Arashi - AU - Thank You for the Rain - 6/30
Title: Thank You for the Rain
Chapter: 6/?
Fandom: Arashi
Pairing: several
Word count: 1478
Notes: I don't really have much to say about this chapter. Only... I love Nino and Sho. And Aiba. >D
chapter 1 | chapter 2 | chapter 3 | chapter 4 | chapter 5
06. Aiba: An incident in the train.
This new guy wouldn’t stop talking.
For the past ten minutes that they had spent on the train platform waiting for their train and the following five minutes that they had spent in the train, Ninomiya just wouldn’t shut up. Aiba felt like smiling at the boy and his unending chain of topics and opinions and jokes, but then he remembered that he was supposed to be annoyed about the completely shameless way Ninomiya had attached himself on him, never asking if Aiba even wanted any company.
The thing was... He actually liked listening to him.
“You know... is our chemistry teacher brewing something for himself in the school lab or something? That guy obviously doesn’t have all his brain cells intact anymore. And the things he lets us get away with... He just might be my favourite teacher,” Ninomiya said, leaving Aiba wondering how he had ended up from the topic of baseball to talking about their chemistry teacher.
Aiba laughed out loud and surprised himself. He wasn’t supposed to be enjoying himself, was he? It just was quite hard not to, with this guy. “Um, Mr. Domoto is a bit weird, yeah,” he had to agree. “But there’s nothing really wrong in the way he teaches us. It’s not like you won’t learn anything in his class.”
Ninomiya gave him a brilliant, delighted smile. “I kind of prefer it when you use more than one word to answer to me. Why do you do that anyway?”
Aiba shrugged. “Habit, I guess. Also, people complain about Mr. Domoto a lot, so I’ve kind of gotten bored of hearing about it. But this might be the first time that anyone has first called him crazy and then named him his favourite teacher.”
“Really? I would have thought that a lot of people would find him really interesting.”
“Most people just think he’s crazy.”
“I liked his fish-shaped tie,” Ninomiya grinned. The mischievous expression on his face made Aiba laugh out loud again.
“Now, this is definitely the first time I ever hear someone complimenting his clothes.”
“People around here really don’t have a sense of humour, do they? Everyone’s so boring.” Ninomiya made a face. “I don’t get it. You have these amazing characters in your school and the best person you people find to idolize is that Sakurai Sho. How completely uninteresting.”
“Oh, Sakurai?” Aiba asked. He didn’t know why he was that surprised that Ninomiya already knew about him.
“Yeah. I met him,” Ninomiya shrugged. “Are you one of his fans too?”
“Not really. I don’t really care enough to start fanboying someone like that. It’s just completely pointless. Though it is pretty fascinating how he manages to keep everyone so interested in him.”
“I bet he’s one of those people who stick their noses into everything, even if it’s not their business at all.”
“Like private conversations?” A new voice suddenly said. Aiba turned and saw Sakurai standing there, looking like he couldn’t decide if he was amused or annoyed.
Aiba made a face and could feel himself blushing from shame. This was awkward. Of course something like this would happen. Of course.
Sho stepped closer to them. “Though because you were actually talking about me, it’s okay to get involved, right?”
“So what if we were talking about you?” Nino said and Aiba couldn’t believe how unfazed the other seemed to be. This whole situation was so embarrassing, and Nino didn’t seem to be at all affected. “I would have thought - with your school idol status and all - that you would have gotten used to hearing people talk about you.”
“Well, people talk about me, yes, but usually they don’t make accusations like that without knowing me. At least not when I’m around to hear.”
“Oh, you want to prove me wrong?” Nino asked, raising one eyebrow.
“I just want to tell you that if you have anything to say about me, you can come and tell it to my face, instead of just saying whatever you want to your friends. At least give me a chance to defend myself. Or don’t you have enough guts to do that?”
