The Brat's Love - Ch.12
Title: The Brat’s Love (multi-chap)
Author: me (Saana-chan)
Pairing: Sakumiya (main), Masatoshi, JunxMao, one-sided Sakuraiba, fake Ohmiya
Rating: anything/everything between PG-13 - NC-17
Genre: angst (a lot), fluff, smut (maybe;)), some humor if I manage XD
Summary: Sometimes no matter how much you want things to happen, all you can do is wait... This goes to Nino as well. He's in love with Sho. Yet he never expected that the road to earn his love will be like this…
Warning: mentions of mpreg later
A/N: connected to my previous series You’re my Angel but not really a sequel rather the same story from a different POV (mainly Nino’s) so this cause there be the same scene’s/dialogues as in the previous story but this time the focus will be on Nino and Sho’s relationship…
Previous chapters:
Prologue: Nino’s crush Chapter 1: Wishing for the distance Chapter 2: Osaka Chapter 3: The first step? Chapter 4: The morning after Chapter 5: Changes? Chapter 6: Ups and downs Chapter 7: New life…? Chapter 8: The green-eyed monster Chapter 9: Disclosing secrets (Part I.) Chapter 10: Disclosing secrets (Part II.) Chapter 11: Disclosing secrets (Part III.)
Chapter 12: Drifting
The next day Sho walked into the dressing room strangely anxious about Nino.
When he arrived Jun was out on his dorama-shooting but Ohno and Nino were there. The younger was playing on his DS while Riidaa was napping with his head on Nino’s lap. There was nothing unusual in this scene. It was the same what greeted the members everyday almost ever since their debut. No, Sho had to correct himself, it was a scene what none could see in the past months… since this… something… started between him and Nino…
The gamer didn’t look up when he heard the door closing.
“O-ha-you, Kazu-chan!” Sho whispered into the younger boy’s ear from behind and - since Ohno was sleeping which meant they were practically alone - he planted a kiss on Nino’s neck.
The gamer tensed at the touch then pulled away from Sho with a frown on his face but he did not look up, nor stopped smashing the buttons on his DS.
Sho sighed defeated and went to the other couch. Who was he to win Nino’s attention over his game? He just needs a few hours to finish his game then he’ll be back to his normal self as always, Sho thought calmly and opened his newspaper…
But Nino wasn’t.
Not a few hours, now two days later or the next week. He was always busy with something - DS, a new song, Ohno or some other work related stuff. He didn’t cling onto Sho as he used to recently and it was the most surprising to the rapper. He didn’t shoo away Sho though, if he tried to hug him or hold his hand but he didn’t start anything or kissed Sho back; he was totally passive to the newscaster’s acts. So it’s not surprising that he didn’t let Sho stay over or agreed to go to Sho’s place. At the end of the second week, Sho started to loose his patience.
They were on their own in the green room during lunch break. Nino as always said he wasn’t hungry and Sho - hearing this - decided to skip lunch too, hoping he’ll be able to talk with Nino once they were left alone.
“Kazu! Will you talk to me?” Sho asked impatiently after twenty minutes passed in silence broken only by Nino’s plucking on his guitar.
“Eh?... Oh, Sho, you’re here!... Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention…” the younger idol said.
He shot a short glance to the rapper before lowered his head and started playing again.
Sho jumped from his seat, stomped over to where Nino was sitting and yanked the guitar from his hands roughly.
“Stop it, Nino! You're doing this since last week! What’s your problem? Did I do something wrong? Then tell me so I’ll be able to apologize for it and make up for my mistake!” the rapper demanded.
Nino looked up at him; his eyes blank as if he wasn’t even seeing the man in front of him.
“Would you, please, give me back my guitar? I was working with it…” Nino said instead answering the older man’s questions.
“No! Not until you answer to me!... And don’t lie to me, you weren’t working. You just played ‘Yume’ in the passed half an hour again and again…” Sho said firmly.
“And why should I do as you tell me? You have no right to order me around as your wish dictates!” Nino retorted jumping to his feet.
“What do you mean…?” Sho took a step back unconsciously. “I wasn’t ordering you around.. It’s just… you’re acting strange since…” Sho went silent for a second as he tried to pin-point the exact time of start to Nino’s weird behavior. “…since that scandal broke out about Aiba-chan and Ohno…”
Nino stared at Sho without a word before snatched back his guitar from the rapper’s loosened grip and turned to leave the room. Before he was able to reach the door though, it was opened by the returning Jun and Ohno.
