the second in the series of epilogue chapters i have to post. This one is just a touch darker than the usual themes in the story and this encounter didn't really further the plot, even if it was fun to write, so it wasn't included in the original set of chapters.
Neji was out one evening, walking around the Village, out of boredom. It was a hot summer night and most of the people who were still out and about had taken shelter inside the various establishments, in hopes of taking advantage of their air conditioning. As he walked through the restaurant district, he noticed that most of the people there had also gone inside. However, that didn't mean everyone. He saw Sasuke and Calixta just sitting down at one of the street-side tables outside what he had heard was her favorite restaurant.
He couldn't help watching them, as he could discretely do from a distance without the worry that someone might catch him. Sasuke's relationship with Calixta confused Neji as much as it irked him. He knew for a fact that the two of them genuinely disagreed on just about everything but there still seemed to be a fair amount of attraction between them. At first, he thought it was purely physical but over time, and as he watched them now, he realized that there was more to it than just that.
The reason he could tell their relationship went beyond the physical, other than the fact that they seemed to be on a dinner date together, was that they hardly touched one another. Occasionally, her hand would brush across his but that was it. Of course, he knew that physical contact wasn't necessary for Calixta's abilities but he had also learned, from listening to others, that it did heighten the experience.
Because it was so hot, he didn't notice the flush that Calixta wore over her entire body until after the sun went down. When he realized that, he also noticed that seemed a little flustered, a little less graceful than usual and that it wasn't just an act of flirtation. When the streetlamps came up, he also noticed that Sasuke kept reaching into his pocket. At first, he dismissed it as a nervous tick. Then, he thought the other young man might be adjusting himself under the table but before long, he was starting to think that he was actually toying with something in his pocket.
Had Calixta been in a better mind for it, she might have noticed that they had attracted Neji's attention. As it was, Sasuke had managed to absorb most her attention, leaving little for anyone else. When she excused herself to go to the restroom just after ordering dessert, Sasuke gave her a hard time about it but let her go. That's when Neji decided to go harass Sasuke.
"Having fun?" he scoffed as he approached.
"Neji?" Sasuke turned in surprise.
"I dunno how you can stand her, honestly," the long-haired teen continued.
"She has her moments. I'm taking her out tonight because it is her birthday," Sasuke lied.
"That's very sweet of you," Neji taunted.
"It's not like that and you know it," Sasuke dismissed.
"That's what it looks like," he laughed. "Maybe she's just letting you think that you're not in charge here? She's probably just leading you on."
That made Sasuke laugh. "Not tonight."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Sasuke hesitated for a moment and then looked around to see if Calixta was returning. Finding that she was still out of sight, he motioned for the other to come closer. "I'm not just taking her out to eat," he mischievously informed, pulling a little remote control from his pocket. "I got her a little present before hand."
"What's this?" Neji snatched up the device. He knew better than to give into the urge to simply start pushing buttons right away.
"It's the control for the vibrator I slipped inside her before taking her out," Sasuke casually replied in a hushed voice.
Neji nearly dropped the device. "What?" he scoffed.
Sasuke snickered. "You heard me. Go 'head, play with the settings a bit. I'm sure she won't mind."
Neji hesitated but complied. He wasn't quite sure what to expect but he was disappointed, mostly because Calixta wasn't right there so he could see her reactions and he wasn't about to use his unusual sight to peer into the women's bathroom. "Freak," he scoffed and tried to hand it back.
"She's on her way back. Why don't you have a seat and hold onto that for a bit. If you've got a good enough poker face, she won't know it's you controlling it," Sasuke suggested.
Neji hesitated but once she came into view, obviously drunk on wine, he slipped the thin controller into his pocket and took a seat.
When she saw Neji, Calixta frowned but decided not to be deterred. "Ah, Neji-san. To what do we owe the pleasure of your company tonight?" she brazenly greeted.
Her tone almost made him turn the device inside her up dramatically but he decided against it, leaving it at a steady lower setting. "I wanted to see how Sasuke could stand to be seen with you like this," he taunted.
