Inbred

Suffered from really bad writer's block. Sorry this is so late. I've also been working on some other story ideas during that time so I put this one on the back burner for a while.


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Chapter 42

He shifted slightly and muttered something in his sleep, causing his soft lips to brush against the pair that was pressed lightly against his.

Pale eyes fluttered open and he gasped with surprise when a firm tongue thrusted between his slightly parted lips. He sighed with relief when he recognized the dark head looming above but he was still very upset.

"Don't start things you can't finish, Uchiha," he breathed into the warm mouth that promised nothing but long, passionate kisses. The younger man chuckled, a sound that Neji felt vibrate through him as well.

Sasuke lifted one pale hand and examined the flat nails that were taking their sweet time to grow. He figured the stupid nails were long enough but Neji argued that they were no where near their respectable length and Sasuke imagined he'd have to wait about another six days.

Just how long did Neji grow the damned things anyway?

He'd never paid them much attention but he knew that they had been pretty long, he had many scratches that attested to that fact.

"You haven't been cutting these things just to spite me have you?" and Neji yanked his hand away as if he took great offense at the insinuation.

But to be honest, the thought had crossed his mind. He'd enjoyed watching the Uchiha squirm for the past week but his subtle little come ons and suggestive comments were starting to weaken the Hyuga's resolve and the sooner he could relieve the sexual tension the better, but not a day before his nails grew back because he intended to hack away at the boy's back like a scratching post. What he didn't know was that Sasuke anticipated his vindictive little plan and was going to put him in serious bondage for the first few days they started fucking again.

"How did your meeting go?" he yawned and chanced a glance at the silver, Cartier watch wrapped around his left wrist. It was showing seven-twenty-seven.

Sasuke grunted his annoyance and shrugged out of his jacket and removed his neck-tie to toss both suffocating articles of clothing into the back seat. The stupid thing had gone on far too much longer than was necessary.

"That bad, huh?" came the apathetic response and the Uchiha said nothing as he all but ripped off the links at his cuffs and unclasped the two, uppermost buttons by his neck.

It wasn't just bad, it was awful. Six years of college education and several degrees later and half those idiots still didn't know what the hell they were doing. It was times like these that he really contemplated shutting the business down and just living the rest of his life to suit himself, but there were reasons that prevented him from doing so.

First of all, this company was the only thing he had that reminded him of his family, besides his memories and the various mementos that survived the fire. He didn't need Uchiha Corporations but he felt he owed it to his parents to keep the family business afloat.

Secondly, Uchiha Sasuke was not the kind of person that liked to sit around and do nothing. He had enough money to do so a thousand times over and as much as he loved to travel and experience life to its fullest he loved the thrill of the business world even more. The demanding deadlines; the haggling and bargaining; and as much as he hated net-working he liked to meet interesting people and brainstorm on new ideas and share visions of the future of the company.

And lastly, he had become attached to it. It was like raising a child. Deciding what was best for it and avoiding decisions that could have dire effects to the well being of his corporation and its employees. He'd been through many hardships but whenever things started to look grim he always managed to pull through. It was never easy, especially when the company had been first handed over to him.

The transition was difficult on the young child and he had to suffer through strikes, downsizings and handing out severances. Though brutal, the ordeals granted him a wealth of experience which made him stronger and helped mold him into the shrewd business tycoon he was today. His determination and the memory of his parents were the catalysts which prevented him from ever giving up and he was proud of his efforts and the progress he'd made. The company had grown and had made many achievements over the years and the corporate world recognized it as the most promising organization of sole ownership and expected many great things of it.

Uchiha Corporations was his baby.

Sasuke buckled in before gunning the ignition and Neji returned the back of his seat into its upright position. "Sorry for making you wait so long," he apologized when he saw the dainty man attempt to stifle another yawn.

"Mmph, 's okay," he sighed. "I kept myself entertained."

Sasuke's face was now sporting a lop-sided grin and a raised eyebrow. "Oh really?"

Neji bit his lip to try to stop himself from laughing but when he spoke his voice was very stern. "Get your mind out of the gutter, Uchiha."

"What?" he asked innocently.

"You know very well, 'what'," he replied. "You thought I meant I was playing with myself."

He leaned over then and nuzzled his lips against Hyuga's soft neck and laid a hand on one clothed knee. "Well if you ever feel the need, please don't stop on my account."

