Multi-part: Green Eyes (Sequel)
Title: Green Eyes (Sequel)
Rating: PG-13
It had been a week since Nino's tantrum and life as Arashi seemed to be getting back to its normal, albeit hectic, schedule. And although Nino seemed to have let the interview slide to the back of his mind, nobody dared to bring it up again.
At the moment, Jun, Sho, and Nino found themselves lounging around in their dressing room, waiting for the last two members to arrive so that their dance rehearsals could begin.
Nino was sitting in the loveseat furthest from the door, absently shuffling a pack of cards. Jun and Sho were sharing the couch closest to the door. There was a comfortable atmosphere surrounding the pair, Sho with his newspaper and Jun with the latest novel he had been working on.
A soft knock on the door made everyone pause in their various activities and glance at each other curiously. Nobody ever knocked on their door to be let in, from the members down to the supporting staff. Everyone knew it was best to let themselves in (and be ready for a hasty retreat in the case of crazy antics being pulled by Aiba or heaven forbid it be Nino). A stranger then, they all silently agreed, to which Jun was automatically designated the greeter.
With two pairs of eyes following his progress, Jun opened the door and just barely managed to catch the "Oh, shit!" that had wanted to spring from his mouth. "Ah, Chinen-kun. What brings you here today?" Jun said managing to quickly glance over his shoulder. Nino had frozen in his chair, the cards in a mess on the floor from having squeezed the deck too hard. Sho was sitting at the edge of his seat casting worried looks from Nino to Jun to Chinen, then back to Nino.
Chinen had jumped when the door was whipped open, and he bowed hastily to his sempai. "I'm sorry to bother you, Matsumoto-san," Chinen said in a rush of nerves. "But, I was wondering if Ohno-san is busy right now?"
Jun flinched minutely at the dangerous growl uttered by Nino at the mention of Ohno. "He's...uh...supposed to actually be here any minute now," Jun said distractedly. He was watching Nino from his peripheral vision as the edgy man angled his body towards the door, ready to pounce on his unsuspecting prey.
Chinen looked horribly disappointed at the news. "Oh, so he's not here yet, then?" Jun shook his head. "Ah, I was in the building and I thought I saw him. So, I wanted to thank him again for the interview because he was so nice to me," the younger idol began to babble nervously. Jun nodded politely in time to the conversation.
In reality, he was paying more attention to what Nino and Sho were currently doing. He could see the older man doing his best to placate the agitated gamer while keeping his own body in between Nino and the door at all times. Jun vaguely heard Chinen mention the fishing trip that Ohno had suggested they go on when he heard a muffled curse uttered by Sho followed by what sounded like bodies colliding with the floor.
Reacting on pure instinct, Jun spun around to face the commotion, shoving the Hey!Say! JUMP member behind him in the same fluid motion.
On the ground, Sho was trying his damndest to hang onto a squirming Nino, who was using every dirty trick in the book to be free of his captor. To Sho, a shirt, a leg, a foot, Nino's hair - it didn't matter what he was grabbing onto, as long as the younger man didn't get away from him.
"Dammit! NINO!" Sho cried out as he was elbowed in the ribs. The older man twisted the shirt in his hand to tighten his grip. Nino tried to lunge forward again, but was pulled back. The younger man retaliated by twisting around and biting Sho's arm. Sho gritted his teeth at the pain, but didn't loosen his grip one bit. When Nino finally released his arm, Sho attempted to use his superior height to wrestle him to the ground.
Jun watched on in an awed sense of horror. He had never seen Nino physically fight someone like this, ever. When Arashi goofed around, they wrestled together, like boys often do. But, never with this feral intensity. He wanted to jump in to help Sho, but he was reluctant to leave Chinen by himself, in case Nino was able to worm himself away from Sho.
Just then, Aiba walked through the doorway and stopped midstride at the chaos before him. The tall man stumbled forward when Ohno, who had been following right behind, had walked into him. "Nino-kun," Aiba gasped as he stared in horror at the sheer ferocity with which Nino was struggling against Sho.
"Shit! Masaki! Help me!" Sho grunted as Nino lashed out yet again. Aiba, unfortunately, was rooted to his spot.
Ohno, wondering what was going on, stepped around Aiba to view the commotion and promptly let out a huff of disapproval.
Not waiting to be asked, Ohno grabbed Nino by the leg and pulled him off of Sho. Nino kicked out at his new attacker, but Ohno held on tightly. When Nino was safely removed from the fray, Ohno bent down and grabbed the younger man by the scruff of the neck much like a mother dog does to her pups.
"Enough," he said sternly, bringing them eye to eye. Nino, with the bloodlust still raging in his eyes, continued to struggle against Ohno's tight hold. "Kazu!" Ohno snapped sharply as he gave the slight man a firm shake. The shake and the tone of voice snapped Nino out of his rage and he turned dazed eyes upon the older man. Ohno gave him a stern look, but loosened his hold on the younger man. "Enough, ok?" he asked softly.
