The Wizardly Ways of Ninomiya Kazunari (Chapter 5)
“Satoshi-kun can you come over?” Jun asked with a sigh and pulled his slightly longer hair. It was already permed for his role - he still couldn’t believe that he really got the role. And not even the role he had auditioned for but the main one. For a bit, he had feared that Nino even without mentioning something would have done something.
But he knew better than to say that out loud. He knew that Nino believed in him more than Jun did himself and he knew the repercussions Nino would have to face if he manipulated people like that. Nino was a brat but he wouldn’t go against laws.
“Why?”
“Because Nino is brooding and I honestly worry about him,” Jun said, blinking as he was brought back to reality.
“Huh? What happened?” Ohno asked, but Jun could tell by the echo he could hear that Ohno put him on speakers and was already getting ready to leave his home. Jun admired them for the fact that both always would let everything go to check on their lover. Jun hoped he would find someone like that for him.
“I might have told him, that I went to check out apartments and found one I really like.”
“Jun-kun…” Ohno sighed.
Jun pouted at that. He had thought that Nino had come to accept his wish for moving out over the last few weeks. He could tell that Ohno and Nino sometimes sat on the sofa, Nino on Ohno’s lap whispering about what they would like to do with a home of their own and it was cute. Jun wanted to support it fully and he had been so sure that Nino was excited about that change.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset him. But it is scary, he is not just mad or sad but it’s as if something is wavering around him and I don’t want to leave him alone, but I need to get going to be at work on time.”
“I’m on my way,” Ohno sighed. “I’ll stay and when you’re back we talk.”
Jun hesitated as it could be late and he was sure that sleep would be better then but in the end, he sighed before he agreed.
“If you are too tired we can think of something else then.”
“Okay, thanks.”
“No problem, do you need to go right away or can you wait up until I’m there to let me in?”
“I have to leave in thirty minutes.”
“Got it!” Ohno said and just before he disconnected the call Jun could tell that the other opened the door and left.
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“Go away!” Nino yelled when his door opened. He was honestly surprised that Jun even dared to come inside right now. Jun never would walk into his room without waiting to be allowed first. He threw his cushion towards the door for a second wishing that he dared to magically throw stuff at actual people, huffing when the sound it made indicated that his threw ended short.
He sat up, turning towards the door with a grumble and a glare on his face which changed into a face of wonder and embarrassment as he recognised Ohno’s bemused face instead of Jun.
Ohno chuckled as he crossed his arms in front of his chest and leant against the door. “Throwing stuff? Really?”
“Go away,” Nino mumbled but moved towards the edge of his bed, wishing to hide in Ohno’s arms. Ohno chuckled as he followed his silent wish to be close and collected him in his arms.
“Why are you here?”
“Jun called me and told me he is worried about you.”
“He’s a liar,” Nino grumbled and pressed his face against his shoulder, sniffling slightly as Ohno started to sway him in his arms.
“Is he now? The figure I met when I entered would worry me as well,” Ohno said and played with his hair. “What is wrong?”
Nino shrugged and hugged him more tightly, denying Ohno any answer as if that would make things better. Ohno stayed silent as he waited for Nino to be ready to talk to him again.
“Pretty sure Jun already told you.”
“He told me he found a nice apartment he hopes to be able to get.”
Nino stiffened slightly in his arms but then he sighed and nodded. “He did.”
“That’s good for him, though. Don’t you think so?”
“I don’t like it,” Nino said and finally allowed himself to look up to him.
Ohno chuckled and cupped his cheek to wipe away the tears still clinging to his eyelashes. “Poor baby. Not everything will go as you like things to go just because you want them to,” Ohno said calmly and tweaked his nose, smiling when Nino answered that by pouting and wrinkling his nose. He put a kiss on top of it because he couldn’t stop himself. Not with his adorable lover.
“I know,” Nino said after another silence between them and snuggled closer with a sigh. “I don’t know why I got so upset.”
“I do. Until now it was all just speculations, all thoughts were just “if” in your head not “when” and now it seems very close and sudden. It scared you. And I am pretty sure that even if Jun is very excited he is also very scared which you pick up on because it resonates with you.”
“I hate feeling like that.”
“I know.”
Nino fell silent again, closing his eyes and soaking in the calm that Ohno radiated right now. “I got too used to the familiarity that is Jun,” Nino said after a while. “I am surprised you are not mad that I am fighting so much against letting Jun move out.”
“I know that you are not opposed to living with me but to the change in itself.”
“I am stupid. Or not stupid, my mind is just strange sometimes.”
“Yep,” Ohno said, yelling when Nino pouted and pinched him hard.
“You’re supposed to be nice to me.”
“Sorry, sorry. Okay, let’s be honest here and face it all, okay?”
“Okay,” Nino said and pursed his lips, not sure to what he agreed to.
