[FIC] My taxi driver's day
Title:My taxi driver's day
Author: akeru_world69
Pair: Nishikato
Rating: PG?
Disclaimer: do i look like a seventy-something-years-old japanese man??
Genre: romance?
A/N: this is a birthday gift for fangirlism_era , thanks to nikki for beta-ing it!!
Ryo looked left and right, letting a little contented sigh out of his lips. He opened the door and went inside his car. Putting his taxi driver’s license where the clients can see it, he started the engine and immediately he was off to another day of work.
Being a taxi driver wasn’t his childhood dream but nevertheless, it paid the bills and he could drive and drive and drive around all day.
There wasn’t many cars on the road and well, at 8:30 in a Sunday morning you can expect that, so everything was going well.
A few clients here and there and it had just been 2 hours since his work started when it happened.
He abruptly stepped on the brakes, eyes as big as plates.
A young man around his age had jumped in front of the taxi from nowhere and made Ryo immediately stop. He put his head out of the window and shouted at the young man.
“What the hell! Are you crazy man?! I could have run into you!”
The young man ran to the backseat and stepped inside the taxi.
“To Hyakushiki dori, please.” The guy said all the while tidying his necktie.
Ryo grunted, murmuring something like ‘bastard’ and starting driving again. He looked at the backseat through the mirror. Giving glimpses on the mirror while keeping his eyes on the road he studied the man. He looks just a few years younger than him, had styled hair, a soft brown colour that complimented his not too tanned skin and deep brown eyes. He was handsome, not that Ryo ever find guys handsome, no not at all.
After a few moments, they arrived to a small apartment building.
“Can you wait here? It will be only fifteen minutes.” Said the passenger.
“What? First you throw yourself in front of my moving car and now you want me to waste my morning here? Oh no, man. No.”
“Please, I’m already late and then I have to go to my workplace on the other side of the city and if I have to wait for another taxi I’ll be late getting there too!” Ryo could see the guy was stressed.
“Please, just fifteen minutes!” Ryo sighed.
“I’ll add a plus in the bill.”
With that the younger one felt relief running through his body, he smiled and ran inside the building. Ryo tsk-ed and put his weight on the car.
And exactly in fifteen minutes, the handso…. I mean, the younger and not-gorgeous-at-all man returned, but he wasn’t alone.
“Oh no. Oh no no no. No babies in my car. No.” Ryo said pointing at the little baby in the other’s arms.
“What? That’s stupid! And he’s my son, I can’t leave him here on the street, can I?”
“It’s not stupid, it’s hygienic. Babies are dirty, noisy and they smell. And It doesn’t matter if he’s your son or the next prince of England, a baby in my car is a big ‘No, no’. Find another taxi. I’m leaving.”
“No, please! You waited! He’s a really good baby, his diaper was just changed and he’s sleepy! Look!” the baby had his head resting in his father’s shoulder and rubbing his little eyes. The baby boy looked at Ryo and smiled tiredly at him. Ryo tried not to look, but the view was too cute.
“Shit. Ok, but no crying!”
“No crying” The younger nodded. They went inside the car and went to the younger’s workplace.
“Ok, we’re here. The total is ¥12,300 yens and the plus… ¥14,000.” he shoved his hand to the backseat of the car palms held out.
“Errr…. Can you wait again? please?”
“WHAT?!”
“Just twenty minutes! Please I need you! You just have to wait here with Hiro-chan for 20 minutes and…”
“Wait wait wait, who’s Hiro-chan?” But the younger kept talking as he went out of the car.
“I’ll paid you double, don’t worry. He’s sleeping so he won’t wake up in a few hours. Thank you! Be right back!” Then he turned towards the building.
“Hey! Are you really gonna leave me here with your son? Just like that? I can be a killer or a pedo or something!”
“Yeah. A pedo. You do remember I had to beg you to let my son get into the taxi right?” The younger raised his brow.
“Ok, not a pedo. But I could be crazy! Or maybe you won’t get back and leave me with that!” he pointed the baby sleeping inside the car.
“Ok, listen. I’m Kato Shigeaki, I work in an insurance company, and today is a horrible day. You’re Nishikido Ryo, or says so in your license. You’re a taxi driver and a really good person because you waited for me before and now you’re gonna do it again. I’m going to pay you, but I need to go inside for a bit, and I can’t go inside with my son. So please, can you stay here and keep an eye on Hiro-chan? I’ll be back in twenty, ok?” Ryo looked at him.
“Why don’t you leave him with his mother?” He said looking at the other. Shige lowered his head.
“Because he doesn’t have one. I’m both his father and his mother.”