“Oh, you’re here! Good!” Ohno said. “I wanted to ask something from you…”
“What’s it?” Sho asked both annoyed - cause they bothered them, - and relieved - cause their arrival stopped Nino’s leaving - in the same time.
“Masaki and I decided to throw a baby-shower party… Well, it was Mao-chan’s idea…” he said glancing at Jun. “…anyway, we want you to come too… Tomorrow, at Masaki’s place” Ohno said looked at them with hopeful eyes.
“Sure, anything you want, Oh-chan…” Nino smiled at Riidaa and kissed his cheek. “Now, if you excuse me, I have to find a place to practice undisturbed…” the shortest man said and left the room.
Sho moved already to follow him but Ohno grabbed his wrist when he wanted to pass next to him.
“You come too, right, Sho-kun?” he asked. “It would mean a lot to Masaki…”
Sho hesitated a little then sighed softly.
“Of course I go” he gave in.
“Thank you!” the older man smiled at him gratefully.
Sho quickly nodded him and after this he really wanted to follow Nino but he was stopped again as soon as he stepped out of the room, this time by Jun.
“What?” he asked annoyed.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea…” he said silently and looked at the rapper seriously. “Let me to go after the brat…” he added.
Sho opened his mouth to protest but then gave in again nodding, knowing that Jun was probably right…
Jun walked down the corridors slowly check on the rehearsal rooms which were usually empty at this time till he heard the soft sound of a guitar and following it, he found Nino.
Hearing the approaching footsteps Nino hoped that maybe it’s Sho who wants to apologize so he stopped playing and looked up, tiny hint of hope glinting in his hazel eyes. But when he saw Jun his expression changed to annoyed and he sighed.
“What do you want?” he asked.
“Did you and Sho have a fight?” Jun asked without hesitation.
Nino raised an eyebrow at the question.
“What made you think this?” the gamer asked again instead of answering.
Jun repressed an impatient sigh.
“I don’t know… maybe the fact that you didn’t cling onto Sho in the last two weeks or that he hardly speaks to him… or maybe it was the kicked-puppy-look Sho was staring at you with…” Jun said sarcastically.
“Well, I don’t know what your problem is. Till now, your problem was me clinging onto Sho too much. Now I leave him alone as you wanted me, and now it’s your problem? I really don’t get anymore how to please you…” Nino said shrugging as if it meant nothing to him.
“My problem wasn’t you clinging onto Sho or not. I don’t give a shit if you’re fuck each other or not. My problem is that you’re hurting Sho and it affects Arashi too…” Jun said warning.
“Sure, cause the one who’s hurting the other can be only me…” Nino mumbled barely audible.
“What did you say?” Jun frowned.
“Said nothing…” Nino huffed and bit his bottom lip to prevent himself from crying then picked up his guitar and turned his back to Jun. “Go, spoil Sho’s broken heart then and leave me alone…” he said, his voice slightly wavering.
Jun snorted at this but stomped away never-the-less…
Nino couldn’t decide to be happy about it or not. Jun (or Mao) insisted to go together to the baby-shower party. It meant Nino didn’t have to spend money on the transportation - it was the good part - but it also meant he had to sit next to Sho on the backseat of Jun’s luxurious car - and obviously, it was the bad part. Anyway he managed to say nothing to Sho and nothing much at all since Mao-chan was blabbing about anything and everything - ‘Really, she must have spent way too much time with Aiba’ Nino thought. But in the end the small group managed to arrive to Aiba’s place without any problems or fights…
Ohno opened the door to them with a beaming smile and ushered them inside.
“Which one of you should do the cooking?” Nino asked as he entered the apartment and smell in the air. “Cause to your information, it’s burning down…”
“Ah! The dinner!” Ohno cried out panicky and run to the kitchen but it was too late…
“You should’ve let me cook…” Aiba said lecturing as he peeked into the bowl.
“Don’t start it again! You can’t cook in your current state!” Ohno protested pouting and everybody started to laugh at the couple.
“Then I think it would be better if you all leave and I try to make something instead of this… what Riidaa created to us…” Jun said. “Nino! You help me!” he called back the actor when he wanted to leave with the others.
“Why should I?” the brat protested as usual.