”Me? Not enough guts?” Nino snorted. “I just want you to wake up. Not everyone worships the ground you walk on, so you can’t go around doing whatever you want.” Nino was really looking for a fight, wasn’t he? Aiba wondered what Sho had done to get Nino so angry at him.
“Since when have I done something to you? I don’t even know who you are. We just met today for the first time! And that means that you don’t know me at all either, so you don’t really have any right to say anything about me,” Sho defended himself.
Okay, Aiba was getting confused. Why were these two fighting at all?
“Well, I know you are ignorant and self-assured enough to ignore the people around you. Like Jun-kun earlier today.”
“I didn’t see him! He was practically hiding!”
Who was Jun-kun? What was going on?
“And you were rude.”
“That was you!” Sho exclaimed, starting to sound frustrated. “You barged in there, insulted me, my friend and that Jun-kun of yours and then just left!”
Nino still didn’t in to Sho at all, even after this outburst. Aiba kind of admired him for that. Even if the whole argument seemed a bit bizarre to him.
“You laughed at Jun,” Nino said, still sounding completely calm.
“I didn’t! Okay, so Yuichi did, but he’s just inconsiderate. It’s not like we were being mean on purpose!”
Nino rolled his eyes. “I don’t like you.”
“Why? I haven’t done anything to you.”
“I just don’t.”
It was actually quite fascinating to watch. These two completely forgot everything about their surroundings and got completely immersed into their fight. People were giving them nervous glances and moving away from them, and neither seemed to notice anything. Aiba wondered which one would win. Sho was probably right, but Nino was stubborn, that much Aiba had been able to understand already.
”You can’t just decide to hate someone!” Sho was getting exasperated. But, weirdly, it didn’t feel like either of them were really mad. Nino was purposefully annoying and Sho was frustrated, but they weren’t angry and didn’t seem to be even getting angry. Aiba felt no threat of them getting violent. It was the weirdest fight he had ever witnessed.
“I don’t like the way you look. And I don’t like the way you argue and you are just annoying in general.” Nino crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Sho with narrowed eyes.
Aiba thought that Nino was actually enjoying himself. A lot. He was glad that Nino had decided to like him, instead of this.
Poor Sho.
Sho stared back at Nino for a while, before suddenly grinning. “What’s your name?” he asked.
The question surprised both Aiba and Nino.
Nino blinked. “Ninomiya Kazunari,” he said, apparently too surprised to come up with anything mean to say.
“Okay, Ninomiya Kazunari. I’m going to prove you wrong. Just watch me,” Sho flashed a quick smile. Then he turned and walked away from them, leaving Nino staring daggers into his back.
Aiba felt like laughing, but knew better. Nino was looking dissatisfied. Sho had somehow won the argument and Nino obviously didn’t like it.
“I don’t like him,” Nino muttered once more.
The train came to a stop and Nino glanced out of the window, suddenly forgetting his annoyance. “Shit, this is my stop! I’ll see you tomorrow at school! Let’s eat lunch together!”
Before Aiba could answer, Nino had already vanished into the crowd.
Aiba wondered when he had started calling Ninomiya “Nino” and why he hadn’t noticed it right away. Then he glanced at Sho, who was standing in the other end of the car, and wondered why it was so difficult to keep calling him Sakurai. Aiba made his way to him, feeling like he should somehow apologize in behalf of Nino.
“Um, hi?” he muttered, half expecting Sho to ignore him, but Sho turned his head and smiled instead.
“Hi?” Sho looked friendly and completely fine.
It definitely had been the weirdest fight ever.
“I’m sorry about Nino. I just met him today, but I don’t think he’s usually that mean. I guess he had a bad day... He’s actually pretty nice.”
“Oh? People call him Nino?” Sho asked, sounding interested.
Did these two like fighting? Did they just do it for fun, whenever possible? What the hell was wrong with these people? Why wasn’t anyone mad?
“Uh, well, he told me that his friends call him Nino and that I should too,” Aiba shrugged. “I guess I’m his friend then.”
Sho laughed. “I guess.”
