Happy Smile Bathroom Renovators! (Tora/Nao) Part 3
Title: Happy Smile Bathroom Renovators!
Author: butterflysaga
Band(s): Alice Nine,Mucc (Tatsurou), The GazettE (Reita)
Pairings: Tora/Nao, some Shou/Saga, some Saga/Hiroto, and very tiny tiny bits of Reita/Saga
Genre: Comedy, Romance, MxM
Rating: R for language, sexy scenes, and Saga
Warnings: Injury caused from laughter (I hope?)
Summary: Nao has moved into a new home. While getting settled in he finds himself in a bit of trouble which leads him to call Happy Smile Bathroom Renovators! Can they save the day and ultimately Nao's house?
Notes: I have no idea about bathroom renovation so I made all this shit up. In fact I make a lot of shit up! Like Nao's favorite color and Tora's ink. Also, much love goes out to my beta phillipthefrogwho always inspires me and watches my horrible horrible grammar. Also most of these laughs are from conversations we've had and when we work together, a lot of evil ensues. Bahahahaha! *kisses her frog*
Part 1
Part 2
Tora gave the door a couple swift knocks and found he didn't have to wait at all as the door open immediately to a really smiley young man.
"Murai-san?" Tora asked the man who opened the door wider.
"Please call me Nao! It's a pleasure to meet you Amano-san, I really like that shirt"
Tora laughed a forced laugh, "Sorry about being a bit late, I was trying to park behind that ugly Honda across the street."
It was Nao's turn to laugh a forced laugh, "Er...please come in Amano-san" he stepped to the side to allow the man in.
"Sorry about the place, I've just moved in yesterday"
"Ah no no it's fine" Tora said with a wave before taking off his sunglasses. He followed Nao into the kitchen and took a seat accordingly across from him.
"Oh are you thirsty? I have beer?"
Tora cocked an eyebrow, "As much as I would love to drink on the job I'll sadly have to decline, um water?"
"HAAHAHAHA yes yes!" Nao replied grabbing a glass and pouring some water. Tora blew out a long breath and shook his head.
"So I spent quite some time researching and everything about bathroom renovation but I have no idea what can and cannot work." Nao said as he set the glass down and sat across from him. "I'd really like to paint and stuff too you know, yellow is my favorite color and bathrooms can be yellow right? Or do you think blue would be better? Blue like the color of the ocean blue I have a nice window in there that looks out into the garden and I think the sun pours in just nicely"
Tora sat there a bit stunned and dizzy at how fast the man could talk.
"I know most people keep bathrooms white but I'd really like to add a bit of character to this place"
Tora cleared his throat and pulled out the materials he brought with him from his bag and set them in front of Nao.
"Oh! I'll look at these then"
"Well the paint job you want is fine, whatever you like, these are just some ideas on what kind of bath you'd like"
Nao hummed and nodded and began to look through it. After a few moments of silence and Tora staring off into space Nao looked up and laughed a bit. Tora's eyes darted back to him, "Hmm?" Tora asked with yet another cock of his eyebrow.
"Nothing its just" Nao laughed again, "that Miko lady on your comment page said you guys were um good looking! Its just too funny because you are!"
Tora gave him a confused face, "Miko lady? Page?"
"Yea you guys have that info page on the yellow pages on google? They have comments on there!"
"Ah I see"
"Yea she said you were just as gorgeous as her bathroom! Hahaha"
Tora felt himself fluster a bit and laughed dryly. "Well haha er thank you? Though I don't know if I like being compared to a bathroom..."
"Hahaha! But you do look rather like a model or something. Not like a renovator at all!"
Tora nodded a slow yes before smiling uncomfortably. "Ehhh do you like anything you see?"
Nao pursed his lips and snorted a bit which caused Tora to raise his eyebrows.
"...."
"...."
"BAHAHAHAHA why did you follow with that!?"
"Eh!?"
"Do I like anything I see~" Nao said in a voice that was supposed to be like Tora's but sounded more suave then Tora actually said it in.
Tora's eyebrows raised higher, "Eh!? The bathroom you freak" Tora said in a annoyed voice. As soon as he said it though he could feel himself cringe as calling your potential customer a freak wasn't such a bright idea. Luckily for Tora the other man just giggled.
"I do! I like this one and this one" he said pointing to the materials and Tora leaned forward a bit to see what he was talking about.
"Good choices" Tora said nicely to make up for his little outburst, "can I see the bathroom?"
