Alright…this here is a test. A personal test. Basically it's my try of an AIM conversation. A great majority of this one is in IM form, complete with poor grammar and screen names. I tried to make it as lifelike as possible, which is why I just typed the whole thing up without using the delete button and instead corrected my mistakes in the next line as if someone were correcting their own mistake. Or they don't correct them, so if you see one, don't freak out, it's on purpose. Same thing with me using a lowercase 'i' instead of 'I'.
I also realized that the personalities of my main characters are a bit different when they are IMing. I made that so because, if you think about it, everybody talks differently when they write what they want to say as opposed to saying it face-to-face. It is easier to admit things when the other person isn't there gawking at you, and it is also easier to reply to said things.
Therefore, Sasuke and Hinata are both braver in what they write. Well, more like Hinata is braver, Sasuke is just more assertive and chatty. That is mainly because both of them can type super fast, so it's easy to say what they want.
Oh, and thank you to everybody who reviewed last time, 'tis appreciated greatly. I'm looking forward to reading more clever and intelligent reviews for this chapter.
This whole big Naruto bonanza certainly is not owned or controlled by me. I know, it's a pity…
The party fizzled out in the early morning. Most of the people decided to crash at Ino's place, but some of them walked home. Neji and Sasuke were among those more resilient to alcohol, the ones who managed to get home. As Hinata woke up from where she was on Ino's couch, she almost fainted at the sheer pain of the headache.
It was all made worse as her phone rang from where she had placed it on the windowsill.
"Ugh, Hinata answer that thing!" Sakura muttered groggily from the floor. Naruto and Kiba, who had conked out in the living room as well, muttered obscenities as they rolled around and looked up.
"I'm going, I'm going…" Hinata called, rolling off the couch and almost landing on Kiba's stomach with her foot as she steadied herself. "Gomen Kiba…"
She had always liked her ring tone because she liked the song and that it was loud so she could hear it when she didn't know where it was. But now, she hated its cacophony of noisy techno sounds. It simply bit at her ears, causing actual pain.
Picking it up, she frowned when she saw the picture of the caller. Neji? What could he possibly want?
"Nii-san, what do you want?"
"You're sounding snappy my dear…" Neji drawled over the phone, laughing. "Could it possibly be because of your first ever hangover?"
"No…" She said stubbornly, closing the curtains to block out the blinding light from the window.
"I'm coming to pick you up," he stated lightly, still laughing.
"Eh? No Neji, it's early, don't make me leave!" She argued, noticing that she was wearing what she had worn last night and was oddly comfortable in it.
Neji chuckled, making her attempt to glare at him though the phone. "Hinata, it's 2:30…"
"PM?"
"Yes, PM…"
Hinata gasped and took her phone away from he ear to check the time. It was actually 2:26 PM. "Loser, it's only 2:26!"
Kiba, who was now pretty awake, was leaning up against the couch and yawning. Hah, Hinata called Neji a loser…
"Hinata, please think about what you just said." Neji muttered.
But Hinata was thinking about other things, things that were going to happen today. "Gah! The party!"
"Uh huh… I was going to call you sooner but decided against it. You told your father you were going to get your dress today, but you also need to come back to sort some things out. I don't think you have time to go buy one, as picky as you are…"
Tonight was an annual dinner party gala that the Hyuga's held for everyone who was important. Getting an invitation to that was like getting invited to a birthday party of a king. It was tonight, and Hinata was screwed on the dress front. Screwed like a... a... screw.
"Neji… what am I going to do?" Hinata asked shrilly, pacing a circle around the living room and throwing her hand in the air.
"Oi, Hina… are you talking about that party?" Kiba asked, attempting to stand up but getting a dizzy spell from moving so drastically. He stayed bent over for a few moments before standing up as tall as he would normally.
Hinata muttered a small apology to Neji before holding the phone to her chest and directing her question at Kiba. "How do you know about that?"
"Because my family is most definitely going." He muttered cockily, stretching out his arms. On the floor Sakura was now sitting up and Naruto was still sprawled over the mess of blankets and pillows, his eyes half open.
That made sense when Hinata thought about it. The Inuzukas generally worked for the police as the top investigators and trackers, and were a pretty well known family. It seemed right for them to get an invitation.