“Cause I said so! Now bring your lazy ass here and do as I tell you!” Jun snapped back. “Aiba-chan! We can use your fridge, right?” the youngest member asked but already opened the said door to check out what they can cook for dinner.
Nino sighed for the effect and dragged himself back to the kitchen. Though deep down in his heart he was grateful to Jun, ordering him to help in the kitchen cause this way he could be further from Sho and could busy himself with something…
After and hour or so they finished improvising dinner and they all sat around the dining table.
“Anou… I have an announcement…” Ohno started when they all sat down. “Masaki and I are together and out baby girl will be born in eight weeks!” he said proudly.
“And the only thing which wasn’t obvious to everybody already that your kid will be a girl” Nino said mockingly but he smiled at the couple too.
Aiba whispered something to Ohno who nodded in respond and left just to soon return with a shopping bag.
“Since Arashi is kind of like family to both of us, we want you to be Aya’s uncles, and you, Mao-chan, to be her aunt…” Aiba said smiling and took out the three, framed ultrasound pictures of the baby from the bad to give them to Nino, Sho and the HanaDan couple.
“Oh, she’s so small!” Mao squeaked excited.
Jun smiled at his girlfriend sweetly then pulled her closer to him and they started whispering about something accompanied with the actress’ giggling.
Nino looked at the picture in his hand. It was hard to believe that there was really a baby in Aiba’s tummy. Even he had time to accept it during the past weeks - and he gave up expecting Aiba to be normal years ago - it still was weird…
“I thought this is your baby-shower party… Doesn’t it mean we should give gifts to you?” Sho asked the pregnant boy on his side.
“I guess. But it was important to Satoshi so…” Aiba answered whispering and shrugged a bit. “Anyway, you will be her uncles…” he added smiling.
“Arigatou…” Sho said and smiled back at him widely before looked at his niece’s photo…
After the dinner the guests gave their presents. To the baby new clothes - from Mao and Jun -, some toys - an old Nintendo DS from Nino (‘What? She’ll need something useful too’ Nino said and Jun smacked his head for it); stuffed toys and other normal baby toys from the HanaDan couple again - and to Aiba and Ohno some books about parenting - from Sho of course.
“You know, I hope that kid will be after Oh-chan… It would be a disaster if she would be after her ‘mommy’…” Nino said as he watched Aiba who was playing with a stuffed toy.
“Oi! I’m pregnant here, be nice to me!” Aiba protested pouting.
Ohno snickered at this and pulled his pouting boyfriend into a long kiss.
“Oi! Stop it, would you?” Jun said laughing and threw a soft ball to the soon-to-be parents.
“By the way, I’m always nice. It’s not my fault that you can’t value my caring…” the brat picked up their former ‘conversation’ after Aiba and Ohno separated.
The friendly fight between Nino and Aiba went on for minutes accompanied by the others’ laughing. Only Sho remained silent.
“Anou!” the rappers voice cut through the quarrel suddenly, gaining everybody’s attention. “Anou… I have an announcement too…” he started after a short, shy silence. “Kazu and I are dating!” he said out bravely taking the gamer’s hand and entwined their fingers.
There was frozen silence in the room for a few minutes. Even Nino was surprised but he was quick enough to hide before anyone could notice it. Yet he couldn’t slow down his suddenly quickened heartbeat… Then as the other four around them managed to grasp that Sho tell them about him and Nino, they started to laugh and cheer on them loudly. They never imagined that the rapper will have enough guts to do it; they rather expected Nino to do this announcement on his bratty way.
“Yay, Nino-chan, it makes me so happy!” Aiba said smiling as he hugged the smaller man. “It’s the best gift I got today!” he added giggling.
“Oi, baka, let me go!” the gamer struggled to get free from Aiba’s arms. “And it’s not your gift! It has nothing to do with you! Any of you! Just me and Sho-kun…” Nino said grumpily but Aiba saw the slight blush what colored the gamer’s face.
“Okay, if you say so. But I still take it as my baby-shower present” Aiba answered stubbornly but grinned widely at him before went to hug Sho too. “I’m so happy for you two” he said silently as he hugged the rapper. “This way Aya-chan will have one more ‘auntie’, a very grumpy, bratty, sarcastic one, though…” he whispered to him giggling.
“Thanks, Aiba-chan…” Sho said and chuckled with him till Nino’s voice alerted them.