She blushed a little. "You mean in public?" she countered.
"Something like that," he laughed.
"Well, you sat down with us so I can't be that bad," she giggled.
"Perhaps I'm just trying to save Sasuke from embarrassing himself by being seen with the likes of you," he countered. Since he had managed to keep his hands in his lap, under the table, as they spoke, he decided to turn the remote up a few notches to see how she would react. To his delight, she shot Sasuke a playfully accusing look.
Calixta gave the slightest of gasps. "How kind," she nearly purred. It was clear to her that whatever Neji was up to, he was apparently enjoying himself and even though he seemed intent on dampening their merriment, that wasn't affecting her, allowing her to feed off his enjoyment, taking little else with it. This was, of course, also largely thanks to Sasuke, who was helping her maintain her focus on him.
A moment later, she felt it turn up again and this time the setting was changed to a rhythmic pattern rather than the steady vibration. She couldn't help biting her bottom lip a little as she gazed across the table at the intrusive young man. When their desserts arrived, she offered to buy something for Neji, since he apparently wasn't going to leave. He opted instead for a glass of water.
"I'm glad you're willing to at least wait until we are finished with our meal before you drag my victim from me," she smirked a little before taking a little bite of custard.
Neji wanted to smirk but decided instead to increase the intensity of the device inside her again. Sasuke simply glared at her but he knew that she was being sarcastic so he let it go. They both nearly choked when she let slip a little moan, barely covering it up as an expression of how delicious she found her dessert.
So that he wouldn't completely give himself away, Neji averted his eyes, first to the few passersby and then into the bustling restaurant, but he couldn't keep his eyes off her for very long. He also couldn't help noticing how her nipples eagerly poked out through her blouse, a further outward indication of her arousal.
Once she was finished eating, she sat back in her chair and sipped on the remaineder of her glass of wine. It didn't take long before she stopped trying to hide how she was feeling. The heat of the summer night was one thing but that on top of her inner heat, was making her start to sweat. She dabbed her brow with her napkin and shifted her weight, crossing her legs.
"So, Sasuke…" she began lazily.
"Hm?" he distractedly replied, obviously amused by the recent turn of events.
"Which one of us are you going to leave here with?" she proposed haughtily.
Sasuke smirked. "Which one of us would you prefer?" he countered.
Calixta gave him a critical look. "I always leave with the person I came with, unless they leave me," she answered seriously.
"Perhaps then, you wouldn't mind if Neji continues to join us," he proposed.
Calixta shot her date an incredulous look and sat forward. Then, she realized he was messing with her so she tried to laugh it off. "He may have decided to sit with us but he's hardly joined us."
Sasuke smirked. "Oh, I wouldn't say that…" he crooned.
Then, before she could think, Neji turned the device up as high as it would go. This time, he couldn't help snickering as she gasped and had to grab the edge of the table to steady herself. She watched as they reveled in her look of absolute horror.
Sensing that she was about to bolt, because the signal for the remote control could only reach so far, Sasuke placed a disarmingly gentle hand on hers. "Come on," he stood, giving Neji a little nod and joined him in standing.
She eyed both of them carefully. "Turn it off," she ordered of Neji.
The young man with long hair smirked and then looked at Sasuke.
"Don't look at him. Just turn the damn thing off," she repeated in a low, dark voice. "Or I'm not going anywhere."
"Fine." Neji reached in his pocket and it the power button, watching regretfully as her features eased.
"Can we go now?" Sasuke impatiently prompted.
Calixta hesitated but she could feel Sasuke's chakra urging her and she complied without further protest. "I can't believe you," she grumbled when she had to take his arm due to her drunken stumbling.
"But you can believe him?" Sasuke motioned to Neji.
She glared at him out of the corner of her eye. "He likes to see me in a weakened state," she bitterly answered.
"He would be foolish to think you were weak right now. Drunken and obvious, of course, but not weak," Sasuke pointed out. "Besides, you always do better when you're not trying to hide how good you're feeling."
