How I met your father (Chapter 2)
The next morning was awkward to say at least. Nino had woken to sounds coming from the living room and remembered his unexpected guest. He groaned as he walked out of his room, trying hard to ignore the eyes on his form as he walked to the bathroom to wash and then came out again.
“Go there and make yourself presentable. I will prepare breakfast, and then we can try to figure out where you belong.”
“I’m not a lost puppy,” Ohno said with an adorable pout on his face that made Nino giggle as he watched him.
“No? You look a lot like one though,” he said with a small teasing grin.
Ohno frowned before he got up, his nose in the air as he huffed. “Am not.”
“Aww, then where do you belong?”
Ohno opened his lips to say something but then realised that whatever he said he was doomed. He didn’t belong anywhere since he was no kind of pet. But he also couldn’t say that he lived somewhere because, in fact, he still was homeless. The pout intensified as he strutted to the bathroom under the laughter of the other. Just as he was about to enter the room, he looked back, feeling heat looming in his stomach at the amused face of the other.
Nino smirked slightly as he turned around and went to prepare their breakfast and Ohno finally got ready to face the day and probably more teasing.
When he went out of the room, he found a few messages of Sho, where he was supposed to spend the night on the sofa and sighed as he turned off his phone again, when he saw Nino’s eyes on him.
“If I go out will I find some ‘Lost’ signs with your picture on it?” he asked.
Ohno rolled his eyes as he sat down on a chair. “No, as I said I am no puppy,” he mumbled. “But I was meant to go visit a potential roommate. And I won’t make it.”
Ohno looked downright miserable at those words.
“Makes us two. My friend just wrote to me that he had to cancel. He wanted to introduce me to someone to take his old room,” he grumbled. “Stupid! If they can’t make it to a fixed appointment, there is no way I would give them a second chance.”
Ohno nodded in understanding as he thanked Nino for the food the other put down in front of him. “Looks good.”
“Should taste good. I work part-time in a restaurant.” His parents were no good for a lot of things, but them both being chefs made it easy for him to pick up a few things.
“Not conceited at all,” Ohno grumbled but started to eat. His eyes widened as he exclaimed how good the food was and put more into his mouth.
“Not if it’s true,” Nino said with a grin as he started on his breakfast.
“And you do this part-time?”
“Yes, I’m a student at the art college myself. But in the music department. That’s why I need a roommate,” he explained with a pout. “In no way am I able to pay for it on my own. Stupid Masaki for getting a stupid boyfriend and then stupidly wanting to move in with him,” he groused. Living with Masaki had been smooth and comfortable as he had known him for his whole life already. And Masaki knew how he felt about sharing his space with people he didn’t know.
The only reason he had agreed to meet this friend of his lover was that money was tight and because Masaki had promised him that he was a good guy and easy to get along with. And of course, had nothing to do with Masaki begging him to give him a chance so that his love nest with his stupid boyfriend was theirs again and promised him lunch for two months as a thank you.
He sighed as he rubbed his forehead and stared down at his food as he ate it slowly.
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Ohno was doing the dishes because Nino made him to after he had prepared breakfast for him and as a payment for the night while Nino sat on the sofa and played a video game. Ohno had already written to Sho that he was sorry and that he would be home around lunch-time, with Sho promising him to reschedule the viewing of the room.
He really hoped that he hadn’t blown his chance and that the maybe roommate really was as good as Sho had promised him.
The door was thrown open with a bang suddenly, and Ohno almost crashed the plate he had in his hand on the sink when Nino swore loudly at the newcomer.
“Masaki! What the hell? Can’t you knock? You can’t just run into an apartment that’s not yours. No, scratch that. You shouldn’t be like that in your own home either. It will destroy doors.”
“Chill, if I broke it I will pay you for making a new one. And I know you always leave it open anyway,” Aiba said with a shrug.
Ohno blinked at the husky voice that sounded very familiar somehow. He carefully put the plate down to inch closer to the living room.
“What are you doing here?” Nino asked with a sigh. “If it’s about that friend. Forget it. I need a reliable roommate if they can’t keep to an appointed time frame; it’s their loss.”
“Please, Nino~ Don’t be like that. He is perfect. You will like him, and he really is reliable when it comes to money,” he said with a pleading voice.
“Sho-chan can bring him this afternoon, please. You don’t have another one in mind yet, do you?”
Nino shook his head with a sigh, nibbling at his lower lip.
“I will buy you that newest game,” Aiba said, and Nino hummed, clearly considering it now. Ohno blinked as he stepped into the room a bit insecure.
“Uhm…” he said, making Nino look up with an amused smile while Aiba jumped to his feet pointing at him.
“YOU!” he yelled. “Oh, this is fate.”
Nino rolled his eyes in annoyance at Aiba’s shouting. “What are you talking about?”
“This… That’s Ohno Satoshi.”
“I know,” Nino said a bit warily at his excited friend who was now hopping from feet to feet. “Are you stupid or what?”
“No! No Nino! This is the man I meant. This is Sho-chan’s friend and your future roommate. Oh! I knew he was getting laid and not lost. Regardless of what Sho said. Oh, God! I’m so excited. It’s fate, you are made for each other,” he babbled as he pulled out his phone to call Sho and run out of the room before either of the other two could react, yelling at Sho to bring Ohno’s pack right with him to Nino’s flat while he would go out buy a celebratory dinner.
“What the…” Nino said as he stared blinking after his very excited friend before his eyes wandered back to Ohno, who looked stunned.
“Seems like you got a new owner, puppy,” he said after a moment. He was still not sure about this roommate thing and Ohno, but he knew that Aiba was way too excited to give either of them a choice.
