The New Definition of Me
Chapter the Twenty-second
Coffee Candy
I always knew Hinata was the type of friend you wanted to keep around. She's such a sweet, kind girl, and while that makes it strange for her to like brash Naruto, it makes her a wonderful friend for the rest of us. She remembered, although I only mentioned it once, very briefly, that I loved coffee candy. That's what I opened from within the package.
"Hinata, you definitely know how I like to liven up my parties," I said, carefully unwrapping a piece of the candy and popping it into my mouth.
Addressing everyone else, I demanded, "You all have to try a piece if you want to stay."
They were hesitant at first, but they realized that I was serious and all stuck their hands into the candy bag, taking a piece of the magnificent candy for themselves.
Now the party could get started. I showed them all the way to the main room where there was a clear floor space, perfect for games of Twister. Taking out said game, I heard a yell from Tenten that she wanted to spin the selecting board. Twister is a game involving putting certain limbs on certain spots on a mat. Tenten was surprisingly not good at such games, so I would guess that she volunteered so as to not embarrass herself in front of Neji. Deny it she might, but I knew she had feelings for that boy.
Since we happened to have a very large mat, it fit all six of the rest of us easily, and thus the game began.
"Right hand red," was Tenten's first command.
After ten minutes of easy positions involving no more than 3 limbs at a time, the difficulty increased and Neji and Sasuke, competing as they tended to when around each other, fell on each other and were eliminated. Hinata got stuck in a rather interesting position with Naruto; he was practically lying down on her. With the next command, Naruto slipped and fell, taking poor Hinata down with him. They both blushed profusely as they stood up and left the mat to Itachi and me, who were on separate ends.
I was only aware of Tenten calling out five new positions for our hands and feet, but somehow, these five positions brought my face right in front of Itachi's, so close that I could smell the wintermint gum in his mouth.
"I think I'm going to win this game," I said, just to annoy him because he'd had an overly smug look on his face.
"And I think not," he replied, the mint of his breath stinging my nose.
I was about to reply, but then Tenten called out a new color for our left hand and I fell silent, trying to figure out how I could move my hand without slipping in my socks and losing to Itachi.
I slowly stretched my arm towards the closest blue dot without wobbling at all, but then that blue dot suddenly had a hand covering it.
"Oh, sorry, was that the dot you wanted to use? My bad."
I glared at Itachi who knew I would never be able to reach the other dot. But still, I tried reaching it at touched the very edge of it. I was about to fall over, but Tenten noticed and said the next color for our left foot fast. This time I was ready for Itachi's tricks and made sure to move my foot fast so that he couldn't take my dot again. My foot got there a split second before Itachi could take the spot.
Unfortunately, I hadn't thought that such a fast movement on my part would cause me to lose my balance. Down I went, causing Itachi to win the game.
He smirked and pulled me aside as he got up. "Did you really think you could beat me?"
I was about to hit him and/or retort venomously, but then Itachi had to go and do what he does best. His lips caught mine in a fiery kiss, and when we broke apart, I found that I could deal with losing if a kiss like that was my consolation prize.
A/N: Alright, that may have been my worst chapter yet, but I had to put up a new chapter, I feel so guilty for not having put one up in so long! School is brutal and I was on vacation most of the summer, so I'm sorry.
But what I'm most sorry about is that I won't be able to continue this fic. I'm putting it up for adoption if anyone wants to continue it.
I really am sorry. I hope you'll forgive me!