Title:Breaking Point (Part 16)
Pairings/Characters:ShoxAiba, JunxOC, ShoxAibaxNino (friendship) / Ohno
Genre/Rating:Fluff, AU, Friendship, Romance / G
Word Count:1365
Disclaimer:I own nothing but this plot
Summary:Masaki's ignoring him since the event that happened at the amusement park, but Sho is at a complete loss.
Fanfic Masterpost Masaki hadn’t spoken to him since the day of the amusement park. And since then, Sho didn’t know anything anymore. When they made eye contact, Sho felt all weird in a good way that he didn’t know how to explain and all he could remember was Masaki’s lips against his own. Oh, it was so soft and it tasted like cotton candy… Sho shook his head violently and slapped himself three times on his left cheek. What the hell was the thinking?! Masaki’s his brother and what happened in the ferris wheel ride was just an accident. Maybe Masaki avoiding him was a good thing…
“I’m getting tired of you guys making me run from one side to another!” Nino suddenly yelled as he stomped towards Sho from the other side of the roof, where Masaki was. “Did you two fight?! Go and resolve it, I don’t want to be your friggin messenger anymore!”
Sho rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. He really felt guilty towards Nino, but it couldn’t be help with the situation they were in. It’s not like they could go back to being normal after what happened, and especially when Masaki decided to ignore him. “It’s not that we fought… we’re just in an awkward situation.”
“Then fix it,” Nino grumbled angrily as he grabbed his untouched lunchbox from Sho’s lap and headed towards the little shack. Sho watched Nino force the door open and he heard his feet stomping loudly on the stairs before the door finally closed.
Once Nino was gone, Sho dared to look up. He saw his brother, sitting far, far away from him, slowly munching on the lunch their newly hired chef (unfortunately, the chef still made those healthy lunches for them) made for them this morning. He wondered what his brother was thinking at the moment every time he saw Masaki’s face turn into different expressions from: happy, depressed, troubled, and it repeated for a while. When finally, Masaki looked up as well. They stared at each other for who knows how long. Sho could tell that Masaki wanted to talk to him badly, but at the same time Masaki seemed so reluctant about it. Sho, too, wanted to talk to him… but how would they even start a conversation? It’s not like they could easily talk about what happened so casually like it was any other topic they talked endlessly about.
When Masaki finally looked away, Sho groaned. How could he be such a coward, and to his little brother?! When they were kids, they vowed to tell each other everything, even if whatever it was would hurt either of them in a way. Even when they used to fight over toys or food -- which was never serious -- they still talked to each other no matter what after they forgave each other by deciding to share. But the situation now… It was obvious either of them had been in this situation, so what were they supposed to do? Sho was at a loss. He wished that someone could help him, and things would be all better. Unfortunately, there was no one, not even Nino who couldn’t stand them at the moment.
The end of lunch bell rang, shaking Sho out of his thoughts. When he looked up, however, Masaki was no longer sitting across from him. Masaki must have left while he got himself distracted and confused. Speaking of which, Sho’s head was starting to hurt…
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Masaki walked home with Nino, and Sho wished that he could go with them, but he knew he couldn’t. So he waited until they were out of sight and Sho decided to go home as well.
It was awfully quiet without Masaki and Nino. He had grown quite used to being around them that he could never imagine walking home without them, but who would have thought that it would happen now, of all the days. Sho dreaded Nino’s rude remarks about the brothers, or about anyone for that matter, his jokes and pranks no matter how much a pain in the ass it was; and he dreared for Masaki’s nonsensical stories, his laughter, and the occasional glances Masaki gave him… He missed being with a company. Just him, by himself, was so boring and it was uneventful.
“Hey, watch where you’re going.”
Sho apologized when he realized he had bumped into someone and noticed that he was no longer on the path back home. Just how distracted was he? He found himself standing in the middle of the busy crossing street in Harajuku and wondered how the hell he even got there. Harajuku was almost a mile away from their school and it was a pretty long walk, but because he was distracted, it seemed like he had transported to Harajuku within a minute.
“Damn,” he cursed under his breath and turned around. He had to go home right now, to see if Masaki made it home safely… Who was he kidding? Masaki was probably back home already, in his room just to avoid seeing Sho. He decided to give Masaki a break instead, and turned back around, hoping that Harajuku would distract him instead of the thoughts of Masaki.
He passed by numerous shops that Masaki would have wanted to go in, but unfortunately Masaki wasn’t with him at the moment… And yet, there he was, thinking of his brother once again. What was wrong with him?! Before all this happened, his thoughts were consumed of Masaki because he was with Masaki 24/7. Was being away from Masaki causing all this? No, it definitely wasn’t. Even before the thing happened over the weekend, Sho always thought of Masaki. Like how was Masaki’s health? How was Masaki feeling? Masaki this and that! Since when had he been so consumed on the thought of Masaki?! Sho groaned in desperation, wishing that he someone or something could give him answers, but it’s not like friggin’ Gandalf himself would show up for Sho and give him some answers and wisdom…
Just then, someone bumped into him. He saw that it was a man, who was in such a rush that the man seemed like a blur as he ran past other people. But upon closer look, Sho noticed the briefcase the man was holding, and it looked awfully a lot like Jun’s. With the man in sight, he followed him until the man finally came to a stop in front of a lavish restaurant. Sho wanted to go in, but in order to do that he had to reserve a spot. Instead, he waited for the man to come out, but all of a sudden he saw his mother walk out of the restaurant. Followed by a distressed Jun who kept calling for his mother’s name. Sho had the urge to approach them and question them both as to where they have been, but then he saw something that made him regret following Jun: Jun grabbed his mother’s arm and pulled her forcefully onto her chest, and they stared at each other silently for a whole hour before Jun let her arm go, cupped her cheeks and kissed her. Sho seriously thought his mother was going to fight back, but then she put her arms around Jun’s neck and leaned in to the kiss with a tiny moan.
Sho stood there, shocked, angry and heart-broken at the same time. How long has this been going on? Was this the reason why his mother and Jun were barely around the past two weeks? Sho couldn’t go on with this anymore. With Masaki ignoring him, his confusion, and then now his mother and Jun were having an affair… Sho’s whole world was coming down. Everything was going to the wrong direction and he had no one to turn to. He usually had Masaki, but now...
Sho took his phone out of his pocket and dialed a number. He had just seen the man on Saturday, but he felt like Ohno was the only one he could talk to at this point. When Ohno finally picked up, Sho wept as he said, “Help me, Ohno-san.”
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A/N: Oh, things are heating up! Sorry for it being slow.
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