsome boy in school and she's… well, she's pretty, and I have to accept it."
"Pretty?" Ino laughed bitterly and rolled her eyes. "That bitch is not pretty, she's a whore!"
"Mmm… at least she doesn't have a huge forehead…" Sakura murmured, and her green eyes started to water.
Hinata felt her heart breaking seeing her friend so depressed. She put her arms around the pink haired girl and rubbed her back gently. Sakura buried her face in her chest and Hinata heard her sobbing.
"Sakura…" Hinata whispered. "Oh, please don't be sad. You're beautiful, more beautiful than her, don't you ever doubt it! You're also smarter and a better person. Sasuke is stupid if he couldn't realize that. He chose Karin, but he'll regret it soon!"
"Yeah, forehead-girl, you are too much for him!" Ino added, and all her friends were hugging Sakura now. That seemed to make her feel better; she knew she was not alone. Slowly, she sat up and the girls gave her space.
"Thank you so much, guys," Sakura said smiling and wiping her tears away. They were right: Sasuke Uchiha was going to regret. Screw my low self-esteem, she thought. I have to be strong. Sasuke is the only guy I want, but he's not worth my love, he will not break me down, and he'll regret of choosing Karin very soon, just like Hinata said. Still, deep inside, she knew that it didn't matter if he was a bastard not worth her love; she wanted him anyways, because she loved his flaws as much as she loved the good aspects about him. It was real love.
"Okay, anyways…" Ino clapped her hands, taking everyone's attention, and making Sakura decide to put her problems aside. "Let's forget about insensitive bastards and fake whores, all right? Goodbye, tragedies! Let's continue with the confessions… Who's next?"
"I'm going to be polite and let you go first, Miss Yamanaka," TenTen said, not wanting to be next. Ino glared at her but accepted.
"I guess it's my turn then." Ino took a deep breath. "Well, I'm… thoughtful, because I met a boy, a very handsome boy. He reminds me of Sasuke a little, but I think he's way more handsome and a better person, and no, forehead-girl, he's mine, so get your own!" Ino glared at Sakura when she smiled with hope.
"I was kidding, Ino-pig! No one wants your Sasuke-clone. Besides, right now, I hate everything about him." Sakura answered.
"Hey, just like Three Days Grace's song! Okay, well, anyways," Ino continued, "I met him on… Wednesday, I believe, in my art class. Since when do I take art classes, you wonder? Well, I wanted to learn how to draw well, as a new hobby, so I changed it for my Biology class. The point is that we talked and flirted a little but I just saw him one day! I didn't see him on Thursday or Friday and when I asked the teacher about him, she said he was out of time and she didn't know how long he would be absent, and that made me kind of sad because I have been thinking about him ever since the day I met him, and I think I actually have a crush on him!" She sighed. "Well, that's why I was so quiet: I was just thinking about Sai and missing him."
Hinata nodded and turned to the only girl who hadn't confessed yet. "Okay, TenTen. Are you ready?" she asked her brunette friend.
"I guess I am," TenTen replied. "Well, I was a little distracted because, um, well…" She leaned closer, looked around as if she was checking there was no one else near to hear her, and whispered, "You all know I like Neji, right?"
"Yes, TenTen, but I don't understand why you have to whisper-" Hinata started, a little too loud for TenTen's like.
TenTen shushed her and continued whispering. "He can hear us, Hinata! That's why! Remember he's your cousin, and he lives with you, and his bedroom is right next to yours!"
"Agh, okay, whatever…" Hinata rolled her pale eyes.
"Ahem, as I was saying," TenTen was speaking normally again, "I have another thing to confess, something I didn't tell you before, okay? Well, here I go: two weeks ago, Neji Hyuuga told me he likes me."
"WHAAAT!" the other girls screamed at the top of their lungs. Sakura was seriously annoyed with the attacks against her hearing, but she screamed too, because it was just too shocking.