She quickly turned her glare to him and pushed him away. "Being demeaned doesn't feel good," she harshly retorted and then stormed away.
Sasuke didn't bother to follow her right way. Instead, he gave Neji and expecting look. The other teen quickly picked up on the look and hit the power button again. Calixta stumbled and then they went after her. In a flash, she was being dragged into a nearby park. She kicked and tried to fight them but due to the way they were holding her, the way Sasuke kept groping her in all the right places, her rebellion was quelled .
They threw her down on the grass and before she could say anything, Sasuke was kissing her. It took a moment, but she managed enough conviction to push him away. "You bastard!" she shrieked and tried to scramble away. They quickly caught her and pinned her to the ground.
"She's already soaked through her top," Neji snickered, even venturing to poke at one of her erect nipples, eliciting a heated gasp in the process.
As Calixta's irritation grew, Sasuke knew he had to do something. "Turn it down a bit," he ordered and Neji complied. Then, he pulled Calixta's top down off her shoulders and started massaging her breasts.
Calixta couldn't help leaning forward into the attention. "That's right, at least make yourself useful if you're going to be a jerk," she tried to snap but it lacked much conviction.
Sasuke smirked and motioned for Neji to come over. The young man holding the remote control complied but made sure her hands wouldn't get anywhere near the device. However, when Sasuke leaded down, mouth open, to start nursing from her, Neji hesitated.
"I can't believe you can do that," he grumbled, obviously disgusted.
"Then don't bother," Calixta snapped.
"Don't be like that," Sasuke scolded before turning to his comrade. "It's actually quite sweet," he commented off handedly and then gave her a little squeeze. It didn't take much pressure for him to produce a fair squirt of milk from her. "But you don't have to drink it. It's just less messy that way." He turned back, once again with his mouth open, but this time he didn't intend to make contact. Instead, he squirted some of her milk into his mouth.
"You're like a fuckin' cow," Neji scoffed even though he was unable to keep at least one of his hands from groping her other breast.
Calixta rolled her eyes. "Moo," he sarcastically replied.
Her response made Sasuke snicker.
"If you are so displeased with this arrangement, why don't you put up more of a fight?" Neji proposed.
Again Sasuke took the floor before she could speak. To keep her placated, he toyed with her wet nipple in the meantime. "She's not displeased. She's annoyed," he quickly corrected.
Neji shot his comrade an odd look but didn't say anything more about that. He knew that, for whatever reason, Sasuke and Calixta had grown emotionally close and that the young loner was quite adept at accurately reading her emotions more often than not.
"If you were going to choose someone else, why didn't you pick someone less…prudish?" Calixta eventually interjected.
"Compared to you, everyone is a prude," Neji scoffed.
"I hadn't intended to. He just made himself available, that's all," Sasuke corrected and then once again briefly turned to Neji. "And we can both tell you wanna at least try it so quit screwing around."
Neji frowned but knew his options at this point were either comply or leave. He wasn't quite ready to leave so he leaned down and gave her breast, which was already dripping, a slight squeeze. Only a few drops made it to his lips but he eagerly licked them off. Pleased at the very slight sweetness he tasted, but disappointed that he got so little, he closed the distance almost completely and gave it another try, this time with more success.
He was very pleased with the results as well. He was rewarded not only by the sweet taste of her healing milk but also with a heated little whine from her as she continued to arch her back toward them.
For a long time after that, none of them spoke, they sat in near silence, save the sounds of the two young men's smacking lips and the young woman's little sounds of pleasure.
When squeezing her breast no longer produced a small flood of milk, Neji felt inclined to stop. Something about actually putting his lips to her body bothered him. Without thinking, Calixta sensed his discomfort and acted upon it. However, if she was going to take action, he certainly hadn't been expecting her to be helpful or encouraging to him. Because of this, he was greatly surprised when her hand came up to guide his.
"Like this," she started him around the base of her breast and slowly squeezed toward her nipple, forcing more of the liquid from her body.
Neji blinked upward at her almost stupidly.
