Baby Ohno- An Arashi Fanfic
Title: Baby Ohno (Chapter 19)
Pairings/Characters: Aiba/Sho, Ohno/Nino
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Beware of a cute baby Ohno in this story (although Ohno is always cute, baby or not ;)
Notes: Christmas prep-> Sickness-> Christmas-> New Years Prep-> New Years-> No internet-> Laziness-> Sister's Birthday-> More Laziness. If you're wondering what the hell this means, this is pretty much the reasons, in order, why it took me so long to update. So basically they're my excuses...I'M SO SORRY! (づ￣ ³￣)づ♡ And I apologize if this chapter isn't too good- it's been a while since I wrote anything...
Summary: An accident occurs when one of Aiba's experiments go wrong. And unfortunately, Leader was in the wrong place at the wrong time...
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Jun's legs were asleep.
He was currently crouched behind the sofa where Nino and Ohno were sleeping. Jun began massaging his legs, thinking about what he just heard.
Unbeknownst to Nino and Ohno, Jun's appointment had ended earlier than expected making Jun able to come home early.
Jun quietly made his way into the house, wanting to surprise them (though he also wanted to see how Nino was faring in taking care of Ohno). He couldn't help but shake his head when he recalled Aiba calling him earlier about a baby leash.
Peeking inside the living room, Jun spotted Nino lying on the couch with Ohno on top of him. Nino was telling the baby some sort of story.
Not wanting to interrupt, Jun went on his hands and knees and quietly crawled his way to the back of the couch, making sure his presence wouldn't be known but still close enough to hear them.
Jun listened in amusement to Nino's eccentric version of Snow White (though he had to force his lips shut when Nino made him the evil queen- that brat!) After the story, Jun was about to jump up and scare the two on the couch, but then the conversation took a different direction as Nino and Ohno began talking about princes and happy endings.
For the first time, Jun truly realized how hard this situation really was for Nino. He couldn't help as his own eyes began to tear up at the sadness in his bratty member's voice, knowing that if he could see Nino he would be able to see the other's crying face.
And everyone knew how rare it was to see Nino's crying face- his true crying face. People have seen Nino's tears in movies and dramas, but it was very rare for him to cry when it wasn't just for acting. Hell, Jun himself have only seen Nino truly cry once, maybe two times before.
Sadistic as it may be, Jun really wanted to see Nino's crying then- but he stopped himself from looking, knowing that it would upset Nino even more if he were caught.
Jun continued to stay behind the couch, listening as Ohno suggested that Nino start a new story with him so they could have a happy ending together.
Jun chuckled quietly at that- it was such an Ohno thing to say.
That was about ten minutes ago. After the two guys fell asleep, Jun stayed where he was for a while longer, wanting to make sure that they were really deep in sleep.
Standing up, Jun stretched his arms and legs a bit before looking down at the couch's occupants. Jun sighed as he saw the tear streaks on Nino's face.
Did it make him a bad person if he was contemplating taking a photo of Nino to keep in store for further future purposes?
Shaking his head, he looked at Ohno and smiled at the cute, chubby face that had a bit of drool dripping off the side of his mouth.
Jun grabbed one of the cloths that was on the table and used to gently wipe Ohno's mouth. He froze when Ohno started to squirm for a moment before opening his eyes.
"JuJu?" Ohno yawned, rubbing his tiny fist sleepily on his eyes.
"Shh..." Jun quietly held up his finger to his mouth and shushed Ohno, looking pointedly at the sleeping Nino.
Ohno looked at Nino and then turned back at Jun, nodding his head in understanding. "Up pease?" Ohno asked, shifting around so he could hold his arms up to Jun.
Jun carefully lifted Ohno out of Nino's arms, replacing the space with fishy when Nino started to move around, grumbling.
When Nino settled down, fishy cuddled in his arms, Jun carried Ohno out of the living room.
"JuJu, come back!" Ohno greeted once they were in the kitchen, leaning up to give Jun a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm back." Jun greeted him as well, returning a kiss on the baby's forehead. "I was planning on making us a snack but I think there's a diaper that needs to be change first, hm?" Jun realized how full Ohno's diaper felt as he held the baby.
