The Brat's Love - Ch.19
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: at my Master Post
Chapter 19: Summer vacation - Tokyo
Sho opened he door quickly, took his shoes and hurried to the kitchen from where he heard the noises of Nino’s cooking.
“Kazu! What was that call earlier?” he asked as soon as he entered; his tone both mad and worried.
“Okaeri” Nino said ignoring the rapper’s question as he continued chopping vegetables.
“Tadaima” Sho replied dutifully knowing he won’t get any answer (or food) from the smaller man otherwise (and Nino was really scary with the knife in his hand…)
Nino looked up at him now smiling innocently.
“You were asking…?”
“What was with that call earlier today?” Sho repeated his previous question.
“What’s there to not understand about it?” the gamer asked back turning back his attention to making dinner.
Sho stared at him incredulous; sometimes he really was afraid of Nino… Saying things like he hates him so easily, so calmly…
“You said you hate me…” the rapper said stepping closer cautiously though his voice wavered a bit.
“That’s correct” Nino said calmly without looking at him.
“But why?” Sho still didn’t have the slightest clue about what was going on.
“Cause you tricked me and fucked up my plans for our summer holiday” the gamer answered.
“I did what?” Sho stared at his boyfriend wide eyed. “How?”
“Since you promised my help to Aiba, starting from the day after tomorrow, you and I and Aya-chan will be a big, happy family for whole ten days! Be happy since this was what you wanted, or not?” Nino summarized shortly his not-so-short phone call with Aiba earlier that day.
“That’s good!” Sho smiled widely. “But why?”
Nino simply ignored the first part.
“Cause they go on a trip to Okinawa…”
“And why don’t they take Aya-chan too?” Sho asked dumbly.
Nino just stared at him.
“Ehm… oh… OH!” when the answer finally hit him, Sho’s eyes widened in horror.
“Yeah…” Nino sighed defeated.
Both of them said nothing for a while and the only sound in the kitchen was the noises of Nino’s cooking.
“But it’s still good! It will be fun to take care of her, right?” Sho said cheerfully.
“Oh yeah, it definitely will be fun…” Nino grimaced. “And just you to know, whenever she’ll cry during the night, you’ll have to get up to her! Cause it’s your entire fault!”
“Why are you so angry, Kazu? It will be as if we would be a family… You said too that it would be great if we’d have a family…” Sho asked softly wrapping his arms around Nino’s waist.
“That’s true but… I didn’t plan babysitting during the half of our summer…” Nino pouted childishly.
“I know but we’ll have enough time to be alone after it” Sho said kissing his neck. “I promise to take you somewhere nice after Aiba-chan and Riidaa are back and we’re finished with the babysitting… Okay?”
“You better keep your word!” Nino warned still pouting.
“I will!” Sho chuckled and kissed Nino’s lips…
Nino took his sweet time saving and turning of his game before got up from the floor. He was sure that it’s Aiba and Ohno with Aya at the door which means there’s no more playing to him from now on to the next ten days…
“Would you, please, stop sitting on my doorbell? It’s really annoying, you know…” Nino said instead of greeting when he opened the door.
“Ohayou, Kazu!”
“Ohayou, Nino-chan! Sorry, but I thought may be you were still sleeping…” Aiba said smiling widely.
“I hope you know it doesn’t make it any better…” Nino kept on with his bratty attitude but held his hand out to take Aya from Ohno.
“Anyway, we brought everything you might need while Aya is here. Her clothes, toys, soother, oh, and her favorite baby-shampoo! It’s the only one she likes…” Aiba said dragging in a gigantic suitcase.
“I hope you brought her bed too, you know we don’t have that either…” Nino said trying to stop Aya from ripping out his hair.
Aiba bit his lip nervous at this.
“You didn’t…” Nino concluded from the lack of answer.
“You should just buy one…” Riidaa suggested calmly sitting in an armchair.
“Why on earth should I?” Nino turned to the artist now. “I won’t spend money on something I won’t use after these ten days and just will be in the way all the time!” the gamer protested.
“But you will” Aiba pressured matter-of-factly.
“What?”Nino looked back at the Miracle Boy.
“You will need a baby-bed…” his friend started.
“…since Sho-kun and you soon will have a baby too…” Ohno finished.
Nino looked at his friends with wide eyes then gave back the baby to her father and stomped to the bedroom.