"You've never actually milked a cow before, have you?" she teased with a little giggle.
For a moment, he couldn't help continuing to stare up at her in astonishment. To hear her so readily turn his deprecating language around on him like that left him almost speechless.
Calixta smiled gently downward, knowing that sort of affectionate look would snap him out of his stupor the quickest. "If you don't do something, Sasuke's going to be finished before you're even halfway done," she teased, once again guiding his hand.
That was all it took. Neji continued the motions by himself but to his surprise, Sasuke withdrew a moment later.
"Don't bother finishing if you don't want to," the short-haired teen casually suggested. "There are other things we can do."
Calixta shot him a careful look but again, before she could speak, he took action. This time, he reached up her skirt.
"You're here on a special occasion," Sasuke told his comrade in a haughty tone.
"I hardly consider her birthday a special occasion," Neji spat.
"I wasn't referring to that. Today is special because Calixta's actually wearing underwear. It's an unusual occurrence these days," he teased. "Not that it matters, she's practically dripping already."
That obviously intrigued Neji but he was hesitant to act on it. However, when Sasuke lifted her skirt to show him, he couldn't help reaching out to her to find that she was sticky even through her panties. As he touched her, he could feel the slight vibrations within her body and decided to change the setting to a steadier rhythm so that he might be able to feel out exactly where it was placed. As he searched, he was surprised by what he found.
He had expected to have to reach further up her body to find what he was looking for but in actuality, he had to reach lower. He didn't even notice the way she instinctively spread her legs as he reached down, fingertips barely brushing the pucker of her asshole through her underwear. At that realization, he shot Sasuke a suspicious look.
However, the look went unnoticed because Sasuke was too busy tapping her clitoris and watching her facial expressions change as they touched her.
"So…is this the kind of thing you usually do?" Neji asked of his comrade after another moment of near silence.
Sasuke chuckled. "Not exactly. She doesn't generally like…devices," he motioned to the remote.
"She doesn't seem to mind this one," he played with some of the settings again.
"You probably wouldn't believe that it took some convincing," Sasuke dryly commented. That was all he was going to say about how he had manipulated the young woman under their hands before taking her out. "You wanna make her cum first?" he proposed.
"Wha-?" Neji questioned incredulously.
Calixta sneered at him.
"I could show you how, if you don't know what to do," he offered.
"No!" Calixta suddenly protested.
"What's your problem now?" Sasuke snapped.
"I won't give him the satisfaction," she seethed.
"I'll take that bet," Sasuke presumed.
"What?" She nearly yelled.
"And I'll raise you. You will beg to cum for Neji," he boasted.
"Sasuke?" Neji gasped.
"That is, if you want to," he offered the other young man a way out. "I know you don't really like her but she can still be fun." He flicked her clitoris again and she jerked almost violently in response.
"Sasuke!" Calixta started to put of a fight again because of the way he was speaking about her.
The retraction made Neji second-guess his hesitation because he wasn't sure he'd get an opportunity like this again in the future. He took a moment to really look at the young woman sitting on the grassy forest floor next to him. Her sundress was now bunched up around her waist and her panties were so wet that he thought he was starting to be able to see through them.
Then he noticed the flush that covered her entire body and the way her breaths were coming in short pants as she blinked at them through the darkness. He quickly realized that if she was going to get away from them, now would be a good time but she seemed to be waiting for one or both of them to act first.
"It looks like she wants me to," he commented after a moment.
"I only want lovers who want to be with me," she corrected haughtily.
Neji snickered and knew that anything he said or did after that would be very revealing. However, he wasn't ready to abandon this endeavor just yet so, he knocked her back to the ground and pulled off her panties. She squealed and fitfully kicked at his sudden forward advance.
"Ah, I knew you wanted me," she nearly bragged but her voice was so husky that it didn't sound as taunting as she had hoped.
Neji only hesitated for a moment when the head of his cock first started to press against her wet heat.
"Just go for it," Sasuke encouraged. "She's already all wet for you and you wouldn't think with as busy as she is that she'd be very tight but I think she'll surprise you.