Neji shuddered when his warm breath caressed his skin and his flesh tingled where his thumb was suddenly caressing his leg. "Sasuke!" his voice was a husky warning.

"What?" he purred, making sure that his lips grazed lightly against that lovely spot by his earlobe. "You said we couldn't have sex but that doesn't mean I can't watch you masturbate."

His legs parted slightly of their own volition and Sasuke slid his hand higher to slowly stroke his inner thigh. "You'd like that, wouldn't you?" Neji whispered, his attention drawn to the hand that was steadily inching closer to the juncture between his legs. "To watch me touch my pussy." The Uchiha growled and gently squeezed his thigh, eliciting a strangled moan from the older man. "Ahh, Sasuke. You're such a perv," he teased. "I think you've been hanging around Naruto too long."

Sasuke made a sound of amusement and pulled away from his lover who then sighed in a mixture of disappointment and relief. Neji couldn't keep fighting off his advances for much longer and if he had kept that up then he was going to rip that expensive suit to shreds and toss the man into the back seat so he could have his wicked way with him.

Neji laughed at himself. Who was the pervert now?

The Uchiha checked his mirrors then skillfully backed out of his reserved parking space and exited the compound to head onto the main roads.

"Oh, you said you wanted to talk to me, or was that a cunning ploy on your part just so you could molest me?"

Sasuke filled the vehicle's interior with a hearty laugh just before turning left at the next intersection. "Can't I do both, koi?"

Neji shook his head in humorous disbelief. He wasn't going to quit was he?

"It depends," he drawled.

"On?"

"On whether you can do both and drive at the same time."

Sasuke grinned and turned his head to look over at the man in the passenger-seat. "Would you like me to test that theory?"

YES!

"No!"

"If you're worried about your safety I can always pull over."

Great idea!

"I don't think so."

The Uchiha shrugged and came to a halt at the solid, red light. "Suit yourself."

The night was fairly cool so Neji shut off the air-conditioner he had left running while he slept and turned down his side window. Sasuke did the same just as the light flashed green and he shifted into first and drove off.

"Actually I wanted to ask you something about, Hinata." It was so sudden, the shift in conversation and the break in silence but Sasuke was the kind of person that always got to the point and his straightforward attitude was one of the qualities Neji admired so much about him.

"What about her?"

"It's nothing serious, I'm just a little bothered that she's always so distant around me."

Neji furrowed his perfectly shaped brows. "Distant?"

"Mmm hmm," he said with a nod of his head. "You haven't been telling her things about me, have you?"

It was Neji's turn to laugh. "You mean besides you being Naruto's best friend? Nah! She's probably just shy, Sasuke."

"With Naruto she's shy but around me she's terrified."

"Are you sure you're not reading too much into it?"

The Uchiha gave him a flat look. "You mean you haven't noticed?" and when the shorter boy shook his head Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes. How could he have missed the way she always addressed him so formally and the way she'd freeze up whenever they stood next to each other. 'If he didn't always have his eyes on Naruto then maybe he'd notice these things,' he thought wryly.

"Maybe she's a member of your illustrious fan club," teased Hyuga but Sasuke didn't find the humor in it.

"Ugh, don't even joke about stuff like that," he groaned.

"Why not, Sasuke? Every girl and their grandmother has the hots for you, so why can't my cousin?"

"And why should she?"

"For the same reason everyone does I suppose," and Neji held up one hand and began counting off each point on a finger. "One: you're rich; two: you're damn sexy; three: you're powerful; four: you have a really nice ass-"

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome!" Neji giggled. "And finally, you're an eligible bachelor."

"I am?" he asked as if that was suddenly news to him.

"No you're not," his lover snapped and reminded him with a playful punch on the arm. "But that's what they think."

Sasuke nodded in agreement and tapped his fingers on the steering wheel while he let out three cars before turning onto the highway. The vehicle was silent except for the humming of the engine before Neji spoke up again.

"I didn't know it was bothering you so much."

"Hm? What was bothering me?" he'd suddenly forgot what they'd been discussing earlier.

"Hinata."

"Oh," their previous conversation came back to him. "It's not so much that it was bothering me I just wondered if there was a reason why she was acting that way."

Neji tried to think about it for a second but he really couldn't come up with anything besides accrediting it to her bashfulness and insecurities. "I really can't help you with that Sasuke," he sighed before adding, "Maybe you'd have better luck asking Naruto."