"Yup." Ohno nodded. As Jun brought them upstairs and began to change Ohno, Jun paused as he noticed something.
"Did you get hurt?" Jun asked in concern, holding up Ohno's bandaged finger to look at it closely.
Ohno's bottom lip trembled a little. "I ackidenty poke fan wen Kazu go to get door. It bweed awot but I no cwy. I a big boy and no wan to make Kazu mad. But Kazu not mad. Kazu kiss fwinger to make bedder." Ohno explained, looking with wide doe eyes at Jun. "I sowy. JuJu not mad?"
Jun shook his head, smiling down at him. "I'm not mad, just worried. But as long as it's okay, then it's all fine. But just to make sure..." Holding the baby's finger up, Jun softly pressed a light kiss to it, making Ohno giggle. "Better?"
"Much bedder!" Ohno chirped, smiling a gummy smile with a few teeth showing at Jun.
Jun continued changing the baby's diaper while he listened to Ohno giving him an account about his day with Nino (Jun would have paid anything to see Nino being Ohno's personal horse) before he took the freshly diapered Ohno and brought them back to the kitchen.
Snacking on crackers and spinach dip, Jun looked towards the living room at the sleeping body there.
As Nino entered his thoughts, Jun wondered how Nino could keep all those feelings from earlier pent up. Well, knowing Nino, Jun knew that the older man was capable of it- he was a good actor after all. But it certainly wasn't healthy.
It was stupid, but Jun felt a bit hurt that Nino never trusted them with his problems. Certainly they could empathize with Nino and would definitely do everything they can to help him.
Jun shook his head. He knew that the main reason why Nino kept his worries and frustrations pent up because he didn't want to bother them and make things more complicated. Despite popular belief, Nino was the type of person that was too considerate like that. And also, out of all of them, Nino was the one who was the most shy to show his other sides to others, besides his snarky bratty side.
But all the members knew Nino already. They knew how shy he could get. Hell, Jun saw a tupperware full of delicious-looking burgers in the fridge earlier and knew that Nino cooked it for them, though he would probably give an excuse saying that he bought it somewhere or something like that.
"Ne, Satoshi? Did you and Nino talk about something other than the story he told you?" Jun asked, brushing off some crumbs from the baby's face.
Ohno paused in his chewing, looking up at Jun. Looking a bit unsure, Ohno slowly shook his head.
Jun raised an eyebrow at that. He couldn't remember if Nino told Ohno not to mention their talk. "Are you sure?" Jun pressed again, looking at Ohno closer.
Ohno gulped whatever was in his mouth before looking down. "Notting." He mumbled, not looking at Jun.
Jun smiled a bit as he ruffled Ohno's hair, not wanting to push the little one into saying something that wasn't even his business. "Okay."
Jun and Ohno continued chatty together, talking about random things as they finished up their snack.
Holding Ohno up with one arm and his other arm was holding up the empty plate, Jun went to put it into the sink. Just as he was about to turn on the faucet, Jun felt Ohno's arms tighten around his neck as Ohno spoke up. "Kazu!"
Jun turned around quickly and saw that it was indeed Nino. What confused Jun was that Nino had a baseball bat in his hands. If he didn't know better, it looked as if Nino was gonna use the bat to hit him with it.
"Jun?" Nino spoke, looking at him with wide but relieved eyes. "What the hell are you doing here?" When Nino had woken up, he panicked when he noticed that he was clutching onto fishy instead of his baby. Nino went searching for Ohno. When he checked inside the kitchen, Nino's sleep-muddled brain didn't immediately recognize Jun, but instead took in the image of Ohno being held by someone that was not him. And Aiba's baseball bat somehow made it into his hands at some point...
Jun raised an eyebrow at him, noticing that Nino had lowered the bat and discreetly hid it behind him. "My appointment ended early so I came back- you were gonna hit me with that, weren't you?" He accused, feeling bewildered but mostly amused. It wasn't like Nino to overreact, but he guessed that if Ohno was involved, it was to be expected.
Nino shook his head as he let out a snort. "Of course I knew you were here. And with Satoshi. I was just gonna suggest if you guys wanted to play baseball or something?" Nino explained.
Jun smirked. "So you didn't think I was a kidnapper who took Satoshi?"
