Haunted: Chapter 12
Title: Haunted (12/?)
Pairing: Ohmiya
Summary: Ohno inherits a big and ramshackle mansion from a distant relative, but there is much more in his new house than it seems at first sight.
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1521
Disclaimer: The plot is mine, and the wrapping is thanks to zazasukie ^__^
AN: Un-betaed and english isn't my mother tongue.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
CHAPTER 12
Nino had to admit that he was feeling slightly worried. It was already midday and Ohno hadn’t returned home yet. He nervously paced back and forth around his bedroom trying to calm his growing concern.
‘Maybe the reason behind his delay is something stupid like missing the train. Being as spacey as he is, probably he has lost it and has had to wait for the next one…’ he muttered hopefully.
Three hours later, Ohno hadn’t arrived home yet and Nino was more than worried, he was beginning to feel frantic. During all the week, he had had a vague hunch that something bad was going to happen… and now the feeling had returned with full force. He couldn’t erase from his mind the image of Ohno’s Aztec calendar broken on the floor.
‘What’s keeping him so long? Probably he was enjoying his time with his friends so much that he forgot he promised he would come back today, and has had to take the last train!’ he exclaimed angrily and resumed his nervous pace, not wanting to recognize, even to himself, how freaked out he was.
Hours later, when the sun hid behind the surrounding mountains and the sky got dark, Nino couldn’t lie to himself anymore making up excuses to explain Ohno’s delay.
‘He isn’t going to return, is he?’ he muttered sadly.
He had spent all day wandering around the house, getting more and more worried with each passing hour, and hoping against all odds for the entrance’s door to open and the young man to greet him smiling with his usual “I’m home,” like he always did.
The little ghost slowly floated through the hall in darkness and put his hands on the front door.
‘I want to go where he is… Perhaps this time…’ he murmured quietly and pushed through the closed door with hope.
His hands stopped midway inside the tick wooden door, facing the mysterious barrier that had always kept him trapped inside the mansion.
‘Why, why can’t be different this time?" he whispered with broken voice, a single tear rolling down his cheek. The truth was he had long realized how solitary, how empty had been his existence till he met Ohno... and the simply idea of loosing the young man scared him to the point of making him want to disappear, to vanish in the air once and for all.
~~
Nino awoke from his depressed trance hearing the sound of a car parking in front of the manor’s entrance. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around the hall lightened by the sunlight.
Hearing some voices too, the little ghost realised that he hadn’t imagined the car’s sounds, and hurriedly got up from the floor and approached a window to look outside. He didn’t want to let his hopes fly high, but he couldn’t suppress a small shiver of anticipation.
‘Oh-chan has come back!’ he whispered in awe. The feeling of relief was so strong that he felt almost intoxicated.
‘But, why is he using a crutch? What has happened to him?’ he murmured a bit worried. Nonetheless, Nino was euphoric seeing Oh-chan slowly approaching the house’s entrance.
~~
Ohno opened with difficulty the car’s door and carefully put his injured feet on the ground.
‘Wait a moment! Let me bring you your crutch closer!’ yelled Sho getting hurriedly out of the car. He took out the crutch behind the driver’s seat and gave it to Ohno.
‘Do you want me to stay with you some days? At least till your ankle gets better,’ he asked worriedly, looking Ohno’s difficulties to get out the car.
‘It’s not really necessary, Sho-kun. I know you have to finish an important project this week and my sprain isn’t that serious. I’ll be fine by myself,’ Ohno reassured him with a smile.
‘If you’re sure…’ Sho answered hesitantly, still not completely comfortable with the idea of leaving Ohno alone.
‘Yes, don’t worry,’ Ohno tried to keep his balance leaning on the crutch.
‘I’ll call you daily,’ Sho warned him.
‘Ok, I’ll be waiting for your call, mom,’ Ohno laughed.
Sho smiled a bit embarrassed. After hugging Ohno goodbye, he finally got in the car and drove out the mansion’s garden.
Ohno waved till Sho disappeared through the wrought-iron gates and then went towards the manor’s entrance struggling with the crutch. As soon as the young man opened the door, Nino launched himself towards him.