"Are you coming right now?"
"Actually, I'm on my way out of the door."
When she left Ino's house, she put on her sunglasses and looked down the street for Neji's silver car. Finally it came and to her obvious displeasure honked loudly as he slowed to a stop.
Getting into the car, she shot him a glare as if accusing him of this whole mess.
"Do you even remember what happened last night?" He asked lightly, glancing at the rear-view mirror as he pulled onto the road. He was having fun with this, she could tell.
"Of course I can…" She muttered angrily at his 'older brother' charade. "You're treating me like a child you know. What are you… three months older than me?"
"I may be only three months older but as far as experience goes I might as well be three years older. You say you remember, but what?" He asked lightly, playing off her not being in her best state.
She opened her mouth but paused when she really couldn't think of anything. It was all really a blur. A loud and busy blur. Then she struck gold. "We played spin the bottle."
"Good… what else happened?"
Hinata bit her lip as she strained herself to remember. There was something that kept popping up. Her being under Sasuke and Naruto who…
A ruby-red blush quickly struck her paler-than-usual cheeks. She put her hand over her mouth as the blush invaded her whole face. "Oh my…"
"Hn?" Neji asked, glancing over at his cousin who was frozen.
"Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun…"
He let out a laugh, causing her to flinch at the loud noise. "Of all the things that happened, all you can remember is them making out?"
She let out a little "Eep!" as she remembered ever detail vividly. Then more seemed to become clear, particularly the end of the game. Her and Sasuke… Oh my… He is an incredible kisser…
"You are such a girl."
Hinata had been dreading the speed at which time flew by. Every hour that passed was one hour less time she had until she had to go to the damn party. She didn't want to go at all. She was without a dress, without a clear head and also without any will to go at all. Deciding to sign onto AIM for a second, she booted up her laptop.
Online (3/436):
Blossom
CaptainAwesome
Panda-chan
Offline (433/436)
Sakura, Naruto and Tenten. Not a lot of people on… She smiled at Sakura's SN, Blossom. Back when they were freshmen, they decided to have matching screen names. Sakura was Blossom, Hinata was Bubbles (for the personality, not the hair) and Ino was Buttercup. A window popped up with that sound when you get an IM, but her volume was on incredibly loud, so she hastened to turn it down before reading.
Blossom: how's your FIRST EVER hangover feeling hina-chan?
Bubbles: bad. badbadbadbadbad. i can barely think, let alone get myself ready for the party
Blossom: that sucks… at least you're invited tho…
Bubbles: i really can't not be, considering it's at my house.
Bubbles: father expects me to make an appearance.
Blossom: you don't have to do naything you don't want to.
Blossom: anything
Bubbles: …
Blossom; hey, come into my chat box thing! hold up i'll send you an invite…
Hinata had to wait a few moments, in which time she opened iTunes and started listening to all her music on random. Then the box popped up.
You have been invited to join Chat Room: Sakura is amazing.
Enter Dismiss
Scrolling her mouse over the 'Enter' button, she clicked lightly.
Bubbles has entered the Chat.
Who's here already: Blossom, CaptainAwesome, Cutebutt.
"Who's Cutebutt?" Hinata wondered aloud, noticing that she didn't have him as a buddy. Maybe someone had changed his or her name.
CaptainAwesome: oi hinata!
Bubbles: hi
Cutebutt: hey
Blossom: we were talking about the party.
CaptainAwesome: yeah, that was a good one. too bad me and you didn't get to kiss eh hina?
Hinata's heart convulsed lightly as he said that. What was he implying, that he wanted to have kissed her? Or maybe he was just being nice. Wondering how to reply, she chose the safe way out.
Bubbles: you seemed to be plenty fulfilled with sasuke-kun…
Blossom: oh! she remembers that
CaptainAwesome: who doesn't?
Cutebutt: ino prolly doesn't… she was hitting up the juice pretty bad…
Okay, so it's not Ino… Hinata thought, for Ino wouldn't have referred to herself in the third person. It also had to be someone who went to the party to have known that.
CaptainAwesome: man, you were like the only one who made it out alive.
