"Alright, traps are set."

"Ah, Sakura-chan, is this really necessary?"

"Hinata, just call me Sakura. And besides, the Ravenclaws won't notice."

"If you say so, Sakura-cha- Sakura."

Tenten settled on her bed, twirling a kunai idly. "A little extra security never hurt anybody, right?"

Hinata relaxed a little. "That's true."

The door creaked open, revealing a dark skinned girl. "Oh," she said, surprised. "You must be the exchange students. I didn't realize you'd find your way here so quickly."

"We were put in Ravenclaw for a reason, I guess," Sakura said mildly.

The girl grinned. "I'm Padma Patil. Looks like it's just going to be us four in here then. No one else bothered to come back."

"Oh. Well, nice to meet you. I'm Sakura Haruno."

"Just call me Tenten."

"I'm Hinata Hyuuga."

"Any chance related to that Slytherin?"

Hinata nodded. "He's my cousin."

"Huh." Padma considered this briefly. "He's pretty hot."

Several things happened at once. Sakura, bending down to search through her trunk, snapped her head up and hit it on the lid. Hinata flushed bright red and stumbled backwards slightly. Tenten jerked upright, the kunai slipping from her fingers to embed itself deep in her bedpost.

"Ow! What? Are you serious?" Sakura extracted herself from the trunk, rubbing her head.

"P-Padma, that is kind of uncomfortable."

"Ugh. He's insufferable." Tenten yanked the kunai out of the bedpost, an odd red flush covering her cheeks.

Sakura noticed this, smirking to herself. "Padma, I believe you have some competition."

Padma grinned. "You know him well?"

Tenten scowled, flushing darker. "It's not like I can avoid it. It's the only way I can deal with being stuck with Lee and Gai-sensei all the time."

Sakura waved this aside. "That means you guys spend a lot of time alone together, right?"

"We're on the same team!" Tenten protested.

Hinata intervened. "Please, can we change the subject? Tenten is obviously feeling uncomfortable, and we should respect her wishes."

Tenten smiled gratefully.

Padma looked at Tenten with a grin, ignoring Hinata's comment. "I won't make any moves on him if that's what you're worried about. So what do you like about him? His hair? That too-good-for-you attitude?"

"Mostly the fact that he's not as crazy as the rest of my team."

"So you admit you like him?" Sakura hopped onto Tenten's bed, glad that she had found a new gossip-buddy, now that Ino was in Slytherin. Tenten held the kunai towards her warningly. "If you get any closer, I'll-"

The kunai was suddenly knocked out of her hand by a well-aimed pillow. The girls looked over to the other bed, as Hinata fiddled with the hem of her shirt, looking at the wall with a small smile on her face.

Tenten picked up the pillow, and grinned. "Oh, it's on." She whirled around and threw the pillow straight into Padma's face, who shrieked loudly and kicked the blankets over Sakura's head. Sakura yelled and flailed wildly, managing to free herself and falling onto Hinata's bed in the process.

Hinata picked up another pillow, giggling at the chaos she had caused, and casually dropped it on Sakura's face.

A/N: The real reason why Padma is the only HP character is because I couldn't think of anyone else. Oops. And if you think Hinata starting a pillow fight is OOC, trust me. It's ALWAYS the quiet ones. Always.

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