Ouch, Ryo thought. He sighed and massaged his temples.
“Ok, ok but twenty minutes! If you’re not here by then I’ll leave him here and I’ll drive off.”
“Oh god, thank you!” Shige went to Ryo and kissed him on his head, relief flowing around him while he walked inside the building as the older took a few steps back and blushed of embarrassment.
~*~*~*~
The doors of the elevator opened and Shige went straight to his boss’ office.
“I’m sorry Boss, I had a problem at home and I couldn’t come earlier.” He bowed to his boss.
“Don’t worry Kato, be sure you’re on time to the meeting in AC Hotel Restaurant. It starts in half an hour. Here are the papers you need. Tell Koyama to give you the pass.”
“Thank you Yamashita-san. Don’t worry.” He took the papers, bowed and exited the office.
Koyama was already there waiting for him and started talking to him while they went to the elevator again.
“Why did you come that late? You should have been here at ten o’clock.”
“Yeah I know but the nanny got sick and I had to take Hiro-chan with me.”
“Oh… and who did you leave him with?” Said Koyama confused.
“With the taxi driver”
“WHAT??!!”
“Really, Kei, do you want me deaf or something? Yes, he’s with the taxi driver parked outside the door of the building and that’s why I have to leave now. So if you excuse me…”
He went inside the elevator and pushed the button, not giving his best friend time to react. Just as the doors were closing the other shouted.
“If something happens to my godson I’ll never forgive you!!”
~*~*~*~
Shige ran to the exit and sighed in relief for the nth time that morning. Ryo was there, resting his body in the car and smoking and… was that his son on top of the car? Hiro-chan was entertaining himself with something that looked like an ice cream cone. Shige looked at Ryo amused.
“What, he woke up and started making weird sounds. I put him there with the ice-cream and he stopped.”
“I didn’t say anything…” He chuckled as Ryo looked away.
He took his son inside the car. Ryo went to the driver’s side and started the engine again, took the address from Shige and drove away.
They spent the morning like that, Shige going to his meeting and Ryo waiting for him and taking care of Hiroki. Shige ate in the hotel’s restaurant and Ryo took baby Hiro to a near McDonalds, courtesy of Kato Shigeaki, giving bits of his fries to the baby between his sips on the feeding bottle Shige gave him in one of his meeting’s breaks.
“Don’t tell your dad.” He warned the baby. The baby cocked his head and smiled at him.
“You think you’re cute? Dude, I’m way cuter so don’t give me that look.” He sipped his coke.
After lunch they went to some more places and around six thirty Ryo stopped the taxi in front of Shige’s house. The younger paid him and Ryo helped him taking Hiroki out of the taxi. Ryo opened the door for him and waited for Shige to get back from putting his son inside his bed.
“Thank you so much for taking me to all those places and taking care of Hiroki for me. You don’t know us and you couldn’t work anymore and….”
“Dude, dude. It’s cool. You paid me more than I could have made today, or any other day. So don’t think about it.” Ryo smiled a bit and the other blushed. They kept quiet until Ryo spoke.
“Well, I think I’m leav…”
“Doyouwanttohavedinnerwithme?”
“What? I didn’t understand a thing”
“Do you…. Do you want to have dinner with me? As a thank you” said Shige shyly. Ryo blushed but tried to keep his cool.
“Err… yeah. Yeah, I’d like that” Shige smiled at him and made space for Ryo to get inside.
They went inside the living room and Ryo looked around. It was a nice place, even with all those toys and baby supplies around. He saw a lot of pictures of Shige and Hiroki and Shige’s family. But then his eyes cached a photo of a woman in a hospital bed with a new born.
“Hiro-chan’s mother?” He asked.
“Yeah, she was a family friend. She didn’t have a boyfriend but wanted a baby really badly. She asked me and knowing I wouldn’t have another chance I accepted. When she gave birth and spent a few days with Hiro, she realized she wasn’t prepared to be a mother after all. She disappeared leaving Hiroki in the hospital.”
“So, you took him with you?”
“Of course, maybe I just gave her a bottle but he’s my son too. I couldn’t leave him alone just like that.” Shige said, sorrow swimming in his eyes as he made something to eat.
Ryo was leaning on the door frame looking at Shige’s back. The younger was chopping vegetables on the counter, a babies’ walkie talkie on his side.
“Why did you say you wouldn’t have a chance of having babies? You have Hiroki.” Ryo asked.
Shige stopped chopping but didn’t turn around.
“Well, it’s a bit difficult for two men, don’t you think?”
“O-oh… and you-your boyfriend doesn’t help you?” Ryo asked a bit hesitant.