Blossom: that's because he's so used to getting drunk and hooking up, isn't he?
It was a boy. That takes out a few people. Maybe it was Kiba, since he had the audacity to use that screen name. But Kiba didn't get drunk too often, right?
Bubbles: does she always get that drunk?
Blossom: not usually.
CaptainAwesome: nah…
Cutebutt: that was pretty bad though.
Finally she couldn't take it anymore. It was time to be daring and risk possibly embarrassing herself.
Bubbles: ummm, sorry for asking, but cutebutt, who are you?
CaptainAwesome: lol
Blossom: hah!
Cutebutt: sasuke.
"What?!" She called out loud. That couldn't possibly be true! The cold Uchiha Sasuke having a name like Cutebutt?
Bubbles: O.O
CaptainAwesome: that was a funny story, ne sasuke?
Blossom: once when we were working on a project together, naruto and i decided to give him a screen name.
Blossom: and then he kept it because he really didn't want to go through all the hard work of getting a new one
Bubbles: really?
Cutebutt: hn.
CaptainAwesome: it's a sign of masculinity to have a name like that
CaptainAwesome: i think
Cutebutt: yeah, and it's a sign of stupid to have a name like yours
Blossom: rofl
Bubbles: lol
CaptainAwesome: w/e… so hina, what was your favorite part of getting drunk?
Blossom: lol yeah
Bubbles: not the headaches, that's for sure.
Bubbles: it was fun to just… let go. you know?
Bubbles: that rhymed ;)
Blossom: i hear ya. what was your favorite part of the party?
CaptainAwesome: dude, me and sasuke. ftw.
Blossom: i didn't ask you…
Blossom: …but i totally agree.
Cutebutt: hinata, it's your question.
CaptainAwesome: psh, you WOULD want to know!
Bubbles: i liked the dancing with everybody and the music…
As she typed that the abandoned window of her conversation with Sakura was lighting up. What does she want?
Blossom: that is SO not the best thing and you know it.
Bubbles: ?
Blossom: was it dancing with a certain person?
Bubbles: no!
Blossom: …
Bubbles: well
Blossom: …?
Bubbles: FINE! my favorite part was kissing sasuke-kun!
Blossom: !
Blossom: i was asking about dancing… but you just admitted it!
Blossom: hina… lol.
Hinata was a little angry at having admitted that, even though it was undeniably true.
Bubbles: what about you and kiba writhing on the floor tickling each other!?
Blossom: what about it?
Bubbles: i doubt you were thinking about either sasuke-kun or naruto-kun when that was going on
Bubbles: ;)
Blossom: whaddaya mean?
Bubbles: you. may. like. kiba.
Bubbles: i think that was your favorite part of ze partay, Sakura-chan.
Blossom: what if it was?
Bubbles: oh, and kissing him too! that was pretty heated.
Blossom: but only a little less heated than you and sasuke-kun. i saw touching hina, and i saw lots of it.
Bubbles: at least we weren't all cuddled up sleeping together…
Blossom: WHAT?!
Bubbles: i saw that
Meanwhile, during this friendly 'who can get more dirt on the other' talk between two friends, the chat room was rather quiet.
Cutebutt: i think they're talking about girl shit
CaptainAwesome: no duh.
CaptainAwesome: bet it's about you
Blossom: that's it hina… you're so dead for saying that!
Cutebutt: …
Bubbles: what? i just saw you guys! i'm telling the truth!
Blossom: that KCAN"T be true, because i'm not a cuddler when i sleep!
Bubbles: yeah, well he is
CaptainAwesome: who?!
Blossom: whatever hina… and plus, that wasn't even my favorite part!
Bubbles: you're getting defensive, so it must have been!
Cutebutt: ?
Blossom: that's it! i'm going bitch mode.
Bubbles: waitwait what?
CaptainAwesome: bitch mode?
Blossom: -wicked grin-
Bubbles: NO! yuou better not!
Blossom: Blossom: that is SO not the best thing and you know it.
Bubbles: ?
Blossom: was it dancing with a certain person?
Bubbles: no!
Blossom: …
Bubbles: well
Blossom: …?
Bubbles: FINE! my favorite part was kissing sasuke-kun!
