Based off the Fratellis song, "Ole Black And Blue Eyes." This is basically the scenario I see playing out in my head as I listen to it. (If you listen to it, you'll find spoilers for this story. :3) So, that explains why it's AU.
No characters are mine. Story, yes. Characters, no. (Yes, I know, ages are off. Just shut up and accept it, please?)
Why on Earth did I accept this job? Is it because I'm hopelessly in love with Hinata? Dammit, that'll be the end of me. I should really watch those eyes of hers—actually, I shouldn't. That's the whole reason I get stuck into these messes. Does she even realize how much of an influence she has on me? I would doubt it, if it weren't for the fact that she uses those heartwarming and knee-weakening eyes so skillfully. Dammit.
Now I've got to take of a little kid. Well, not completely little—or, at least, that's what Hinata told me. "She's fifteen. Not exactly a kid, but definitely not an adult." Okay, so I have to take care of a teenager. Does it matter? In the end, she isn't twenty-five, so I can't just leave her at home, and she isn't five, so I can't just drop her off at a baby-sitting service all day. I'll have to plan this perfectly so that I get my own free time and she just leaves me alone.
I snarled at my cell phone. It read "10:40", but it had to be wrong. See, Hinata had previously informed me that her train arrived at 9:50, but since it had been nearly an hour since her pre-set arrival time, it had to be wrong. How does a train get lost, anyway? Wasn't it forever nailed down on a set of tracks? Plus, Hinata would be able to call me if she was running late, for whatever reason. What was going on? I blame the cell phone.
Then, amazingly, probably even an act of God's mercy, my phone buzzed in my hand. I quickly flipped it open with my thumb and answered, my voice relatively smooth and cool. "Hello?"
"Ah! Neji, I'm so sorry!"
What, no hello? Still, it was nice to hear her voice.
"See, our train…Well, I couldn't call you, and we just unloaded. Are you at the front desk?"
I looked around me. I didn't see a sign that read "Front Desk", so I just assumed the kiosk with a seemingly bored teenager who was tapping away at a cell phone inside was the front desk. "Yes."
"Oh, great! We'll meet you there soon! Kisses!"
The line then died. I snarled at the phone once more.
XOXOX
Hinata finally met up with me after eleven, a fact that further irritated me. "Neji!" she shouted, running to greet me.
I was immediately relieved of my anger when I saw her face, but then I saw her. A young woman—not a child, but not an adult, as Hinata had previously stated—with a very irked look on her face. She was dragging a very heavy-looking suitcase behind her and had a stuffed backpack on her back and a very small purse, a very big contrast to her other larger items, hanging from her shoulder. She looked nothing like Hinata, except she had the same eyes that the entire Hyuuga clan shared.
One odd feature, though, was the absurdly prominent black circles around her absurdly light eyes. They seemed like black eyes—as in, she had been punched—but I guess it could also have been too much makeup.
I smiled to acknowledge Hinata's shout.
"Neji, meet Hanabi," Hinata said, stopping in front of me and waving her hand in front of us in an attempt to perform the customary "Neji-meet-Hanabi-Hanabi-meet-Neji" introduction.
My eyebrows rose. "Yes, I've met her before," I said, not trying to correct Hinata, but not trying to let her maladroit mind perform more damage than it's caused.
Hanabi, the ungrateful little brat, snorted. "I know, sis. It was, like, six years ago. I met him at a party, 'member? The Christmas one?"
Hinata stared at me, then at Hanabi, then back to me. Then splotches of red broke out on her cheeks. "O-oh…Ah…Well…" she stammered, at a loss for words after suffering the embarrassment of having her younger by ten years sister correct her in front of her older by a year cousin.
I sighed. "So, she'll be staying with me?" I asked, already knowing the answer, but waiting for her own.
Hinata snapped her head upwards, her beautiful, wide, eyes open fully and shocked. Hanabi sighed at her sister's gracelessness as said sister quickly yelped, "Yes!"
I smiled slightly, hiding the real aggravation I felt. I had agreed a week or so ago to take in Hanabi for three months as the head family's house was being renovated completely. All other members had places to go, (Hinata is staying at a close friend's house) except Hanabi. No other family members could take her in, and those who could refused to. I was the only family member left who hadn't been contacted, and Hinata quickly began begging me to take care of her younger sister. Being a fool in love, I readily agreed.
Hinata patted Hanabi's head, then turned to me. "Okay, so, you have my cell phone number, Tenten's cell phone number, Tenten's house number, my pager and Tenten and my work numbers, right?" Hinata asked, wagging a delicate finger at me.
I nodded.
"Great!" Hinata smiled. She kissed the top of Hanabi's head; Hanabi quickly groaned and looked away. "So, I'll see you in a while, and call me as soon as you get settled!"
I was expecting Hinata to turn and wave at that moment, so I wasn't ready for it when she quickly kissed my cheek and thanked me once more before turning around and running off, leaving me with Hanabi.
One glance at my face, and Hanabi made a diagnosis. "You like her, don'tcha?" she asked, looking up at me in an almost-leering manner.
I twitched angrily. "What the hell? Of course not! She's my cousin—it would be absurd," I said, irritated at how she managed to figure out my secret and scared at how quickly she found it out. In a lame act of courtesy, I grabbed her suitcase and started walking towards the exit.
Now she really was leering. Walking beside myself, she glanced up, then back down, studying me. Sure enough, she said aggravatingly, "Yep, you've got the hots for her."
If I had a drink, I would have spitted it out right then and there. Who was this brat to have suddenly re-appear in my life and begin destroying it by figuring out my secrets? I was almost running now, giving Hanabi one more thing to laugh about, paired with, most likely, the look on my face.
I am the president and co-owner of one of the biggest lawyer firms in the country. I, despite my horrid past in the Hyuuga clan, have made a brilliant example out of myself. I am one of the smartest people in the country, based on IQ scores, and I have won many prestigious awards. I was not going to let this little monster ruin my life because she found out my secret adoration of my cousin.
Yet… She is the heir to the Hyuuga family, and when she turned eighteen, she will have so much more power than I can ever dream of having…
She must be destroyed.
Sorry if anyone's OOC and shortness. I have a system going with how long chapters are. c: Praises loved, comments and critique given cookies and milk and flames pushed out into the cold! - w-