Japanese!Actress Anon Meme!
J!ACTRESS ANON MEME!
New Year means more new girl fic! It's been almost a year since the last one, so why not start the year with a nice dedicated-to-our-favorite-girls anon fic meme!
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“Say thank you,” her mother chides gently, and she does, although it sounds more like “Fyank Oo.”
Nino drops in just as they are about to close and demands all the leftover bread for free. They sit with him as he devours every piece-the grilled vegetable croissant, the honey-and-brown-sugar toast, the tomato and mozzarella bread. He tells them all the news they haven’t much missed and they, in turn, tell him about the sunrise over the sea and the wide smile of their first customer.
Nino’s eyes flicker between their faces and all around the room as they speak, never being one to sit still, and he interrupts them casually, never one to remain polite in front of friends. “That painting-it’s the first one you won an award for, right?”
Ohno follows Nino’s eyes, but truth be told, he’s lost count of how many of his pictures and paintings have won awards. Instead, he points to the other side of the room where all of Maki’s developed photographs hang along the wall.
“Maki took that one yesterday.”
It is a photo of two shadows on the sand just in front of the bakery steps.
“It’s nice.” He swallows the last of his free bread and walks up to the photograph, scrutinizing it from every angle. “I’m taking this,” he says, unhooking the frame from the screw and leaving with a casual wave over the shoulder and a 10,000 yen note on the table.
They don’t need the money, but it’s a sweet sentiment.
“I can print another photograph,” Maki suggests long after Nino leaves.
Ohno turns from where he’s been staring at the empty hook at the wall and shakes his head with a smile. “It won’t mean as much, then.”
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Jun stops by when he has the time, which he usually doesn’t. Still, they always welcome him with open arms and freshly baked yakisoba bread. He comes in with Mirei one day and, as Maki and Mirei catch up by themselves, Jun licks sauce off his lips and asks, “What’s the point of the tongs in the front when you specially serve each customer exactly what they’re looking for?”
“They’re the most important part of this bakery,” Ohno replies, stealing the last bite of the pastry. The five tongs sit gleaming, still brand new-blue, red, green, yellow, purple.
Jun smiles. “The last bite is my favorite part of the bread.”
“I know.”
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Aiba stops by the most frequently, and always brings his daughter. It’s the only way they will be guaranteed free bread.
Aiba munches away blissfully as Ohno and Sarah color on the floor. “If you don’t hurry, I’m going to eat your piece, too,” Aiba warns as Maki refills his tea with a smile. Everyone but Sarah knows it’s an empty threat.
“Daddy!” Sarah whines. “Ohno jii-chan, make daddy stop.”
Ohno half-heartedly tells Aiba to stop teasing his daughter, but mostly he concentrates on getting Sarah’s eyes right.
Her eyes are like sunflowers, wide, blooming, and full of life.
Later, they watch Aiba and Sarah leave the bakery, hand-in-hand and making two sets of uneven footprints across the sand, the shadows stretching out in front of them.
"Why did you never get married, Ohno-san?"
He smiles a sad, lopsided smile. "No one ever wanted to open a bakery with me."
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Most nights they stroll along the beach making uneven footprints in the sand until their shadows stretch out long and thin in front of them. Maki always laughs and wishes for the days they could eat as much bread as they liked yet still remain so skinny. Ohno pinches the skin on her waist and declares he likes her better this way.
*
Sho is the last to ever visit. Ohno doesn’t begrudge him for it, understands his intent without question. Still, Sho’s presence is like the welcome, warm embrace of the wind.
“You’re darker than ever,” Sho mutters into Ohno’s shoulder. Ohno smiles and Maki laughs and goes to get some tea.
Sho points to the Maki’s side of the wall, where there is still an empty hook in the middle of the wall. “What’s missing?” he asks.
“Nothing.” Ohno smiles.
Sho settles into a table just as Maki brings out the tea, the same table Nino, Jun, and Aiba have sat in before him.
It’s a table for six.
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I totally want to see these two in a series now! ♥
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man, a series with ohno & maki would be pretty amazing. and hey, if even toda erika will take some second fiddle roles to je actors, then maybe there is still hope for this to come true!
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