Disclaimers: A, I don't own Naruto.
Aforenotes: Oto-san means father. It's actually Otosan as a full word, but I thought it would sound really stupid as Otosan-san.
Bleeding Martini
By Areku1993
Chapter five: Jealousy
"We're home, Oto-san." Hinata called. Hiashi looked up from Hanabi, Hinata's little sister, and sighed. "Welcome home, Hinata-san." His eyes darted to Aufer, then fixed on Hinata again. "Who's this?"
"This is Aufer, Oto-san. Martini's servant. He has something to tell me that he says is very important. Can we use one of the living rooms for a little while?"
"As you wish, Hinata-san."
Hinata grabbed Aufer and scurried into a room, sitting down Japanese style on the cushions. "Now. What is it you found out, Aufer-kun?"
"This." Aufer sat down about a yard opposite her and put the book between them. He pulled back and let Hinata inspect the book, feeling the oldness of the pages and staring at the exquisite design carved onto it.
"What is it?"
"I found it among Martini's things. I shouldn't have looked, I shouldn't have pried into family affairs, but I couldn't help myself. And now I'm going to die."
Hinata's eyes widened. "You're going to die, Aufer-kun?"
"Yes. Which is why I must tell you this quickly. I don't have much time." He grabbed the book and flipped swiftly to a page. "After reading several pages I began to think this was Martini's father's diary, or journal. He wrote down his thoughts, his discoveries-- He was an explorer, you know-- and feelings. But I read a page I shouldn't have, and after several experiments, I concluded..." He gulped. "That the page was cursed to kill all who were not of the writer's blood. Which is why I have to die."
Hinata quickly averted her eyes to the page. "Well, I can't read it then..."
"But I can. I'm dying anyway." Aufer picked it up and sighed. You can't read it, but you can listen." He cleared his throat and began to read.
Neji, as promised, laid out a bottle of Motrin pills and a glass of water next to Martini's bed for when she woke up with a hangover from Hell. Picking Martini up off the floor and putting her in her bed, he looked down at her and sighed. "If this is how you are when you're drunk, I prefer you sober."
He turned and left, closing the door behind him and leaning against it, running a hand through his hair. "Damn..."
"You were in there a while."
Neji lifted his eyes and looked at Kiba, sitting against the wall, his fingers buried in Akamaru's fur.
"Tell me, Neji-san, how long did it take to put Martini to bed?"
"Four minutes," Neji estimated. "Including how long it took me to put the stuff on her bed away."
"And, Neji-san, how long did it take you to lay out her medicine and water?"
"Two minutes."
"It takes about five minutes to get here from Ichiraku. But, I think you were in there for ten minutes after getting here. What were you doing?"
Neji rubbed the back of his head. "Martini woke up and made it hard to get her to go to bed. She's honestly like a child when she's drunk--"
"That's not what I asked. What. Were. You. Doing. In. There."
Neji smirked and sighed. "Kiba-san, she's a big girl, you don't need to be her big brother--"
"What were you doing, dammit!"
"I told you, Martini was making it difficult to get her to sleep, so I had to knock her out..."
"You knocked her out?"
"I had to, it's not like I had much of a choice--"
"It doesn't take four minutes to knock someone out." Kiba sniffed the air, as did Akamaru. "I can smell her scent on your body. The air is clogged with created heat. And your ear is wet."
Neji winced. Kiba stood up and faced him fiercely. Neji actually slid back along the wall; he had never seen Kiba's eyes like that. "What. Happened."
"Well, Kiba-san..." Neji averted his eyes. "When Martini woke up, she was still drunk, and, um... Seduced me..."
"AND YOU LET HER?" Kiba shrieked.
There, Neji found himself in another bad situation.
Kiba pushed him against a wall, his fingers firmly dug into Neji's collar. "I hope you didn't do anything you might regret, Neji-san." He hissed dangerously. "Because when she wakes up, and if she remembers anything, and if anything but what you said happened, I'll kill you."
Neji could have easily thrown him off, but he was in slight shock. Even to his Hyuuga eyes, Kiba didn't show any signs of deep emotion. Just pure anger. Kiba's eyes flickered, and Neji chose that moment to say, "You like her, don't you, Kiba-san?"
Kiba spun around and shoved Neji towards the door. "Just go home, Neji-san. You're not needed here anymore."
Neji, stumbling, shot Kiba a last glare, before heaving open the door and leaving angrily.
Nobody talks to Hyuuga Neji like that and gets away without a fight.