37 - primroseshows
OHMIYA SAP! s-shut up, it's been an ugly grey day and I want it >:
(This happens way before 15th_moon's gorgeous gorgeous entry here.)
There are a lot of reasons why Ohno likes Nino. This is one of them: the way that Nino looks at him, right before he's about to say something to tease Jun, like he's sharing a private joke, just with Ohno. When Nino makes a joke, it's actually funny, unlike Ohno's jokes, which tend to make people stare at him with incredulous faces. There's something special in that look that Nino gives him, ESP or a shared wavelength or something like that, maybe, Ohno's not sure. All Ohno knows is that he doesn't usually get jokes, but he understands all of Nino's easily. Ohno pictures a bold red checkmark on a white background: check, he makes me laugh. Then he pictures Nino's smile. He can't help it.
"Oi!" Jun yells at them, not liking Nino's imitation of his angry face (though he's trying not to laugh, Ohno can tell), and Nino grabs Ohno's elbow and pulls both of them away from Jun's slap-happy hands wearing Jun's heavy rings. They run out of the diner, giggling. Outside, Nino's hand slides down to a loose hold around Ohno's wrist as they walk to Ohno's garage, and Ohno doesn't mind. Not at all.
Nino practices his card tricks while Ohno tinkers with his cars, always staying close by so Ohno can hear his voice, even while underneath the car. Nino doesn't like to touch anything oily because he says he can't get his cards sticky, but if Ohno holds his hand out long enough, Nino will sigh like he's being horribly burdened, and fetch Ohno's wrench for him. But if he didn't want to help, he doesn't have to stay, and he does. He stays close to Ohno and hands him tools when Ohno asks for them. Ohno really likes that too.
Ohno is learning a lot about Nino. Things like how Nino is squeamish of large fish ("I'm scared of sharks," Ohno had told him in sympathy, and Nino made a face like he wasn't impressed); and how Nino will always pick up any change he sees on the ground, even it's only a penny, first because he's cheap, and second because apparently Nino runs out of coins quickly, pulling them in and out of people's ears for tricks; and how Nino doesn't eat much, so he'll dump the rest of his meal onto Ohno's plate without asking and then divides the food into even portions for Ohno to pick through. He cares for Ohno without a second thought - that's a good reason to like him too.
Here's another: the way that they will move in the same way, completely unintentionally. Ohno's always walked the world at his own pace, and everyone's always considered him a bit too slow, Ohno knows that. Nino's not slow at all; Ohno's never met someone whose mind is so quick, who can shuffle cards faster than Ohno can blink, and yet the two of them are the same pace. He wonders if Nino's noticed this. Ohno hopes he has. He's sure of it, if Ohno has noticed it, then of course Nino has. Aiba tells Ohno that it's really obvious, in the way they walk together and bump shoulders (exactly the same height), and it reminds Ohno of the way they always lean in for a kiss at the same time.
Also interesting is how Nino manages to fit so perfectly in Ohno's house, like he'd always been a part of Ohno's life. It's different from Sho. Ohno really likes Sho too, Sho is smart and funny and handsome and Ohno enjoys the faces he makes when he's caught off guard by something, but Sho's still a little awkward around Ohno. Sho still thinks of himself as a guest in their town and is curiously polite when he talks with Ohno and Jun, so different from the casual way he interacts with Nino and Aiba. Ohno wonders what kind of adventures they'd had together, on the road, to make them so close. He can see it in his head, like a moving painting: Sho's beautiful Dart speeding down an endless highway, wind blowing through his hair, fingers firm on the steering wheel. Aiba and Nino in the backseat, leaning on each other as they point out things in the scenery, like cacti shaped like dicks and the pair of cloud-breasts floating in the sky.
Nino's only been in town for a bit less than two weeks, but he seems the type to be comfortable, wherever he is. With Ohno especially. Like now, he's walking into Ohno's room, ripping off his shirt, sighing and flopping face-first onto Ohno's bed. Ohno laughs and helps tug off Nino's pants, folding them and Nino's shirt over the back of the chair by his desk. He wants to go take a shower to wash the smell of motor grease off his skin, but Nino makes such a tempting picture, sprawled on Ohno's bed like he belongs there. But Ohno shakes his head (maybe later, he tells himself) and heads to the washroom.
Nino joins him as soon as Ohno steps in the shower and reaches for the shampoo wordlessly; Ohno dips his head a little and closes his eyes as Nino runs his fingers down Ohno's scalp, washing his hair. Ohno likes that Nino doesn't force Ohno to talk when he doesn't want to, likes how they understand each other without needing words. After Nino rinses Ohno's hair, he turns around and washes his own while Ohno scrubs his back for him. Ohno lets his fingers stray a bit too low down Nino's body and Nino turns to whack his hands away.
"I'll do that myself!" he says, and Ohno laughs. Nino's cute all over.
It's a warm evening tonight so Ohno keeps his windows open and sits on the windowsill, sketching Nino as Nino plays his guitar. When it's a song that Ohno knows, Ohno hums along.
