A/N: It's here! Its queer! Get used to it!
Heeeeeeelloooooo everyone! Tis I, C.e.G. back again with the brand-spankin'-new version of Technical Difficulties!
I decided to redo the whole thing for several reasons, one of them being that there wasn't enough NejiNaru action. So, to compensate for that, I've decided to start with it right off the bat! Yes, I'm a perv, but that has nothing to do with it! (cough)
Anyway, enough of my rambles! Hope you all enjoy my smexy baby's new style! Lord knows I'm having a blast with it!
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blah is C.e.G. talking
blah is normal stuffs
::blah blah; blah:: is setting/time/POV
is defined at the end of fic
blah is dream
'blah' is thoughts
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(Man that was hard…)
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Disclaimer: C.e.G. claims no ownership to any of K. Masashi's characters (although I wouldn't mind owning Neji and Naruto and making them do dirty things in my closet)
Warnings: Shounen-ai (which means boy-boy love. Don't like, then don't read), tad bit o'smut in the beginning (its not that explicit), some NejiHina-ness in this chapter (if you're really looking for it), mentions of Hinata and Neji liking Naruto, tons of descriptions of uniforms, and uh…some language? Just once or twice maybe, nothing too bad…
Summary (Remix!): Neji has a cousin complex-- he's always hanging around Hinata and placing her well-being before his own. Hinata's growing worried because they've fallen in love with the same person and Neji's willing to give up his chance at happiness just so she'll be content. She talks with the girls and in the end, they decide they'd find someone else for Hinata to like. At the last minute, Naruto confesses that he likes Hinata back! (gasp!) Reforming their plan, they set Neji up with some random internet person in hopes of him forgetting all about Naruto and falling for the interweb-chick. But what happens when their plan backfires and the chick turns out to be a dude who turns out to be Naruto? Web of lies galore!
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Technical Difficulties
Chapter One:
Stresses for the New School Year
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"Oh! N-Neji!"
"Say it louder."
"NEJI!"
Said raven haired Hyuuga smirked, attacking the expanse of flesh presented before him, biting and sucking and licking and nipping. The blonde in his arms squirmed, whining every time the older male did that one thing with his tongue that made him see double. "Neji! More!"
The Hyuuga chuckled against the tan, saliva covered skin of his boyfriend, his short breaths ghosting over the blonde's skin making him shiver in delight. "Eager much?"
"Shut up." The boy blushed.
Neji hummed, going in for the kill again. This time, the blonde boy quickly turned his head to the side so instead of his neck receiving the heavenly treatment, it was his lips.
The battle that ensued afterwards was a short one, the smaller male giving into the pleasant feel of being dominated right away. He allowed his mouth to be invaded by his boyfriend's tongue, following its movements around his mouth with his own tongue. The two muscles wrapped around each other, stroking and tapping for quite some time before they separated, the need for air cutting the tongues' dance short.
"So," panted the blonde, weakly pushing a stray lock of his hair behind his ear. Neji chuckled when it flopped right back into his face, the tip of it almost stabbing his beautiful blue eye out. "What are you planning on doing to me now?"
"Do you really want to know?"
A fox-like grin split the younger boy's face in half as he began to respond. "Why not? I love it when--" A sudden beeping noise cut off the boy's sentence, making Neji blink before he asked him to repeat what he had just said. Giggling, the boy began to speak again, but once more, the shrill sound of beeping sounded, drowning whatever it was the boy had said in a loud screech of buzzy BEEEP's.
"Uh…Na-"
BEEEP!
"Na-!"
BEEEP!
"N-"
BEEEP!
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…BEEEP!
…BEEEP!
…BEEEP!
"Ugh." Blurred milky-white eyes slowly opened. The owner of said pair of eyes blinked frantically, his ears invaded by the horrible sounds of his alarm clock. He glared over his pillow at it, watching the digital neon red numbers flash 7:05, informing him (rather rudely in his opinion) that it was morning. And that meant it was time to get up.
Sighing into his pillow, the Hyuuga dragged himself out of bed and began to sluggishly remake it. The mess of black comforters were ripped off of the white bed sheets, and his fluffy, scarlet pillows met the same fate soon after.
White eyes concentrated on the task at hand like it was the hardest thing to tuck the crumpled soft yellow sheets back into place, put the comforter back on top, and toss the pillows randomly onto the finished product. (FYI, it isn't.)
Neji made his way to his awesomely personal, personal bathroom which, by the way, was conveniently attached to his room. He tugged open the door to said awesomely personal, personal bathroom, flipping the switch to his right up and watching as his bathroom light flickered on instantly. One would notice that, although the two spaces were connected, their color schemes were completely different.