The room collectively held their breath in the sudden silence. Sho lay on the ground panting at the exertion while Jun and Aiba stared in amazement at their laid back leader taking charge of the situation. Everyone, it seemed, had momentarily forgotten about their unexpected guest.
A moment of silence passed before Nino finally nodded his head, just barely, in agreement. Arashi let out a collective sigh.
Suddenly, very aware of his surroundings, Nino ducked his head in embarrassment and hastily left the room. Jun stepped in front of Chinen as Nino blew by, who was quickly followed by Ohno.
"That...was crazy!" Sho cried from his sprawled out position on the floor as the door swung shut behind the pair. Jun nodded his agreement. "Masaki! Why didn't you help me?" Sho whined throwing a pout at the tall man.
Aiba laughed nervously at the older man. "I'm sorry Sho-chan!" he wailed pitifully. He went over to help the older man up. "I was so scared, I couldn't move!" Sho groaned in pain as Aiba pulled him to a standing position.
Jun frowned as Sho shuffled slowly back to his seat on the couch, Aiba following close behind. "Sho, are you ok?"
Sho waved off the concerned comment. "Fine, fine. That brat just got me good a couple times is all." He rubbed absently at his chest. "God, I'm getting too old to be wrestling on the floor like that," he moaned. Aiba managed to muffle a giggle behind his hand.
Jun started suddenly. "Shit! Chinen!" He spun around to the wide eyed young man cowering behind him. Jun grimaced at the look of pure fear on Chinen's face. Damn, what a mess. "Chinen-kun, I'm so sorry you had to see that. Are you ok?" Chinen couldn't force the words past his choked up throat, so he settled with a tiny nod of his head. "I'll, walk you back to your dressing room, ok?" Jun offered weakly, already moving to open the door. Chinen nodded again, turning hesitantly to throw a tiny bow to Sho and Aiba, before flying out the door ahead of Jun. Jun shook his head sadly as he followed the young man out the door.
Aiba was petting Sho's hair, soothing both the men's frazzled nerves. The older man relaxed against the younger man, both lost in their own thoughts. "Ne, Sho-chan. I don't know how I was more scared of, Nino-kun or Oh-chan..." Sho nodded wordlessly at Aiba's observation. "I wonder where they went..." he mumbled aloud.
Ohno stood patiently behind the figure leaning moodily against the roofs rail guards. Nino hadn't uttered a single word since he had fled the dressing rooms with Ohno hot on his tail, and so Ohno waited. The younger man knew he had been wrong; Ohno didn't need to lecture him about jealously issues and taking his anger out on their kouhai. So Ohno did what Ohno did best; he offered his calming presence to the younger man as a peace offering so that Nino would know he wasn't mad or disappointed.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Nino sighed and forced himself to turn around and face the other man. He knew Ohno wouldn't judge him, but that didn't make it any easier. "I don't know why you put up with me," he mumbled mostly to himself. Ohno took that as his 'all clear' cue, and approached the self-deprecating man.
Ohno shrugged. "Nino-chan is who he is. I don't expect you to be anything other than yourself," he murmured philosophically. Nino scoffed at that. "Besides," Ohno continued as if the other hadn't said anything. "Kazu was really sexy growling and rolling on the floor with Sho-kun like that." Ohno smirked at the sudden blush on Nino's face. "We should get back, ne? We still have a photo shoot to do." The reluctant man nodded his agreement and followed the older man back down to their dressing room. They were greeted to the sight of an exuberant Aiba trying to reenact both sides of the scuffle that he'd bared witness to, Jun and Sho snuggled together on the cough laughing heartily at his antics.
"It wasn't even like that, you moron!" Nino snapped at the excitable man. Aiba yelped in surprise and dove for cover behind the couch. Sho and Jun burst out in another round of laughter. Aiba was about to stutter out an apology when Nino flashed them his best smirk. "I was totally trying to get Sho-chan in a headlock, but he got lucky when Oh-chan pulled me off." They were all still reliving the excitement when one of the staff stopped by to ask them to be ready in the studio in five minutes.
The photo shoot went well, as they always do. Arashi is a group held together by their love for each other after all. And if there were an unusually high amount of Ohmiya pictures, well, there wasn't really anything odd about that to be honest. Besides, Nino reasoned, their magazine sales tended to be higher when Ohmiya were more handsy. Everyone rolled their eyes as the photographer called an end to their session.
Sure it was a lame excuse, but nobody really cared, least of all Nino. Ohno was his and he'd be damned if he couldn't get a better Ohmiya picture as the cover shot to erase the image of Chinen with his Oh-chan out of all the fangirls heads. He'd show that little brat to mess with him. Vengeance was, after all, definitely a word in his vocabulary and he was not one to shy away from it.