He smirked when Ohno pouted as he realised what he had said. And well, who was he to offend fate?
“Go there and make yourself presentable. I will prepare breakfast, and then we can try to figure out where you belong.”
“I’m not a lost puppy,” Ohno said with an adorable pout on his face that made Nino giggle as he watched him.
“No? You look a lot like one though,” he said with a small teasing grin.
Ohno frowned before he got up, his nose in the air as he huffed. “Am not.”
“Aww, then where do you belong?”
Ohno opened his lips to say something but then realised that whatever he said he was doomed. He didn’t belong anywhere since he was no kind of pet. But he also couldn’t say that he lived somewhere because, in fact, he still was homeless. The pout intensified as he strutted to the bathroom under the laughter of the other. Just as he was about to enter the room, he looked back, feeling heat looming in his stomach at the amused face of the other.
Nino smirked slightly as he turned around and went to prepare their breakfast and Ohno finally got ready to face the day and probably more teasing.
When he went out of the room, he found a few messages of Sho, where he was supposed to spend the night on the sofa and sighed as he turned off his phone again, when he saw Nino’s eyes on him.
“If I go out will I find some ‘Lost’ signs with your picture on it?” he asked.
Ohno rolled his eyes as he sat down on a chair. “No, as I said I am no puppy,” he mumbled. “But I was meant to go visit a potential roommate. And I won’t make it.”
Ohno looked downright miserable at those words.
“Makes us two. My friend just wrote to me that he had to cancel. He wanted to introduce me to someone to take his old room,” he grumbled. “Stupid! If they can’t make it to a fixed appointment, there is no way I would give them a second chance.”
Ohno nodded in understanding as he thanked Nino for the food the other put down in front of him. “Looks good.”
“Should taste good. I work part-time in a restaurant.” His parents were no good for a lot of things, but them both being chefs made it easy for him to pick up a few things.
“Not conceited at all,” Ohno grumbled but started to eat. His eyes widened as he exclaimed how good the food was and put more into his mouth.
“Not if it’s true,” Nino said with a grin as he started on his breakfast.
“And you do this part-time?”
“Yes, I’m a student at the art college myself. But in the music department. That’s why I need a roommate,” he explained with a pout. “In no way am I able to pay for it on my own. Stupid Masaki for getting a stupid boyfriend and then stupidly wanting to move in with him,” he groused. Living with Masaki had been smooth and comfortable as he had known him for his whole life already. And Masaki knew how he felt about sharing his space with people he didn’t know.
The only reason he had agreed to meet this friend of his lover was that money was tight and because Masaki had promised him that he was a good guy and easy to get along with. And of course, had nothing to do with Masaki begging him to give him a chance so that his love nest with his stupid boyfriend was theirs again and promised him lunch for two months as a thank you.
He sighed as he rubbed his forehead and stared down at his food as he ate it slowly.
-
Ohno was doing the dishes because Nino made him to after he had prepared breakfast for him and as a payment for the night while Nino sat on the sofa and played a video game. Ohno had already written to Sho that he was sorry and that he would be home around lunch-time, with Sho promising him to reschedule the viewing of the room.
He really hoped that he hadn’t blown his chance and that the maybe roommate really was as good as Sho had promised him.
The door was thrown open with a bang suddenly, and Ohno almost crashed the plate he had in his hand on the sink when Nino swore loudly at the newcomer.
“Masaki! What the hell? Can’t you knock? You can’t just run into an apartment that’s not yours. No, scratch that. You shouldn’t be like that in your own home either. It will destroy doors.”
“Chill, if I broke it I will pay you for making a new one. And I know you always leave it open anyway,” Aiba said with a shrug.
Ohno blinked at the husky voice that sounded very familiar somehow. He carefully put the plate down to inch closer to the living room.
“What are you doing here?” Nino asked with a sigh. “If it’s about that friend. Forget it. I need a reliable roommate if they can’t keep to an appointed time frame; it’s their loss.”
“Please, Nino~ Don’t be like that. He is perfect. You will like him, and he really is reliable when it comes to money,” he said with a pleading voice.
“Sho-chan can bring him this afternoon, please. You don’t have another one in mind yet, do you?”
Nino shook his head with a sigh, nibbling at his lower lip.
“I will buy you that newest game,” Aiba said, and Nino hummed, clearly considering it now. Ohno blinked as he stepped into the room a bit insecure.
“Uhm…” he said, making Nino look up with an amused smile while Aiba jumped to his feet pointing at him.
“YOU!” he yelled. “Oh, this is fate.”
Nino rolled his eyes in annoyance at Aiba’s shouting. “What are you talking about?”
“This… That’s Ohno Satoshi.”
“I know,” Nino said a bit warily at his excited friend who was now hopping from feet to feet. “Are you stupid or what?”
“No! No Nino! This is the man I meant. This is Sho-chan’s friend and your future roommate. Oh! I knew he was getting laid and not lost. Regardless of what Sho said. Oh, God! I’m so excited. It’s fate, you are made for each other,” he babbled as he pulled out his phone to call Sho and run out of the room before either of the other two could react, yelling at Sho to bring Ohno’s pack right with him to Nino’s flat while he would go out buy a celebratory dinner.
“What the…” Nino said as he stared blinking after his very excited friend before his eyes wandered back to Ohno, who looked stunned.
“Seems like you got a new owner, puppy,” he said after a moment. He was still not sure about this roommate thing and Ohno, but he knew that Aiba was way too excited to give either of them a choice.
He smirked when Ohno pouted as he realised what he had said. And well, who was he to offend fate?