“I think he would if I had one of that. It’s not easy to find someone when you have a 13-months-old baby to take care of… It was difficult without him already.” The last part was a whisper, but Ryo heard it.
“I… I could come some days and help you with him? Well, if you want to.” He touched his neck embarrassedly and looked at Shige, who had turned to face Ryo with wide eyes.
“N-no, it’s ok, Ryo. I don’t want to impose… You did a lot already and if you’re doing this out of pity…”
“No, it’s not pity. I like… shit, I never thought I would say this but… I really like that boy and, maybe, if you want, we can get to, you know, know… each other better?” Ryo approached Shige, eyes on each other. He stopped just a few centimetres in front of the other, lifting his hand to caress Shige’s cheek. Then the younger leaned a bit and kissed the other lightly.
Shige’s lips were soft and in seconds Ryo was addicted to them. He tried to deepen the kiss when a small sob was heard from the walkie talkie. They separated with a soft smile. Shige left to Hiroki’s room, leaving Ryo there like a smiling idiot.
When Shige came back with Hiro in his arms, Ryo had an apron around his waist and was finishing dinner. Hiro-chan let a small scream of happiness and clapped his hands.
“Yeah, I’m happy too.”
~*~*~*~
6 months later
“Boss I have the papers already… woah!! Sorry!!!” Shige put the papers in front of his face to save himself of watching his boss and his best friend making out.
Koyama walked past him and went out of the office with his face all red. Shige tried very hard not to laugh.
“Errr… ok Kato, did you need anything?” Yamashita said, trying to keep a serious face and make his blush disappear.
“Oh, it was just that I finished the papers you asked for and I’ll be leaving now.” he bit his lip trying not to laugh.
“Good, you can go now.”
“Thank you, boss.” He went out and faced his best friend. He started laughing loudly.
“You ungrateful friend! Leave now before I die of embarrassment!!”
Shige hugged his best friend and went to his desk to take his things. When he left the building his smile grew bigger. There it was, a taxi and the most important people in his life waiting for him… and arguing about a packet of fries.
“Shige! He won‘t leave my fries alone!!!”
“Ryo, its your fault. He’s not even two years old and you started feeding him fries, don’t complain now.” Shige went inside the car. And Ryo had to reluctantly share his fries with Hiro.
The End
Please make me happy and give me some comments??
Author: akeru_world69
Pair: Nishikato
Rating: PG?
Disclaimer: do i look like a seventy-something-years-old japanese man??
Genre: romance?
A/N: this is a birthday gift for fangirlism_era , thanks to nikki for beta-ing it!!
Ryo looked left and right, letting a little contented sigh out of his lips. He opened the door and went inside his car. Putting his taxi driver’s license where the clients can see it, he started the engine and immediately he was off to another day of work.
Being a taxi driver wasn’t his childhood dream but nevertheless, it paid the bills and he could drive and drive and drive around all day.
There wasn’t many cars on the road and well, at 8:30 in a Sunday morning you can expect that, so everything was going well.
A few clients here and there and it had just been 2 hours since his work started when it happened.
He abruptly stepped on the brakes, eyes as big as plates.
A young man around his age had jumped in front of the taxi from nowhere and made Ryo immediately stop. He put his head out of the window and shouted at the young man.
“What the hell! Are you crazy man?! I could have run into you!”
The young man ran to the backseat and stepped inside the taxi.
“To Hyakushiki dori, please.” The guy said all the while tidying his necktie.
Ryo grunted, murmuring something like ‘bastard’ and starting driving again. He looked at the backseat through the mirror. Giving glimpses on the mirror while keeping his eyes on the road he studied the man. He looks just a few years younger than him, had styled hair, a soft brown colour that complimented his not too tanned skin and deep brown eyes. He was handsome, not that Ryo ever find guys handsome, no not at all.
After a few moments, they arrived to a small apartment building.
“Can you wait here? It will be only fifteen minutes.” Said the passenger.
“What? First you throw yourself in front of my moving car and now you want me to waste my morning here? Oh no, man. No.”
“Please, I’m already late and then I have to go to my workplace on the other side of the city and if I have to wait for another taxi I’ll be late getting there too!” Ryo could see the guy was stressed.
“Please, just fifteen minutes!” Ryo sighed.
“I’ll add a plus in the bill.”
With that the younger one felt relief running through his body, he smiled and ran inside the building. Ryo tsk-ed and put his weight on the car.
And exactly in fifteen minutes, the handso…. I mean, the younger and not-gorgeous-at-all man returned, but he wasn’t alone.
