Well, this seems to be the final chapter. I got only four reviews so far- man, people seem to hate sibling x sibling incest! :D Whatever. Like I said, I am doing this because I have this idea in my head, and all in all, I want to finish something for once! Anyway, after this, there will probably be more stories, and it'll turn out to be a Hinata Harem. But for now, it's NejiHina.
Guilty Pleasure: Sin III
Neji stared at Hinata's back, head blank. She had on a white dress, which Neji had long since deducted a wedding dress. When had this happened?
Earlier in the day when Neji had come back for spring holidays, father had informed him that Hinata was to have an arranged marriage that day for the good of the company, to Itachi Uchiha, the CEO of the Uchiha company. By arranged marriage, the two companies would bond, and their riches would grow even larger. Neji was stricken, and when he asked why his father hadn't told him earlier, he had stated that Neji would just get in the way, and try and stop the marriage from happening.
And now here he was, staring at Hinata's wedding dress, watching her get prepared to be wed to someone other that him. "Why, Hinata?" he said quietly, knowing that she could hear him. "Was I not good enough? Are you that ashamed of me? Why did you agree?" he continued, his voice filled with sorrow and grief.
Hinata didn't reply at first, and just stood there quietly, her back to him. "Where would it end, Neji?" she finally said, and to his surprise, didn't stutter. "I will only ever love you... but won't it get suspicious? The Hyuuga heirs have no boyfriends or girlfriends? The truth never stays hidden... what then?" Neji was stumped. She said that she loved him, but that it wouldn't work out. Well, guess what, he'd make it work out.
"Run away with me." he said, deadly serious. Her eyes widened in surprise. She seemed stunned. She turned around to face him, her eyebrows furrowed. "We'd go to Bali, or maybe France. They allow incest there. I know French. I have around 500,000 Euros, and with that, we should be able to get by" he explained in a rush. "We'll get married... no one will ever know who we are."
She seemed to think about it, then slowly nodded. "How do we get out of here, though?" she asked, worry engraved in her eyes. Neji took out a cellphone, scrolled through the numbers, and called.
"Hey, Tenten, we need your help. Father tried to force Hinata into an arranged marriage, and we request your help for a ride to get us to the nearest airport. You need to be prompt, the marriage ceremony begins in around... ten minutes." he hung up, ignoring her indignant sputters on the other side of the phone.
Yes, a few months ago, right after he had started school again, Tenten had confronted him. It was not the type of confrontation he expected, however. She had started crying about how sad it must be to be in love with your own sister, and then she had said if he ever needed help with anything he could call her, and she gave her phone number. It was one of the most bizarre experiences of Neji's life.
However, after said confrontation, he and Tenten grew to be friends. She was a nice girl, really, and he was grateful that she met him and Hinata. When he had given Tenten's phone number to Hinata, she seemed happy, and thanked him. Hinata told him that she had made a very good friend, and spoke with Tenten regularly. It seemed that Tenten's phone number had become very handy in their time of need.
Hinata took off her wedding dress, not caring where she threw it. This wedding dress would have marked a sad occasion, rather than a happy one. Neji impatiently looked out the door, slightly panicking as he saw a bridesmaid make her way towards them. "No time to dress, Hinata. Here, put on my jacket" he murmured, as he threw Hinata his jacket. He went to open the large window on the outer wall.
Luckily, they were on the first floor. He was sure that Hinata would have written a note had she had the time. She ran over to were he was and he lifted her up, and over the window. He himself went after her, stepping next to her on the grass. They made their way out of the Hyuuga mansion. When they had walked over to the gates, they noticed Tenten at the wheel of a yellow Porsche. She seemed to grin at them, motioning them to come over. Hinata stepped into the car, in the back seat, but to her surprise, so did Neji. He didn't want to stray far from her, because he was inwardly panicked that if she left his side, he'd never see her again, and she'd be married to that arrogant Uchiha ass.
"Step on it, T-t-tenten," to his-and Tenten's- utter astonishment, it was Hinata that mumbled that out, not him. She seemed eager to get away from the church that was next to the Hyuuga mansion. Not that he could blame her; Neji was feeling the same desire to get away, himself.
That church almost took away the love of his life. What if he had come home yesterday? He'd find Hinata married off to some rich bastard, and not to him. That was unforgivable, in his opinion. "To where?" Tenten asked, although she had already started driving. Why was she driving when she didn't know where she was driving to? Women... Neji didn't think that he could ever understand them.
"The airport." he replied, not bothering to engage in other small talk. What was the point anyway? What could he say when he and his sister were running away from home to another country so that they could indulge in the forbidden love they had for each other? Oh yeah, nothing. Nothing that he could think of, anyway.
Tenten took Hinata's advice, to step on it, a wee bit too seriously. Hinata was clinging to him for dear life as Tenten proved herself to be the master of the traffic. She was swerving around cars of all different sizes, and wasn't paying any attention to the colour of the traffic lights. Neji lost count on how many red lights they passed. After the myriads flashing red lights, came a stream of sharp, deadly turns. Neji was glad that he had a habit of putting on his seatbelt, otherwise, he had a feeling that he would have found himself on the leather floor in front of him.
