HEY EVERYONE WELCOME BACK TO THE NEXT ADVENTURE OF PANDORA'S BOX! I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO READ MY STORY EVEN THOUGH THE UPDATES ARE RATHER SLOW. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS FOLLOWED THIS STORY SO FAR AND TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING UNTIL THE LAST CHAPTER. SO HERE YOU GO I HOPE YOU ENJOY CHAPTER 7!
Chapter 7:
Four months passed since Hinata started working at Pandora's box. Although she still hated her job the pay only got better and it was all thanks to her client, Sasuke. Sasuke would buy out Hinata's shift two to three times a week and at the end of the shift would give her high end tips to add on top of what she already made that night. So in total she was making up to almost 4 to 5 grand a week. If Hinata told anyone that she wasn't getting paid for the sex they would've called her a liar. However, it was true although they came close during their first meeting they never had any sexual contact with each other. Every time Hinata and Sasuke met up they would drive to Sasuke's townhouse and would do all types of things together such as watch movies or have some enlightening conversations. Sometimes, Hinata would cook dinner for the two or they'd order take out. Then they'd always end up in each other's arms sound asleep at the end of the night. When morning time came Sasuke would wake up get himself ready for work then once finished he would wake Hinata up and drive her back to Pandora's to drop her off but, not before giving her a kiss on the forehead or on the cheek which still caused Hinata to blush a little. Hinata's extra income allowed her to replace her laptop with a brand new one, a spa day for herself, new clothes, and even buy a fairly used 2012 Toyota Camry. Hinata returned home from her shift at Pandora's and sent her routine text to Sasuke to assure him that she made it back to her apartment safely. Hinata looked around at her apartment and made a reminder to herself to possibly consider a better apartment in a much safer neighborhood soon should her financial stability stay the same. Her phone beeped her out of her thoughts and she looked to see that Sasuke responded back.
'Good. I'm going to this boring banquet with all these old ugly rich guys and politicians…wanna accompany so I don't kill myself out of bordem?'
Hinata laughed at Sasuke's sense of humor and responded back, 'wish I could but I have a shift tonight at Pandora's with my own set of old ugly rich guys and politicians to deal with.'
'Well looks like you're going to be getting paid to accompany me to this thing because I am not going alone.'
Hinata looked at the text in shock,' what?! There's no need for that.'
'Too late it's already been taken care of wear something pretty but you always look pretty so wear something formal.'
Hinata smiled and blushed at Sasuke's little sly comment that he hid in his message. Sasuke really amazed her at times, Hinata couldn't believe that he was willing to throw down what he normally did just to take her this fancy ball. Hinata at times thought about what kind of relationship she and Sasuke shared. There wasn't a true status or label on their relationship but, maybe that was a good thing. This wasn't your usual relationship that prostitutes had with their clients this was almost exclusive relationship behavior but, neither one declared it out loud. Hinata could have contemplated this subject all day long but she came to the realization that she didn't have anything to wear for a ball as important as this one. So, before she took a much needed power nap as shopping for dresses and accessories was her mission today.
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Hinata walked into Pandora's establishment to be greeted by her co-workers who were in a heap of excitement. "Hinata you are so lucky I wish I were you" Ino gushed.
Hinata had told her co-workers on how she was getting paid just to accompany Sasuke to the ball and they offered to do her hair and makeup for the occasion. "What are you girls screaming on about" Karin yelled out.
"None of your business nosy rosy" Sakura retorted.
Karin growled at the three in anger and stomped away to another room. When Karin returned to work from her suspension Sasuke never returned to see her. No contact to tell her their sexual client relationship was over with and Karin was devastated about it. It didn't take much longer for a few of the other girls that worked on the day shift to tell Karin that Sasuke was seeing someone else at Pandora's. The problem for Karin was that they had no clue who she was. Ever since then, Karin was on the prowl and poking into everyone's business to find out who stole her money-making machine. "That was close let's hurry upstairs to one of the rooms before Karin gets even more nosy as to what's going on" Saskura suggested.
Ino nodded, "You're right we've been able to cover our bases as far as protecting Hinata's secret, but I think she is circling the wagon and thinks it's one of us."
"Ino's going to go upstairs with you to get started on your makeup and without alerting the big bad wolf I'll try to sneak your outfit upstairs and do your hair."
Hinata nodded but held back the brightest smile ever. She was so glad to find amazing friends at this place who wanted to be bigger than working at Pandora's for the rest of their lives but, were also willing to help Hinata out and keep her secret. "Okay Hinata's let go and get you beautiful" Ino cheered.