Aiba wondered if Nino made other people to get headaches like this too, or if it was just him.
Chapter: 6/?
Fandom: Arashi
Pairing: several
Word count: 1478
Notes: I don't really have much to say about this chapter. Only... I love Nino and Sho. And Aiba. >D
chapter 1 | chapter 2 | chapter 3 | chapter 4 | chapter 5
06. Aiba: An incident in the train.
This new guy wouldn’t stop talking.
For the past ten minutes that they had spent on the train platform waiting for their train and the following five minutes that they had spent in the train, Ninomiya just wouldn’t shut up. Aiba felt like smiling at the boy and his unending chain of topics and opinions and jokes, but then he remembered that he was supposed to be annoyed about the completely shameless way Ninomiya had attached himself on him, never asking if Aiba even wanted any company.
The thing was... He actually liked listening to him.
“You know... is our chemistry teacher brewing something for himself in the school lab or something? That guy obviously doesn’t have all his brain cells intact anymore. And the things he lets us get away with... He just might be my favourite teacher,” Ninomiya said, leaving Aiba wondering how he had ended up from the topic of baseball to talking about their chemistry teacher.
Aiba laughed out loud and surprised himself. He wasn’t supposed to be enjoying himself, was he? It just was quite hard not to, with this guy. “Um, Mr. Domoto is a bit weird, yeah,” he had to agree. “But there’s nothing really wrong in the way he teaches us. It’s not like you won’t learn anything in his class.”
Ninomiya gave him a brilliant, delighted smile. “I kind of prefer it when you use more than one word to answer to me. Why do you do that anyway?”
Aiba shrugged. “Habit, I guess. Also, people complain about Mr. Domoto a lot, so I’ve kind of gotten bored of hearing about it. But this might be the first time that anyone has first called him crazy and then named him his favourite teacher.”
“Really? I would have thought that a lot of people would find him really interesting.”
“Most people just think he’s crazy.”
“I liked his fish-shaped tie,” Ninomiya grinned. The mischievous expression on his face made Aiba laugh out loud again.
“Now, this is definitely the first time I ever hear someone complimenting his clothes.”
“People around here really don’t have a sense of humour, do they? Everyone’s so boring.” Ninomiya made a face. “I don’t get it. You have these amazing characters in your school and the best person you people find to idolize is that Sakurai Sho. How completely uninteresting.”
“Oh, Sakurai?” Aiba asked. He didn’t know why he was that surprised that Ninomiya already knew about him.
“Yeah. I met him,” Ninomiya shrugged. “Are you one of his fans too?”
“Not really. I don’t really care enough to start fanboying someone like that. It’s just completely pointless. Though it is pretty fascinating how he manages to keep everyone so interested in him.”
“I bet he’s one of those people who stick their noses into everything, even if it’s not their business at all.”
“Like private conversations?” A new voice suddenly said. Aiba turned and saw Sakurai standing there, looking like he couldn’t decide if he was amused or annoyed.
Aiba made a face and could feel himself blushing from shame. This was awkward. Of course something like this would happen. Of course.
Sho stepped closer to them. “Though because you were actually talking about me, it’s okay to get involved, right?”
“So what if we were talking about you?” Nino said and Aiba couldn’t believe how unfazed the other seemed to be. This whole situation was so embarrassing, and Nino didn’t seem to be at all affected. “I would have thought - with your school idol status and all - that you would have gotten used to hearing people talk about you.”
“Well, people talk about me, yes, but usually they don’t make accusations like that without knowing me. At least not when I’m around to hear.”
“Oh, you want to prove me wrong?” Nino asked, raising one eyebrow.
“I just want to tell you that if you have anything to say about me, you can come and tell it to my face, instead of just saying whatever you want to your friends. At least give me a chance to defend myself. Or don’t you have enough guts to do that?”
”Me? Not enough guts?” Nino snorted. “I just want you to wake up. Not everyone worships the ground you walk on, so you can’t go around doing whatever you want.” Nino was really looking for a fight, wasn’t he? Aiba wondered what Sho had done to get Nino so angry at him.