It was a hard thing for him to admit and Sasuke knew it but it was the truth and even he had to agree. Hinata confided so much more in Naruto that she did with Neji and he knew the Hyuga boy was feeling left out. Sasuke frowned when he saw the downcast expression on his beloved's face, he hated it whenever he was so melancholy. "Hey, come on brooding's my shtick," he said softly in an attempt to cheer the other boy up.

Neji's lips turned into a small smile but his eyes didn't get any brighter.

"If you don't cut that out right now I'm gonna pull over and give you something to really smile about." His comment didn't get the response he'd expected but it was a start and he grinned when Neji tossed him a look that said 'You wouldn't dare!'.

Sasuke put his hand on Neji's knee again but this time it was a comforting gesture and he gave his leg a playful shake. "Cheer up, koi," he said. "You know you're making me lose faith in myself as a lover if I can't make you happy."

Neji scoffed and rolled his eyes, "Oh please!"

The younger brunette laughed and squeezed his knee lightly before putting his hand back on the steering wheel. "You hungry?" he asked, suddenly breaking the silence once again. Saskue hadn't had a thing to eat since they left for the beach this morning and while the glass of water he'd sipped during the meeting had sustained him somewhat he was now on the verges of starvation. He could only assume the other boy was hungry as well since he was cooped up in the car for almost four hours and Sasuke's assumption was confirmed when Neji replied in the affirmative.

"Where do you want to eat?"

Neji shrugged a delicate shoulder. "I dunno, 'Fish 'N Chips'."

Sasuke made a face and Neji laughed at the comical expression that had mutated his handsome features. The Uchiha smiled inwardly, 'At least he's laughing again.' "I don't want to go there."

"Fine, then you pick the place," and he dismissed the conversation with a wave of his hand and turned his head to look out his window and idly watched the cars zoom by. He felt a hand on his head, slowly stroking his hair and he glanced over to see his lover staring at him with the most affectionate expression Neji had ever seen. Sasuke brushed his knuckles against a soft cheek then grazed his fingers along his jaw to cup his chin with one hand.

"Come here," he whispered and they leaned forward to share an armorous kiss. It didn't last very long and Sasuke had to pull away so he could keep his eyes on the road. Neji sighed dejectedly and slumped back into his seat and Saskue could hear him fidgeting over the occasional roar of the engines of the cars that passed in the opposite lane.

"Sasuke?"

"Hm?"

He paused for a second then took a deep breath. "Would you think bad of me if...I asked you to be intimate with me?"

"I thought I was on probation?" he teased with a grin and Neji chose to ignore it.

"Well," he stretched and put his hands behind his head. "There are other ways we can enjoy each other's company without having sex."

Sasuke didn't miss a beat. "Oral sex counts as sex, Neji."

"Are you complaining?"

"No!" and Neji laughed at his immediate surrender.

"So," the Uchiha chirped and turned his head to beam at the man in the passenger-seat. "Where would you like to be eaten?" and that question brought another wave of laughter from the Hyuga boy and Sasuke had to stop and admire the lovely face that was turned up in mirth and those kissable lips pulled back to reveal even, white teeth that gleamed like pearls. His giggles were lilting and high and Sasuke knew he had unknowingly slipped into his feminine voice.

He sighed and leaned back against his seat to glance at the driver with a very coy but very sexy look on his face.

"You shouldn't look at me like that, Neji," he warned and quickly checked the long expanse of road before turning to face the other man again.

"Why?" he purred innocently.

Sasuke replied and his voice was just as soft and just as low. "Because, when you do it really turns me on." Neji reached out one hand and cupped his semi-hard erection through expensive slacks and Sasuke exhaled sharply through his teeth.

"What a coincidence," replied the long-haired brunette as he began to stroke the sensitive member that was eagerly responding to his touch. "I'm horny too."

"You're always horny, Neji," he joked wryly then swore when his eyes were temporarily blinded by some inconsiderate ass that had his bright lights on.

Neji moved his hand from Saskue's crotch to bring it up as a visor and fell back into his seat but he stiffened when he saw the speeding vehicle shift into their lane through his fingers. "Oh shit, Sasuke look out."

But he'd already seen him and immediately steered his car into the lane on his right in an attempt to avoid the incoming maniac but he immediately changed into the same lane as well and ploughed right into the Uchiha's vehicle.