Then, before she could form another taunt, he was starting to slide inside her and she was instinctively clinging to him. Once he was completely inside her, he was ready to keep going but Sasuke interrupted him.
"Neji, stop!" he suddenly ordered and when he saw the annoyed look on his comrade's face, he added, "Just for a few seconds," as he moved around to see her face, taught with a mix of pleasure and denial. Sasuke snickered, "You almost came just from that," he taunted, snatching the remote control from Neji before pinning her shoulders to the ground.
Calixta gave a sound of incredible frustration and released her hold on Neji to try to push him off of her. The young man inside her, however, was watching their exchange very carefully and reacted quickly, attempting to grab her hands before they reached his comrade. He didn't exactly like Sasuke's sudden intrusion but he liked her defiance even less. However, Sasuke reacted even more quickly, because he was ready for her actions, and grabbed her by the wrists.
"Don't hold her hands," Sasuke advised darkly.
Calixta's rage flared and she genuinely tried to fight them again.
When she had defied them before, Neji could sense that there was a certain element of antagonistic playfulness in it. Now, it was different. She was putting forth an honest effort to get away from them.
"Wh-Why not?" Neji questioned, moving his hands down to her hips to keep her in place.
Sasuke smirked. "If you hold hands with her, you will lose control of her completely. It's one of her tricks," he advised.
Neji gave a thoughtful frown. If Sasuke was right, he nearly gave himself over to her without realizing it. "Can I go again?" he asked impatiently.
"Oh, yeah, go for it," Sasuke almost laughed.
Any protests Calixta had were quickly quelled when Neji started to withdraw only to slowly side back into her again. He hadn't intended to move so slowly at first but every moment he made seemed to provoke a reaction in her that he could feel, either through the way her chakra reacted to his or through the feeling of her twitching erratically around his cock.
Neji watched with delight as her hands fitfully clench and unclench as they searched in vain for something to hold onto. However, her fight had ceased and now he was holding onto her because he was worried that she would buck too hard and throw off his rhythm.
"I'm surprised you gave up as easily as you did," Neji taunted to help keep his pace slow.
"You're too used to fighting Lee-san," she retorted.
Neji snickered until the notion of what it would take to get Lee in to such a submissive position crossed his mind, then he was annoyed and stopped talking to her. However, it wasn't long after that Sasuke interrupted again.
"Turn'er over," he suggested, adjusting his pants.
Neji made a sound of frustration. "Ugh, what for?"
"'Cause I don't like to watch and I don't think you want my ass in your face while I fuck her mouth," he crudely replied.
The long-haired teen gave a look of disgust as he complied. He expected Sasuke to immediately open her mouth and force himself inside but that was not the case. Instead, he received another order.
"Do it harder," Sasuke suggested and when he realized that he was once again going to be questioned, he added, "She's not making the right sounds yet."
Neji was just happy at that point to get any explanation and cared little that it didn't seem to make any sense. Though, he did notice that when he increased the power of his thrusts, the sounds she was making shifted from strained little groans and squeals to deep, throaty moans.
"There we go," Sasuke grinned and by that point he had pulled his erection from his pants so he slid himself inside. The look of incredulity that he received almost made him laugh, "When she's all tense like that, ya never know what she's gunna do. I didn't want'er to bite me," he explained.
The young man behind Calixta frowned a little, "Bite you?" he repeated grimly.
Sasuke couldn't hold back his laughter this time. "Oh yeah, if you think she's given up, you better forget it. She just said that so you'd let your guard down."
If Calixta could hear what they were saying over her own muffled sounds of pleasure, she might very well have bitten Sasuke for that last remark. He was fortunate that she was sufficiently distracted.
Neji couldn't help awing at how well his comrade could read the young woman on her hands and knees between them. As the sounds she made changed and their attentions toward her grew, he could feel her body starting to relax a bit. At first, it was like every muscle in her body was tensed. Now, her muscles were tensing in time with the erratic rhythm of her chakra. However erratic, it also seemed to punctuate the rhythm they set for her.