"Of course not." Nino brushed him off. Putting the bat away, all three of them went into the living room, with Ohno in Nino's arms as the baby played with his hair.
"I heard that you were Ohno's pet today?" Jun grinned, watching Nino sticking his tongue out at him.
"Well, at least he had the most fun with me! I'm sure that I took the best care of him out of the rest of us." Nino told him confidently.
"I know that Satoshi got hurt, you know." Jun pointed out at him. Nino seemed to deflate at that.
"Satoshi told you, huh?" Nino grumbled, giving the tiny baby in his arms a bad look before contorting it into something funny, making Ohno laugh happily as he began to knead Nino's cheeks like play doh.
"Yup, so taking care of Satoshi was harder than you thought it'd be?" Jun questioned, taking one of Ohno's legs and softly squishing around with the chubby fat on it.
Nino sighed loudly. "Million times harder. Haaaahhh....I guessed we, Arashi, are all more alike than we thought. You lost him for hours, Sho turned him into a criminal, Aiba made him deathly sick and I accidentally let Ohno get a little, teeny tiny, barely there cut."
Jun frowned at that. "That doesn't sound right-"
"We're now at a full circle." Nino interrupted, sighing once more as he leaned heavily against the couch.
Jun shook his head, not bothering to argue with Nino's exaggerations. "Whatever. Anyway, well...actually, when I came here I....uhh, never mind." Jun stopped, wondering if it was a good idea to tell Nino about him spying on their conversation.
Nino let Ohno play and chew a bit with one of his fingers as he looked at Jun questioningly. "What is it?"
Jun shook his head. "It's nothing."
Nino narrowed his eyes suspiciously at him. "You sure?"
"Yeah." Jun assured him.
Nino looked at him a bit before shrugging his shoulders, deciding to let it go. "Satoshi, you just ate earlier but I can hear your tummy rumbling!" Nino said to Ohno with a cute voice, tickling Ohno's tummy.
Ohno giggled as he tried to squirm his body away from Nino. "Tickle! Tickle!"
Jun also laughed, watching the two of them interact. Seeing Nino now, Jun would have never known that the older man was depressed about anything.
Grabbing one of Ohno's bottles and warming it up, Jun handed it over to Nino and they both watched as Ohno greedily sucked down his milk.
"It must be weird for you, feeding your boyfriend like that." Jun commented unthinkingly, later mentally berating himself for it.
Nino smiled a bit as he readjusted Ohno in his arms. "Yeah, it is. But I deal with it."
Jun looked at Nino while he said, "It's weird, right? I mean, everything. Everything is weird."
Nino slowly turned his eyes away from the drinking baby and looked at Jun with dark eyes. "Okay, if you have something to say, then say it." He was getting irritated.
Jun looked directly at him. "I could say the same to you."
Nino looked at him confused. "What?"
"I heard what you and Satoshi were talking about earlier." Jun confessed.
Nino froze at that for a second before looking at Jun with a hint of fury in his eyes. "Wow. I didn't think emperor J was the type to spy on other's private conversations."
"I'm sorry, but I didn't mean too, I swear." Jun apologized. Nino could see the sincerity in his tone and started to cool down a bit. "But Nino...do you want to talk about it?"
Nino grind his teeth before shaking his head. "There's nothing to talk about."
"Nino..." Jun started.
"No." Nino said, looking stubborn. Jun sighed. He already knew this would be Nino's reaction and figured that no matter what he said, Nino would never open his shell. The only person that could shatter that steel heart of Nino's was Ohno himself.
"Okay." Jun conceded. He saw Nino visibly relaxed at that. They were both quiet, the only sounds in the room were Ohno's gurgles as the baby slobbered all over Nino's two fingers.
After a few moments, Jun let out a huge sigh, grabbing Nino's attention. "What?" Nino asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
Jun gave Nino an observing look for a few seconds before sighing again. "Okay."
"Okay, what?" Nino asked again, looking a little apprehensive at the way Jun was looking at him.
Jun sighed for a third time before shifting around, putting his legs up on the couch and under him while making sure he was facing Nino. "I'm going to do something I don't usually do. In fact, I NEVER do this. It's gonna be a bit tight and plenty awkward, but yeah...it should be done." Jun announced to him in an almost passive voice.