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Was he dead? He didn't feel dead but he didn't feel quite alive either. His head was throbbing and there was a sharp pain right behind his eyes that blurred his vision. His heartbeat felt fairly weak but he didn't appear to be having any trouble breathing; he couldn't feel his legs and his arms were cramped. There was an incessant hissing noise somewhere in the background but he could scarcely hear it over the ringing in his ears. He knew Heaven wasn't supposed to be this painful but he knew he wasn't in Hell either.

Or at least...not yet.

He heard the muffled voices of the reaper angels and they became louder as they approached the wreckage and while his hearing wasn't very reliable at this time he could make out one one voice muttering how unlucky they were.

But he wasn't dead!

He groaned and tried to open his mouth to speak but his throat was closed tight and he couldn't make any sound. Their footsteps got closer and he idly wondered if angels even needed to wear shoes as he immediately recognized the brand of Rockport casuals one of them happened to be sporting.

Two others walked around to the opposite side and Sasuke's heart stopped for one beat when one of them kneeled to inspect Neji.

Oh God! Neji!

He tried to reach out to the man that was hanging upside down and that was when it eventually dawned on him that the vehicle had somehow ended up on it's roof. No wonder he felt so light-headed. His arms were too heavy to move and he tried to call out to his lover but his voice still wouldn't cooperate. He was afraid that if he didn't wake up soon that they'd assume he was dead and carry him away but the Hyuga remained perfectly still and there were no tell-tale signs that he was even breathing.

Sasuke swallowed hard and the saliva burned against his throat.

One of the angels reached through the window and brushed a few strands of Neji's long, dark hair away from his face and Sasuke wanted to scream at him to take his hands off. He heard him whistle and mutter something about it being the wrong one and a second angel tsked and said the boss wasn't going to like this.

Sasuke blinked twice and his eyesight started to become more bleary and the voices became incoherent.

Were they taking his spirit too?

The angel in the brand name shoes seemed to recognize him and the last thing Sasuke heard before he felt himself slowly sink into darkness was how unfortunate it was.

*****

"Unlucky!"

A low whistle escaped a pair of one man's thin lips as he approached the wreckage. "Do you think we over did it?" he asked, tilting his head to one side as he took in the unsightly mess that had been knocked off the road and onto the nearby enbankment.

"If we're going to do something we should do it right," came the callous response as another man stepped closer to the driver's side of the totalled vehicle while his other two comrades went to investigate the girl in the passenger's seat.

"How unlucky!" the third man exclaimed again and shook his head sadly but his countenance revealed as much compassion for the two as his partners did.

"Yeah for them," chortled the second.

The first of the three kneeled closer and reached out to brush away a few strands of hair that obscured the young girl's face but his breath caught when he recognized who it was. He gave another low whistle. "Guys! We got the wrong one."

The second man in the brand-name shoes spoke up in annoyance, "What do you mean 'the wrong one'."

"I mean," he sighed in exasperation at his partner's temper. "This isn't the girl, it's that freaky nephew of his."

"Very unlucky!"

"Tsk, tell me about it," he muttered with a shake of his head. "The boss isn't going to like this."

"He's gonna have our heads," the first added. "How are we gonna explain this mess?"

"Pfft, well the way I suddenly see it, is that we did the guy a favour," he replied with a disinterested shrug. "He's been trying to get rid of that piece of trash ever since its parents died."

"Be that as it may, we still failed the hit and that girl is still running around somewhere," the second man reminded.

"Don't worry, we'll find her. We found that didn't we, the other one shouldn't be too hard to sniff out?" and his voice held disdain as he referred to the Hyuga brats.

"Hey wait!" piqued up the first assassin. "I think he's still alive...yeah, it's faint but I can still see him breathing."

The third man cursed and went to remove his gun from its holster. "Well let's make this quick and finish the job."

"Someone's approaching," drawled the usually quiet one. "How unlucky."

The short-tempered man swore again and shoved his firearm back into place and as he looked down his eyes came to rest on the driver that neither of them had concerned themselves with until now. "Oh shit!"

"What's wrong?" queried the first of the three.

"His friend here's the Uchiha."

"Why the hell is he with the Uchiha?"

There was a brief pause before the quiet one spoke up again. "Double unlucky."

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