‘Oh-chan! You’ve come back!’ the little ghost purred wrapping himself around a stunned Ohno.
‘Of course I’ve come back. Why wouldn’t I?’ he asked still surprised by the ghost’s affectionate greeting.
‘But you broke your promise! You didn’t return yesterday!’ Nino whined.
‘Well…’ Ohno tried to explain what had happened.
‘And how did the exhibition go? What has happened to your leg? Who was that man in the car?’ Nino kept asking questions to the young man without pause. ‘Did you miss me as much as I did?’ he wanted to ask too, but he didn’t dare to say it aloud.
‘Let me rest my foot first and I’ll tell you everything,’ the young man laughed weakly and sat on one of the chairs of the sitting room with a tired expression. He looked at Nino’s expectant face and sighed satisfied.
‘The exhibition was a great success,’ he explained to the little ghost, ‘Art critics said that they were astonished by the incredibly quality of the art pieces. A rich couple bought three paintings and they commissioned me another one. Matsumoto-san, the owner of the gallery, was delighted with the exhibition success and talked to me about doing another one in six months.’
Nino smiled proud of him, ‘And your leg? he asked pointing at Ohno’s ankle’s bandages.
‘The last night, I was returning to my hotel when a car appeared out of nowhere and almost run over me. Fortunately I was able to dodge it, but I slipped and fell to the ground, hitting my head and spraining my ankle. The hit knocked me out,’ he laughed a bit embarrassed.
‘But you dodged the car!’ Nino reassured him, patting his head soothingly.
‘After that, the doctors insisted to keep me under observation for 24 hours… That’s why I couldn’t come back sooner,' he explained with an apologetic smile. ‘You know, I missed you terribly during this week,’ Ohno added, and leaned to open his suitcase without noticing the shocked face of the little ghost. ‘I have a present for you~,’ he commented cheerfully rummaging through the suitcase’s contents.
The young man got really surprised when Nino hugged him without a word.
‘What's the matter?’ he asked a bit worried.
‘Nothing, it’s just… I missed you too,’ Nino murmured softly.
Ohno smiled and patted the little ghost’s head affectionately.
~~
‘A package from my great-grandfather’s lawyer has arrived. I wonder what it contains...’ Ohno closed the entrance’s door, trying to keep his balance with the crutch, the package and the bag full of food that the delivery boy has just left in his hands.
Nino shrugged his shoulders and floated beside him towards the kitchen. Since the accident, the little ghost had refused to leave Ohno’s side even for a single minute. The young man had had to talk really seriously with him to prevent Nino from being present when he bathed - what he didn’t know was that the stubborn ghost kept stealthy spying on him through the farthest bathroom’s wall to avoid being detected.
‘Mmmm? Where are the scissors?’ Ohno asked rummaging through the kitchen’s drawers.
‘I think you left them in your studio,’ the ghost reminded him.
Ohno went up the stairs and entered his studio. After several minutes rummaging through the drawers of his worktable, he finally found the scissors under a pile of cloths he had been using to decorate his figurines.
In the way back to the kitchen, he was chatting animatedly with the ghost when he suddenly tripped and began to fall down the stairs. Nino tried to hold him instinctively, but his hand passed through Ohno’s arm. Fortunately, thanks to Ohno’s quick reflexes, the young man was able to stop his fall grabbing desperately the marble banister.
He sighed with relief and tried to calm his heart’s fast beating. Seconds later, he turned around rubbing his pained hip, a bit surprised by the ghost’s lack of response. As soon as he saw Nino’s stiff figure, he knew that something was wrong.
‘Nino?’ he asked with worry, going up the stairs to face the little ghost.
Nino didn’t answer, he kept looking at the space with a blank face and didn’t seem to notice that Ohno was standing in front of him.
‘Nino? What’s the matter?’ he passed a hand in front of Nino’s face without getting any response.
‘Nino?... NINO!’ he yelled terrified by the ghost’s strange behaviour.
He desperately tried to snap Nino out of his trance but his hands passed though the ghost’s body pointlessly. The ghost didn’t change his expression or make any movement that showed that he was aware in any way of his surroundings.
The young man felt powerless and his eyes wetted with teary frustration.