On top of that, now that she was more relaxed, he could more readily feel the small, remote-controlled object vibrating inside her. Then, once Sasuke was comfortable enough to start playing with the remote itself, he could feel her subtle responses as he randomly changed the settings.
Sasuke came a few short minutes later. It wasn't that he didn't want to prolong his own personal pleasure but that wasn't his primary purpose this time. He satisfied himself quickly so he could focus more readily on other things, like keeping Calixta's impending orgasm contained, which was a feat in itself.
"Done already?" Neji taunted when Sasuke's limp member slipped from Calixta's lips, leaving them connected by a thin string of cum until that too broke under the force of her panting for breath.
"Take your time," Sasuke made a welcoming motion. "After all, you do want her to beg for it, don't you?"
The very idea that she might beg him for her pleasure resparked Neji's determination and he started thrusting even harder, noticing that then the timber of her cries changed yet again. This time she sounded almost desperate as she pushed against him with what little leverage she had.
"You really think she will?" he mused between gasps for air.
By this point, the only thing keeping Calixta's head up was Sasuke's hand on her chin, forcing her gaze up toward him. "I know she will," he confidently replied, earning another heated whine of denial from the young woman.
It wasn't long after that she started to really sound desperate, pushing back against Neji as hard as she could. "Nnngh, Sasuke," she whined.
That made Neji's grip strengthen in an outward sign of his displeasure with her vocal outburst. "He's not the one fucking you!" he growled and then added, "Bitch," under his breath.
"But he's the one…holding me back…" she complained.
"What?" Neji scoffed.
Sasuke broke eye contact with Calixta for a moment to look at his comrade. "I'm just making an honest woman out of her. She didn't want to give you the satisfaction of making her cum and you didn't want her to cum until she begged for it," he offhandedly explained.
Calixta gave a groan of frustration and pounded her fists on the ground.
"How could you possibly-?" Neji barely managed to question. Her increased emotional intensity was making it hard to form a complete thought.
"It's complicated. Just take my word for it," he assured. "Regardless, you should thank me for it," he bragged.
"Why's that?" Neji hissed angrily.
"Because if she were allowed to control her own pleasure, then you would be in a very different position right now," he dangerously replied.
The long-haired teen gave an incredulous scoff.
"I know you keep your distance from her because you think that as soon as you let your guard down, she'll pull a fast one on ya. Well, you're right," Sasuke began.
Calixta screamed in frustration but neither of them paid much attention so she tried something else. "N-Ne…ji…" she barely said between gasps.
"Now, yer gettin' it," Sasuke coaxed.
"Nnngh," she squealed, "Neji, please," she finally pleaded.
Neji forced a chuckle. He was very close to orgasm himself and only their bizarre conversation was holding him back. "That didn't take very long at all."
"Well, she has been on the verge of orgasm for…" he trailed off to think for a second, giving Calixta an opportunity to interject, though it was only a single word.
"Days…" she exaggerated.
"About ten minutes now," Sasuke continued with only a slight chuckle. "I doubt very many people could last that long."
Neji scoffed. "It's not that hard."
"Neji, please," Calixta desperately interjected, hoping to stave off their intentionally offensive conversation.
Sasuke just scoffed back at Neji and then shook his head in exasperation. He wanted to explain but at the same time, he could tell Calixta was starting to actually grow angry with them, rather that just frustrated, which didn't give him much time to explain. "So, you want her to cum for you or what?"
"I wanna hear her say please a couple more times," Neji cruelly replied.
Sasuke expected Calixta to protest that. They had come a long way from their original plans that evening and he wasn't sure just how far over the line they were going to go this time.
"Yes, please, Neji," Calixta gasped. "I want your pleasure, please give it to me," she desperately cried, her voice now growing hoarse. "Take me with you when you cum."
Her last words especially caught Neji's attention, for some reason, and they made his fingers twitch with delight. "Let'er go," he ordered.
"You sure? I'm sure she's still got some good groveling left in'er," he suggested haughtily.