“Since when have I done something to you? I don’t even know who you are. We just met today for the first time! And that means that you don’t know me at all either, so you don’t really have any right to say anything about me,” Sho defended himself.
Okay, Aiba was getting confused. Why were these two fighting at all?
“Well, I know you are ignorant and self-assured enough to ignore the people around you. Like Jun-kun earlier today.”
“I didn’t see him! He was practically hiding!”
Who was Jun-kun? What was going on?
“And you were rude.”
“That was you!” Sho exclaimed, starting to sound frustrated. “You barged in there, insulted me, my friend and that Jun-kun of yours and then just left!”
Nino still didn’t in to Sho at all, even after this outburst. Aiba kind of admired him for that. Even if the whole argument seemed a bit bizarre to him.
“You laughed at Jun,” Nino said, still sounding completely calm.
“I didn’t! Okay, so Yuichi did, but he’s just inconsiderate. It’s not like we were being mean on purpose!”
Nino rolled his eyes. “I don’t like you.”
“Why? I haven’t done anything to you.”
“I just don’t.”
It was actually quite fascinating to watch. These two completely forgot everything about their surroundings and got completely immersed into their fight. People were giving them nervous glances and moving away from them, and neither seemed to notice anything. Aiba wondered which one would win. Sho was probably right, but Nino was stubborn, that much Aiba had been able to understand already.
”You can’t just decide to hate someone!” Sho was getting exasperated. But, weirdly, it didn’t feel like either of them were really mad. Nino was purposefully annoying and Sho was frustrated, but they weren’t angry and didn’t seem to be even getting angry. Aiba felt no threat of them getting violent. It was the weirdest fight he had ever witnessed.
“I don’t like the way you look. And I don’t like the way you argue and you are just annoying in general.” Nino crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Sho with narrowed eyes.
Aiba thought that Nino was actually enjoying himself. A lot. He was glad that Nino had decided to like him, instead of this.
Poor Sho.
Sho stared back at Nino for a while, before suddenly grinning. “What’s your name?” he asked.
The question surprised both Aiba and Nino.
Nino blinked. “Ninomiya Kazunari,” he said, apparently too surprised to come up with anything mean to say.
“Okay, Ninomiya Kazunari. I’m going to prove you wrong. Just watch me,” Sho flashed a quick smile. Then he turned and walked away from them, leaving Nino staring daggers into his back.
Aiba felt like laughing, but knew better. Nino was looking dissatisfied. Sho had somehow won the argument and Nino obviously didn’t like it.
“I don’t like him,” Nino muttered once more.
The train came to a stop and Nino glanced out of the window, suddenly forgetting his annoyance. “Shit, this is my stop! I’ll see you tomorrow at school! Let’s eat lunch together!”
Before Aiba could answer, Nino had already vanished into the crowd.
Aiba wondered when he had started calling Ninomiya “Nino” and why he hadn’t noticed it right away. Then he glanced at Sho, who was standing in the other end of the car, and wondered why it was so difficult to keep calling him Sakurai. Aiba made his way to him, feeling like he should somehow apologize in behalf of Nino.
“Um, hi?” he muttered, half expecting Sho to ignore him, but Sho turned his head and smiled instead.
“Hi?” Sho looked friendly and completely fine.
It definitely had been the weirdest fight ever.
“I’m sorry about Nino. I just met him today, but I don’t think he’s usually that mean. I guess he had a bad day... He’s actually pretty nice.”
“Oh? People call him Nino?” Sho asked, sounding interested.
Did these two like fighting? Did they just do it for fun, whenever possible? What the hell was wrong with these people? Why wasn’t anyone mad?
“Uh, well, he told me that his friends call him Nino and that I should too,” Aiba shrugged. “I guess I’m his friend then.”
Sho laughed. “I guess.”
Aiba wondered if Nino made other people to get headaches like this too, or if it was just him.