“Sakurai Sho! Get your lazy ass out of the bed and come here fucking right now!” he shouted opening the door.
After some whining, protesting and shuffling a very sleepy-looking Sho appeared in the living room.
“Sho! Did you just tell them we’ll have a baby?” Nino attacked his boyfriend immediately.
“Yeah…” the rapper confessed yawning, too sleepy to realize, honesty won’t help him this time, just make things worse.
Nino smacked his head.
“Auch! What was that for?” Sho asked rubbing his head.
“Didn’t your mom teach you lying is a bad habit?” the gamer scolded him. “We talked about it already and it won’t fucking happen!” Nino said with finality in his voice then turned to Ohno and Aiba. “And you two, bring that thing here quickly or you can take your baby with you…” he ordered.
The couple watched the whole scene with opened mouths so far. And here they thought Sho tamed Nino, though it seems it happened the other way around… But at least Aiba had enough composure to jump to Ohno and cover Aya’s tiny ears with his hands when Nino started shouting with his boyfriend.
“Ehm… Sorry, Kazu, but we’ll miss our flight if we go back now…” Ohno said checking Aiba’s watch. “But we leave you the keys to Masaki’s place so you can take it…” the artist said giving the baby to Aiba and fished out the keys from his pocket.
Nino sighed.
“Okay, then. Sho! Get dressed then take the baby-bed from Aiba’s place!” the gamer ordered him.
“Why me?” Sho whined.
“Cause I said so and we all know that it’s your fault!” Nino reasoned matter-of-factly.
“Okay…” Sho gave in and pouted.
Nino pulled him back when he wanted to go back to the bedroom and kissed him on the lips.
“I love you!” he smiled at the rapper adorably and the older man smiled back at him immediately before went to get dressed, more energetic this time.
Aibe shivered a bit. It was almost scary how easily Nino was able to turn his faces and how good he was at handling Sho. If he wouldn’t know better, he would think Nino was using Sho. But he knew it’s not the case. Cause Nino was truly and deeply in love with Sho…
When Sho was out of the room, Nino walked to Aiba and took Aya from his arms.
“I thought you were get going…” he reminded the couple.
“Ah, you’re right!” Aiba panicked.
“Don’t panic, Masaki, we still have enough time” Riidaa said calmingly and took his hand. “Take care of Aya and if anything comes up just call us, Kazu” he said turning to the gamer then bent down to kiss his daughter’s cheek. “Be a good girl, Aya-chan and don’t cause too much trouble to Kazu nii-chan, okay?”
Aiba kissed the baby’s forehead too but just couldn’t leave. He remained standing next to Nino holding Aya’s small hand. Even if he wanted this trip with Ohno, for just the two of them, suddenly, he couldn’t leave Aya here…
“Come on, Masaki, we should leave…” Ohno said looking at his boyfriend when he didn’t move.
“I know but… I just can’t leave her here!” he said with teary eyes. “What if something happens to her?” he asked.
“Nothing will happen! So quit worrying!” Nino scolded him. “You wanted to go on your honey-moon so just go and let me take care of your daughter during it…” he said.
“What honey-moon?” the Miracle Boy asked sniffing but blushing.
“Even if you told nothing to us, I’m not blind…” the gamer said pointing at the matching rings on the couple’s hands.
“Oh… it’s not that we wanted to keep it from you… Just…” Aiba stuttered.
“Baka! It’s okay. You don’t have to explain it. Just say goodbye to Aya then go and enjoy your time… Cause if you keep bitching here, I might change my mind then you can find another babysitter in the last minute…” Nino threatened.
“Okay, okay, I got it! We really owe you a big for this time!” Aiba sniffed a bit. “Arigatou, Nino-chan, really!” he smiled at him and finally let him be escorted to the door by his boyfriend and Nino. But before he stepped out, he turned back once more: “Ehm… Nino… would you, please, pay more attention how you speak while Aya is here?” he asked cautiously.
Nino just tsk-ed at it and pushed him out shutting the door closed behind him. Then he turned to go back to the living room but found Sho standing behind him, ready to take his shoes and go on his ‘baby-bed mission’.
“It will be fun, won’t it?” the rapper asked cheerfully. “Like a Childminder Arashi!”
“Yeah… a ten-day long special… Just this time there won’t be stuff behind us to help out and her ‘mom’ will kill us if we do something wrong…” Nino said sarcastically.