“Would you, please, stop it? It’s rude whispering when you have company” Nino said, though his words weren’t addressed to Sho and Aiba but to Jun and Mao.
The ‘culprits’ looked at them immediately.
“What were you talking about?” Aiba asked curiously.
“Nothing” the youngest Arashi member barked out, making it obvious that he didn’t want to share it with the others.
Aiba pouted at this offended. Nino and Sho on the other hand eyed the couple patiently. The gamer was more than grateful that he managed to turn the attention away from him.
“Toshi! Make Jun to tell me!” the pregnant boy whined to his boyfriend but Ohno just hugged him and patted his hair softly.
It was obvious that the oldest man won’t make any move to force Jun. After all, he didn’t need to, since here was someone else who was more appropriate to this task…
“Jun! Tell them!” Mao ordered her boyfriend.
“No!” the man protested. “We agreed that we won’t tell it to anyone yet!” he said.
“Yes, but that was before it… Now tell them or I’ll tell it!” Mao said on her best Makino voice.
Jun sighed at this. The actress rarely used this trick on him but it was something she always van make Jun to obey her wishes.
“Okay” he said and sighed again before looked at his band mates who watched silently the whole scene. “Okay, since everybody had their announcement for today, she…” Jun pointed at his girlfriend. “…thought we have to say something too. Next spring we’re going to get married” Jun said nonchalantly as if he was talking about weather, not marriage.
“Ah! Hontou?” Aiba asked shrieking; again he was the first one to react.
“Yes” Mao nodded smiling brightly. “We didn’t choose the date yet but it will be just a small ceremony with our family and close friends…” she explained. “Actually, Jun wanted to wait before we tell it to you but the truth is that he’s just afraid that you’ll tease him to be the youngest yet the first one who gets married…” she added and the all laughed. Except Jun, of course…
Nino leaned closer to the actress when the others didn’t pay attention to them since they were too busy teasing Jun.
“Congratulation, you managed to tame him well…” he whispered to her smirking and Mao giggled at this…
A/N: I guess those who read You're my Angel, expected the confession to come before Sho announce their relationship to the others. well, obviously, it doesn't XD but you guess right, it comes in the next chap XD I wrote it already so if you be good girls (and I'll have time since tomorrow I'll have to buy school books before go to work), I try post it tomorrow XD
Author: me (Saana-chan)
Pairing: Sakumiya (main), Masatoshi, JunxMao, one-sided Sakuraiba, fake Ohmiya
Rating: anything/everything between PG-13 - NC-17
Genre: angst (a lot), fluff, smut (maybe;)), some humor if I manage XD
Summary: Sometimes no matter how much you want things to happen, all you can do is wait... This goes to Nino as well. He's in love with Sho. Yet he never expected that the road to earn his love will be like this…
Warning: mentions of mpreg later
A/N: connected to my previous series You’re my Angel but not really a sequel rather the same story from a different POV (mainly Nino’s) so this cause there be the same scene’s/dialogues as in the previous story but this time the focus will be on Nino and Sho’s relationship…
Previous chapters:
Prologue: Nino’s crush Chapter 1: Wishing for the distance Chapter 2: Osaka Chapter 3: The first step? Chapter 4: The morning after Chapter 5: Changes? Chapter 6: Ups and downs Chapter 7: New life…? Chapter 8: The green-eyed monster Chapter 9: Disclosing secrets (Part I.) Chapter 10: Disclosing secrets (Part II.) Chapter 11: Disclosing secrets (Part III.)
Chapter 12: Drifting
The next day Sho walked into the dressing room strangely anxious about Nino.
When he arrived Jun was out on his dorama-shooting but Ohno and Nino were there. The younger was playing on his DS while Riidaa was napping with his head on Nino’s lap. There was nothing unusual in this scene. It was the same what greeted the members everyday almost ever since their debut. No, Sho had to correct himself, it was a scene what none could see in the past months… since this… something… started between him and Nino…
The gamer didn’t look up when he heard the door closing.
“O-ha-you, Kazu-chan!” Sho whispered into the younger boy’s ear from behind and - since Ohno was sleeping which meant they were practically alone - he planted a kiss on Nino’s neck.
The gamer tensed at the touch then pulled away from Sho with a frown on his face but he did not look up, nor stopped smashing the buttons on his DS.
Sho sighed defeated and went to the other couch. Who was he to win Nino’s attention over his game? He just needs a few hours to finish his game then he’ll be back to his normal self as always, Sho thought calmly and opened his newspaper…
But Nino wasn’t.