“Jun for you was the one who connected you to the human world. I know you feel pretty at home here now, maybe more than in your old family neighbourhood filled with wizards and that scares you a bit. It is normal. But you forget that even when Jun leaves you won’t be left on your own.”
Nino pouted a bit and leant against Ohno. “I always could go back,” he murmured but knew that it was not the truth. He felt like an outsider there now. Normally wizards didn’t connect with so many humans as he did. Falling in love with a human was almost unheard of. Of course, his family accepted his decisions but he knew that neighbours were looking strangely at him.
But living alone in a human neighbourhood would also be very hard to achieve. Jun was his safety card just as much as he was for Jun. Jun could go out and deal with everything and everybody that was wary about wizards. Nobody needed to do check-ups if he followed the rules because they were stupid like that, and even if Nino could deal with it, get everything he needed to live here or there he wouldn’t like either. He just hated to be scrutinised and made feel as if he was different.
He was just him, after all not someone that needed to be kept under scrutiny to make sure he behaved.
Ohno looked down at the smaller man with a smile on his face and he lifted his chin to put a small kiss on his forehead.
“Kazu, would you like to live together with me? Create our own little nest that only belongs to us and where we don’t care about the rest of the world?”
Nino blinked at the question and then stared at the other with big eyes as realisation hit him. Yes, he had told Ohno as a joke that he needed them to live together, they had talked about what they liked or didn’t like in their home and had made up strange things they would be going to buy. But it had been jokes. Or it had been him demanding it and Ohno just going along with it.
Nino didn’t want Ohno to go along with what he wanted if he didn’t feel the same, just because he was insecure about what to do on his own he didn’t want Ohno to be forced to live with them. He knew he was not the easiest person to be around 24/7. He had feared that Ohno would feel pressured to say yes if Nino asked seriously or outright said no. Nino was not sure which would have been worst, to be honest.
He smiled finally and moved forward to kiss him finally. “Yes, I would like that,” he whispered against the warm lips of his lover.
“Then we should not concentrate on you not living with Jun anymore here, but about building our dream home, okay? I promise, we will be there for Jun if he needs to, and he will be there for us. How does that sound?”
“I like how that sounds,” Nino said in the end and Ohno chuckled before he kissed him again.
“And now how about you change into proper clothes and I take you out for a date. Your brooding reminded me that it probably has been a few days since you got some proper sunlight.”
Nino pouted since he didn’t like going out so much, but he couldn’t deny the truth in Ohno’s statement so with a big sigh he stood to change into jeans and a sweatshirt before still very grumbly allowed Ohno to take him out for a long walk and dinner date.
But he knew better than to say that out loud. He knew that Nino believed in him more than Jun did himself and he knew the repercussions Nino would have to face if he manipulated people like that. Nino was a brat but he wouldn’t go against laws.
“Why?”
“Because Nino is brooding and I honestly worry about him,” Jun said, blinking as he was brought back to reality.
“Huh? What happened?” Ohno asked, but Jun could tell by the echo he could hear that Ohno put him on speakers and was already getting ready to leave his home. Jun admired them for the fact that both always would let everything go to check on their lover. Jun hoped he would find someone like that for him.
“I might have told him, that I went to check out apartments and found one I really like.”
“Jun-kun…” Ohno sighed.
Jun pouted at that. He had thought that Nino had come to accept his wish for moving out over the last few weeks. He could tell that Ohno and Nino sometimes sat on the sofa, Nino on Ohno’s lap whispering about what they would like to do with a home of their own and it was cute. Jun wanted to support it fully and he had been so sure that Nino was excited about that change.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset him. But it is scary, he is not just mad or sad but it’s as if something is wavering around him and I don’t want to leave him alone, but I need to get going to be at work on time.”
“I’m on my way,” Ohno sighed. “I’ll stay and when you’re back we talk.”
Jun hesitated as it could be late and he was sure that sleep would be better then but in the end, he sighed before he agreed.
“If you are too tired we can think of something else then.”
“Okay, thanks.”
“No problem, do you need to go right away or can you wait up until I’m there to let me in?”
“I have to leave in thirty minutes.”
“Got it!” Ohno said and just before he disconnected the call Jun could tell that the other opened the door and left.
-
“Go away!” Nino yelled when his door opened. He was honestly surprised that Jun even dared to come inside right now. Jun never would walk into his room without waiting to be allowed first. He threw his cushion towards the door for a second wishing that he dared to magically throw stuff at actual people, huffing when the sound it made indicated that his threw ended short.
He sat up, turning towards the door with a grumble and a glare on his face which changed into a face of wonder and embarrassment as he recognised Ohno’s bemused face instead of Jun.
Ohno chuckled as he crossed his arms in front of his chest and leant against the door. “Throwing stuff? Really?”