"Oh-chan has such a good voice!" Nino says, and Ohno smiles, hiding his face behind his sketchbook.
When Nino gets tired of guitar he comes sit by Ohno on the ledge - not across from Ohno, where there's more room, but beside Ohno, where arguably there's none at all. But somehow Nino fits and it's never occurred to Ohno to be surprised by it. Nino leans his head on Ohno's shoulder and watches quietly as Ohno draws: it's a picture of Nino and Aiba and Sho, but the background is empty so far.
"Something like this actually happened," Nino murmurs, and Ohno just knows that Nino's thinking of the exact scene that's in Ohno's head. "Sho can't really swim, you know? Well I guess you figured that out already," he grins. Ohno doesn't have to reply for Nino to know he's right.
Jun had asked Ohno, a few days ago, if Nino was giving him any trouble, living over at Ohno's house. Ohno had blinked and had asked, "What kind of trouble?" and it made Jun sigh, but apparently answered his question. Ohno wondered if he was being weird again, without meaning to, but he can't really bring himself to care, because it's with Nino. Nino is warm against Ohno's side and Ohno sort of wishes they could stay like this forever. The thought makes him stop drawing. Beside him, Nino shifts slightly.
"This is nice," he says.
Ohno doesn't know if he's talking about the two of them or the art, but it doesn't matter. "Mm," he says.
"We've been here a while, haven't we?" Nino half whispers, and he's not talking about the two of them now, and it makes something clench in Ohno's stomach. There's something in Nino's voice that is hinting towards the future, and Ohno can't think that far, he's never planned for anything in his life. "I really like your town, Oh-chan," Nino says.
"Me too," Ohno says. He doesn't know what else to say. There's something strong trying to push its way out of Ohno's chest right now and it takes him too long to recognize that it's his heart.
"I really wish --" Nino stops.
"What?" Ohno asks, suddenly breathless.
"Nothing," Nino says, shaking his head.
"No, what?" Ohno asks again.
"Nothing," Nino repeats, and leans forward to kiss him. They meet halfway and Ohno closes his eyes and pictures Nino's smile, pictures Nino under the sunlight with Aiba and Sho, with Jun and Ohno there too, and this is the happy ending that Ohno will never be able to capture on paper. Nino sparks Ohno's imagination and for the first time in his life, Ohno finds himself wondering about traveling to different places, seeing the world, leaving his home. It scares him. It scares him more than sharks in the water, and it's ten times more exhilarating.
But Ohno pictures Nino's smile and he can't help it.
I have one more part I've started writing and then I will stop spamming the comm, I swear D:
(This happens way before 15th_moon's gorgeous gorgeous entry here.)
There are a lot of reasons why Ohno likes Nino. This is one of them: the way that Nino looks at him, right before he's about to say something to tease Jun, like he's sharing a private joke, just with Ohno. When Nino makes a joke, it's actually funny, unlike Ohno's jokes, which tend to make people stare at him with incredulous faces. There's something special in that look that Nino gives him, ESP or a shared wavelength or something like that, maybe, Ohno's not sure. All Ohno knows is that he doesn't usually get jokes, but he understands all of Nino's easily. Ohno pictures a bold red checkmark on a white background: check, he makes me laugh. Then he pictures Nino's smile. He can't help it.
"Oi!" Jun yells at them, not liking Nino's imitation of his angry face (though he's trying not to laugh, Ohno can tell), and Nino grabs Ohno's elbow and pulls both of them away from Jun's slap-happy hands wearing Jun's heavy rings. They run out of the diner, giggling. Outside, Nino's hand slides down to a loose hold around Ohno's wrist as they walk to Ohno's garage, and Ohno doesn't mind. Not at all.
Nino practices his card tricks while Ohno tinkers with his cars, always staying close by so Ohno can hear his voice, even while underneath the car. Nino doesn't like to touch anything oily because he says he can't get his cards sticky, but if Ohno holds his hand out long enough, Nino will sigh like he's being horribly burdened, and fetch Ohno's wrench for him. But if he didn't want to help, he doesn't have to stay, and he does. He stays close to Ohno and hands him tools when Ohno asks for them. Ohno really likes that too.
Ohno is learning a lot about Nino. Things like how Nino is squeamish of large fish ("I'm scared of sharks," Ohno had told him in sympathy, and Nino made a face like he wasn't impressed); and how Nino will always pick up any change he sees on the ground, even it's only a penny, first because he's cheap, and second because apparently Nino runs out of coins quickly, pulling them in and out of people's ears for tricks; and how Nino doesn't eat much, so he'll dump the rest of his meal onto Ohno's plate without asking and then divides the food into even portions for Ohno to pick through. He cares for Ohno without a second thought - that's a good reason to like him too.