Not a few hours, now two days later or the next week. He was always busy with something - DS, a new song, Ohno or some other work related stuff. He didn’t cling onto Sho as he used to recently and it was the most surprising to the rapper. He didn’t shoo away Sho though, if he tried to hug him or hold his hand but he didn’t start anything or kissed Sho back; he was totally passive to the newscaster’s acts. So it’s not surprising that he didn’t let Sho stay over or agreed to go to Sho’s place. At the end of the second week, Sho started to loose his patience.
They were on their own in the green room during lunch break. Nino as always said he wasn’t hungry and Sho - hearing this - decided to skip lunch too, hoping he’ll be able to talk with Nino once they were left alone.
“Kazu! Will you talk to me?” Sho asked impatiently after twenty minutes passed in silence broken only by Nino’s plucking on his guitar.
“Eh?... Oh, Sho, you’re here!... Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention…” the younger idol said.
He shot a short glance to the rapper before lowered his head and started playing again.
Sho jumped from his seat, stomped over to where Nino was sitting and yanked the guitar from his hands roughly.
“Stop it, Nino! You're doing this since last week! What’s your problem? Did I do something wrong? Then tell me so I’ll be able to apologize for it and make up for my mistake!” the rapper demanded.
Nino looked up at him; his eyes blank as if he wasn’t even seeing the man in front of him.
“Would you, please, give me back my guitar? I was working with it…” Nino said instead answering the older man’s questions.
“No! Not until you answer to me!... And don’t lie to me, you weren’t working. You just played ‘Yume’ in the passed half an hour again and again…” Sho said firmly.
“And why should I do as you tell me? You have no right to order me around as your wish dictates!” Nino retorted jumping to his feet.
“What do you mean…?” Sho took a step back unconsciously. “I wasn’t ordering you around.. It’s just… you’re acting strange since…” Sho went silent for a second as he tried to pin-point the exact time of start to Nino’s weird behavior. “…since that scandal broke out about Aiba-chan and Ohno…”
Nino stared at Sho without a word before snatched back his guitar from the rapper’s loosened grip and turned to leave the room. Before he was able to reach the door though, it was opened by the returning Jun and Ohno.
“Oh, you’re here! Good!” Ohno said. “I wanted to ask something from you…”
“What’s it?” Sho asked both annoyed - cause they bothered them, - and relieved - cause their arrival stopped Nino’s leaving - in the same time.
“Masaki and I decided to throw a baby-shower party… Well, it was Mao-chan’s idea…” he said glancing at Jun. “…anyway, we want you to come too… Tomorrow, at Masaki’s place” Ohno said looked at them with hopeful eyes.
“Sure, anything you want, Oh-chan…” Nino smiled at Riidaa and kissed his cheek. “Now, if you excuse me, I have to find a place to practice undisturbed…” the shortest man said and left the room.
Sho moved already to follow him but Ohno grabbed his wrist when he wanted to pass next to him.
“You come too, right, Sho-kun?” he asked. “It would mean a lot to Masaki…”
Sho hesitated a little then sighed softly.
“Of course I go” he gave in.
“Thank you!” the older man smiled at him gratefully.
Sho quickly nodded him and after this he really wanted to follow Nino but he was stopped again as soon as he stepped out of the room, this time by Jun.
“What?” he asked annoyed.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea…” he said silently and looked at the rapper seriously. “Let me to go after the brat…” he added.
Sho opened his mouth to protest but then gave in again nodding, knowing that Jun was probably right…
Jun walked down the corridors slowly check on the rehearsal rooms which were usually empty at this time till he heard the soft sound of a guitar and following it, he found Nino.
Hearing the approaching footsteps Nino hoped that maybe it’s Sho who wants to apologize so he stopped playing and looked up, tiny hint of hope glinting in his hazel eyes. But when he saw Jun his expression changed to annoyed and he sighed.
“What do you want?” he asked.
“Did you and Sho have a fight?” Jun asked without hesitation.
Nino raised an eyebrow at the question.
“What made you think this?” the gamer asked again instead of answering.
Jun repressed an impatient sigh.
“I don’t know… maybe the fact that you didn’t cling onto Sho in the last two weeks or that he hardly speaks to him… or maybe it was the kicked-puppy-look Sho was staring at you with…” Jun said sarcastically.