"Yes! Follow me!" Nao said getting up quickly, he happily made his way to the bathroom as Tora followed behind him. Both men entered as Tora began to take a look around, with a smirk he pointed at the faucet, "so that's what you were talking about on the phone?"
"Yup! I nearly drowned trying to clean it yesterday, my friend Saga was the one who ripped it off the wall though"
"Ah"
"Do you think its do-able? I think maybe the first option was nice now that I get another look around."
"Both are actually"
"Awesome! I'd like option one then"
"Alright and the floor?"
"Do you think the floor needs to be changed?" Nao asked curiously, he wanted to see how much the guy was going to work his sales.
"It looks nice actually, I'd recommend renting a floor cleaner after we finish up as it looks a bit dulled"
Nao smiled widely, "So honest!"
Tora snorted, "honest?"
"Yea I thought you were going to pitch your flooring"
"I mean if you want new flooring..."
"I think I might!" Nao said
"Ehh flooring is a bit expensive what's your budget?" Tora said looking at the floor again.
Nao looked at Tora closely.
"What?" Tora said looking up at him.
"Ha!!! This must be some kind of reverse psychology! You're gooooood"
"I'm not doing anything?"
"Hehehe you're gooood, I've been around the block you know~"
Tora gave him a confused look, "What? Don't get new flooring alright? It's a waste"
"So so gooooood~"
"I don't know what the hell-"
"What if I want new flooring?"
"Then get new flooring!" Tora sputtered feeling his blood pressure rise for some reason.
"But you said it would be a waste!" Nao said holding up a finger in Tora's face.
"I'm saying that because you don't need it! The floor is nice!" Tora yelled back moving his face away from Nao's finger.
"But you could only be saying that so I'll get the flooring!"
"I'm saying that because the floor is goddamn nice!"
"But you are saying this now because you want me to get new flooring!"
"No I'm saying this now so you'll shut up about the flooring! If you want new flooring I have flooring available"
"Do you? But now I'm not sure~ you should persuade me~"
"I'm not persuading you!"
"But you're a salesman!"
"I'm not a salesman I install tubs"
"But you sell tubs and flooring"
"I install flooring too but I'm not gonna force you to bu-"
"Just tell me to buy the flooring already!"
"I'm not telling you to buy anything!"
"Such lies! Tell me to buy the flooring! I want you to!"
"Buy the flooring!"
"What kind of salesman are you?"
"I'm not a salesman!"
"Pfffft! Well now I think you are!"
"Shut the hell up will you!?"
Nao's jaw dropped
Tora cursed inwardly, "I'm sorry-"
"BAHAHAHA! You are so cute Amano-san!"
Tora rubbed his face vigorously.
"Well you've passed the test, I'm definitely gonna work with you! Please show me what flooring you have available Amano-san!"
******
Tora showed back up at Nao's place at 7AM sharp to begin working on the bathroom. Nao opened the door smiling brightly. "Good morning Amano-san!" he said in a chirpy voice Tora nodded and entered.
"Heeeey now where's that Happy Smile!" Nao said cutely which caused Tora to snort sarcastically though to his disdain he could feel the corners of his mouth twitch upward.
"Did you have breakfast Amano-san? I have the best jam! You really should try some, its raspberry from the last garden I had before I moved here. It's kind of a specialty for me!" Nao said leading Tora by the shoulder to the kitchen despite Tora's obvious expression of refusal.
Before he could open his mouth Nao went on, "Also I have coffee, the best coffee in fact as it comes from Teacup.Flower.Coffee! House"
"What kind of name is Teacup.Flower.Coffee?"
"The kind of name I would give my very own coffee house!"
"It's a great name" Tora said with a big fake smile.
Nao giggled and shoved a mug and a English muffin with raspberry jam into both of Tora's hands.
"Please take a seat and have breakfast I want my bathroom to look nice so you need to eat and caffeinate! Unless of course you have more than one place to work on today?"
"I dont.."
"Great! Please do not feel rushed in completing this project"
"You want a bathroom right?"
"Hehehe I do but my neighbor has been kind enough to allow me to use his as you work and he also gave me a key"
"How nice of him..."
"He's quite nice, he was actually the one that saved me from my near drowning! hahaha"
"Ah" Tora took a bite out of his muffin and was pleasantly surprised by how good the jam was. Nao seeing his face smiled widely, "I'm glad you like it!"
Tora swallowed quickly and nodded, "Its very good" he said taking a drink of his coffee which also tasted pretty damn amazing . "Good coffee too" he added.