“Oh no. Oh no no no. No babies in my car. No.” Ryo said pointing at the little baby in the other’s arms.
“What? That’s stupid! And he’s my son, I can’t leave him here on the street, can I?”
“It’s not stupid, it’s hygienic. Babies are dirty, noisy and they smell. And It doesn’t matter if he’s your son or the next prince of England, a baby in my car is a big ‘No, no’. Find another taxi. I’m leaving.”
“No, please! You waited! He’s a really good baby, his diaper was just changed and he’s sleepy! Look!” the baby had his head resting in his father’s shoulder and rubbing his little eyes. The baby boy looked at Ryo and smiled tiredly at him. Ryo tried not to look, but the view was too cute.
“Shit. Ok, but no crying!”
“No crying” The younger nodded. They went inside the car and went to the younger’s workplace.
“Ok, we’re here. The total is ¥12,300 yens and the plus… ¥14,000.” he shoved his hand to the backseat of the car palms held out.
“Errr…. Can you wait again? please?”
“WHAT?!”
“Just twenty minutes! Please I need you! You just have to wait here with Hiro-chan for 20 minutes and…”
“Wait wait wait, who’s Hiro-chan?” But the younger kept talking as he went out of the car.
“I’ll paid you double, don’t worry. He’s sleeping so he won’t wake up in a few hours. Thank you! Be right back!” Then he turned towards the building.
“Hey! Are you really gonna leave me here with your son? Just like that? I can be a killer or a pedo or something!”
“Yeah. A pedo. You do remember I had to beg you to let my son get into the taxi right?” The younger raised his brow.
“Ok, not a pedo. But I could be crazy! Or maybe you won’t get back and leave me with that!” he pointed the baby sleeping inside the car.
“Ok, listen. I’m Kato Shigeaki, I work in an insurance company, and today is a horrible day. You’re Nishikido Ryo, or says so in your license. You’re a taxi driver and a really good person because you waited for me before and now you’re gonna do it again. I’m going to pay you, but I need to go inside for a bit, and I can’t go inside with my son. So please, can you stay here and keep an eye on Hiro-chan? I’ll be back in twenty, ok?” Ryo looked at him.
“Why don’t you leave him with his mother?” He said looking at the other. Shige lowered his head.
“Because he doesn’t have one. I’m both his father and his mother.”
Ouch, Ryo thought. He sighed and massaged his temples.
“Ok, ok but twenty minutes! If you’re not here by then I’ll leave him here and I’ll drive off.”
“Oh god, thank you!” Shige went to Ryo and kissed him on his head, relief flowing around him while he walked inside the building as the older took a few steps back and blushed of embarrassment.
~*~*~*~
The doors of the elevator opened and Shige went straight to his boss’ office.
“I’m sorry Boss, I had a problem at home and I couldn’t come earlier.” He bowed to his boss.
“Don’t worry Kato, be sure you’re on time to the meeting in AC Hotel Restaurant. It starts in half an hour. Here are the papers you need. Tell Koyama to give you the pass.”
“Thank you Yamashita-san. Don’t worry.” He took the papers, bowed and exited the office.
Koyama was already there waiting for him and started talking to him while they went to the elevator again.
“Why did you come that late? You should have been here at ten o’clock.”
“Yeah I know but the nanny got sick and I had to take Hiro-chan with me.”
“Oh… and who did you leave him with?” Said Koyama confused.
“With the taxi driver”
“WHAT??!!”
“Really, Kei, do you want me deaf or something? Yes, he’s with the taxi driver parked outside the door of the building and that’s why I have to leave now. So if you excuse me…”
He went inside the elevator and pushed the button, not giving his best friend time to react. Just as the doors were closing the other shouted.
“If something happens to my godson I’ll never forgive you!!”
~*~*~*~
Shige ran to the exit and sighed in relief for the nth time that morning. Ryo was there, resting his body in the car and smoking and… was that his son on top of the car? Hiro-chan was entertaining himself with something that looked like an ice cream cone. Shige looked at Ryo amused.
“What, he woke up and started making weird sounds. I put him there with the ice-cream and he stopped.”
“I didn’t say anything…” He chuckled as Ryo looked away.
He took his son inside the car. Ryo went to the driver’s side and started the engine again, took the address from Shige and drove away.
They spent the morning like that, Shige going to his meeting and Ryo waiting for him and taking care of Hiroki. Shige ate in the hotel’s restaurant and Ryo took baby Hiro to a near McDonalds, courtesy of Kato Shigeaki, giving bits of his fries to the baby between his sips on the feeding bottle Shige gave him in one of his meeting’s breaks.