“Well, I don’t know what your problem is. Till now, your problem was me clinging onto Sho too much. Now I leave him alone as you wanted me, and now it’s your problem? I really don’t get anymore how to please you…” Nino said shrugging as if it meant nothing to him.
“My problem wasn’t you clinging onto Sho or not. I don’t give a shit if you’re fuck each other or not. My problem is that you’re hurting Sho and it affects Arashi too…” Jun said warning.
“Sure, cause the one who’s hurting the other can be only me…” Nino mumbled barely audible.
“What did you say?” Jun frowned.
“Said nothing…” Nino huffed and bit his bottom lip to prevent himself from crying then picked up his guitar and turned his back to Jun. “Go, spoil Sho’s broken heart then and leave me alone…” he said, his voice slightly wavering.
Jun snorted at this but stomped away never-the-less…
Nino couldn’t decide to be happy about it or not. Jun (or Mao) insisted to go together to the baby-shower party. It meant Nino didn’t have to spend money on the transportation - it was the good part - but it also meant he had to sit next to Sho on the backseat of Jun’s luxurious car - and obviously, it was the bad part. Anyway he managed to say nothing to Sho and nothing much at all since Mao-chan was blabbing about anything and everything - ‘Really, she must have spent way too much time with Aiba’ Nino thought. But in the end the small group managed to arrive to Aiba’s place without any problems or fights…
Ohno opened the door to them with a beaming smile and ushered them inside.
“Which one of you should do the cooking?” Nino asked as he entered the apartment and smell in the air. “Cause to your information, it’s burning down…”
“Ah! The dinner!” Ohno cried out panicky and run to the kitchen but it was too late…
“You should’ve let me cook…” Aiba said lecturing as he peeked into the bowl.
“Don’t start it again! You can’t cook in your current state!” Ohno protested pouting and everybody started to laugh at the couple.
“Then I think it would be better if you all leave and I try to make something instead of this… what Riidaa created to us…” Jun said. “Nino! You help me!” he called back the actor when he wanted to leave with the others.
“Why should I?” the brat protested as usual.
“Cause I said so! Now bring your lazy ass here and do as I tell you!” Jun snapped back. “Aiba-chan! We can use your fridge, right?” the youngest member asked but already opened the said door to check out what they can cook for dinner.
Nino sighed for the effect and dragged himself back to the kitchen. Though deep down in his heart he was grateful to Jun, ordering him to help in the kitchen cause this way he could be further from Sho and could busy himself with something…
After and hour or so they finished improvising dinner and they all sat around the dining table.
“Anou… I have an announcement…” Ohno started when they all sat down. “Masaki and I are together and out baby girl will be born in eight weeks!” he said proudly.
“And the only thing which wasn’t obvious to everybody already that your kid will be a girl” Nino said mockingly but he smiled at the couple too.
Aiba whispered something to Ohno who nodded in respond and left just to soon return with a shopping bag.
“Since Arashi is kind of like family to both of us, we want you to be Aya’s uncles, and you, Mao-chan, to be her aunt…” Aiba said smiling and took out the three, framed ultrasound pictures of the baby from the bad to give them to Nino, Sho and the HanaDan couple.
“Oh, she’s so small!” Mao squeaked excited.
Jun smiled at his girlfriend sweetly then pulled her closer to him and they started whispering about something accompanied with the actress’ giggling.
Nino looked at the picture in his hand. It was hard to believe that there was really a baby in Aiba’s tummy. Even he had time to accept it during the past weeks - and he gave up expecting Aiba to be normal years ago - it still was weird…
“I thought this is your baby-shower party… Doesn’t it mean we should give gifts to you?” Sho asked the pregnant boy on his side.
“I guess. But it was important to Satoshi so…” Aiba answered whispering and shrugged a bit. “Anyway, you will be her uncles…” he added smiling.
“Arigatou…” Sho said and smiled back at him widely before looked at his niece’s photo…
After the dinner the guests gave their presents. To the baby new clothes - from Mao and Jun -, some toys - an old Nintendo DS from Nino (‘What? She’ll need something useful too’ Nino said and Jun smacked his head for it); stuffed toys and other normal baby toys from the HanaDan couple again - and to Aiba and Ohno some books about parenting - from Sho of course.
“You know, I hope that kid will be after Oh-chan… It would be a disaster if she would be after her ‘mommy’…” Nino said as he watched Aiba who was playing with a stuffed toy.