"Thank you! I'm very specific about how my coffee is made and I'm bit of a coffee snob so I only purchase a very special kind of bean, I also prefer to make all our coffee the old fashion way to make sure its the most robust and satisfying coffee"
Tora nodded along to Nao's jabber and continued to drink and eat.
"Why the flower at the end of your name?" Tora asked with his mouth to the coffee mug.
"Flower is the theme as I love plants! My coffee shop is quite the greenhouse!" Nao giggled and picked up his own muffin.
"Well I'm full I should get star-"
"Nonesense! Please at least finish the coffee!"
"Ah..of course" Tora smiled, despite his usual sour mood he had to admit the coffee and the jam made him feel a bit...brighter and more awake.
"Please tell me more about yourself Amano-san" Nao asked then making Tora another raspberry jam muffin and setting it onto his plate without Tora asking. Tora mindlessly picked it up and took a bite.
"Well you know what I do"
"Well tell me more! You are going to be in my house for a whole week, I'd like for you not to be a creepy stanger"
"Creepy!" Tora said in funny pitched voice.
"Hahaha well you aren't creepy but you know what I mean"
"Sure...well-"
"How old are you?" Nao interrupted.
"26"
"Are you married? With kids?"
"No and no thanks"
"Hahahahha do you like sports?"
"Sports? Um yea why are you askin-"
"I love soccer"
"So do I but do you really ne-"
"Whats your favorite color?"
"Green wait-"
"Yellow but I told you that!"
"Shouldn't these questions be about my work?"
"I want to get a feel of you as a person Amano-san because I don't often let strangers into my home"
"How does knowing I like green and soccer tell you what kind of person I am?" Tora asked a little flatly as Nao refilled his mug with coffee.
"It does it really does"
Tora snorted a laugh and shook his head, "Tora"
"Tora? Is that your favorite animal?"
"It's what not-strangers call me"
"Oh!" Nao let out delightfully, "are you a cat guy?"
"A cat guy? Sure I like cats"
"They're cute Tora-san~ Do you have a cat?"
"I do"
"Name?"
"Chikin"
"What a funny name"
"I like it"
"I like it too~ I think."
Tora laughed "are you done with the freaky speed dating questions?"
"Speed dating questions!" Nao said in exasperation.
"Well it feels like that" Tora muttered in a whiney voice causing Nao to laugh.
"I think it's really bad to hit on your customers"
Tora almost spit out his coffee then, "Hit on!?"
"Mmmhmmmmm~"
"You're a guy!"
"You mentioned dating!"
"That doesnt mean I didnt mean it like that!"
"Bahahahahaha wow you're really whiney!"
"I'm not whiney" Tora whined
"You're doing it now!"
"I'm not doing anything I'm drinking my coffee!"
Nao gave him an 'oh really face' and smirked quietly.
Tora stared blankly at him and slowly drank his coffee.
Nao stared blankly back and slowly drank his coffee as well.
Tora shook his head and started laughing, "I should get to work"
"Of course!"
Tora stood up, "thanks for the food and coffee"
"No problem!"
"I am not whiney" Tora said with another laugh walking out of the kitchen
Nao giggled and began to clean up the kitchen.
A few minutes later Tora began to haul in some noisy looking machinery from his truck.
*
After three hours of demolishing the tub Tora had to get out of that bathroom and into a larger space. Walking out of the bathroom and into the kitchen he took out his ear plugs and slipped them in his pockets. Nao entered just as Tora was shaking his right ear a bit to get that funny full feeling it got when he wore the plugs.
"Oh hello!"
Tora whipped around, "Ah hi!" he said quite blandly
"Are you taking a break?" Nao asked, he seemed much more polite then he did earlier. Tora wondered why this guy seemed to have multiple personalities.
"Ah yea I was haha I had to get out of there for a bit" Tora said with a laugh, "starts to feel really cramped after awhile"
Truth be told his legs and back also ached from wielding that heaving machine all morning.
"Please! Have a seat Tora-san" Nao said with a giant smile, "Are you thirsty?"
"Actually yea" Tora said with a smile and took a seat at the table. He cringed a little at the little crick he felt in his neck as he turned toward Nao who was busy at the counter.
"I hope you like lemonade? I just made it fresh this morning while you were working! It's very sweet~" Nao said fixing him a cold glass of it, "also I have some fresh fruit as well!"
Opening the fridge Nao took out a few containers of already cut fruit and set them on the kitchen table along with Tora's drink.
"Thank you very much Nao-san" Tora said with a polite nod and taking the glass up practically downed it all in one drink.
Nao giggled, "do you want moreeee?"