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Pairing: Ohmiya
Summary: Ohno inherits a big and ramshackle mansion from a distant relative, but there is much more in his new house than it seems at first sight.
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1521
Disclaimer: The plot is mine, and the wrapping is thanks to zazasukie ^__^
AN: Un-betaed and english isn't my mother tongue.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
CHAPTER 12
Nino had to admit that he was feeling slightly worried. It was already midday and Ohno hadn’t returned home yet. He nervously paced back and forth around his bedroom trying to calm his growing concern.
‘Maybe the reason behind his delay is something stupid like missing the train. Being as spacey as he is, probably he has lost it and has had to wait for the next one…’ he muttered hopefully.
Three hours later, Ohno hadn’t arrived home yet and Nino was more than worried, he was beginning to feel frantic. During all the week, he had had a vague hunch that something bad was going to happen… and now the feeling had returned with full force. He couldn’t erase from his mind the image of Ohno’s Aztec calendar broken on the floor.
‘What’s keeping him so long? Probably he was enjoying his time with his friends so much that he forgot he promised he would come back today, and has had to take the last train!’ he exclaimed angrily and resumed his nervous pace, not wanting to recognize, even to himself, how freaked out he was.
Hours later, when the sun hid behind the surrounding mountains and the sky got dark, Nino couldn’t lie to himself anymore making up excuses to explain Ohno’s delay.
‘He isn’t going to return, is he?’ he muttered sadly.
He had spent all day wandering around the house, getting more and more worried with each passing hour, and hoping against all odds for the entrance’s door to open and the young man to greet him smiling with his usual “I’m home,” like he always did.
The little ghost slowly floated through the hall in darkness and put his hands on the front door.
‘I want to go where he is… Perhaps this time…’ he murmured quietly and pushed through the closed door with hope.
His hands stopped midway inside the tick wooden door, facing the mysterious barrier that had always kept him trapped inside the mansion.
‘Why, why can’t be different this time?" he whispered with broken voice, a single tear rolling down his cheek. The truth was he had long realized how solitary, how empty had been his existence till he met Ohno... and the simply idea of loosing the young man scared him to the point of making him want to disappear, to vanish in the air once and for all.
~~
Nino awoke from his depressed trance hearing the sound of a car parking in front of the manor’s entrance. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around the hall lightened by the sunlight.
Hearing some voices too, the little ghost realised that he hadn’t imagined the car’s sounds, and hurriedly got up from the floor and approached a window to look outside. He didn’t want to let his hopes fly high, but he couldn’t suppress a small shiver of anticipation.
‘Oh-chan has come back!’ he whispered in awe. The feeling of relief was so strong that he felt almost intoxicated.
‘But, why is he using a crutch? What has happened to him?’ he murmured a bit worried. Nonetheless, Nino was euphoric seeing Oh-chan slowly approaching the house’s entrance.
~~
Ohno opened with difficulty the car’s door and carefully put his injured feet on the ground.
‘Wait a moment! Let me bring you your crutch closer!’ yelled Sho getting hurriedly out of the car. He took out the crutch behind the driver’s seat and gave it to Ohno.
‘Do you want me to stay with you some days? At least till your ankle gets better,’ he asked worriedly, looking Ohno’s difficulties to get out the car.
‘It’s not really necessary, Sho-kun. I know you have to finish an important project this week and my sprain isn’t that serious. I’ll be fine by myself,’ Ohno reassured him with a smile.
‘If you’re sure…’ Sho answered hesitantly, still not completely comfortable with the idea of leaving Ohno alone.
‘Yes, don’t worry,’ Ohno tried to keep his balance leaning on the crutch.
‘I’ll call you daily,’ Sho warned him.
‘Ok, I’ll be waiting for your call, mom,’ Ohno laughed.
Sho smiled a bit embarrassed. After hugging Ohno goodbye, he finally got in the car and drove out the mansion’s garden.
Ohno waved till Sho disappeared through the wrought-iron gates and then went towards the manor’s entrance struggling with the crutch. As soon as the young man opened the door, Nino launched himself towards him.