“Don’t tell your dad.” He warned the baby. The baby cocked his head and smiled at him.
“You think you’re cute? Dude, I’m way cuter so don’t give me that look.” He sipped his coke.
After lunch they went to some more places and around six thirty Ryo stopped the taxi in front of Shige’s house. The younger paid him and Ryo helped him taking Hiroki out of the taxi. Ryo opened the door for him and waited for Shige to get back from putting his son inside his bed.
“Thank you so much for taking me to all those places and taking care of Hiroki for me. You don’t know us and you couldn’t work anymore and….”
“Dude, dude. It’s cool. You paid me more than I could have made today, or any other day. So don’t think about it.” Ryo smiled a bit and the other blushed. They kept quiet until Ryo spoke.
“Well, I think I’m leav…”
“Doyouwanttohavedinnerwithme?”
“What? I didn’t understand a thing”
“Do you…. Do you want to have dinner with me? As a thank you” said Shige shyly. Ryo blushed but tried to keep his cool.
“Err… yeah. Yeah, I’d like that” Shige smiled at him and made space for Ryo to get inside.
They went inside the living room and Ryo looked around. It was a nice place, even with all those toys and baby supplies around. He saw a lot of pictures of Shige and Hiroki and Shige’s family. But then his eyes cached a photo of a woman in a hospital bed with a new born.
“Hiro-chan’s mother?” He asked.
“Yeah, she was a family friend. She didn’t have a boyfriend but wanted a baby really badly. She asked me and knowing I wouldn’t have another chance I accepted. When she gave birth and spent a few days with Hiro, she realized she wasn’t prepared to be a mother after all. She disappeared leaving Hiroki in the hospital.”
“So, you took him with you?”
“Of course, maybe I just gave her a bottle but he’s my son too. I couldn’t leave him alone just like that.” Shige said, sorrow swimming in his eyes as he made something to eat.
Ryo was leaning on the door frame looking at Shige’s back. The younger was chopping vegetables on the counter, a babies’ walkie talkie on his side.
“Why did you say you wouldn’t have a chance of having babies? You have Hiroki.” Ryo asked.
Shige stopped chopping but didn’t turn around.
“Well, it’s a bit difficult for two men, don’t you think?”
“O-oh… and you-your boyfriend doesn’t help you?” Ryo asked a bit hesitant.
“I think he would if I had one of that. It’s not easy to find someone when you have a 13-months-old baby to take care of… It was difficult without him already.” The last part was a whisper, but Ryo heard it.
“I… I could come some days and help you with him? Well, if you want to.” He touched his neck embarrassedly and looked at Shige, who had turned to face Ryo with wide eyes.
“N-no, it’s ok, Ryo. I don’t want to impose… You did a lot already and if you’re doing this out of pity…”
“No, it’s not pity. I like… shit, I never thought I would say this but… I really like that boy and, maybe, if you want, we can get to, you know, know… each other better?” Ryo approached Shige, eyes on each other. He stopped just a few centimetres in front of the other, lifting his hand to caress Shige’s cheek. Then the younger leaned a bit and kissed the other lightly.
Shige’s lips were soft and in seconds Ryo was addicted to them. He tried to deepen the kiss when a small sob was heard from the walkie talkie. They separated with a soft smile. Shige left to Hiroki’s room, leaving Ryo there like a smiling idiot.
When Shige came back with Hiro in his arms, Ryo had an apron around his waist and was finishing dinner. Hiro-chan let a small scream of happiness and clapped his hands.
“Yeah, I’m happy too.”
~*~*~*~
6 months later
“Boss I have the papers already… woah!! Sorry!!!” Shige put the papers in front of his face to save himself of watching his boss and his best friend making out.
Koyama walked past him and went out of the office with his face all red. Shige tried very hard not to laugh.
“Errr… ok Kato, did you need anything?” Yamashita said, trying to keep a serious face and make his blush disappear.
“Oh, it was just that I finished the papers you asked for and I’ll be leaving now.” he bit his lip trying not to laugh.
“Good, you can go now.”
“Thank you, boss.” He went out and faced his best friend. He started laughing loudly.
“You ungrateful friend! Leave now before I die of embarrassment!!”
Shige hugged his best friend and went to his desk to take his things. When he left the building his smile grew bigger. There it was, a taxi and the most important people in his life waiting for him… and arguing about a packet of fries.
“Shige! He won‘t leave my fries alone!!!”
“Ryo, its your fault. He’s not even two years old and you started feeding him fries, don’t complain now.” Shige went inside the car. And Ryo had to reluctantly share his fries with Hiro.
The End
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