"Uhh sure thank you"
Nao nodded happily and brought the pitcher over. Filling Tora's glass back up he set it on the table before taking a seat himself.
"I wanted to apologize if I came off rude this morning" Nao began, "I can be quite hyperactive in the mornings! Hehehe"
"Its um.." Tora bega looking at Nao like he was a bit crazy but hid it well behind a smile, "Its fine it was funny actually"
"Funny?" Nao said with a smirk
"Well yea I mean you're kinda uhhh whats the word..."
"Lively?"
"No that's not it"
"Cheerful?"
"Nope not it either"
"Vivacious?"
Tora laughed, "well you're that but thats not what I was thinking"
Tora pondered as Nao hummed in thought as well
"Ah! I know now! Unhinged was what I was looking for"
"UNHINGED!!" Nao said with wide eyes
Tora bit down on his bottom lip and nodded, "Yeeeah just a bit"
Nao's made a perfect 'O' with his mouth
"....."
"Shit I should've said a better word shouldn't I?" Tora said trying not to show how amused he was.
"A BETTER WORD!?"
"Yea like...silly?" Tora offered
"SILLY!?"
"Er...not good either?" Tora said with a false look of concern.
After staring at Nao's ridiculous face expression Tora started to laugh
"Ahh Nao-san I'm teasing you!"
"OH!?"
"Yea!" Tora said putting on his most charming smile
"Oh..." Nao said blinking a few times before giggling.
"Teasing is mean!" he said then, giving Tora a cute playful glare.
"Revenge you see" Tora said pointing a strawberry at him that he grabbed from the container of fruit, "for calling me whiny"
Nao laughed loudly then and startled Tora a bit but the sound also made him laugh too.
"I see! So that's the kind of person you are!"
"Yup"
"Well two can play that game!"
"Hai may the best win" Tora said taking a bite of his strawberry
"It will be me" Nao said quite bluntly, "I am excellent at revenge"
"Are you?"
"Yup!" Nao said with a beaming smile
Tora shook his head and laughed.
By three o'clock Tora had finished demolishing the bathroom, wiping his brow with the side of his arm he began to haul the heavy machinary out of the bathroom
"WHOA!" Nao chirped behind him causing him to jump a bit
"Its destroyed~" Nao went on, "you look tired Tora-san"
"Mm" Tora grunted as he began to pull the machine out Nao stepped aside to make room for him.
"I'll be here tomorrow at 7" Tora said as he made his way out the door with it
"Ohhh would you please take something to drink with you?"
"I'm alright" Tora smiled "I've done this plenty of times"
"But you look so hot!"
"I'm fine"
Nao glared at him and before Tora knew it Nao was following him out to his truck with glass of water.
Tora loaded up the back of the truck, shutting the back up he turned to look at Nao with a sigh.
"Are you serious?" Tora asked with a shocked expression
"Mmmhmm here drink" Nao said pushing the glass towards him
"You're really special you know that?"
"Well that's too bad for you then" Nao chirped and smiled when Tora grabbed the glass and downed it.
"See! I bet you feel better~"
"Uhuuuh" Tora said slowly handing the glass back to him, "thanks, I'll see you tomorrow alright?"
"Yup! Bright and early!"
"Yep" Tora said with a smile and a wave, getting into his truck dug around for his keys, Nao's head popped into the window then.
"Hey" Nao said causing Tora to jump again
"Why so jumpy Tora!?" Nao said with a giggle
"Why do you pop up on strangers!?" Tora with a high voice
"You're not a stranger~"
"Yes, yes I am" Tora bluntly
"Nope!" Nao beamed and tapped the car a few times, "I put you in the not-stranger pile!"
Tora stared at him
"What do you waaaaant?" he said with a tired laugh
"Why do you wear contacts?" Nao said tilting his head
"Eh? Contacts?"
"Yea those freaky gray looking things! They make you look kinda scary~"
"What the hell!" Tora said angrily
Nao giggled, "Thats the look right?"
"This is my real eye color!"
"No way! I'm not stupid~ you dont have to be embarrassed or anything if its a fashion thing"
"Sorry to say I was born with these" Tora said with a glare
Nao peered in closer to Tora's face, Tora backed up a bit and blinked
"OHHHH COOOOOL!!! How did you get that!?"
"I'm part white"
"FREAKY! NO WONDER YOUR SO BIG!"
"Eh!?"
"Not fat just big and strong and manly" Nao laughed
Tora felt this was getting a little weird and so he put his keys in the ignition
"7 o'clock"
"Oh right!"