“Yeah but it still will be fun” Sho repeated stubbornly. “And you’re cute with Aya…” he added smiling and stood up when he finished tying his shoelaces. “Ja, ittekimasu!”
“Itterasshai!” Nino smiled back and kissed his lips before Sho left too…
The whole babysitting went more smoothly then Nino expected. Not that he thought Aya was troublesome (only when she tried to rip out his hair…) but as anyone could guess, it’s not that easy to take care of a baby either… But even Sho had some work from the NewsZero staff; he helped out and was at home a lot which made Nino feel a lot better about this changing in his vacation-plans…
Four days passed already and everything was just fins so far. Still Aiba kept calling every day to be sure they’re all living; that Aya was still living… Nino never imagined Aiba would be like this when he became a parent but deep down in his heart he had to admit that he would do the same in his place. Being a parent, being a mom is something really big so he thought he kind of understood why it’s so hard to Aiba to let someone else take care of his baby. Even if this someone is his best friend whom he knew since they were children…
Nino sat on the floor with his guitar in his lap and dozens of music sheets covered the place around him. He scribbled down something quickly then continued trying out accords. A tune for a new song was stuck in his mind ever since he woke up in the morning and since Aya was sleeping now he tried to use his time the best for composing. Yet from time to time he glanced at the baby-watcher on the coffee-table but it didn’t show any sign that Aya would’ve woken up in the other room.
“Tadaima!”
The door was closed behind Sho and soon the rapper entered the living room.
“Okaeri, Sho-chan!” Nino smiled at him putting away his guitar. “You look good…” he said cheekily as he took in the sight: Sho in suit… “How was the interview?”
“Thanks… It was good but I still have a lot more to work with it though…” the newscaster sighed putting his bag on the couch and loosened his tie. “Where’s Aya?”
“She’s sleeping…” Nino said picking up the papers but the baby-watcher cracked and Aya’s sleepy whimpering was heard. “Oh, sorry, she was sleeping… By the way, it’s your shift now…” the gamer said getting up and smiled at his boyfriend.
“Why? I just said I have to work on my report. I have to finish it today…”
“Well, I thought maybe you want dinner, but it’s okay… I can play with Aya-chan instead of cooking…” Nino shrugged and headed to the other room.
“Okay, I got it!” Sho said giving in and hurried after Nino. “But I really want to finish that report today…” he added as he bent down to lift Aya out of the bed.
“You really are a workaholic…” Nino shook his head amazed. “But I love this in you as well!” the gamer smiled at him then pecked his cheek before skipped out to the kitchen to make dinner.
It didn’t take a long time before Nino heard Sho’s voice:
“Aya-chan, be a good girl and let me finish this, nee...?”
The gamer chuckled a bit at Sho’s tone but continued preparing the food. Soon the little girl’s blabbing and laughing sounded accompanied with Sho’s protesting. Nino got curious at this so he walked back to the living room. Sho was sitting on the couch - obviously he tried to work since his laptop was in front of him - and Aya was fisting her hands on his sleeve tugging his shirt. She might found funny the whining noises Sho let out as a protest cause she giggled happily when she earned this reaction with every tug at his shirt.
“Hidoii! How can you even think about work when such a cutie like her wants to play with you?” Nino scolded him suppressing his laughing. “And you say you want a family…” he added walking closer.
“But I have to work! I want to spend tomorrow with you… Yet if I don’t finish this today, I can’t…” Sho pouted.
Nino shook his head at this but smiled at the rapper.
“You should’ve just said it then…” he said then picked up Aya from next to him. “Come on, Hime-chan, let this jii-san work on his beloved report…”
“Oi! That’s nii-san!” Sho protested.
“No, you’re almost thirty years older than she is which automatically makes you a jii-san compared to her… You could be her father…” Nino reasoned teasing and winked at the pouting rapper.
“It doesn’t matter!”
“Yes, it does!” Nino laughed and blew a kiss to him before went back to the kitchen.
Nino put Aya into her seat then turned on the radio to listen music while cooking and never-the-less Aya-chan enjoyed music a lot. It was just one thing which made it obvious that she was Aiba and Ohno’s daughter… Just as that she was really hyper - Nino couldn’t keep up with her, chasing her around the apartment anytime she got a chance to crawl away - but she also fell asleep quickly and slept through peacefully any noises around her…
“Will you finally enlighten me what will we do today?” Nino asked the next day when they all were ready to leave the apartment.