While his room consisted of blacks, reds, and soft yellow, his bathroom was all around white. Except the little things in it like, the toilet seat cover, the shower rugs on the floor, all of those small bathroom accessory type things-- they were splashed sea foam green and ocean wave blue.
Neji crept over to the shower, turning it on and pushing the heat dial past the little red line that indicated the intensity of the heat. While waiting for the shower to warm up, Neji locked his bathroom door and began to undress, starting with his pajama pants. His mind was frantic as he slipped off his boxers, noticing that once again, he had woken up hard. Hard as hell.
"Goddamn it," he sighed, running his fingers through silky tresses of ebony hair. Deciding that he'd better hop in the shower before the maid "accidentally" came in again, Neji checked to make sure he had everything he'd need for his lovely morning shower was within reach of the tub as he made his way over to said tub, graciously situating himself underneath the steady flow of the water.
As the droplets of hellishly hot liquid beat down on his body, soaking him completely (duh), he thought back on what little bit of his dream that he remembered. "Oh god…" he moaned, reaching down to touch himself. Before he had a chance to, he shook his head, clearing it of all thoughts related to his dream. With another sigh, Neji began washing his hair, allowing the sounds of the water and the smell of lilac to seep into his mind and smother those horribly lewd thoughts.
It was killing him. This whole…'I-suddenly-fell-for-you-when-I-saw-you-break-up-with-your-boyfriend-and-really-want-to-screw-you-into-next-week' thing.
Him wanting to screw the boy on his mind, he'd blame on hormones. His strange fetish for watching the boy become enraged to the point where he was crying he'd also blame on hormones…some how. But his instantaneous infatuation with the boy? Now that was a little more complicated-- it couldn't simply be passed off as 'just hormones.'
'Whatever. I'll just go on like I have been-- ignoring my feelings for Naruto and continuing my friendship with him. Besides, Hinata likes him too, and it'd probably be best if he was with her.'
Another sigh and Neji was done thinking, allowing the calming atmosphere of his bathroom to encase his body and mind in its relaxing embrace, the remainder of his time in the shower spent not thinking but simply, breathing.
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"I'm sorry but…"
"N…no…"
"I love someone else…"
"Ngh…naha!" A raven haired girl gasped, shooting up in her bed. She gazed around her room frantically for a few seconds before sighing, her eyes becoming half-lidded. She lazily glanced over at the ancient, glorious, grandfather clock standing in the corner, allowing the low bong's it was making to lull her back into bed. She snuggled into her pillows, enjoying the feel of the warm material on her exposed skin.
Her eyes closed once again as she thought back to her dream, making a small whimper-like noise at the memory.
"He said…he didn't want to be with me…that he…he loved someone else…" White eyes slowly opened and blinked a couple times just as slowly, puddles of fresh tears pricking at the corners of the girl's eyes as she yawned. She mumbled out the name of the mysterious teen that both her and (unknown to the girl) her cousin dreamt of, a look of sadness and amazement dancing across her face.
"Naruto…"
Hinata sighed, brushing back her covers and tugging herself out of bed, her feet slipping automatically into her purple house slippers. With another, less-teary yawn, she shuffled around her room, pulling out her new school issued uniform.
'Today I'm going to have to talk to Ino and Sakura about this. I...just can't do it anymore. Its killing me, this whole thing between Neji, Naruto, and me.'
With a firm nod, the girl began her newly planned routine with high spirits that today was the day that she was finally going to be able to do something about their (Neji and her's) double-crush.
Yes, both Hyuuga children had fallen hard for the loud mouthed blonde. It had happened in elementary school for the girl, just last summer for the boy, and both knew about the other's less-than-obvious liking towards the Uzumaki child.
However, the boy (who had been the designated guardian of Hinata ever since their family sent them to Konoha all the way from their current clan home in god-remembers-where) was brought up to put the needs of his cousin before his own and thus, hasn't been putting the moves on their beloved Naruto in hopes of letting Hinata do the honors.
Hinata didn't mind at first; she went out with Naruto, Ino, Sakura, and Kiba a lot this summer, getting closer and closer to her goal of becoming the apple of Naruto's eye. But near the beginning of August, Hinata began feeling horrible about not even letting Neji have a chance at snatching the blonde from her (A/N: She's such a kind soul). So, with that thought in mind, she began talking to the girls and they had come up with the idea that if Neji wasn't going to go after the fair-haired child while Hinata was interested, then Hinata was just going to have to find interest in another guy so Neji can pursue at least some kind of happiness with Naruto.