"Alrighty see ya! Get your hands off the vehicle"
Nao let his hands fall to his side. With a wave Tora took off.
Author: butterflysaga
Band(s): Alice Nine,Mucc (Tatsurou), The GazettE (Reita)
Pairings: Tora/Nao, some Shou/Saga, some Saga/Hiroto, and very tiny tiny bits of Reita/Saga
Genre: Comedy, Romance, MxM
Rating: R for language, sexy scenes, and Saga
Warnings: Injury caused from laughter (I hope?)
Summary: Nao has moved into a new home. While getting settled in he finds himself in a bit of trouble which leads him to call Happy Smile Bathroom Renovators! Can they save the day and ultimately Nao's house?
Notes: I have no idea about bathroom renovation so I made all this shit up. In fact I make a lot of shit up! Like Nao's favorite color and Tora's ink. Also, much love goes out to my beta phillipthefrogwho always inspires me and watches my horrible horrible grammar. Also most of these laughs are from conversations we've had and when we work together, a lot of evil ensues. Bahahahaha! *kisses her frog*
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Part 2
Tora gave the door a couple swift knocks and found he didn't have to wait at all as the door open immediately to a really smiley young man.
"Murai-san?" Tora asked the man who opened the door wider.
"Please call me Nao! It's a pleasure to meet you Amano-san, I really like that shirt"
Tora laughed a forced laugh, "Sorry about being a bit late, I was trying to park behind that ugly Honda across the street."
It was Nao's turn to laugh a forced laugh, "Er...please come in Amano-san" he stepped to the side to allow the man in.
"Sorry about the place, I've just moved in yesterday"
"Ah no no it's fine" Tora said with a wave before taking off his sunglasses. He followed Nao into the kitchen and took a seat accordingly across from him.
"Oh are you thirsty? I have beer?"
Tora cocked an eyebrow, "As much as I would love to drink on the job I'll sadly have to decline, um water?"
"HAAHAHAHA yes yes!" Nao replied grabbing a glass and pouring some water. Tora blew out a long breath and shook his head.
"So I spent quite some time researching and everything about bathroom renovation but I have no idea what can and cannot work." Nao said as he set the glass down and sat across from him. "I'd really like to paint and stuff too you know, yellow is my favorite color and bathrooms can be yellow right? Or do you think blue would be better? Blue like the color of the ocean blue I have a nice window in there that looks out into the garden and I think the sun pours in just nicely"
Tora sat there a bit stunned and dizzy at how fast the man could talk.
"I know most people keep bathrooms white but I'd really like to add a bit of character to this place"
Tora cleared his throat and pulled out the materials he brought with him from his bag and set them in front of Nao.
"Oh! I'll look at these then"
"Well the paint job you want is fine, whatever you like, these are just some ideas on what kind of bath you'd like"
Nao hummed and nodded and began to look through it. After a few moments of silence and Tora staring off into space Nao looked up and laughed a bit. Tora's eyes darted back to him, "Hmm?" Tora asked with yet another cock of his eyebrow.
"Nothing its just" Nao laughed again, "that Miko lady on your comment page said you guys were um good looking! Its just too funny because you are!"
Tora gave him a confused face, "Miko lady? Page?"
"Yea you guys have that info page on the yellow pages on google? They have comments on there!"
"Ah I see"
"Yea she said you were just as gorgeous as her bathroom! Hahaha"
Tora felt himself fluster a bit and laughed dryly. "Well haha er thank you? Though I don't know if I like being compared to a bathroom..."
"Hahaha! But you do look rather like a model or something. Not like a renovator at all!"
Tora nodded a slow yes before smiling uncomfortably. "Ehhh do you like anything you see?"
Nao pursed his lips and snorted a bit which caused Tora to raise his eyebrows.
"...."
"...."
"BAHAHAHAHA why did you follow with that!?"
"Eh!?"
"Do I like anything I see~" Nao said in a voice that was supposed to be like Tora's but sounded more suave then Tora actually said it in.
Tora's eyebrows raised higher, "Eh!? The bathroom you freak" Tora said in a annoyed voice. As soon as he said it though he could feel himself cringe as calling your potential customer a freak wasn't such a bright idea. Luckily for Tora the other man just giggled.
"I do! I like this one and this one" he said pointing to the materials and Tora leaned forward a bit to see what he was talking about.
"Good choices" Tora said nicely to make up for his little outburst, "can I see the bathroom?"
"Yes! Follow me!" Nao said getting up quickly, he happily made his way to the bathroom as Tora followed behind him. Both men entered as Tora began to take a look around, with a smirk he pointed at the faucet, "so that's what you were talking about on the phone?"