‘Oh-chan! You’ve come back!’ the little ghost purred wrapping himself around a stunned Ohno.
‘Of course I’ve come back. Why wouldn’t I?’ he asked still surprised by the ghost’s affectionate greeting.
‘But you broke your promise! You didn’t return yesterday!’ Nino whined.
‘Well…’ Ohno tried to explain what had happened.
‘And how did the exhibition go? What has happened to your leg? Who was that man in the car?’ Nino kept asking questions to the young man without pause. ‘Did you miss me as much as I did?’ he wanted to ask too, but he didn’t dare to say it aloud.
‘Let me rest my foot first and I’ll tell you everything,’ the young man laughed weakly and sat on one of the chairs of the sitting room with a tired expression. He looked at Nino’s expectant face and sighed satisfied.
‘The exhibition was a great success,’ he explained to the little ghost, ‘Art critics said that they were astonished by the incredibly quality of the art pieces. A rich couple bought three paintings and they commissioned me another one. Matsumoto-san, the owner of the gallery, was delighted with the exhibition success and talked to me about doing another one in six months.’
Nino smiled proud of him, ‘And your leg? he asked pointing at Ohno’s ankle’s bandages.
‘The last night, I was returning to my hotel when a car appeared out of nowhere and almost run over me. Fortunately I was able to dodge it, but I slipped and fell to the ground, hitting my head and spraining my ankle. The hit knocked me out,’ he laughed a bit embarrassed.
‘But you dodged the car!’ Nino reassured him, patting his head soothingly.
‘After that, the doctors insisted to keep me under observation for 24 hours… That’s why I couldn’t come back sooner,' he explained with an apologetic smile. ‘You know, I missed you terribly during this week,’ Ohno added, and leaned to open his suitcase without noticing the shocked face of the little ghost. ‘I have a present for you~,’ he commented cheerfully rummaging through the suitcase’s contents.
The young man got really surprised when Nino hugged him without a word.
‘What's the matter?’ he asked a bit worried.
‘Nothing, it’s just… I missed you too,’ Nino murmured softly.
Ohno smiled and patted the little ghost’s head affectionately.
~~
‘A package from my great-grandfather’s lawyer has arrived. I wonder what it contains...’ Ohno closed the entrance’s door, trying to keep his balance with the crutch, the package and the bag full of food that the delivery boy has just left in his hands.
Nino shrugged his shoulders and floated beside him towards the kitchen. Since the accident, the little ghost had refused to leave Ohno’s side even for a single minute. The young man had had to talk really seriously with him to prevent Nino from being present when he bathed - what he didn’t know was that the stubborn ghost kept stealthy spying on him through the farthest bathroom’s wall to avoid being detected.
‘Mmmm? Where are the scissors?’ Ohno asked rummaging through the kitchen’s drawers.
‘I think you left them in your studio,’ the ghost reminded him.
Ohno went up the stairs and entered his studio. After several minutes rummaging through the drawers of his worktable, he finally found the scissors under a pile of cloths he had been using to decorate his figurines.
In the way back to the kitchen, he was chatting animatedly with the ghost when he suddenly tripped and began to fall down the stairs. Nino tried to hold him instinctively, but his hand passed through Ohno’s arm. Fortunately, thanks to Ohno’s quick reflexes, the young man was able to stop his fall grabbing desperately the marble banister.
He sighed with relief and tried to calm his heart’s fast beating. Seconds later, he turned around rubbing his pained hip, a bit surprised by the ghost’s lack of response. As soon as he saw Nino’s stiff figure, he knew that something was wrong.
‘Nino?’ he asked with worry, going up the stairs to face the little ghost.
Nino didn’t answer, he kept looking at the space with a blank face and didn’t seem to notice that Ohno was standing in front of him.
‘Nino? What’s the matter?’ he passed a hand in front of Nino’s face without getting any response.
‘Nino?... NINO!’ he yelled terrified by the ghost’s strange behaviour.
He desperately tried to snap Nino out of his trance but his hands passed though the ghost’s body pointlessly. The ghost didn’t change his expression or make any movement that showed that he was aware in any way of his surroundings.
The young man felt powerless and his eyes wetted with teary frustration.
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16