Hinata tumbled on his lap at an unusually sharp turn, having accidentally released her seatbelt. God, he thought, staring blankly out the window, how come a police car haven't come chasing us yet? This was bound to be illegal. He thought too soon, however, as a police car came flashing behind them. To Hinata's (and his) horror, Tenten seemed to only take this as a challenge. They found themselves locked in a really bad movie scene as Tenten doubled her speed to 140 mph, and grinned in renewed vigour. Hinata seemed to be regretting her words, and had her hands clasped in a prayer. Neji just really wanted to get through this day alive.
Five minutes later, after having lost the annoying police car, they were situated in front of the largest airport in the city. Tenten seemed proud of herself, as the time it would have usually taken to drive here from the Hyuuga estate would have been one hour, and she had cut it down to a meer fifteen minutes. What a scary woman. Neji doubted that he'd ever regret not seeing her driving skills again. He would rather not go through such an experience twice.
Hinata however, was a whole different matter. She seemed pale and sweaty from the drive, her eyes still open in fear. "Great," he muttered to Tenten. "You have caused her to go into shock." she simply gave her salutations.
"Here is a suitcase full of clothing you probably forgot to take", she told them with a bright smile on her face. She seemed to drive often, then. He shuddered. The poor, poor policeman of the city... Yet, he nodded to her in gratitude, silently thanking her for all she had done. "It includes the hygiene equipment as well as the clothes. And any other knick-knacks I though appropriate to take. Like protection." at that, Hinata seemed to snap out of her shock filled daze, and blushed a bright, cherry red. Tenten was as subtle as a dragon with dry wood.
"T-tenten, t-t-that w-w-was h-h-highly u-u-un-unecessary" Hinata said, her stammer as bad as ever. How Tenten managed to do that in a span of ten minutes was beyond him... maybe she had a psycho vision? He wouldn't put anything past that dragon/pig woman. Yes, he still remembered calling her Tonton, once upon a time. And he still thought that name suited her better.
"Well, pleasant as this reminiscing is, we must leave. Hiashi will realise what has gone on, and will come to take my Hinata back. Tenten, thank you." he said, looking her in the eyes. He was truly more grateful than he could ever express.
"Yes, Tenten, thank you for all you have done for us. We will never forget it" Hinata had sobered up, and thanked Tenten without stuttering. She gave her a hug. Tenten smiled at them, and ushered them towards the airport doors. They knew that this was were they must part. Tenten would be taken in for questioning if she was caught here. Their father would go to such lengths, he was sure.
"Bye" Tenten said sadly, and that was the last they saw of her as Neji took the luggage and led Hinata into the airport and the check out desk. They would have to start to live like commoners- but Neji wasn't bothered, as an heir, it was part of his father's training to live like a commoner for a year. It came in handy now. They had to save their money, so they could get a job, and live normally. Somehow, Neji had a feeling that they could never be normal. They had too many talents for that... Hyuuga would always be Hyuuga, after all.
Walking up to the lady at the checkout desk, he commanded, "Two tickets on express service for two, to France. Earliest flight available."
They later found themselves on that very flight, and even if it was economy class, they were happy. They could love each other. No one would know... or disapprove.
And even then, years later, after Hiashi had failed to find them in France, making Hanabi, the overlooked child heir instead, they would be found in their own apartment, happy. What seemed like an impossible venture had turned out to be the most important event in their lives. They had married, Neji had become a wealthy business man, while Hinata had become involved with herbs, and gardening. Their late mother had always gardened when they were small, and those traits had been passed along to Hinata.
"Neji, I h-h-have to t-t-tell you s-s-something..." they were sitting in the dining room in their house, and Hinata was stuttering, a habit that she had dropped a long time ago. Neji looked at her intensely, wondering what she could possibly have to say. Neji thought that he knew all of Hinata's secrets... But it seemed that as life went on, she had made new secrets.
"Yes, Hinata?" he asked curiously, racking his brain for what she could possibly be hiding that he didn't know about.
"I'm pregnant..." she said, and Neji was utterly shocked. He was going to be a father... he was going to be a father! He let out a quiet oh in wonder, and went over to kiss Hinata on the lips.
"That's great Hinata" he said, and his love was so great for her, that it felt like it was eating him apart. Like always, there was that small amount of guilt in his stomach that he ignored, as always.
After all, life went on.
And the forbidden was only forbidden if you made it so.
Yeah, I felt the ending was a bit rushed, but oh well. This was supposed to be a short fic, anyways. So how about it! Please review! It didn't end it the direction that I wanted it to, but oh well, at least it gives closure (or so I hope). Thank you for reading my fic, but be warned, I might have a bit more added later! The next one will probably be ItaHina. But for now it is finished. YAY!
Review, Aurora-chan!