"Yup! I nearly drowned trying to clean it yesterday, my friend Saga was the one who ripped it off the wall though"
"Ah"
"Do you think its do-able? I think maybe the first option was nice now that I get another look around."
"Both are actually"
"Awesome! I'd like option one then"
"Alright and the floor?"
"Do you think the floor needs to be changed?" Nao asked curiously, he wanted to see how much the guy was going to work his sales.
"It looks nice actually, I'd recommend renting a floor cleaner after we finish up as it looks a bit dulled"
Nao smiled widely, "So honest!"
Tora snorted, "honest?"
"Yea I thought you were going to pitch your flooring"
"I mean if you want new flooring..."
"I think I might!" Nao said
"Ehh flooring is a bit expensive what's your budget?" Tora said looking at the floor again.
Nao looked at Tora closely.
"What?" Tora said looking up at him.
"Ha!!! This must be some kind of reverse psychology! You're gooooood"
"I'm not doing anything?"
"Hehehe you're gooood, I've been around the block you know~"
Tora gave him a confused look, "What? Don't get new flooring alright? It's a waste"
"So so gooooood~"
"I don't know what the hell-"
"What if I want new flooring?"
"Then get new flooring!" Tora sputtered feeling his blood pressure rise for some reason.
"But you said it would be a waste!" Nao said holding up a finger in Tora's face.
"I'm saying that because you don't need it! The floor is nice!" Tora yelled back moving his face away from Nao's finger.
"But you could only be saying that so I'll get the flooring!"
"I'm saying that because the floor is goddamn nice!"
"But you are saying this now because you want me to get new flooring!"
"No I'm saying this now so you'll shut up about the flooring! If you want new flooring I have flooring available"
"Do you? But now I'm not sure~ you should persuade me~"
"I'm not persuading you!"
"But you're a salesman!"
"I'm not a salesman I install tubs"
"But you sell tubs and flooring"
"I install flooring too but I'm not gonna force you to bu-"
"Just tell me to buy the flooring already!"
"I'm not telling you to buy anything!"
"Such lies! Tell me to buy the flooring! I want you to!"
"Buy the flooring!"
"What kind of salesman are you?"
"I'm not a salesman!"
"Pfffft! Well now I think you are!"
"Shut the hell up will you!?"
Nao's jaw dropped
Tora cursed inwardly, "I'm sorry-"
"BAHAHAHA! You are so cute Amano-san!"
Tora rubbed his face vigorously.
"Well you've passed the test, I'm definitely gonna work with you! Please show me what flooring you have available Amano-san!"
******
Tora showed back up at Nao's place at 7AM sharp to begin working on the bathroom. Nao opened the door smiling brightly. "Good morning Amano-san!" he said in a chirpy voice Tora nodded and entered.
"Heeeey now where's that Happy Smile!" Nao said cutely which caused Tora to snort sarcastically though to his disdain he could feel the corners of his mouth twitch upward.
"Did you have breakfast Amano-san? I have the best jam! You really should try some, its raspberry from the last garden I had before I moved here. It's kind of a specialty for me!" Nao said leading Tora by the shoulder to the kitchen despite Tora's obvious expression of refusal.
Before he could open his mouth Nao went on, "Also I have coffee, the best coffee in fact as it comes from Teacup.Flower.Coffee! House"
"What kind of name is Teacup.Flower.Coffee?"
"The kind of name I would give my very own coffee house!"
"It's a great name" Tora said with a big fake smile.
Nao giggled and shoved a mug and a English muffin with raspberry jam into both of Tora's hands.
"Please take a seat and have breakfast I want my bathroom to look nice so you need to eat and caffeinate! Unless of course you have more than one place to work on today?"
"I dont.."
"Great! Please do not feel rushed in completing this project"
"You want a bathroom right?"
"Hehehe I do but my neighbor has been kind enough to allow me to use his as you work and he also gave me a key"
"How nice of him..."
"He's quite nice, he was actually the one that saved me from my near drowning! hahaha"
"Ah" Tora took a bite out of his muffin and was pleasantly surprised by how good the jam was. Nao seeing his face smiled widely, "I'm glad you like it!"
Tora swallowed quickly and nodded, "Its very good" he said taking a drink of his coffee which also tasted pretty damn amazing . "Good coffee too" he added.
"Thank you! I'm very specific about how my coffee is made and I'm bit of a coffee snob so I only purchase a very special kind of bean, I also prefer to make all our coffee the old fashion way to make sure its the most robust and satisfying coffee"
Tora nodded along to Nao's jabber and continued to drink and eat.