“Well, I didn’t really plan anything but… maybe we can go to the amusement park! Aya-chan sure would enjoy it” he added looking at the baby in Nino’s arms.
“The amusement park?” Nino asked back looking at his boyfriend suspiciously.
“Yeah!” the rapper nodded enthusiastic. “Let’s pretend we are really a family… It will be fun!” he said grinning.
Nino raised an eyebrow at this.
“Should I change into a dress and pit a wig so the people won’t look at us in a weird way…” he suggested sarcastically.
“If you insist…” Sho grinned wider.
Nino sure would’ve smacked his head hard if he wouldn’t have Aya in his arms. But like this he had to settle for staring at him till the grin disappeared from the rapper’s face.
“You really can’t drop this whole family-thing, can you?” Nino asked finally sighing.
“I’m sorry…”
“Whatever…” Nino shrugged. “Fine, let’s play ‘family’ today…” the gamer gave in with a soft smile at the end and Sho’s eyes lit up immediately at this.
The rapper kissed Nino.
“I love you…”
“I know… I love you too…” Nino said chuckling. “But Aiba will kill you if he knows we kissed in front of Aya…”
“Well, then let’s not tell it to him” Sho smiled back…
In the end Sho was right. It was fun playing family for a day. Even if a few people shot weird glances toward them, they weren’t bothered at all and most of all, they weren’t recognized either. Sure Johnny would be delighted to hear about it if fans or paparazzi would caught them…
Nino didn’t want to admit it but he did have a lot of fun. He enjoyed being in the amusement park… Being with Sho and Aya… Playing family…
When they finally decided to head home it was late afternoon and Aya started to be sleepy and fussy. Nino sat on the backseat with Aya trying to make her sleep or at least stop her crying.
“Hey, Kazu…” Sho said when finally there was peace on the backseat.
“Hmm?” the gamer turned his glance from the baby.
“Don’t get upset or something but…” Sho hesitated a bit and shot a worried glance at his boyfriend through the rearview mirror. “Why are you against us having kids so much?” the older idol asked finally.
The gamer sighed a bit and bent his head back at the headrest. He looked at the sleeping baby next to him. Aya was holding on his forefinger tightly. ‘Somehow it feels good… it feels right…’ he thought with a soft smile.
“Sho… it’s not that I’m against it. Really. But… I don’t think it would work out…” he finished finally.
“Okay, I got it… I’m sorry that I bothered you with it so much…” Sho said after a long silence.
Nino wanted to kick himself.
“No! Sho, you don’t understand me!” he said quickly. “It’s not that I don’t want a family with you, cause I do! But look at Aiba and Oh-chan! You see it just as me how hard it’s on them, being an idol and a parent in the same time… They need our help a lot to it. But if we would have a child too who would help them? Who would help us? Did you even think about it? Or would you stop being an idol, being Arashi to be a father instead? Would you want to let down the others for it...?” he asked silently.
Sho stopped the car since he felt he couldn’t concentrate on driving if they continue this conversation.
“Does Arashi more important to you than us, Kazu?” he asked but didn’t dare to look at the younger man.
“I never said that…” Nino said and looked out the window.
Somehow he felt hurt that Sho even asked it. Didn’t he know how important he was to him? How he was the world for him…?
“Why do you think it can happen to me? Even it happened to Aiba why should it happen to me too?” Nino turned back to their original topic. “To be honest, I don’t feel myself being a girl and I didn’t see any signs of being girly enough to get pregnant…”
“There weren’t any signs in Aiba-chan’s case either!” Sho said quickly as a faint hope glint in front of his eyes.
“Okay, that’s true but you still didn’t answer why you think I can get pregnant…”
“I don’t know, I just hope it, I guess…” Sho admitted. “But… can’t we try at least...? Please, Kazu!”
Nino was silent for a long time and Sho started to worry he pushed too much.
“Okay, we can try it if it’s this important to you…” Nino said finally blushing brightly…
A/N: ja! new chapter yay!^.^ I guess it's the longest chapter in the whole story XD in the end, Sho just won and got Nino agree LOL! XD I hope you're happy with it... Masatoshi's holiday comes in the next chapter;)