Blossom: !
Blossom: I was asking about dancing… but you just admitted it!
Blossom: hina… lol.
Hinata gasped at what had just occurred. That was a bitch move. A major bitch move. Sakura must have been pissed.
CaptainAwesome: I told you they were talking about yuou.
Bubbles: sakura!
Blossom: that's what you get.
In real life however, 'Cutebutt' was blushing. Not a Hinata 'full-faced tomato', but a small tinge of pink was certainly defining his features. That was certainly both morale and ego boosting… more than any complements of his kissing Naruto had been.
Bubbles: that was so mean!
CaptainAwesome: i love girl talk lol
Cutebutt: …
Cutebutt: if it's any consolation… that was my favorite part too.
Everyone except Sasuke gasped at his or her computer screen. That was… unexpected. The conversation stopped for a solid minute as everybody took in what had been said. That boost of his morale has certainly raised his level of daring.
CaptainAwesome: wow
CaptainAwesome: she must have been a good kisser
Cutebutt: you have no idea.
CaptainAwesome: better than me?
Cutebutt: infinitely better
CaptainAwesome: you're only saying that because you think she's hot!
Cutebutt: yes, that and because she's a better kisser.
Sakura opened her mouth with her fingers hovering over her keyboard, but couldn't move. That backfired on her horribly. For Hinata though, it was beyond shocking. I'm hot and a good kisser? It was the time to say something.
Bubbles: thank you
Cutebutt: you're welcome.
There was another long pause between anyone saying anything. Sakura looked over her conversation with Hinata, concentrating on the Kiba bits. Was that true? Could I be falling for Kiba, Naruto and Sasuke?
CaptainAwesome: this got awkward
Cutebutt: hn
Bubbles: i think sakura took herself out of the convo…
Bubbles: sakura?
Blossom: eh?
Bubbles: i'm sorry for what i said on our othe conversation.
Bubbles: other
Blossom: no… it's true.
CaptainAwesome: gah! they're talking girl language.
Bubbles: ?
Blossom: everything you said is true. sorry for being such a bitch with the copy/paste move.
Bubbles: …sorry…
Blossom: it's fine.
Cutebutt: it's like they have a mind link through a computer.
CaptainAwesome: wait, what does hina havre to be sorry about?
CaptainAwesome: have
Blossom: hey guys, i gotta go do the dishes.
Blossom: see yous later.
CaptainAwesome: oh, bye.
Cutebutt: bye
Bubbles: call me tonight please?
Blossom: kay…
Bubbles: i didn't mean for it to happen
Blossom: i kno
Blossom: laters
Blossom has signed out.
For those not fluent in the bizarre girl language, Hinata was apologizing for what Sasuke had said to her. She knew Sakura liked Sasuke and felt that it was her fault for Sasuke having said he liked kissing her. She shouldn't have admitted that she liked kissing him in the first place.
Sakura was angry with herself, not at Hinata. It was just that Hinata was someone that she could channel her anger through. She knew that Hinata had no control over what Sasuke had said, but she was now sad that he had said it. Also, to add another layer of impossible onto the whole thing, she was confused at her mixed thoughts for the three men who now had special places in her heart.
CaptainAwesome: hina…
Bubbles: ?
CaptainAwesome: you were talking about a party this morning, right?
Bubbles: yea. what about it?
CaptainAwesome: why wasn't i invited?
Cutebutt: because you're lame
CaptainAwesome: it's not like you're invited!
Cutebutt: yes i was
Bubbles: you were?
Cutebutt: yeah. idk why
CaptainAwesome: psh… proly because hinatas dad wants to marry you 2 off
Bubbles: !
Cutebutt: i think it has something to do with school stuff
Cutebutt: 'scholastic achievement'
CaptainAwesome: oh yeah, you would
Cutebutt: no need to be jealous
Bubbles: naruto-kun, don't take it personally
CaptainAwesome: i'm not
CaptainAwesome: didn't even want to go anyway…
Bubbles: well that makes 2 of us.
Cutebutt: ?
