Fated

[openedthebasket]

You deserved to die.

The piece of paper was snatched out of the air before it could hit his face, leaving him pausing and frowning down at it with a sudden chill. Where could it have come from? A moment as he formed the seals to activate his Byakugan, but -- no one to be seen who could have tossed this at him. Troubling, somewhat cruel, but seeing as how he could see other papers drifting to the ground before other people...? Hardly something to be concerned about, lest this were another seal of some kind.

Still, he couldn't let it fall, running a thumb over it before letting it slip into his pocket. It hadn't been much more than another few steps when a second paper fell, snatched before it could land on his shoulder.

You deserved to die.

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[guiltoftruth]

That made her flush and she sighed again, trying to act cold but... Well, failing at it, all things considered.

Even if part of her was more than a little happy because of this too.

[openedthebasket]

He cleared his throat, staring sideways for a moment. "It can't be that simple."

[perfectcosmos]

"Why not? I want her, I want you, and you two want each other. Or do you not want me Neji?"

[openedthebasket]

He exhaled heavily and glanced toward her, fighting a flush that threatened to rise to his cheeks. "Such a thing has not been proper for generations."

[perfectcosmos]

She leaned up on her toes and rubbed their noses together. "When have I struck you as a proper kind of girl Neji?"

[guiltoftruth]

"... I don't really care about being 'proper' either, you know that Neji."

[openedthebasket]

He made a soft sound of surprise at the familiar gesture, meeting her eyes before glancing to Sasuke, trying to see if she'd reacted poorly. "I would consider myself proper," he pointed out stiffly. "I would not wish to see something such as this treated... casually."

[perfectcosmos]

She rolled her eyes then, noticing his worry and deciding to address it... by turning her head and kissing Sasuke full on the lips.

[guiltoftruth]

Her breath caught and she stared, flushed and more than a little surprised by the sudden kiss. It was hesitant, but she did start kissing back - albeit, she was more than a little thrown off and kind of embarrassed, but she was returning it of her own volition.

[openedthebasket]

Neji just froze. Propriety said to look away, but the expected possessiveness over, well, either of them didn't arise. "Ah..."

That didn't answer his question at all, but they both seemed to be enjoying themselves...

[perfectcosmos]

She lingered for a moment, bringing her hand up to cradle Sasuke's cheek. She wasn't clueless about kisses, and decided to override the embarrassment, if she could, her other arm staying hooked around Neji.

[guiltoftruth]

She felt flushed and flustered by the time Ino pulled away, clearing her throat before taking a breath and looking to Neji - making sure to not move away from either of them while she did, "What's casual about it?"

[openedthebasket]

"Ah..." There was a definite tinge of pink to his cheeks now as he tried to regain the thread of argument from before. "I believe that is what I had asked both of you."

[perfectcosmos]

"You're so cute like that." Ino turned her head and brushed a kiss against the corner of Neji's lips, smiling. "I intend to keep you."

[guiltoftruth]

"I'm not exactly going to change my mind, either."

[openedthebasket]

"I am hardly--" he started to protest, but fell silent at the almost-kiss. Clearing his throat, he stared toward a bare patch of wall, trying to regain his focus. "How would this work...?"

[perfectcosmos]

"Well I'm not moving out of here just yet, but I don't see where it's complicated...?"

[guiltoftruth]

That got Sasuke's attention and a sigh, and she bowed her head just a little before she spoke softly, "I still have to talk to my father about this."

[openedthebasket]

"As do I, assuming this is to be something that we would be perfectly up-front about." If anything, his cheeks only colored further as he kept his eyes firmly on the wall. "In addition, there is the matter of time together, how it is divided, what respective statuses would be..."

[perfectcosmos]

Ino rolled her eyes at them both and hugged them closer. "First. If your parents gave a flying hell about their kids being in threesomes I'm sure someone would have jumped on Itachi-sama by now. Second, if they're planning on jumping on Neji then I doubt Mikoto will stand for it, right? Last I checked, she liked him. Did that change? As for time... Well, you'll have to see me and I doubt you'll have any issues seeing each other. Now statuses... Neji, you're my boyfriend, Sasuke, you're my girlfriend. Congratulations."

[guiltoftruth]

Sasuke just nodded, finally hesitantly reaching an arm up to pull herself closer to Neji and Ino with closed eyes, "... Mm."

There was no way it was as easy as Ino made it sound but... She wanted this. And she was used to taking the hard road anyway.

[openedthebasket]

This was far too easy as he looked to both of them. But if it would make them both happy, if neither of them objected... he certainly couldn't.

But those words, boyfriend, girlfriend. He still didn't like the sound of them, too casual. That was something for another discussion, though, something to be dealt with another time, once they had discerned what exactly it was they were doing, here. "Then... I shall do my best to ensure this remains something that you both want," he murmured finally, glancing to them both.

[perfectcosmos]

If you want something less casual you had to ask for it Neji, sorry. You haven't been intimate to get pegged a lover for her. "I really doubt you have to worry about that. You're a good guy Neji."

[guiltoftruth]

Sasuke only nodded in agreement, although that made her feel just a slight bit anxious about how she was seen by them. She didn't let it get to her right then and there, but it'd be something to think about later.

"... What do we do with this now?"

[openedthebasket]

"That would seem to be the most pressing question." Neji exhaled quietly and let one hand come up to just gently brush through one of Sasuke's bangs, his other turning to brush his knuckles over Ino's cheek in a barely-there gesture. What was permitted, and with whom?