"Why the flower at the end of your name?" Tora asked with his mouth to the coffee mug.
"Flower is the theme as I love plants! My coffee shop is quite the greenhouse!" Nao giggled and picked up his own muffin.
"Well I'm full I should get star-"
"Nonesense! Please at least finish the coffee!"
"Ah..of course" Tora smiled, despite his usual sour mood he had to admit the coffee and the jam made him feel a bit...brighter and more awake.
"Please tell me more about yourself Amano-san" Nao asked then making Tora another raspberry jam muffin and setting it onto his plate without Tora asking. Tora mindlessly picked it up and took a bite.
"Well you know what I do"
"Well tell me more! You are going to be in my house for a whole week, I'd like for you not to be a creepy stanger"
"Creepy!" Tora said in funny pitched voice.
"Hahaha well you aren't creepy but you know what I mean"
"Sure...well-"
"How old are you?" Nao interrupted.
"26"
"Are you married? With kids?"
"No and no thanks"
"Hahahahha do you like sports?"
"Sports? Um yea why are you askin-"
"I love soccer"
"So do I but do you really ne-"
"Whats your favorite color?"
"Green wait-"
"Yellow but I told you that!"
"Shouldn't these questions be about my work?"
"I want to get a feel of you as a person Amano-san because I don't often let strangers into my home"
"How does knowing I like green and soccer tell you what kind of person I am?" Tora asked a little flatly as Nao refilled his mug with coffee.
"It does it really does"
Tora snorted a laugh and shook his head, "Tora"
"Tora? Is that your favorite animal?"
"It's what not-strangers call me"
"Oh!" Nao let out delightfully, "are you a cat guy?"
"A cat guy? Sure I like cats"
"They're cute Tora-san~ Do you have a cat?"
"I do"
"Name?"
"Chikin"
"What a funny name"
"I like it"
"I like it too~ I think."
Tora laughed "are you done with the freaky speed dating questions?"
"Speed dating questions!" Nao said in exasperation.
"Well it feels like that" Tora muttered in a whiney voice causing Nao to laugh.
"I think it's really bad to hit on your customers"
Tora almost spit out his coffee then, "Hit on!?"
"Mmmhmmmmm~"
"You're a guy!"
"You mentioned dating!"
"That doesnt mean I didnt mean it like that!"
"Bahahahahaha wow you're really whiney!"
"I'm not whiney" Tora whined
"You're doing it now!"
"I'm not doing anything I'm drinking my coffee!"
Nao gave him an 'oh really face' and smirked quietly.
Tora stared blankly at him and slowly drank his coffee.
Nao stared blankly back and slowly drank his coffee as well.
Tora shook his head and started laughing, "I should get to work"
"Of course!"
Tora stood up, "thanks for the food and coffee"
"No problem!"
"I am not whiney" Tora said with another laugh walking out of the kitchen
Nao giggled and began to clean up the kitchen.
A few minutes later Tora began to haul in some noisy looking machinery from his truck.
*
After three hours of demolishing the tub Tora had to get out of that bathroom and into a larger space. Walking out of the bathroom and into the kitchen he took out his ear plugs and slipped them in his pockets. Nao entered just as Tora was shaking his right ear a bit to get that funny full feeling it got when he wore the plugs.
"Oh hello!"
Tora whipped around, "Ah hi!" he said quite blandly
"Are you taking a break?" Nao asked, he seemed much more polite then he did earlier. Tora wondered why this guy seemed to have multiple personalities.
"Ah yea I was haha I had to get out of there for a bit" Tora said with a laugh, "starts to feel really cramped after awhile"
Truth be told his legs and back also ached from wielding that heaving machine all morning.
"Please! Have a seat Tora-san" Nao said with a giant smile, "Are you thirsty?"
"Actually yea" Tora said with a smile and took a seat at the table. He cringed a little at the little crick he felt in his neck as he turned toward Nao who was busy at the counter.
"I hope you like lemonade? I just made it fresh this morning while you were working! It's very sweet~" Nao said fixing him a cold glass of it, "also I have some fresh fruit as well!"
Opening the fridge Nao took out a few containers of already cut fruit and set them on the kitchen table along with Tora's drink.
"Thank you very much Nao-san" Tora said with a polite nod and taking the glass up practically downed it all in one drink.
Nao giggled, "do you want moreeee?"
"Uhh sure thank you"
Nao nodded happily and brought the pitcher over. Filling Tora's glass back up he set it on the table before taking a seat himself.