Bubbles: my head hurts too much
Bubbles: i feel like im going to puke
CaptainAwesome: hah! first hangover's a bitch
Bubbles: and i don't have a dress
Cutebutt: just go in what you are wearing
Bubbles: hah…
CaptainAwesome: ?
Bubbles: i cant
Bubble: it's a formal thing
Cutebutt: ask sakura for one?
CaptainAwesome: ask sasuke for one?
Bubbles: lol maybe.
Bubbles: it wouldn't fit tho
Bubbles: plus, sasuke-kun's bust is nowhere near mine, sry sas…
Cutebutt: ouch
Cutebutt: at least i'm tall
Cutebutt: that's something i have on both of you
CaptainAwesome: shut upp!
Bubbles: i like my height
Bubbles: i'll live longer
Cutebutt: well you're a girl
Cutebutt: you're allowed to be short
Bubbles: lol
Cutebutt: naruto on the other hand, that's just weird
CaptainAwesome: i'm not even that much shorter than yoU!
Bubbles: yea you are actually. sry.
CaptainAwesome: you guys suck
CaptainAwesome is away.
Bubbles: now i feel bad
Cutebutt: don't
Cutebutt: he'll get over it in a few seconds
Bubbles: …k
This was slightly awkward now. Hinata could talk to Naruto one on one (more or less), and Sakura for sure, but Sasuke was just different. Yeah, she was more or less a pretty good friend of his, but he was quiet most of the time. No time for her to get to know him all too well. But he seemed to talk more over AIM, which was heartening…
Cutebutt: you really don't want to go?
Bubbles: well…
Bubbles: yea, i really don't
Cutebutt: then dont
Bubbles: i cant just not go
Cutebutt: yea you can.
Bubbles: where would i go instead?
Bubbles: seeing as it's hosted at my humble abode
Cutebutt: stay in your room?
Bubbles: no, i cant even think about skipping! my father would be so mad!
Cutebutt: what's the biggest problem?
Bubbles: lack of dress, lack of will
Cutebutt: ha
CaptainAwesome has returned from away.
Bubbles: sry naruto, i didn't mean anything!
Cutebutt: don't aploogise, he just threw a fit
Cutebutt: apologize
Cutebutt: wow i butchered that word
CaptainAwesome: actually, i went to get some food
Cutebutt: right…
CaptainAwesome: it's true, i have ramen right under mah nose!
Cutebutt: whatever…
Cutebutt: you could always go over to sakuras place
CaptainAwesome: what were we talking about?
Cutebutt: getting her out of going to the party
CaptainAwesome: right!
CaptainAwesome: since you guys need to talk about whatever the hell transpired with the 'im sorry' and 'you're right'
CaptainAwesome: that would work
Cutebutt: …
CaptainAwesome: where'd she go?
Cutebutt: well, considering i can see her…
CaptainAwesome: HINATA?
Bubbles has been disconnected.
Cutebutt: nice
CaptainAwesome: she just dropped off the face of the planet!
CaptainAwesome: !
Cutebutt: don't be so dramatic
CaptainAwesome: dude…
Cutebutt: ?
CaptainAwesome: how you like her?
Cutebutt: excuse me?
CaptainAwesome: do you like her?
Cutebutt: what's that supposed to mean?
CaptainAwesome: you know, my plan
CaptainAwesome: to get a girl for u that you cant just leave in the street
Cutebutt: i don't leave girls in the streets
CaptainAwesome: you kno what i mean
Cutebutt: there was never any problem with me falling for her
Sitting behind his computer at home, Naruto was blindsided. The ramen he had just cooked was cooling at a steady rate, but he didn't make any move to eat it. What the fuck did that mean? He wondered, lightly putting his fingers on his keys as he thought about it.
Naruto had never been the brightest crayon in the box.
CaptainAwesome: nani? que? qua? what?
Cutebutt: …
Cutebutt: dobe
CaptainAwesome: whaddaya mean by that?
CaptainAwesome: did you always like her?
Cutebutt: …
CaptainAwesome: NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO RETURN INTO YOUR SHELL OF SILENCE!
CaptainAwesome: dude srsly..
CaptainAwesome: ok, im just going to assume that u have always liked her
CaptainAwesome: if hypothetically that was the case…
CaptainAwesome: why haven't u asked her out?