"Guys!" TenTen said, unaffected. "Don't be so loud, please!"
Suddenly, they heard the door being opened and Neji burst into the room. "What's going on here?" he said, looking alarmed and ready to kick some butt (he was black belt, after all).
"Neji!" Hinata exclaimed, surprised.
"I am sorry, Hinata," Neji said, stepping back and relaxing. "It's just that I heard you screaming and I-… Oh, I really apologize, it was a misunderstood."
"Don't worry; I guess we… were too dramatic." Hinata smiled nervously.
"Oh, okay. I see you're all okay, so... I'll leave now. Good night, everyone." Neji turned around and left the room, closing the door behind him.
"Good night, Neji!" the girls said at the same time. When he finally left, they turned to TenTen. The girl was looking down at her lap, frozen. Her brown locks covered her face (her hair was down), but they saw her face was red.
"We are so sorry, TenTen," Sakura whispered. "We didn't mean to be so loud, and we didn't expect Neji to hear us."
"It's okay," TenTen raised her head and looked at them, smiling. "It was just… embarrassing and - surprising!"
They laughed, relaxing. The truth was that they were all embarrassed. Neji Hyuuga, one of the most handsome and popular boys in their school- and her male cousin, in Hinata's case- saw them in pajamas, after all.
"Hey!" Ino said. "And what happened then, TenTen?"
The girls leaned closer to TenTen, wanting to hear everything about it. "Well," TenTen started, fidgeting, "I confessed that I liked him too, obviously." The girls were shocked again, and they had to cover their mouths if they didn't want Neji to come back.
"And then?" Sakura gasped.
"Then…" TenTen looked down sadly. "He said that he didn't know what to do, that he had to think about it a lot. I don't talk to him ever since that time, it was two weeks ago, and he still hasn't told me his conclusion… I mean, I don't know if he's going to ask me to be his girlfriend or if our friendship is going to end, so… I'm really sad with all this uncertainty, girls."
TenTen wasn't going to cry, but she needed a hug. Ino put her arms around her and made her feel a little better.
"Well," Hinata started, "I guess now I know your reasons, and that makes me feel better. Girls, you can't keep it all to yourselves, because we're, after all, best friends, right? So next time, talk about it, or at least try not to be depressed in a pajama party, please." She smiled. Her friends nodded, and they stayed quiet for a moment, just thinking.
"Do you realize that our problems are always because of men?" Sakura asked suddenly.
"Yeah, well, it's the only thing we really care about," Temari replied. "After all, we're teenagers, with hormones, and sexuality, and needs…"
"Oh, don't start with your sex talks, Temari. We know you're the only not virgin in here, but please…" Ino shook her head, and they laughed.
After a few more minutes of silence, Sakura suddenly said, "I GOT IT!"
The girls knew her idea was going to be good, because every time she had a sudden outburst like that, she was planning something big. They listened attentively, filled with curiosity. "I know you guys don't believe in magic and all the stuff I use to tell you about," Sakura said. "But I read on internet about a spell-"
"Sakura, don't start with it!" Ino interrupted her. She knew Sakura ever since they were babies, and she knew Sakura had an obsession with spells and magic ever since her aunt, who was like a witch or something like that, taught little Sakura some of her magic, but the worst thing of all was that Sakura actually believed it worked. Seriously, she was fifteen years old! Magic was for kids!
"Hey, just listen to me, it's not that bad!" Sakura said. "Look, with this spell, you can make the boy you like to like you too… And that will solve our problems, girls! We all want some boy to fall in love with us, and the spell will just make it easier. I want Sasuke, Ino wants the boy from her art class, Temari wants Shikamaru, TenTen wants Neji- although he already likes you, but the spell will make him decide to choose to ask you to be his girlfriend-, and Hinata wants…"
Sakura stopped. Hinata knew what she was going to say, they all knew, but she didn't want to hear it. "Sakura, I think it's not a good idea," Hinata said, changing the subject. "I think that if we want some boy to fall in love with us, we can't force him with magic or things like that. If he'll love you, he will do it if he wants to, so-"
"Hinata, you want Naruto." Oh no, she said it.
