“O.S.?” asked the man. “Oh! The initials! It stands for Ohno Satoshi- My name is Satoshi!” said the man, pointing to himself with a smile playing on his lips. The smile almost killed Nino on the spot.
“O-Ohno Satoshi….that’s what O.S. stands for!?!” Nino did not where to look, at the painting or at the man standing in front of it. The artist Nino thought he was in love with was standing right in front of him and he was a hundred times more captivating than his painting. Nino cleared his throat for the second time since Ohno had walked in.
“My name is Ninomiya Kazunari. I’m the person who bought that-your painting!”
Ohno turned around and looked at Nino. “Really? You did?” And after a pause, “Why don’t you take it home? Do you not like it anymore?” Ohno’s eyes looked sadly towards the painting.
“No! Yes! No! I mean I love the painting and it's artist a lot---!” Nino stopped suddenly, realizing what he had just said. It was one thing to fantasize about being in love with someone and it was something completely different to tell a person you just met that you loved him. Nino looked around to see ‘the artist’s’ reaction. Ohno was looking at him with disbelief and quickly turned around to face the painting when he found Nino watching him. But Nino could see his ears and they were bright red in color, and his fingers were nervously picking on the edge of his tee shirt. Nino had not wanted to make Ohno feel uncomfortable.
Nino had fallen in love all over again with the artist. Knowing that it was a man had not changed anything. In fact, he had fallen hard in love with Satoshi the moment he had set his eyes on him.
“Wow! I’m already thinking of him as Satoshi!!! This has to be fate!!”
“I’m sorry. I just meant to say I love the artist-I mean the painting-Ah! I mean--.” He took a deep breath to calm his nerves down.
“I meant to say, I’ve always loved this painting; I love all your paintings. I’m your fan! I have almost all your paintings except a few that someone else bought before I found it!!” Nino was trying to reassure Ohno that he liked his paintings and he also wanted to make sure he was not thought of as a strange man who confessed his love to someone he had just met.
“Ah~~ Arigatou! I love this painting the most among all my paintings too!” said Ohno, with a shy smile.
“Are you free now? Do you mind having a cup of coffee together?” Nino had just blurted out what he was thinking. He was shocked at himself and wasn’t surprised that Ohno seemed just as shocked as he was. But, Ohno nodded, instead of walking away from the weird man in front of him who was inviting him to coffee.
“Okay! Let me just drop off the paintings I brought with me.” Saying this, Ohno went to the back room of the store and Nino went outside to wait for him.
That was the day they had met for the first time. They had gone out for coffee and talked about Ohno's painting and his other hobbies (fishing) and about Nino's job and a lot of other stuff. Three hours passed by in the blink of an eye. They were completely absorbed in each other, that when Nino's cell phone rang both of them almost jumped out of their chairs. It was Nino's boss and he wanted to see him ASAP. Nino felt deflated suddenly. He did not want to leave yet. He was in love with the man Ohno, who was sitting in front of him, and he wanted to know more about him. But, after ten minutes, he had to leave. They exchanged phone numbers and promised to meet again.
And this had been five months ago.
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