"Now," Neji affirmed, because he was too hot to hold out any longer.
Sasuke nodded and severed the link between himself and Calixta. It was a very harsh disconnect for her, and he knew that, but he also knew that her first instinct would be to shift her entire focus onto Neji as they came together, something that they would both greatly appreciate.
Breaking his connection with Calixta also allowed Sasuke to sit back with bemused detachment as the pair moaned loudly and writhed together on the grassy ground. The spectacle lasted longer than he expected and for a moment, he thought that Neji might pull away because he looked a little freaked out. However, the colossal tide of her orgasm on top of his own made him quickly forget that compulsion in favor of riding it out with her rather than fighting it.
When it was over, the pair collapsed onto the ground in a panting heap.
"Ugh," Calixta groaned, "you're heavy!" she complained, wiggling a little beneath the nearly unconscious young man.
Neji only gave a little grumble in response so he was quickly forced off of her. At first, he thought that Sasuke had shoved him off but he was still sitting a few feet away with a knowing grin on his face. Only then did he realize that it was Calixta who had pushed him off so forcibly. The notion that she still had much of her physical strength while he felt quite dazed made him self-conscious and he quickly tucked himself back into his pants. He was glad he did because when he glanced back at Sasuke, he found that his comrade had already done the same.
"Happy birthday," Sasuke quietly told Calixta in a chiding voice.
Calixta giggled foolishly and rolled over on the grass so that she was on her stomach facing him, "Thank you," she winked and then looked at Neji. "And thank you," she told him with a smirk.
Neji just scoffed.
"That was a fun game, we should play again sometime," she told them as she started to adjust her dress to fit a little more properly.
Neji gave her an incredulous look because of her light-hearted attitude. If anything, he had expected a few angry words as she collected herself and stormed off.
"Who do you think won?" Sasuke asked her with genuine curiosity.
Calixta grinned. "Well…why don't we give this one to Neji?" she proposed generously.
Sasuke appeared disappointed. It wasn't often that they drug others into their relationship and never had they awarded victory to one of them.
"He did very well," she praised glowingly.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Neji finally interrupted.
Calixta shot an almost evil little grin over her shoulder at him. "Ooooh, Neji, please," she cooed in a voice all too similar to the one she was using before.
Neji gave a frown of disgusted confusion and instinctively leaned back a bit. "What are you saying? That all this was just a game to you?" he scoffed. "I felt your desperation!"
Calixta squirmed a little at the memory that evoked. "It's all in good fun," she insisted. "You did enjoy yourself."
"I was curious," Neji quickly covered, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"Curiosity killed the cat," she reminded him with a sly grin.
"So you were just messing with me?" Neji accused.
"Oh, nothing so trite," she dismissed, "I'm not sure Sasuke could have found someone as unexpected and as pleasing as you," she winked.
Neji grumbled a few curses as he stood and started to walk away.
"Oi, Neji!" she called and to her surprise, he stopped. "Maybe next time I can be on top and you could be the one begging for your release. I can do that for you by myself so we wouldn't even need Sasuke," she teasingly tempted.
Neji gave a great growl of frustration and stormed off, punching the first tree that came within arm's reach.
"Just a suggestion!" she called after him.
"You blew it," Sasuke accused.
"Tch, I gave him exactly what he wanted right down to the bitter end," she replied, lighting a cigarette as she stood.
"He didn't want to be let down like that," Sasuke argued.
"Yes he did," she counted. "That's exactly what he wanted. He likes believing that I'm a conniving, callous slut."
"Maybe because that's what you are," Sasuke snapped indignantly.
"Only when it pleases," she conceded haughtily. "No, he wanted to be let down and it would have happened sooner or later, better that it happen now than draw it out."
"You could have just told him it was a one time thing," Sasuke insisted.
"But that's not what I mean," she stomped her foot. "I'm not out to change his opinion of me because it's not going to change, probably ever. I let you chose him because of his opinion of me. He's one of the few people left here that really distrusts me in everything I do and I don't want that to change. I need people like that around. They keep me on my toes."