CaptainAwesome: it's a hypothetical question… nothing to lose
CaptainAwesome: comon!
Cutebutt: if, hypothetically, i liked her for a while….
Cutebutt: hypothetically of course
CaptainAwesome: yea?
Cutebutt: there's someone standing in my way
Sasuke paused after typing this. It felt good for him to get it off his chest, cryptically or not. He was just proving to himself how oblivious Naruto was, especially when it came to Hinata. It was ascertained that Naruto was an idiot from how he responded.
CaptainAwesome: zomg who?
CaptainAwesome: ?
CaptainAwesome: i'll take him out of the picture for you!
CaptainAwesome: put him on my hit list, lol
Cutebutt: don't think you know him
Cutebutt: i gotta take a shower for the party
Cutebutt: later dobe
Cutebutt has signed out.
Bubbles has signed back in.
Bubbles: sry guys
Bubbles: my cat… wow, this is a story
Bubbles: my cat jumped from my bed to my desk that's like 5 feet away, and then skidded on the surface and completely decked my wireless thing
CaptainAwesome: it's just me, sunshine just signed out
Bubbles: oh
Bubbles: well, i called sakura when i was waiting for the internet to boot up
Bubbles: i'm going over to her house instead of party
CaptainAwesome: noice
CaptainAwesome: but sasuke wont like that
Maybe Naruto wasn't as stupid as he looked.
Bubbles: ?
And maybe Hinata wasn't as smart as her grades depicted.
Bubbles: why would he have a problem with that?
CaptainAwesome: cuz he likes you
Hinata gasped, putting her hands over her mouth. What? How can that be? She read and re-read what Naruto had typed and could honestly make no sense of it. But… but… what?!
CaptainAwesome: whoa sry
CaptainAwesome: you know when your at a lap top and your typing rly fast and so your hand goes over the mouse pad and then accidently cliks and highlights a part of your sentence, and then you type something else, completely deleting what you wrote int eh first place?
CaptainAwesome: that happened
CaptainAwesome: i took out the middle of my sentence
Bubbles: what did you mean to say?
CaptainAwesome: "cuz he likes hanging out with you"
It made him feel oddly clever. Here he had just told her the truth flat out and then lied about it and said something else that was probably true. If Sasuke knew what he had done, there would be a shit storm.
Hinata felt complimented. He liked to hang out with her, which was nice! Maybe they were becoming better friends.
Bubbles: kiba'll be there
CaptainAwesome: ah, he's going to be missin you too
Bubbles: o... then i shouldn't skip it if people want me to go
CaptainAwesome: no, dont change your mind because of what i said
CaptainAwesome: just go to sakuras
CaptainAwesome: forget I sai danything
CaptainAwesome: said anything
Bubbles: are you sure?
CaptainAwesome: uh huh
CaptainAwesome: now im expecting you to NOT go, and you don't want to let ME down do ya?
Bubbles: ah! don't say that!
CaptainAwesome: right, sry.
Bubbles: i gotta go, but thanks for the chat!
CaptainAwesome: np
CaptainAwesome: thanks to you as well
CaptainAwesome: see you later, maybe we'll all come to the beach again
Bubbles: that'd be nice
CaptainAwesome: bye
Bubbles: bye!
Bubbles has signed out.
CaptainAwesome: this is lonely now…
CaptainAwesome has signed out.
There it was! My AIM conversation that successfully confused four, count it, four citizens of Konoha. Naruto has no idea what is going on in Sasuke's head, Sakura and Hinata were both confused about what was going on in their own personal noggins, and Sasuke… he was pretty solid actually.
Well, I guess he doesn't know what's going on in pretty little Hinata's head.
Idk.
Hope you liked it! I always wanted to do an AIM one and it was fun coming up with screen names. I got Sasuke's from an inside joke with my brother which I decided to use. Fun stuff.
Rate and Review and Re-read if you please!
Scenes from the Next Episode:
-"Uh huh. Yeah. Team Awesome? That's uncreative… Psh, we're the Boom Squad… Well it's better than yours!"
-Not that she was into that sort of stuff, but she thought that if you were going to have a fake war, you should make it as realistic as possible.