"I wanted to apologize if I came off rude this morning" Nao began, "I can be quite hyperactive in the mornings! Hehehe"
"Its um.." Tora bega looking at Nao like he was a bit crazy but hid it well behind a smile, "Its fine it was funny actually"
"Funny?" Nao said with a smirk
"Well yea I mean you're kinda uhhh whats the word..."
"Lively?"
"No that's not it"
"Cheerful?"
"Nope not it either"
"Vivacious?"
Tora laughed, "well you're that but thats not what I was thinking"
Tora pondered as Nao hummed in thought as well
"Ah! I know now! Unhinged was what I was looking for"
"UNHINGED!!" Nao said with wide eyes
Tora bit down on his bottom lip and nodded, "Yeeeah just a bit"
Nao's made a perfect 'O' with his mouth
"....."
"Shit I should've said a better word shouldn't I?" Tora said trying not to show how amused he was.
"A BETTER WORD!?"
"Yea like...silly?" Tora offered
"SILLY!?"
"Er...not good either?" Tora said with a false look of concern.
After staring at Nao's ridiculous face expression Tora started to laugh
"Ahh Nao-san I'm teasing you!"
"OH!?"
"Yea!" Tora said putting on his most charming smile
"Oh..." Nao said blinking a few times before giggling.
"Teasing is mean!" he said then, giving Tora a cute playful glare.
"Revenge you see" Tora said pointing a strawberry at him that he grabbed from the container of fruit, "for calling me whiny"
Nao laughed loudly then and startled Tora a bit but the sound also made him laugh too.
"I see! So that's the kind of person you are!"
"Yup"
"Well two can play that game!"
"Hai may the best win" Tora said taking a bite of his strawberry
"It will be me" Nao said quite bluntly, "I am excellent at revenge"
"Are you?"
"Yup!" Nao said with a beaming smile
Tora shook his head and laughed.
By three o'clock Tora had finished demolishing the bathroom, wiping his brow with the side of his arm he began to haul the heavy machinary out of the bathroom
"WHOA!" Nao chirped behind him causing him to jump a bit
"Its destroyed~" Nao went on, "you look tired Tora-san"
"Mm" Tora grunted as he began to pull the machine out Nao stepped aside to make room for him.
"I'll be here tomorrow at 7" Tora said as he made his way out the door with it
"Ohhh would you please take something to drink with you?"
"I'm alright" Tora smiled "I've done this plenty of times"
"But you look so hot!"
"I'm fine"
Nao glared at him and before Tora knew it Nao was following him out to his truck with glass of water.
Tora loaded up the back of the truck, shutting the back up he turned to look at Nao with a sigh.
"Are you serious?" Tora asked with a shocked expression
"Mmmhmm here drink" Nao said pushing the glass towards him
"You're really special you know that?"
"Well that's too bad for you then" Nao chirped and smiled when Tora grabbed the glass and downed it.
"See! I bet you feel better~"
"Uhuuuh" Tora said slowly handing the glass back to him, "thanks, I'll see you tomorrow alright?"
"Yup! Bright and early!"
"Yep" Tora said with a smile and a wave, getting into his truck dug around for his keys, Nao's head popped into the window then.
"Hey" Nao said causing Tora to jump again
"Why so jumpy Tora!?" Nao said with a giggle
"Why do you pop up on strangers!?" Tora with a high voice
"You're not a stranger~"
"Yes, yes I am" Tora bluntly
"Nope!" Nao beamed and tapped the car a few times, "I put you in the not-stranger pile!"
Tora stared at him
"What do you waaaaant?" he said with a tired laugh
"Why do you wear contacts?" Nao said tilting his head
"Eh? Contacts?"
"Yea those freaky gray looking things! They make you look kinda scary~"
"What the hell!" Tora said angrily
Nao giggled, "Thats the look right?"
"This is my real eye color!"
"No way! I'm not stupid~ you dont have to be embarrassed or anything if its a fashion thing"
"Sorry to say I was born with these" Tora said with a glare
Nao peered in closer to Tora's face, Tora backed up a bit and blinked
"OHHHH COOOOOL!!! How did you get that!?"
"I'm part white"
"FREAKY! NO WONDER YOUR SO BIG!"
"Eh!?"
"Not fat just big and strong and manly" Nao laughed
Tora felt this was getting a little weird and so he put his keys in the ignition
"7 o'clock"
"Oh right!"
"Alrighty see ya! Get your hands off the vehicle"
Nao let his hands fall to his side. With a wave Tora took off.