Sasuke gave her a disgusted look at her pragmatic logic and then bid her good night to go talk to Neji, to see if he needed to apologize for what had just happened. She only barely managed to stop him for a moment to hand over the little remote control so she could turn off the little egg buzzing inside her.
"Oi, Neji!" Sasuke called when he caught sight of the other young man, "Wait up!"
"Ugh, what do you want now?" Neji growled over his shoulder.
"You wanna talk about it?" he immediately offered.
"Why? Don't you already have all the answers? Or is that it? You think you're going to educate me some more?" Neji scoffed.
"Don't be like that," Sasuke barely protested.
"Or maybe she was manipulating you the entire time! Hell, for all I know, she's doing it right now," he dismissed and tried to walk away again.
That really made Sasuke angry. "I was manipulating her, albeit she was letting me do it, but I was in control of her. I wouldn't have been able to hold her back like that if I wasn't," he insisted.
"That's stupid. You're a liar. Why are you covering for her? She's the manipulative one!" Neji countered.
"Covering for her?" Sasuke almost laughed. "She'd be so piss'd if she heard you say that. If you really wanna know what was going on, I'll tell you. If you wanna construct your own rationalized fantasy, then I'll let you go. Which would you rather?"
"Tch you're just as bad as she is!" Neji dismissed.
"That's where you're really wrong. I'm much worse than she is," Sasuke told his comrade in a dark voice.
The short-haired young man's tone caused Neji to pause and even turn back a bit, not that he had to turn completely around to see Sauke's face and he looked serious. "So, then, how many people have you slept with? From what I understand she was very busy even before she got here which means you have quite a bit of catching up to do."
Since Neji had stopped walking, Sasuke took the opportunity to close some of the distance between them. "Most of those people don't count, as far as I'm concerned. I only count the people she's charmed on purpose, which isn't very many people, especially in comparison to what you're suggesting. I do have a bit of catching up to do, but not as much as you think…that and I'm more willing to outright take advantage of people when I'm given the opportunity."
Neji's eyes narrowed with incredulity and confusion. "Are you trying to say that you charmed me? You're outa you're fuckin' mind," he pushed the other young man away. Being manipulated by Calixta was one thing but to have Sasuke do it came so far out of left field for him that he just couldn't believe it.
"Well, you might be right on that one," Sasuke chuckled and then, as his a reminder of his capacity to copy the abilities of others, he closed his eyes for a brief second, reopened them to reveal his shringan, and then closed them again. After that, Sasuke's eyes returned to normal.
"You copied her?" Neji almost sounded betrayed. "What possible reason is there for you to have her abilities? Isn't one person like that already too much?"
"That's what she said," he snickered. "Kakashi had me start doing it."
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised, he's one of the biggest pervs around," Neji dismissed.
"He is but that's not why. He wants me to be an assassin," he nearly bragged.
Neji forced a condescending laugh. "Yeah, okay, and you thought I was rationalizing."
"I could have killed you at least seven different times tonight," he pointed out.
"I let my guard down because I trusted you," he counted.
Sasuke didn't really like the use of the past tense, but wasn't terribly surprised by it either. "I misdirected you by playing off your apprehension toward her. You were right to look for an ally when you finally decided to make a move on her but you should be careful who you chose. There are only a few people who can stand up to her like I can."
"Is listening to all this supposed to make me feel better?"
"I just wanted you to know…I guess," Sasuke admitted.
"Tch, thanks," Neji quickened his pace.
"It coulda been different ya know," Sasuke called after him. "She was playing to your expectations, giving you what you wanted, we both were."
Neji didn't turn back. He was already embarrassed and furious and he knew that was a bad combination. As he stormed off, he couldn't help thinking that Sasuke was right about one thing. Calixta's abilities, in the hands of the right person, would make a formidable assassin. As he continued to think about it, as it seemed he couldn't help doing, he realized that Calixta didn't have the mentality to be that kind of killer, even though it was very likely the reason she was led to their village in the first place.