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With a soft groan, Hinata slowly roused from her heavy slumber. Bleary pale eyes blinked open to find Captain Menma sleeping beside her, their limbs tangled together rather intimately.
She was relieved to discover that he untied her hands, though the tender skin of her wrists was a bit raw from the rope. The absence of her panties and the lingering soreness between her thighs served as a reminder of the rough and thorough fucking the night before.
She could hardly believe what happened last night, let alone the vulgar words she uttered. In the heat of the moment, those words seemed to fall from her lips so easily, but in the morning light, they felt so dirty and shameful, her cheeks flushed bright pink.
Hinata found herself observing Menma for several silent moments. In sleep he seemed so much less intimidating, maybe it was because he couldn't stare at her with those ocean blue eyes. Or maybe it was the steady rise and fall of his broad chest as he took slow breaths. She then noticed he had a bandage wrapped around his torso, and realized he must have tended to the wound she caused him after she fell asleep.
Ever so slowly Hinata moved to extract herself from his hold. But she suddenly let out a nervous squeak as Menma's hand reached out and gripped her wrist with lightning speed. Her gaze jerked up to his face only to find that his eyes were still closed and his breath was still steady. For a moment she worried he reacted like that in his sleep.
"I may have untied you, but that doesn't mean I trust you," Menma told her as he peaked one eye open at her. His voice was raspy with sleep and made Hinata unconsciously wet her lips.
He let go of her and rolled out of bed, crossing the room to start dressing for the day. Hinata found herself wanting to do the same, but she still had no clue where her dress was. She stood up on shaky legs and decided to search for it.
"I have some things to take care of," Menma told her as he slipped his arms into the sleeves of a billowy white shirt. She froze where she stood when his darkened blue eyes flickered in her direction. "I know you love looking for a reason to be punished, but try to behave yourself while I'm gone."
"What?!" Hinata gaped at him, scandalized by the idea. "Why would I be looking for a reason to be punished?!"
Menma let out a soft chuckle as took a few steps in her direction. His unbuttoned shirt hung loosely on his muscular frame. "I thought we were past the part where you pretend you're some innocent young maiden."
"B-But I am! You! ...It was you who robbed me of my innocence!" she accused as her ears grew hot with embarrassment.
"Robbed you? Really?" A devilish smirk spread across his lips as he planted his hand against the wall near her head. Hinata instinctively stepped back, pressing her back against the surface as he loomed over her. "Innocent young maidens don't use seduction to distract a man just so she can try to kill him…"
"I-I said I was sorry about that… Captain…" The intensity swirling behind his darkened blue depths made her body tremble nervously. Her breath hitched as she felt two fingers gingerly caress her jaw before lifting her chin, forcing her to meet his ocean blue gaze.
"And innocent young maidens certainly don't beg for cock like you did."
Pale eyes widened as involuntary memories from the night before flooded her brain, reminding her of the mind-numbing pleasure that racked her body the moment Menma finally let her come. The thought alone was enough to inspire a wave of arousal between her thighs.
"But if that's how you like it, my little pearl, we can play this game as long as you like," he husked with a teasing smirk. "I'll be the big bad pirate and you can be the delicate little lady..."
"I am a lady!" she protested with an adorable pout.
"Right, of course," Menma cooed sarcastically. "I made you do all those dirty things last night."
"You did!" Hinata retorted.
Her heart began to race as Menma leaned in even closer, she could feel the heat radiating off his skin, it was dizzying. "Have you ever considered that maybe this is who you really are and it's everyone else that's making you be a lady?"
"Wh-What…?" she mumbled, her mind reeling at the mere suggestion.
Critical blue eyes narrowed. "Why don't you tell me what it is that you really want?"
What did she want? Like in this moment or in her life in general?! His heated presence always made it so difficult to think clearly. She couldn't seem to find an answer to either. Hinata shook her head and whispered, "I-I don't know."
"Why? Because no one here's going to tell you what you're allowed to have?"
Her cheeks flushed, growing increasingly uncomfortable by this line of questioning. Hinata clutched her hands against her chest, struggling to tear her gaze away from his.
"Tell me this, why were you even on the Hyuuga ship that day?" Menma pressed.
That day already felt so long ago, but the vivid memory of being out on the ocean for the first time, the sea breeze in her hair, and the sun warming her skin. Her lips pursed together as she struggled to articulate the way she yearned for adventure.
"And let's not lie and say you want to be a merchant, nobody wants to be a fucking merchant."
Neji did... Or maybe Neji just felt obligated to carry on his father's business after his death. What did Neji really want? Hinata realized she had never thought to ask.
But then again, no one asked her either.
Her life thus far had felt like a series of orders, telling her how she was supposed to act or dress or be. What did she really want? If no one told her what to do, what would she choose?
"I-I want to explore the ocean…" Hinata confessed.
A genuine smile spread across his lips at that response. Menma knew that feeling well.
"...I'm envious of those who get to sail around and visit new and interesting places, b-but the open sea is a dangerous place."
Menma chuckled. "I know, what if you got kidnapped by pirates?! Wouldn't that just be the worst?"
"You're not funny," Hinata pouted, but that only made his smile grow wider.
His fingers traveled to her blushing cheek, caressing her softly as he observed her for a quiet moment. "If that's really what you want, should we just forget about our little meeting with Neji, and I'll take you somewhere better?"
Pale eyes grew wide, intrigued, and tempted by the offer. The descriptions from Menma's journals began to replay in her mind as she wondered where she'd want to go if he let her choose.
But the thought of Neji made that same awful, guilty feeling return like a punch to the gut.
Hinata could hardly believe she was entertaining the idea of traveling with some pirate captain when Neji was probably worried sick, collecting the money Menma had demanded and praying that she was safe.
She was the cause of all his stress, and now that escaping certainly wasn't an option, Hinata had to figure out some way to relieve Neji of his burdens.
"If I stay with you a little while longer, will you forget about the money Neji owes you?"
"Allowing you to stay aboard this ship and fulfilling your heart's greatest desire is a generous gift from me to you, why should I sacrifice the 100,000 gold coins he's going to be paying me," Menma laughed lightly. "Make me a better deal and maybe I'll consider it."
Hinata gasped softly, encouraged by the idea that Menma may forget about the money. She tried to rack her brain for anything she could possibly trade him, but she quickly realized she didn't have much to offer.
"Can't think of anything?" he hummed teasingly.
Her thighs pressed together as Hinata bit her lip. There was only really one thing she had that she thought would be of any interest to him.
"If you'll forget about the money Neji's owes you…" Hinata scrunched her eyes closed as her cheeks flushed bright red. Her voice lowered with embarrassment, but she knew this was her only viable option. "Y-You can do… anything you want to me."
His eyebrows rose, surprised by her proposition. Menma leaned in closer until his lips ghosted over her ear. Her heart hammered against her chest, growing increasingly nervous for his response.
"I'd be careful making an offer like that, my little pearl. You don't even know the kind of sick and perverted people that exist in this world." Hinata shivered at the feeling of his warm breath fanning against her skin as his hand softly caressed her thigh, slowly drifting upward and inspiring a tingling need deep inside her core.
"Some might even say that I fall into that category," he continued, his voice was husky and dripping with salacious promise that made her stomach do an anxious somersault. "But I know you wouldn't make such an offer unless you thought you would enjoy what I would do to you, am I right?"
"I..." Hinata's response melted into a shuddering sigh as his fingers teased the tender skin of her inner thigh. She found herself yearning for his hand to venture just a little further and touch her needy pussy.
"What is it that you want me to do to you?"
"N-Nothing! I just…" Hinata bit her lip to hold back a soft little moan as his fingers traced over her wet slit with a cruel, feather-light touch.
"You know all you have to do is ask?" he husked, before giving her earlobe a soft little nibble. "I'd fuck you anyway, anywhere that you like."
She couldn't help it when images of Menma taking her on the shore of a deserted beach flooded her mind. Her pleasured sighs drowned out by the crashing waves. His thrusts, languid and deep, as he filled her over and over with his thick cock.
"You seem like you have some ideas," Menma commented with a teasing smile. Hinata shook her head, trying to banish that crazy fantasy from her mind.
"I don't!" she lied as a fierce blush consumed her cheeks.
"Let's see," he hummed. Hinata's hand reached out, latching onto his bicep with a sharp gasp as two fingers finally slipped between her folds to tease her tender clit. "You want to perform for me, play with your tight, little pussy, and make yourself come as I watch?"
Her lips parted and her eyes grew wide, shocked and embarrassed by such a suggestion, even as her legs seemed to spread a little wider to welcome his touch.
"No? That's a shame…" Menma purred as he pulled back just enough to look into her cloudy eyes. "Hmm…oh right, I forget you like a little danger."
Hinata inhaled a sharp gasp when his rough hand wrapped around her throat. Not tight enough to actually restrict her breathing, but he could almost certainly feel the way her pulse accelerated by the new position she found herself in.
Hinata was panting shallow breaths against his lips as he continued to massage her clit with steady circles. She was confused why the pressure he applied to her sensitive neck made an unexpected arousal bloom in her core.
His lusty blue gaze observed her flushed features and half-lidded opal eyes swirling with desire. "God, you really are a naughty girl. You're getting wet from me choking you, aren't you? From thinking about me holding you down and fucking you?"
"N-No," Hinata breathed as her eyes fluttered closed in hopes of escaping his tempting stare. The imagery was enough to make her knees quiver, realizing she might actually enjoy that.
"Let's not lie to each other," Menma whispered against her lips.
"Ooh~" she moaned as his fingers slipped into her tight clutch. He began stroking her moist walls in just the right way to have Hinata tossing her head back from the pleasure.
"But it's not that either, huh?" he sighed playfully. She inhaled a heavy breath as he released his hold on her throat.
"Don't tell me you're actually having romantic fantasies about me, my little pearl," Menma chuckled with a teasing smirk as his fingers returned to playing with her tender clit.
Her eyes remained closed, brows pinched in pleasure, but her slight shift in facial expression told him he was getting closer to the truth.
"Don't you think that would break poor Neji's heart to know he's scrambling to put together all this money to save you, while his naughty little cousin is dreaming about a fiendish pirate captain making sweet love to her under the stars?"
Hinata furiously shook her head as embarrassed tears began to prick at her eyes. She felt dirty for her fantasy at first, but now she felt selfish. She could only imagine how worried Neji was about her well-being, and all she could think about was Captain Menma's fingers inside her and the tension building in her core.
"Oh no, that was it, wasn't it?" he asked, trying to hold back his laughter. Menma halted his ministrations, allowing his hand to fall away from between her thighs. Pale eyes fluttered open to discover the amused smile never left his lips. "I gotta say, I'm a little surprised considering how rough you like it, but if you insist…"
"Stop it…" Hinata mumbled, pushing weakly against his chest with both her hands. "Don't say that! You don't know anything about me!"
"Don't I?" Menma challenged. His hand grabbed her hip and pinned her back against the wall. Darkened blue eyes stared into pale lavender.
"I'd be willing to bet I know your body better than you do. But even more than that, I know that hunger that you have. Staying in one place your entire life, trapped in your hometown… that'll never be enough for you. Especially not after you've had a taste of what it's like to be out here on the open ocean because you'll always know deep in your heart that you haven't even seen a tenth of what's out there."
Hinata stared at him for several tense moments. All that she had confessed was that she wanted to explore the ocean, and yet Menma was able to articulate some of her deepest thoughts that she had never been brave enough to share with anyone.
"Do you think your precious Neji will ever let you out on his ship again after this? If you thought he was protective before, I can almost guarantee you'll feel suffocated when you get home."
Her brows knit together; she hadn't considered what would happen after she got home, the life she would lead after this experience.
"I really don't see a way you fulfill this desire of yours unless you give yourself to me."
Her lips parted, but no words would come out. She couldn't think of another way either.
"So what will it be, my little pearl?"
A/N: thanks so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I can't wait to hear your thoughts and reactions, so please leave a comment!