It seemed like an ingenious plan at first since Neji and Naruto became quick buds and hung out every day from dawn to dusk, until Hinata fell through with her resolve and began fighting back for Naruto's attention. This was a quick upset to both the Uzumaki (who stopped coming around so frequently), the raven-haired boy, and the plan the girls had laid out and Hinata honestly felt bad but didn't try to subdue herself and continued on with trying to capture Naruto's heart.
It was during this time that Neji figured out that Hinata had lied about liking someone else and confronted her about it. Hinata had simply listened to him that night in the living room, watching emotions never seen before on the teen flicker across his face like someone was constantly changing the channels on a TV.
At the end of his rant he had told her something that she would never forget. Something that made her worried for her future relationship with Naruto but yet also proud of Neji. He had told her that she had already lured him in and that this time, he wasn't going to back out.
Not for her.
Not for anybody.
Its been almost a week and a half since Neji and Hinata had that conversation.
And if anyone had anything to say about his promise, they'd point out how well he was doing in fulfilling it.
'Wonderful.' Hinata thought to herself. She was definitely going to have to talk to the girls about it today. No doubt.
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Neji stepped out of the bathroom, fitted eclipse black slacks hanging dangerously low on his hips, showing off the hem of his light gray plaid boxers. The school issued button-up white dress shirt was draped over his shoulders, unbuttoned, revealing his flat chest and smooth, toned abdomen.
He toweled his hair as he walked over to his dresser, crouching down and selecting a pair of ankle-high white socks with the school's symbol embedded into the hem of it. The emblem of Konoha-- a black spiral leaf-- was accompanied by the letters 'H' and 'S' stitched in sunset yellow. Neji traced the spiral with his eyes before tugging the socks on, mentally retracing the spiral over and over again with his mind's eye. He couldn't quite explain why, but there was something about the whirl that made him feel alive. It was like he was falling, every time he'd trace it. Maybe it had to do with…
"Nah." Neji shook his head, sending dozens of tiny droplets of water flying. He stood, glancing over at the clock and cursing under his breath. Hinata and him only had twenty-five minutes to get out of the house and to school before they were marked tardy.
So, with a fire now lit under his ass, Neji raced around his room, preparing his school bag and fixing himself up, tucking things in and combing things back. He was finished and running down the hallway towards the front door when his younger cousin, Hinata, joined him, her eyes wide and breathing erratic. They attempted to trample down the stairs civilly but, since both Hyuugas were in a rush, one tripped on the other's heel and both found themselves falling-- bump, thud, bump, thump, thud-- down the stairs.
"Goddamn!" Neji hissed, rubbing his shoulder as he stumbled over to the door to put his shoes on. Checking behind him, he saw Hinata sitting with her legs folded off to the side, tears pricking in the corners of her eyes. He gave her a once over and saw that her knee-high uniform black and white plaid skirt was ripped, part of the bottom of the skirt hanging and trashy-looking. Her knees were also battered-- tiny, bleeding scrapes decorating her otherwise flawless, cream-colored legs.
"Are you okay?" Neji asked, a touch of concern noticeable in his tone.
Standing and wiping at her white, short-sleeved polo, Hinata smiled a watery smile, pacing over to Neji and bending down, putting her black, slip-on school shoes on her feet. "Just fine."
With a sigh, Neji walked over to were they had fallen, retrieving Hinata's handbag. He handed it to her once she was ready and continued with putting his own shoes on. Hinata thanked him. Neji shared a tiny smile with her, slinging an arm over her shoulders and drawing her in. The two exited the house, making sure it was locked before leaving.
The two walked out of the safety of their mansion's security walls and onto the dirt path that led them from Hyuuga manor straight up to the front walk of Fire Leaf High, neither one of them dreading the day to come but rather, looking forward to a peaceful early morning walk with their cousin.
Once they got to school though...heh, that was a different story.
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A/N: So here's the new Technical Difficulties. What do you think of it so far? I know, some things are missing and some things were added but in the end, it was all for the better. I'm planning on not just going with the flow this time-- I want a real story with a real plot that's not confusing. Yosh! Wish me luck!
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Next Chapter:
The Hyuuga Cousins are off to school! Hinata gives some insight as to what her schedule for the year looks like, bumps into a stranger who's really not all that strange, and is saved by who? And what's this about Neji's social problem and Naruto's true feelings about a certain Hyuuga child? Don't forget Hinata still has to talk to Ino and Sakura about what they're going to do about the Hyuugas' crush. Stay tuned for all this in the next chapter of Technical Difficulties: Remix!
-C.e.G.