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Sasuke leaned against his car waiting for Hinata come out. Sasuke donned a black 3 piece suit with his jacket hanging in the car, a black bow tie around his neck, a white button down dress shirt, and black polished dress shoes. Sasuke just happened to gaze up and see Hinata exiting out of Pandora's and his eyes almost popped out of his head. Hinata had light makeup on to enhance her facial features, her hair up in a bun with a few strands coming out on the sides of her face and a few hair pieces decorating her bun. Her dress was floor length midnight blue halter with straps that crossed on her back to connect the dress and wore simple diamond shaped earrings. Hinata blushed at Sasuke staring at her in such shock and amazement she thought she would faint at any moment in time. Sasuke replaced his shocked expression with a smirk and escorted Hinata to the passenger side of the car and opened her door for her. Before she entered the car he softly grabbed her waist and whispered softly in her ear, " You look beautiful tonight." Hinata blushed a little and took a small breath. She looked at him and smiled before giving him a kiss on the cheek, "Thank you."
She entered the car and Sasuke closed the door behind her trying his best to conceal his own blush that came across his face.
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Hinata and Sasuke both walked into a huge ballroom full of middle aged to elderly men and women who held the power in the city of Konoha. Hinata looked around the room to see a couple of faces and of course she knew she would see some familiar ones. At times she would lower head a little or turned the other way so those familiar faces didn't recognize her. "Something wrong" Sasuke asked Hinata.
Hinata kept her head lowered, "Nothing it's just there are a lot of familiar faces in the room."
"Really how so?"
Hinata was quiet to Sasuke's question. "So are you going to answer my question or just leave me guessing" Sasuke asked slightly irritated.
Hinata sighed, "They're familiar because…they've walked through the doors of Pandora plenty of times…some of them have even paid for me to sleep with them."
Sasuke mentally slapped himself for even thinking it was a good idea to bring Hinata to this event. It was a best kept secret that many powerful and even married men of Konoha stepped through the doors of Pandora's to solicit services from the women who worked there. As long as Pandora's had been open there never once was suspicion on the place mainly because the rich and powerful wanted it to stay a secret to protect their seemingly squeaky clean reputations. "Listen if you don't feel comfortable and wanna leave we can do that…" Sasuke suggested.
Hinata softly squeezed Sasuke's shoulder and smiled, "No it's okay we can still make the best of this night I don't wanna be the Debbie downer."
Sasuke had a look of uncertainty before he relaxed his face. "Hinata?!" a deep voice called out.
Hinata knew that voice all too well and turned white as sheet. Sure she was a little worried about all those men she was sure she would see tonight but, this man she had completely forgotten she might would see at this event. Hinata took a deep breath then slowly turned around and smiled slightly, "Hello…Father."
Sasuke's eyes widened and his face showed one of shock. "Wait father?!...Hinata is a Hyuga?" Sasuke shook his shock off as the elder Hyuga turned his attention to him. "Mr Uchiha nice to see you again."
"The feeling is….. somewhat mutual" Sasuke responded.
"I'm surprised to see that you know my daughter I don't recall you both ever interacting when we conducted business in my home."
'What she was that close the whole time and I never noticed' Sasuke thought to himself.
"How is it you both are acquainted with each other" Hiashi asked.
Hinata's heart was beating so furiously against her chest she was sure she would have a heart attack at any moment. This was a question she had yet to find the proper answer to at the moment because of course she couldn't very well tell him she met him while she was working as a..."massage therapist." "She works for me that's why" Sasuke responded.
Hinata looked at Sasuke in shock for a short moment then shook it off to play along with the charade that Sasuke established. "Oh really is that so Hinata" Hiashi asked.
"Yes Sir father" Hinata responded nodding her head.
" Yes, she works as my personal assistant and I forced her to come with me to this event because I needed someone to stop me from killing myself out of boredom."
Hiashi looked at the young adults and nodded his head, "I see well...it looks like you've somewhat made something of yourself Hinata working for such a prestigious company." Hinata winced slightly at the comment her father made. He was still the cruel man that she knew him as when she last saw him but she only responded to the comment with a "Thank you sir."
"Now if you'll excuse me Mr Uchiha…Hinata." As her father walked away Hinata slowly let go of the air that she was holding in her chest.
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The live band in the ballroom started a slow jazz set that got a few couples out their seats to slow dance. "Do you dance" Sasuke asked.
Hinata blushed, "Dance?!...Ummm not normally around people."