“Oi! I’m pregnant here, be nice to me!” Aiba protested pouting.
Ohno snickered at this and pulled his pouting boyfriend into a long kiss.
“Oi! Stop it, would you?” Jun said laughing and threw a soft ball to the soon-to-be parents.
“By the way, I’m always nice. It’s not my fault that you can’t value my caring…” the brat picked up their former ‘conversation’ after Aiba and Ohno separated.
The friendly fight between Nino and Aiba went on for minutes accompanied by the others’ laughing. Only Sho remained silent.
“Anou!” the rappers voice cut through the quarrel suddenly, gaining everybody’s attention. “Anou… I have an announcement too…” he started after a short, shy silence. “Kazu and I are dating!” he said out bravely taking the gamer’s hand and entwined their fingers.
There was frozen silence in the room for a few minutes. Even Nino was surprised but he was quick enough to hide before anyone could notice it. Yet he couldn’t slow down his suddenly quickened heartbeat… Then as the other four around them managed to grasp that Sho tell them about him and Nino, they started to laugh and cheer on them loudly. They never imagined that the rapper will have enough guts to do it; they rather expected Nino to do this announcement on his bratty way.
“Yay, Nino-chan, it makes me so happy!” Aiba said smiling as he hugged the smaller man. “It’s the best gift I got today!” he added giggling.
“Oi, baka, let me go!” the gamer struggled to get free from Aiba’s arms. “And it’s not your gift! It has nothing to do with you! Any of you! Just me and Sho-kun…” Nino said grumpily but Aiba saw the slight blush what colored the gamer’s face.
“Okay, if you say so. But I still take it as my baby-shower present” Aiba answered stubbornly but grinned widely at him before went to hug Sho too. “I’m so happy for you two” he said silently as he hugged the rapper. “This way Aya-chan will have one more ‘auntie’, a very grumpy, bratty, sarcastic one, though…” he whispered to him giggling.
“Thanks, Aiba-chan…” Sho said and chuckled with him till Nino’s voice alerted them.
“Would you, please, stop it? It’s rude whispering when you have company” Nino said, though his words weren’t addressed to Sho and Aiba but to Jun and Mao.
The ‘culprits’ looked at them immediately.
“What were you talking about?” Aiba asked curiously.
“Nothing” the youngest Arashi member barked out, making it obvious that he didn’t want to share it with the others.
Aiba pouted at this offended. Nino and Sho on the other hand eyed the couple patiently. The gamer was more than grateful that he managed to turn the attention away from him.
“Toshi! Make Jun to tell me!” the pregnant boy whined to his boyfriend but Ohno just hugged him and patted his hair softly.
It was obvious that the oldest man won’t make any move to force Jun. After all, he didn’t need to, since here was someone else who was more appropriate to this task…
“Jun! Tell them!” Mao ordered her boyfriend.
“No!” the man protested. “We agreed that we won’t tell it to anyone yet!” he said.
“Yes, but that was before it… Now tell them or I’ll tell it!” Mao said on her best Makino voice.
Jun sighed at this. The actress rarely used this trick on him but it was something she always van make Jun to obey her wishes.
“Okay” he said and sighed again before looked at his band mates who watched silently the whole scene. “Okay, since everybody had their announcement for today, she…” Jun pointed at his girlfriend. “…thought we have to say something too. Next spring we’re going to get married” Jun said nonchalantly as if he was talking about weather, not marriage.
“Ah! Hontou?” Aiba asked shrieking; again he was the first one to react.
“Yes” Mao nodded smiling brightly. “We didn’t choose the date yet but it will be just a small ceremony with our family and close friends…” she explained. “Actually, Jun wanted to wait before we tell it to you but the truth is that he’s just afraid that you’ll tease him to be the youngest yet the first one who gets married…” she added and the all laughed. Except Jun, of course…
Nino leaned closer to the actress when the others didn’t pay attention to them since they were too busy teasing Jun.
“Congratulation, you managed to tame him well…” he whispered to her smirking and Mao giggled at this…
A/N: I guess those who read You're my Angel, expected the confession to come before Sho announce their relationship to the others. well, obviously, it doesn't XD but you guess right, it comes in the next chap XD I wrote it already so if you be good girls (and I'll have time since tomorrow I'll have to buy school books before go to work), I try post it tomorrow XD