“Go away,” Nino mumbled but moved towards the edge of his bed, wishing to hide in Ohno’s arms. Ohno chuckled as he followed his silent wish to be close and collected him in his arms.
“Why are you here?”
“Jun called me and told me he is worried about you.”
“He’s a liar,” Nino grumbled and pressed his face against his shoulder, sniffling slightly as Ohno started to sway him in his arms.
“Is he now? The figure I met when I entered would worry me as well,” Ohno said and played with his hair. “What is wrong?”
Nino shrugged and hugged him more tightly, denying Ohno any answer as if that would make things better. Ohno stayed silent as he waited for Nino to be ready to talk to him again.
“Pretty sure Jun already told you.”
“He told me he found a nice apartment he hopes to be able to get.”
Nino stiffened slightly in his arms but then he sighed and nodded. “He did.”
“That’s good for him, though. Don’t you think so?”
“I don’t like it,” Nino said and finally allowed himself to look up to him.
Ohno chuckled and cupped his cheek to wipe away the tears still clinging to his eyelashes. “Poor baby. Not everything will go as you like things to go just because you want them to,” Ohno said calmly and tweaked his nose, smiling when Nino answered that by pouting and wrinkling his nose. He put a kiss on top of it because he couldn’t stop himself. Not with his adorable lover.
“I know,” Nino said after another silence between them and snuggled closer with a sigh. “I don’t know why I got so upset.”
“I do. Until now it was all just speculations, all thoughts were just “if” in your head not “when” and now it seems very close and sudden. It scared you. And I am pretty sure that even if Jun is very excited he is also very scared which you pick up on because it resonates with you.”
“I hate feeling like that.”
“I know.”
Nino fell silent again, closing his eyes and soaking in the calm that Ohno radiated right now. “I got too used to the familiarity that is Jun,” Nino said after a while. “I am surprised you are not mad that I am fighting so much against letting Jun move out.”
“I know that you are not opposed to living with me but to the change in itself.”
“I am stupid. Or not stupid, my mind is just strange sometimes.”
“Yep,” Ohno said, yelling when Nino pouted and pinched him hard.
“You’re supposed to be nice to me.”
“Sorry, sorry. Okay, let’s be honest here and face it all, okay?”
“Okay,” Nino said and pursed his lips, not sure to what he agreed to.
“Jun for you was the one who connected you to the human world. I know you feel pretty at home here now, maybe more than in your old family neighbourhood filled with wizards and that scares you a bit. It is normal. But you forget that even when Jun leaves you won’t be left on your own.”
Nino pouted a bit and leant against Ohno. “I always could go back,” he murmured but knew that it was not the truth. He felt like an outsider there now. Normally wizards didn’t connect with so many humans as he did. Falling in love with a human was almost unheard of. Of course, his family accepted his decisions but he knew that neighbours were looking strangely at him.
But living alone in a human neighbourhood would also be very hard to achieve. Jun was his safety card just as much as he was for Jun. Jun could go out and deal with everything and everybody that was wary about wizards. Nobody needed to do check-ups if he followed the rules because they were stupid like that, and even if Nino could deal with it, get everything he needed to live here or there he wouldn’t like either. He just hated to be scrutinised and made feel as if he was different.
He was just him, after all not someone that needed to be kept under scrutiny to make sure he behaved.
Ohno looked down at the smaller man with a smile on his face and he lifted his chin to put a small kiss on his forehead.
“Kazu, would you like to live together with me? Create our own little nest that only belongs to us and where we don’t care about the rest of the world?”
Nino blinked at the question and then stared at the other with big eyes as realisation hit him. Yes, he had told Ohno as a joke that he needed them to live together, they had talked about what they liked or didn’t like in their home and had made up strange things they would be going to buy. But it had been jokes. Or it had been him demanding it and Ohno just going along with it.
Nino didn’t want Ohno to go along with what he wanted if he didn’t feel the same, just because he was insecure about what to do on his own he didn’t want Ohno to be forced to live with them. He knew he was not the easiest person to be around 24/7. He had feared that Ohno would feel pressured to say yes if Nino asked seriously or outright said no. Nino was not sure which would have been worst, to be honest.
He smiled finally and moved forward to kiss him finally. “Yes, I would like that,” he whispered against the warm lips of his lover.
“Then we should not concentrate on you not living with Jun anymore here, but about building our dream home, okay? I promise, we will be there for Jun if he needs to, and he will be there for us. How does that sound?”
“I like how that sounds,” Nino said in the end and Ohno chuckled before he kissed him again.
“And now how about you change into proper clothes and I take you out for a date. Your brooding reminded me that it probably has been a few days since you got some proper sunlight.”
Nino pouted since he didn’t like going out so much, but he couldn’t deny the truth in Ohno’s statement so with a big sigh he stood to change into jeans and a sweatshirt before still very grumbly allowed Ohno to take him out for a long walk and dinner date.