midnight texting.

[shitglasses]

MIDNIGHT TEXTING.

It's midnight. You're texting. You should probably be asleep, but you're not. Whoever you're texting should probably be asleep, but they're not.

Why? Well, that's for you to find out.

You know the rules, but just in case you don't:

• Make a toplevel with your character's name and any prefs.
• Tag around, you ingrates.
• If you're out there to hide a body, don't text a cop?
• It's late and you're tired, so be careful of those misfires!
• Have fun. Or don't. I'm not the boss.

Comments

hatake kakashi | naruto | ota

[notmytime]

[sensethis]

Hey Kakashi!

[notmytime]

Karin.

It's a surprise to hear from you.

Is everything alright?

[oriental_dragon]

[ insert .png of Tenten making a random funny face, an empty subway car filling in the background ]

[turningpages]

[ Kakashi opens the text, huffs out a soft laugh, and sends one of his own in return mere moments later.

It's a picture of him on the tiny half-balcony of his little apartment. There's a book open on his desk, a red pen in his hand, and his expression is pleasant. Or at least it looks pleasant, there's a grumpy looking pug sticking his face into the frame just so that he covers up the lower half of Kakashi's face. ]

[oriental_dragon]

[ The image makes her smile, even despite the poor, grumpy pug. Because it looks like he was somewhere between grading papers and catching up the latest trashy romance. Could go either way.

And if he's texting back then he can't be too busy, right? ]

aww, what's wrong, Pakkun? daddy being mean and ignoring you again?

[turningpages]

[ Kakashi reads over her message, then shoots Pakkun a look over the top of his phone. ]

She's much too sweet to you.

[ He says in a low voice, to which Pakkun responds with a gruff woof, and plants his paw on Kakashi's book. ]

On the contrary, Pakkun is making sure I don't slack off grading these papers. I fell asleep in front of the TV set earlier, now I'm paying dearly for it.

[ Sigh.. His hard life.... ]

Where are you headed?

[oriental_dragon]

homeward. minor emergency at the shoppe cut my study session a little short and it took a while to clean up. and now ive got the whole car to myself.

[ If she were anyone else, she might have actually been a little scared to be on a subway car, alone, in the middle of the night. But as far as trouble went, they were pretty safe. ]

was the nap at least worth it?

[turningpages]

[ And too, if she were anyone else Kakashi would be worried about her travelling home alone... but because it's her, and because she's messaging him, he doesn't feel as worried as he might have. He does, though, set his grading aside completely to focus on messaging her. ]

Ah, I hope the emergency wasn't anything too major.

The nap was alright. I ended up having a strange dream that woke me up. It left me feeling kind of dazed, but a strong coffee sorted that out.. so I suppose you could say it was worth it.

[oriental_dragon]

i should be offended that you got your coffee somewhere else. where is your loyalty!

[ She hits send without a second thought, smiling even as the little hourglass disappeared to indicate that it had been received successfully. And then, as if to make sure he knew it had only been a joke, she sends another right after, without waiting for a reply to the first one. ]

but nothing too major. our big fancy espresso machine just decided that 10:56 was the perfect time to. you know. explode.
foamy creamer and caffinated beverages /everywhere/. kinda impressive, really.

[turningpages]

Would you still be offended if I told you I made the coffee at home, and that my coffee maker's people skills pale in comparison to yours?

[ He only ever buys coffee from one place, she should know that. He's nothing if not a creature of habit, comforted by settings he's familiar with, reluctant to sample change in case he's dissatisfied with the results. ]

But ah, that sounds messy. I'm sorry to hear it. I take it espresso will be off the menu tomorrow, then?

[oriental_dragon]

i'll allow it. just this once.

[ And she's almost sure he can perfectly picture the way her eyes narrow in all seriousness just as much as she's definitely certain her can hear the threatening tone in her voice... all before the facade falls into the gentle smile and kind eyes that open up her face to a more welcoming demeanor. ]

but no. actually. we can still make those things without the machine in the meantime. just might take a little longer. and i make a mean latte from scratch if i do say so myself~

[turningpages]

[ He definitely can picture that, and is, and it's making him smile as he basically forgets all about his grading in favor of messaging her. ]

I have to admit, I don't know much about the ins and outs of coffee aside from how to switch my machine on and refill it. There's a wealth of knowledge out there I could only imagine, I'm sure.

Your talent shows, though, I don't feel nearly as ready for the day as I do when I've stopped by the cafe.

[oriental_dragon]

[ It takes her a few extra moments to respond as she reads over his last message cuz she is not very good with praise and she's definitely not smiling or blushing in the slightest bit at it except she kinda is, dammit ]

most people dont, and i guess thats a good thing, otherwise id be out of a job. and then where would we be?! 8P

must be terrible for you on days i dont work in the mornings though, huh~?