Here's another: the way that they will move in the same way, completely unintentionally. Ohno's always walked the world at his own pace, and everyone's always considered him a bit too slow, Ohno knows that. Nino's not slow at all; Ohno's never met someone whose mind is so quick, who can shuffle cards faster than Ohno can blink, and yet the two of them are the same pace. He wonders if Nino's noticed this. Ohno hopes he has. He's sure of it, if Ohno has noticed it, then of course Nino has. Aiba tells Ohno that it's really obvious, in the way they walk together and bump shoulders (exactly the same height), and it reminds Ohno of the way they always lean in for a kiss at the same time.
Also interesting is how Nino manages to fit so perfectly in Ohno's house, like he'd always been a part of Ohno's life. It's different from Sho. Ohno really likes Sho too, Sho is smart and funny and handsome and Ohno enjoys the faces he makes when he's caught off guard by something, but Sho's still a little awkward around Ohno. Sho still thinks of himself as a guest in their town and is curiously polite when he talks with Ohno and Jun, so different from the casual way he interacts with Nino and Aiba. Ohno wonders what kind of adventures they'd had together, on the road, to make them so close. He can see it in his head, like a moving painting: Sho's beautiful Dart speeding down an endless highway, wind blowing through his hair, fingers firm on the steering wheel. Aiba and Nino in the backseat, leaning on each other as they point out things in the scenery, like cacti shaped like dicks and the pair of cloud-breasts floating in the sky.
Nino's only been in town for a bit less than two weeks, but he seems the type to be comfortable, wherever he is. With Ohno especially. Like now, he's walking into Ohno's room, ripping off his shirt, sighing and flopping face-first onto Ohno's bed. Ohno laughs and helps tug off Nino's pants, folding them and Nino's shirt over the back of the chair by his desk. He wants to go take a shower to wash the smell of motor grease off his skin, but Nino makes such a tempting picture, sprawled on Ohno's bed like he belongs there. But Ohno shakes his head (maybe later, he tells himself) and heads to the washroom.
Nino joins him as soon as Ohno steps in the shower and reaches for the shampoo wordlessly; Ohno dips his head a little and closes his eyes as Nino runs his fingers down Ohno's scalp, washing his hair. Ohno likes that Nino doesn't force Ohno to talk when he doesn't want to, likes how they understand each other without needing words. After Nino rinses Ohno's hair, he turns around and washes his own while Ohno scrubs his back for him. Ohno lets his fingers stray a bit too low down Nino's body and Nino turns to whack his hands away.
"I'll do that myself!" he says, and Ohno laughs. Nino's cute all over.
It's a warm evening tonight so Ohno keeps his windows open and sits on the windowsill, sketching Nino as Nino plays his guitar. When it's a song that Ohno knows, Ohno hums along.
"Oh-chan has such a good voice!" Nino says, and Ohno smiles, hiding his face behind his sketchbook.
When Nino gets tired of guitar he comes sit by Ohno on the ledge - not across from Ohno, where there's more room, but beside Ohno, where arguably there's none at all. But somehow Nino fits and it's never occurred to Ohno to be surprised by it. Nino leans his head on Ohno's shoulder and watches quietly as Ohno draws: it's a picture of Nino and Aiba and Sho, but the background is empty so far.
"Something like this actually happened," Nino murmurs, and Ohno just knows that Nino's thinking of the exact scene that's in Ohno's head. "Sho can't really swim, you know? Well I guess you figured that out already," he grins. Ohno doesn't have to reply for Nino to know he's right.
Jun had asked Ohno, a few days ago, if Nino was giving him any trouble, living over at Ohno's house. Ohno had blinked and had asked, "What kind of trouble?" and it made Jun sigh, but apparently answered his question. Ohno wondered if he was being weird again, without meaning to, but he can't really bring himself to care, because it's with Nino. Nino is warm against Ohno's side and Ohno sort of wishes they could stay like this forever. The thought makes him stop drawing. Beside him, Nino shifts slightly.
"This is nice," he says.
Ohno doesn't know if he's talking about the two of them or the art, but it doesn't matter. "Mm," he says.
"We've been here a while, haven't we?" Nino half whispers, and he's not talking about the two of them now, and it makes something clench in Ohno's stomach. There's something in Nino's voice that is hinting towards the future, and Ohno can't think that far, he's never planned for anything in his life. "I really like your town, Oh-chan," Nino says.
"Me too," Ohno says. He doesn't know what else to say. There's something strong trying to push its way out of Ohno's chest right now and it takes him too long to recognize that it's his heart.
"I really wish --" Nino stops.
"What?" Ohno asks, suddenly breathless.
"Nothing," Nino says, shaking his head.
"No, what?" Ohno asks again.
"Nothing," Nino repeats, and leans forward to kiss him. They meet halfway and Ohno closes his eyes and pictures Nino's smile, pictures Nino under the sunlight with Aiba and Sho, with Jun and Ohno there too, and this is the happy ending that Ohno will never be able to capture on paper. Nino sparks Ohno's imagination and for the first time in his life, Ohno finds himself wondering about traveling to different places, seeing the world, leaving his home. It scares him. It scares him more than sharks in the water, and it's ten times more exhilarating.
But Ohno pictures Nino's smile and he can't help it.
I have one more part I've started writing and then I will stop spamming the comm, I swear D: