How I met your father (Chapter 10)
Nino watched Ohno with a smile as the older was lying beside him, still fast asleep. He smiled as he moved forwards to press his lips against his temple. It was time for them to wake up and start the day and even if he wanted to let Ohno rest he knew that they didn’t have the time for that.
“Uhn,” Ohno moaned as he opened his eyes. Nino chuckled as he moved forward to press his lips against his nose.
“Good morning, darling,” he hummed under his breath as he kissed him again.
“Morning, how late is it?”
“Time for you to take a shower while I prepare our breakfast.”
“Oh, you are perfect. Did I tell you, how you are the most perfect person on Earth?”
“Not lately, no,” he said with a giggle.
Ohno grinned brightly as he finally got out of bed and into the bathroom. Nino smiled as he watched him before preparing their breakfast. Ohno came in the room soon after, sighing happily as he saw the stack of pancakes on the table accompanied by fruits, cream and hot coffee.
“You are spoiling me,” Ohno said as he sat down on the table across from Nino who shrugged.
“I felt like it,” He said with a frown as he put some pancakes on his plate and gut into them to put them into his mouth. He sighed as he realised they were not too sweet for his taste and moved the syrup closer to Ohno.
Ohno chuckled as he nodded and finished his breakfast in silence. Nino watched him with a fond look on his face which amused Ohno to no end.
He ended up washing the dishes while Nino changed out of his pyjamas. Ohno was already on the sofa when he came back and he curled up beside him.
“Oh-chan?”
“Mh? Are you ready to tell me what has been on your mind for the last few days?”
Nino blushed slightly as he played with the hem of Ohno’s shirt between his fingers. Ohno smiled down at him as he kissed the top of his hair. He had realised that something was going on, but he knew that Nino would tell him once he was ready to do so. That time was now apparently.
“I would like to have children,” he mumbled after a while. He felt Ohno stiffen slightly beside him and pinched him slightly in the side. “Don’t look like that.”
“You want a baby with a woman?”
“Not what I said,” Nino said as he sat up to look at him earnestly. “I said I wanted children, with you, you dumbass. I don’t even know why you would think anything else.”
Ohno furrowed his brows as he stared at Nino in confusion.
“I meant adoption, Oh-chan. But only if you want children as well.”
“Where did those thoughts come from so suddenly?” Ohno asked, taking his hand in his own just so that he would stop wringing them nervously.
“The thought came and went for a few weeks already,” Nino confessed. “But it stuck somehow and I couldn’t get it out of my mind again.”
“It’s because of Jun-kun?”
“Maybe?” Nino frowned as he pursed his lips but then he shook his head. “But not only. Oh-chan whenever I thought about my life, I saw two children running around, sometimes with a dog. Since you entered my life the partner by my side had your face as did the children somehow,” he chuckled.
Ohno smiled as he moved closer to kiss his lips. “Let me think a bit about this?”
“Of course. If you don’t want to, I can understand.”
Ohno chuckled, watching him for a moment, before cupping his cheek with his hand, to kiss him deeply. He had never really thought about children, but he knew he would start now. Nino didn’t deserve less.
Nino sighed into the kiss, folding up on top of him as he played with his hair, his arms folding around his neck.
-
Ohno watched Nino sleep beside him with a small frown on his face. As Nino had promised him he hadn’t mentioned anything about children again. Ohno could see him sometimes look at families but he never mentioned anything. (And honestly, Ohno wasn’t sure if that wasn’t like always, and he just realised it now.)
“Children huh?” he mumbled as he kissed his forehead and climbed out of bed to get ready for the workday. Nino had been up late working on some lyrics for a new song for a client and deserved to sleep in as long as possible.
Good morning, sweetheart. Have a great day, I’ll be home early today. Don’t forget to eat between gaming xxx Ohno grinned as he put the note up on top of the coffee machine since he knew that Nino would definitely check it for coffee.
Then he left for work, getting ready for the first class of the day.
He mused about Nino’s wish most of the day in between classes and especially whenever he had to work with a children’s class.
He entered their home in silence in the evening, smiling as the delicious smell of fried food wafted through the house. He walked through the living room as silently as he could as to not alert Nino. He was happy when he arrived at the door to the kitchen. He leant against the frame, watching Nino hum to himself as he fried some gyoza.
He observed him silently, and suddenly, it was very easy to see two little kids running around Nino, tugging at his apron and begging him for treats from his cooking. Nino laughing at them as he scolded them slightly before giving in. A chuckle escaped his lips since he was sure that he would end up giving them slices of carrots with a playful grin on his face.
“Oh you’re home,” Nino said as he turned around. With a flick of his wrist, he turned off the stove and put the spatula down. “Right on time for dinner.”
Ohno smirked as he walked over putting his hands around his hips to lift him and turn him around in his arms.
Nino laughed brightly at his actions, his hands holding his shoulders. “What is wrong with you.”
“Let’s look into the adoption process.”
Nino’s mouth went slack in surprise at his words, before laughter bubbled out of him, as he hugged him more tightly and kissed him deeply. “I love you so much!”
“I warn you though. You will have to be the strict parent. I’m no good being strict if someone is crying.”
“Silly,” Kazu giggled into their kiss. He moved back to look into his eyes with a smile. “Now let me down and let’s eat.”
“Yes, sir.”
-
Nino was almost as terrified as the boys that stared up to him and Ohno by his side. They had just been brought in by the matron and were clutching two small bags that held their belongings. She told them that they would belong to their family for now before she left as she was called by someone.
Ohno pushed Nino slightly just to unbalance Nino who stumbled with a small shriek. Then he chuckled and got down to his knees.
“Hello there.”
“The matron said you are going to be our new parents,” the older one said as he held onto the hand of his brother tightly.
Ohno nodded with a smile. “Yes, that’s true.” It was hard to keep his voice calm. He was already annoyed enough with the fact that they hadn’t been allowed to meet the children before for a few days to prepare themselves and the boys for this. Now he tried not to swear about the woman not preparing the boys at all.
(Not to mention all the trouble the adoption had brought upon them. Ohno thought that if they allowed same-sex partners to adopt then they shouldn’t be so prejudiced against them. Ohno and Nino had to jump through too many hoops to count, and it had been tiring. Nino and Ohno both had been close to giving up more than once. But one look into Nino’s downtrodden face had always been enough for Ohno to fight through.)
“But you are two boys,” the younger said and the bigger moved around to shush him.
“Don’t, Takuya. They won’t take us then! And then we can’t stay together,” he scolded him loudly.
The face of the little one screw up and he started sobbing right away. That sound seemed to bring Nino out of his reverie, for which Ohno was glad. He had not been kidding when he told Nino that he couldn’t deal with crying children.
“I is sorry!” he cried. Nino picked up the two-year-old rocking him in his arms.
“Don’t cry. We are not angry at you. It is strange to have to men coming to pick you up ne? But Satoshi and I are married and we want to have both of you in our family. But let’s not talk about that now, right? How about we go get some ice-cream?”
“Shun, ice!” the little boy in his arms cried out happily.
Nino chuckled as he nodded. “With sprinkles, if you want. How does that sound, Shun?”
Shun looked from Ohno back to Nino who still had Takuya on his arms, rocking him slightly as he took the bag out of the small hands. “Okay. Will you really keep us?” he said hopefully. “We’ll be good.”
It broke Ohno’s heart to see him so fearful and hopeful at the same time.
“You just be yourself,” Nino said. “And yes, no going back, if you don’t want to.” It had been easy for them to decide to adopt a pair of siblings and two boys at that because he knew that latest at the time for puberty they would otherwise be completely out of their depth.
“Kazu is right. And I want some ice-cream now,” Ohno agreed as he got to his feet. He stretched out his legs before holding out his hand for Shun to take, which he did with a small shy giggle.
“Do you want to be down?” Nino asked Takuya who shook his head as he burrowed his face against his neck. Nino smiled fondly down at him as he carried him out of the house with Shun and Ohno in tow.
They walked to the ice-cream parlour through the park and Nino put Takuya down as they were in the park to let the boys run beside them. They loosened up and at the end, the ice cream seemed to literally break the ice.
“Will we have a room?”
“Of course, each of you one for yourself if you want. Or we can put two beds in one room and the other can be a playroom?”
“I not sleep alone. Monsters scary,” Takuya whined.
“Oh we will protect you from scary monsters,” Ohno promised. “We have a very special monster spray at home.”
“Really?” Shun asked with wide eyes.
Nino lifted his eyebrow at Ohno who winked at him. “Yes, really. And if there is anything scary you can wake us up,” Nino added softly.
“We won’t disturb you,” Shun said, licking his ice-cream, glancing at his brother before clicking his tongue and cleaning his cheek. “Messy.”
Takuya’s face scrunched up, tears almost ready to spill. Ohno carefully swayed him, while Nino chuckled.
“Well at least you have something in common with Satoshi then, Takuya. He always gets cream everywhere on his face.”
Ohno pouted a bit playfully at NIno and stuck out his tongue, grinning when the children giggled at their antics. Nino grinned as he hid his face halfway behind Shun’s hair. They were going to be fine, he was sure of it.
“Uhn,” Ohno moaned as he opened his eyes. Nino chuckled as he moved forward to press his lips against his nose.
“Good morning, darling,” he hummed under his breath as he kissed him again.
“Morning, how late is it?”
“Time for you to take a shower while I prepare our breakfast.”
“Oh, you are perfect. Did I tell you, how you are the most perfect person on Earth?”
“Not lately, no,” he said with a giggle.
Ohno grinned brightly as he finally got out of bed and into the bathroom. Nino smiled as he watched him before preparing their breakfast. Ohno came in the room soon after, sighing happily as he saw the stack of pancakes on the table accompanied by fruits, cream and hot coffee.
“You are spoiling me,” Ohno said as he sat down on the table across from Nino who shrugged.
“I felt like it,” He said with a frown as he put some pancakes on his plate and gut into them to put them into his mouth. He sighed as he realised they were not too sweet for his taste and moved the syrup closer to Ohno.
Ohno chuckled as he nodded and finished his breakfast in silence. Nino watched him with a fond look on his face which amused Ohno to no end.
He ended up washing the dishes while Nino changed out of his pyjamas. Ohno was already on the sofa when he came back and he curled up beside him.
“Oh-chan?”
“Mh? Are you ready to tell me what has been on your mind for the last few days?”
Nino blushed slightly as he played with the hem of Ohno’s shirt between his fingers. Ohno smiled down at him as he kissed the top of his hair. He had realised that something was going on, but he knew that Nino would tell him once he was ready to do so. That time was now apparently.
“I would like to have children,” he mumbled after a while. He felt Ohno stiffen slightly beside him and pinched him slightly in the side. “Don’t look like that.”
“You want a baby with a woman?”
“Not what I said,” Nino said as he sat up to look at him earnestly. “I said I wanted children, with you, you dumbass. I don’t even know why you would think anything else.”
Ohno furrowed his brows as he stared at Nino in confusion.
“I meant adoption, Oh-chan. But only if you want children as well.”
“Where did those thoughts come from so suddenly?” Ohno asked, taking his hand in his own just so that he would stop wringing them nervously.
“The thought came and went for a few weeks already,” Nino confessed. “But it stuck somehow and I couldn’t get it out of my mind again.”
“It’s because of Jun-kun?”
“Maybe?” Nino frowned as he pursed his lips but then he shook his head. “But not only. Oh-chan whenever I thought about my life, I saw two children running around, sometimes with a dog. Since you entered my life the partner by my side had your face as did the children somehow,” he chuckled.
Ohno smiled as he moved closer to kiss his lips. “Let me think a bit about this?”
“Of course. If you don’t want to, I can understand.”
Ohno chuckled, watching him for a moment, before cupping his cheek with his hand, to kiss him deeply. He had never really thought about children, but he knew he would start now. Nino didn’t deserve less.
Nino sighed into the kiss, folding up on top of him as he played with his hair, his arms folding around his neck.
-
Ohno watched Nino sleep beside him with a small frown on his face. As Nino had promised him he hadn’t mentioned anything about children again. Ohno could see him sometimes look at families but he never mentioned anything. (And honestly, Ohno wasn’t sure if that wasn’t like always, and he just realised it now.)
“Children huh?” he mumbled as he kissed his forehead and climbed out of bed to get ready for the workday. Nino had been up late working on some lyrics for a new song for a client and deserved to sleep in as long as possible.
Good morning, sweetheart. Have a great day, I’ll be home early today. Don’t forget to eat between gaming xxx Ohno grinned as he put the note up on top of the coffee machine since he knew that Nino would definitely check it for coffee.
Then he left for work, getting ready for the first class of the day.
He mused about Nino’s wish most of the day in between classes and especially whenever he had to work with a children’s class.
He entered their home in silence in the evening, smiling as the delicious smell of fried food wafted through the house. He walked through the living room as silently as he could as to not alert Nino. He was happy when he arrived at the door to the kitchen. He leant against the frame, watching Nino hum to himself as he fried some gyoza.
He observed him silently, and suddenly, it was very easy to see two little kids running around Nino, tugging at his apron and begging him for treats from his cooking. Nino laughing at them as he scolded them slightly before giving in. A chuckle escaped his lips since he was sure that he would end up giving them slices of carrots with a playful grin on his face.
“Oh you’re home,” Nino said as he turned around. With a flick of his wrist, he turned off the stove and put the spatula down. “Right on time for dinner.”
Ohno smirked as he walked over putting his hands around his hips to lift him and turn him around in his arms.
Nino laughed brightly at his actions, his hands holding his shoulders. “What is wrong with you.”
“Let’s look into the adoption process.”
Nino’s mouth went slack in surprise at his words, before laughter bubbled out of him, as he hugged him more tightly and kissed him deeply. “I love you so much!”
“I warn you though. You will have to be the strict parent. I’m no good being strict if someone is crying.”
“Silly,” Kazu giggled into their kiss. He moved back to look into his eyes with a smile. “Now let me down and let’s eat.”
“Yes, sir.”
-
Nino was almost as terrified as the boys that stared up to him and Ohno by his side. They had just been brought in by the matron and were clutching two small bags that held their belongings. She told them that they would belong to their family for now before she left as she was called by someone.
Ohno pushed Nino slightly just to unbalance Nino who stumbled with a small shriek. Then he chuckled and got down to his knees.
“Hello there.”
“The matron said you are going to be our new parents,” the older one said as he held onto the hand of his brother tightly.
Ohno nodded with a smile. “Yes, that’s true.” It was hard to keep his voice calm. He was already annoyed enough with the fact that they hadn’t been allowed to meet the children before for a few days to prepare themselves and the boys for this. Now he tried not to swear about the woman not preparing the boys at all.
(Not to mention all the trouble the adoption had brought upon them. Ohno thought that if they allowed same-sex partners to adopt then they shouldn’t be so prejudiced against them. Ohno and Nino had to jump through too many hoops to count, and it had been tiring. Nino and Ohno both had been close to giving up more than once. But one look into Nino’s downtrodden face had always been enough for Ohno to fight through.)
“But you are two boys,” the younger said and the bigger moved around to shush him.
“Don’t, Takuya. They won’t take us then! And then we can’t stay together,” he scolded him loudly.
The face of the little one screw up and he started sobbing right away. That sound seemed to bring Nino out of his reverie, for which Ohno was glad. He had not been kidding when he told Nino that he couldn’t deal with crying children.
“I is sorry!” he cried. Nino picked up the two-year-old rocking him in his arms.
“Don’t cry. We are not angry at you. It is strange to have to men coming to pick you up ne? But Satoshi and I are married and we want to have both of you in our family. But let’s not talk about that now, right? How about we go get some ice-cream?”
“Shun, ice!” the little boy in his arms cried out happily.
Nino chuckled as he nodded. “With sprinkles, if you want. How does that sound, Shun?”
Shun looked from Ohno back to Nino who still had Takuya on his arms, rocking him slightly as he took the bag out of the small hands. “Okay. Will you really keep us?” he said hopefully. “We’ll be good.”
It broke Ohno’s heart to see him so fearful and hopeful at the same time.
“You just be yourself,” Nino said. “And yes, no going back, if you don’t want to.” It had been easy for them to decide to adopt a pair of siblings and two boys at that because he knew that latest at the time for puberty they would otherwise be completely out of their depth.
“Kazu is right. And I want some ice-cream now,” Ohno agreed as he got to his feet. He stretched out his legs before holding out his hand for Shun to take, which he did with a small shy giggle.
“Do you want to be down?” Nino asked Takuya who shook his head as he burrowed his face against his neck. Nino smiled fondly down at him as he carried him out of the house with Shun and Ohno in tow.
They walked to the ice-cream parlour through the park and Nino put Takuya down as they were in the park to let the boys run beside them. They loosened up and at the end, the ice cream seemed to literally break the ice.
“Will we have a room?”
“Of course, each of you one for yourself if you want. Or we can put two beds in one room and the other can be a playroom?”
“I not sleep alone. Monsters scary,” Takuya whined.
“Oh we will protect you from scary monsters,” Ohno promised. “We have a very special monster spray at home.”
“Really?” Shun asked with wide eyes.
Nino lifted his eyebrow at Ohno who winked at him. “Yes, really. And if there is anything scary you can wake us up,” Nino added softly.
“We won’t disturb you,” Shun said, licking his ice-cream, glancing at his brother before clicking his tongue and cleaning his cheek. “Messy.”
Takuya’s face scrunched up, tears almost ready to spill. Ohno carefully swayed him, while Nino chuckled.
“Well at least you have something in common with Satoshi then, Takuya. He always gets cream everywhere on his face.”
Ohno pouted a bit playfully at NIno and stuck out his tongue, grinning when the children giggled at their antics. Nino grinned as he hid his face halfway behind Shun’s hair. They were going to be fine, he was sure of it.