Hinata looked down, blushing. Yes, she liked him, a lot, but she gave up on him a long time ago, because he didn't notice her. He was actually in love with Sakura, well, not anymore, but he would never like Hinata, and she accepted it. And, although she still cared about him, she didn't want to feel hopes, not anymore. Besides, Hinata had a bad feeling about this spell, but she didn't know why.
"And," Sakura continued, "the spell doesn't force them to love you, it just makes it easier for them. Just think about it! If the boy you love would love you back, wouldn't your life be easier?"
Hinata wanted to say something else but she realized the other girls seemed to agree and that they were looking at her with pleading eyes. "C'mon, Hinata," Ino begged, "It's just a game! I mean, I don't believe in magic either, and if the spell doesn't work it's not gonna affect us. But if it does work, which has like zero point one probabilities to happen, it would be so awesome! I mean, Sakura is right: our lives would be way easier! " Temari and TenTen nodded in agreement.
Oh, whatever, Hinata thought, and she rolled her eyes. "Fine, let's do it," she said without enthusiasm, and her friends smiled and cheered.
Sakura stood up and walked towards Hinata's desk. She turned Hinata's pink laptop on and started searching something on internet, while Ino, TenTen and Temari watched her doing her job with anxiety. Hinata wasn't so enthusiastic about it; something inside of her wanted Naruto, her crush since she was eleven years old, to fall in love with her, but the other part told her not to hope, because magic existed just in fairy tales.
"Okay, found it!" Sakura suddenly said. The other girls jumped up from the bed and walked towards her. They stood behind Sakura to have a good view of the laptop's screen.
"How to make a man fall in love with you," TenTen read out loud. "What a complex name…" she added sarcastically.
"Okay, this is what we need, write it down, please," Sakura said. Ino took a notebook and a pen and started writing everything Sakura said. "We need twelve petals of a white rose, a bird's yellow feather, some hair of the man you want, a small picture of yourself, a drop of your own blood, some of your perfume, sand, five liters of water from a lake, a rock from a cemetery and something made of silver. We need to do this at night, in a forest, under the full moon. We will mix the ingredients with a wood spoon while we say these words: With the power of my love and the presence of the moon, the man I love will love me back and my dream will come true."
"Those are cheesy words," Ino murmured, making a face.
"They are magical words," Sakura corrected. "Anyways, I believe it will be full moon next Friday, which means…" She stood up, turned around and stared at the four girls with a serious expression, "that you have one week to get some hair from your man, ladies!"
Everyone, except Hinata, nodded enthusiastically. Sakura noticed Hinata's discomfort, and decided to talk to her. "Listen, Hinata" Sakura said, as Ino and the others walked towards the bed, talking about how cool it would be if the spell really worked, "I know you're a little uncomfortable with this situation, but really, you can try it, and I know you gave up with Naruto a long time ago, but I know him very well. I am her best female friend, Sasuke is the male one, and I know how dense he is! Hope dies last, don't you think?"
Hinata considered for a moment, and then she thought, Oh, what the hell! It's just a game, as Ino said. She smiled sheepishly, and said, "I guess that if I try it again, maybe he's less dense than three years ago."
"Yay!" Sakura smiled happily. "Besides, if it doesn't work, at least we tried it."
After that, the five girls had a normal pajama party, like the one Hinata had expected before. They had a new hope now: the love spell. That made them feel better, relaxed, so they just enjoyed their night and had fun.
None of them would have guessed that it all started right then, with that stupid game, in that stupid night, at that stupid pajama party, with those five stupid girls.
Notes: Chapter has been edited because it used to be so crappy it made me wanna cry. But well, I wrote it a long time ago, and I've gotten better at writting, so it's less crappy now.
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