Sasuke smirked at the fact he was still able to make her blush even after all their encounters together. Sasuke softly grabbed her hand, "Don't worry if it helps I'll lead."
Hinata was reluctant but gave in to his request as she followed Sasuke across the dance floor. Once they found a spot Sasuke brought them close together with his hand on her waist, his other hand intertwined with Hinata's and they swayed in sync with the music. "So, you're a Hyuga" Sasuke stated.
Hinata looked down in disappointment and nodded her head. Sasuke smirked, " I can't believe you were this close the entire time I could've met you a long time ago."
Hinata looked up and softly laughed. "Yeah, when it came to business my dad always banished me to my room until he was done or I would go elsewhere to pass the time. Father liked to conduct business in silence."
"For someone that's supposed to be your biological dad he doesn't seem to take too much of a liking to you."
Hinata's expression turned sad again, "He has every right to…I just could never seem to meet his standards when it came to anything. For example, one time I brought home a report card with All A's except for one B in Math…he was furious I'd never seen him so mad before."
Sasuke scoffed, "Really over one B?"
Hinata nodded her head, "Yup and when I told him my dream of wanting to be a writer he just laughed at me and said I was wasting my time with such a thing. Even though he did give me the money to start out he was never really all that supportive of my goals and what I wanted to do."
"Sounds like you had a hard time with someone who had unrealistic standards."
Hinata shook her head, "No that's no excuse I could've tried harder, given more than a 100 percent, tried not to be so shy and trusting."
Sasuke tightened his grip around Hinata's waist, he felt bad for Hinata and the life she lived with her father. Yes, his situation was bad considering his whole family was dead but to Sasuke it just seemed a whole lot worse to have a parent that didn't give two shits about you enough to want to throw you out on the streets all by yourself. He really wished he could give her more than what she had now. 'This girl has really made me go soft' Sasuke thought to himself.
'But…she may very well be worth it.'
Sasuke spoke up, "Well if it makes you feel any better…you exceed my standards and my standards are pretty high."
Hinata looked Sasuke in the eyes and put on a smile so warm it could melt the ice in the coldest of places. Hinata laid her head on Sasuke's chest and they danced on for the rest of the night.
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Hinata and Sasuke were back at Sasuke's townhouse talking and laughing the night away on Sasuke's couch. "You know Sasuke it is really nice to see you smiling and happy" Hinata giggled.
Sasuke thought about it and she was right he was happier it had been so long ago that he was that happy but, the only reason he was happy again was only because of her. "You know you're right…haven't been this happy since my mom has been alive" Sasuke stated.
"Was she nice?"
"Yeah a real heart of gold, real sweet, and she was beautiful…just like you."
Hinata blushed, "You don't mean that."
Sasuke softly grabbed her hand, "Trust me when I say something I mean it I'm not one to lie about anything or sugarcoat it. I really can't explain these weird feelings I have or maybe I just don't want to admit what they truly mean out loud but, I know one thing and that it makes me feel happy and just makes me want to be around you even more."
A few moments of silence passed before their lips finally met for the first time. Hinata still was in minor shock of Sasuke's declaration. Sure it wasn't a verbatim declaration but, it was still close enough…Sasuke had developed romantic feelings for her and wanted to be with her and, what made it even better was that Hinata felt the same way. The time she spent with Sasuke was phenomenal and even though he treated everyone else like shit as soon as his attention was on her his whole demeanor changed. He was a gentleman, he was more interested in getting to know her than trying to satisfy his manly needs. Hinata at first couldn't explain the feelings she started to have for the Uchiha however once she realized how she truly felt about him she tried to deny them many of times in fear of rejection. Sasuke's moving declaration brought those feelings back to the surface making her giddy with excitement on the inside. Hinata put her arms around Sasuke's neck to bring him closer to her until Sasuke laid on top of her kissing each other again and again.
WELL I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT ONE AND NO THEY DID NOT SEX (WELL AT LEAST NOT YET). THANK YOU ALL WHO FOLLOW THIS STORY OR ARE JUST FOLLOWING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS, FAVORITE IT, AND IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHEN THE NEXT CHAPTER SHOWS UP SET IT UP IN YOUR ALERTS. I WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW NOW THAT THIS NEXT CHAPTER IS UNFORTUNATELY GOING TO FEATURE A RAPE SCENE. IF THIS IS A SENSITIVE TOPIC FOR YOU I WOULD SKIP THIS NEXT CHAPTER OR BE PREPARED TO READ ABOUT HALF THE CHAPTER NEXT TIME.
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