Dial It In

2. Fragile

Sasuke glared at the house before him. It wasn't evil, or wrong, or ugly, or anything. There was just SO MUCH going on. Streamers, black lights, someone TP'd the house, there were signs on the door. Hinata definitely didn't plan this alone. 

I'd bet my left ass cheek that Ino helped her. Explains the TP.

He walked into the house alongside Neji and Ino, who had ridden here with him. Sasuke dully noted that most of the senior class was here, along with people he noticed from other areas and grades.

Ino pointed to Sai and Lee, who were over in the dining room, and Sasuke saw the top of Shino's spiky hair in the crowd, but couldn't spot Hinata. The closest being Sai and Lee, so that was decided as the current destination. 

As they approached, they saw Sai was actually restraining Lee, who was clearly VERY intoxicated, with one arm around his stomach, and the other under one armpit.

"What is going on? What are doing?" Ino asked.

"He's- Lee STOP those are expensive- he's been trying to throw the chairs- LEE NO!"

Lee mumbled a bunch of unintelligible words and Sai groaned. "Lee, no, that's not sound logic,"

"What's he saying?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes, I would love to know why he's trying to throw my chairs." Neji said, crossing his arms, but it was obvious the show was thoroughly amusing to him. 

Sai glared at him, before being pulled forward by Lee trying to lift another chair, "He says- GOD DAMMIT LEE PUT IT DOWN I DON'T CARE HOW OLD IT IS- he says that the chairs-FUCKING OW" he yelled as Lee dropped a chair on his foot, "are an insult to youth because they are antiques, and therefore must be destroyed- LEE I SAID THE CHAIRS BELONG WITH THEIR FEET ON THE FUCKING GROUND SO HELP ME GOD."

By now the observers were desperately trying to hold in their laughter.. well except Neji, who was curled up on the floor, trying not to hyperventilate. 

Sai abruptly turned, causing Lee to fall side ways in his hands, and grinned mischievously at Neji, "You think it SO TERRIBLY FUNNY, here, you take him. Then you're broken treasures will be on your hands." 

Sai dropped Lee on the floor next to Neji and turned to the bar. Neji froze, but soon stood up.

"Treasures? What do you mean treasures? Antique chairs are not a treasure."

Sai turned and looked Neji straight in the eye, "Oh, Neji, I know. Do you think chairs are the first thing Lee went after? There are a lot of other, more expensive, more antique, more... breakable things in this house." 

Neji ran to the other side of the room, where Lee had picked up an old vase and started chanting, "You must be young again, I can make you young again! We must enjoy the strength of our youth!"

~XXX~

They had communed in the dining room around the table, with Lee very, very unable to grab hold of anything old and/or valuable, when they were joined by a very frantic Hinata. Who also appeared to have had something to drink, which is odd, as she usually provides and monitors the alcohol, instead of ingesting.

She'd stumbled over to Neji, shaking his shoulder and mumbling words seemingly at random.

Under his breath, Sai says a barely audible, "Shit."

"Hinata?" Neji asked, trying to look her in the eye.

"He ..right therre.. the foyer.. He's okay.. but here.. I SAWW.." She slurred as she was slowly favoring to the left side.