[Ongoing] Losing Him - Epilogue [Ohmiya]
Title : Losing Him - Chapter 8
Lenght: Chapter
Author: ica_90
beta by: jtaytt (Thanks girl!!)
Pairing : Ohmiya (for 85% of the fic), Matsumiya (Friendship,in the next few chapters), Aimiya (Friendship, in the next few chapters), mostly friendship in this one for every other pair
Genre : Angst, Friendship, AU (because Nino quits Arashi, please advice if it’s not)
Rating : NC-17
Summary : Few weeks after Ohno rejected Nino’s confession, Nino decided to quit Arashi, making Ohno wonder if his rejection was the reason. But he has his own suspicions, and he wanted to know.
Epilogue
10 years of waiting. And there were times when he asked if it’s worth waiting?
It wasn’t easy. Nino was a talented guy. After just 5 months in the US, it was all over the news that he was offered a role in a Hollywood movie. Nino didn’t tell him about it, he got to know about it in the news. And it made him questioned if this is worth waiting.
Rumors after rumors. He knew he shouldn’t feel jealous from all the rumors. But even after he told Nino that he would wait, Nino, on the other hand, never acknowledged the promise or agreed. The man never asked him to wait. But still, he did.
He wanted Nino to see, to understand, that he meant something in his life.
When Nino’s first scandal, since moving to the US, surfaced, he could hear his heart breaking. Even when they talked about it, Nino chose to stray away from the topic. For years, he was left in doubt, wondering if he made a right decision to promise something that was causing him more hurt than happiness.
Jun was worried. Throughout the years, Jun was always the one listening to him. Jun listened to his regrets for not realizing about Nino’s feeling for him sooner. About his regrets for rejecting the man when he confessed. Regrets of letting him go. And throughout the years, Jun had been supportive by telling him that he was doing the right thing. Jun gave him assurance that it was just Nino’s way of testing his loyalty.
But when other rumors surfaced, especially the one about Nino’s co-actress being pregnant with his child, he felt his life being squeezed out of him, slowly but surely. It turned out to be untrue of course, but when Nino kept putting distance between them, pushing him to find a perfect woman for himself because he would be doing that too; Ohno didn’t know how to express the hurt he felt from the statements.
Jun was furious which lead to a mail to the man. Jun told Nino to stay away from Ohno if he just wanted to play with his heart. And Nino did.
Yet he still waited. His heart was telling him to wait. To never give up. 10 years wasn’t a short amount of time. But it was definitely not as long as the length of time Nino had waited for him before.
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He stared silently towards the lake in front of his house. It was a house he bought few years back while toying in his mind that if one-day Nino decided to come back, this would be their house. Nino had always hated the sea, hopefully not the lake, he thought. And he had been imagining their lives together. But when he realized that he was no longer receiving news from the man, his heart sank.
Nevertheless, he kept praying, praying that the man would come back and give him a chance.
“Satoshi,” a voice startled him from his thoughts. “You are going to burn if you stay under the sun for too long.”
He turned. Nino was standing at the corridor of the house, smiling so beautifully at him. He didn’t move from his spot as Nino made his way towards him, and taking his offered hand.
“Are they coming?” Ohno nodded. Somehow, Nino sighed. “It has been years.”
“Yeah,” Ohno said. His grip tighten on the man’s hand.
“I hope they forgive me-“ Nino said. All Ohno did was giving him an assurance grip on his hand.
They never heard from and about Sugimoto anymore. Last time Ohno did, was when the man was arrested on multiple charges. The man’s company filed bankruptcy. There were some charges that linked him to the yakuza and other dark cases that included fraud and prostitution. Johnny-san had denied it multiple times, but Ohno and the other members knew, some of the charges were results of Johnny-san’s doing. Evidences found after he hired some of private investigators. The man would surely served the remaining of his life in prison.
For a brief moment, they stayed under the sun, enjoying the calm scenery before them. Their fingers entangled.
No words were needed. Nino understood.
His love for Ohno had never changed. And Jun was right, all he did before was just to test Ohno’s conviction and love. And he was glad when he found Ohno waiting for him at the airport 12 hours later, after he told the man he was coming back.
That night he was home, they kissed, made love to each other as if there was no tomorrow. Words of love, assurance coming from Ohno’s mouth. And he knew, he made the right choice to give the man a chance that he never had before.
They turned around when they heard footsteps approaching. Quickly, they stood, greeting the 3 guests.
It was silent for a brief moment, before Jun broke it.
“You heard about it?” Jun asked. Nino assumed that Jun was talking about Arashi’s disbandment. 35 years in the industry, they decided that it was time to end. Somehow, he nodded.
“Want to be on stage for one last time? I’m sure Johnny-san won’t mind.”
“I’ll tell you my decision later?”
Jun clicked his tongue. “I wish you will just say yes. Maybe you can collaborate with Sho-kun one last time.”
Nino rolled his eyes. “Fine then. It’s a yes.”
They laughed.
But then, they fell silent again.
There was a heavy feeling in his chest. Arashi was the best thing that ever happen in his life. To hear the end of it, it saddened him. And it reminded him that he still had an apology to make to the other members.
“I’m sorry...” he paused, biting his lips. Four pairs of eyes fell on him. “For leaving. For everything.”
Sho pat him on his shoulder.
“Past is past, Nino,” he said. “Your future is here. Take care of it,” Sho said, subtly looking at Ohno as he spoke. Nino nodded in response. A simple phrase together with a smile. He knew, they forgave him.
“So, shall we start our bbq session?” Aiba suddenly said, moving up to the bbq pit. Both Jun and Sho laughed as they follow the man’s lead.
Nino and Ohno didn’t immediately join the three men. They kept watching the three of them preparing the food, silently enjoying each other’s presence.
This is the happiness they’ve been looking. For Nino especially.
When Ohno tightened their entangled fingers, he turned to look at the man.
“Kazu.”
“Hmm?”
“I love you,”
Nino laughed.
“Forever and ever?”
Ohno turned to look at him.
“More than ever.”
Nino smiled.
10 years of waiting, and this time Ohno was sure. It worth it.
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give me sometimes perhaps until the end of the year, i'll write a happy Ohmiya fic :)