Nino looked confused at him. "Huh- WAIT! What the hell are you doing?!" Nino demanded, shocked and a bit horrified when Jun immediately jumped up and wrapped his arms around him, pulling him close. Nino tried to squirm away but Jun grip around his neck was really tight so Nino just sat there, his chin lying against the crook of Jun's neck and shoulder.
"I'm giving you a comforting hug." Jun explained to him, his voice having a bit of awkwardness in it.
"No, there's nothing comforting about this! This is just weird and what about Satoshi?!" Nino began to panic when he remembered that the baby was on his lap.
"I ok!" Ohno chirped up from somewhere between them. Jun made sure that his grip was only tight around Nino's neck- but he was careful to make sure their waist and chest area was were apart so Ohno could still sit comfortably on Nino's lap while playing with the buttons and pockets of Jun's shirt in front of him.
"I wouldn't squash him." Jun assured Nino, moving his arms slightly to get more comfortable.
"But you're hurting me." Nino grumbled although he stopped trying to shove his way out of his younger member's hold. "Get off."
"I'm trying to comfort you." Jun insisted. He also rested his chin on Nino's shoulder, neither of them looking at each other during this awkward moment.
Nino scoffed. "I'm feeling anything but comfort right now. And just to let you know, even though I'm the last person who should be saying this kind of thing, but I think this is the gayest thing I have ever done in my life."
Jun merely tightened his hold in response which caused Nino to choke. "Ughhh....get off of me you fucking princess!" Nino didn't even care if he swore or not, slapping Jun on his side to get him off.
"I pray at the temple. Every night." Jun spoke up suddenly, grunting a bit at a particular slap Nino gave him in the back.
Nino froze, stopping his actions. "What?"
Jun lessened his hold on Nino so the other could breathe. "Every night when I get off of work and I'm driving back here, I stop at a temple on the way and pray. I've been doing it ever since the first night leader turned into a baby."
Nino blinked. "Since when are you the religious type?"
Jun chuckled. "I'm not. But I've been so busy with work and meetings and with the concert coming up that praying is all I can think of to help with the situation. I know how ridiculous this sounds and how just praying for something won't give you what you want but...it doesn't hurt to try. I mean, it's better to do something- even if it's ridiculous- than nothing at all, right?"
Nino was silent for a minute. "I don't think praying is ridiculous." He finally spoke up.
Jun smiled at that. "I pray for my family's good health. I pray for Aiba's energy to be lowered to normal human levels. I pray for Sho's electronic planner to malfunction and possibly burn to a crisp. I pray for your miser-like financial situation. And I pray for the day Satoshi starts his potty training soon." Jun told him.
And Nino found himself laughing heartily at that. With the way he had been feeling recently, it surprised Nino when he realized that he was actually cheering up. Still laughing, Nino pointed out, "You didn't pray for yourself?"
Jun shook his head. "I'm good. Besides, I feel better if my prayers went to the people I care about. But my greatest prayer is that everyone I care about is happy. And since you're someone I care for, I pray that Ohno turns back to normal soon so you could have your happy ending again." Jun said, giving Nino a small pat on his back.
"Jun..." Nino choked out.
"The other day, I saw Sho's laptop on." Jun changed the topic. Nino blinked at the whiplash. "He went to use the restroom and I saw a bit on what he was researching about. I thought it was for News Zero but there was a webpage all about magic and transformation."
Nino gasped. "What? But Sho-"
"-isn't the type of person to look at things like magic and hocus pocus stuff, right?" Jun finished for him. "I was surprised as well, but I think Sho's been looking at this stuff for a while now since he's been bringing his laptop around more often."
Nino thought about it and realized that Sho did indeed being his laptop with him a lot. "That's what happens when you have Aiba Masaki as your boyfriend- your common sense starts flying out the window." Nino muttered.
Jun snorted. "Yeah. And speaking of Aiba, I've seen him sneaking around the kitchen during the night stirring some blue liquid or whatever. I'm afraid to ask what he's doing but I can guess it's has to do with Satoshi." Jun confessed.
Nino's eyes widened at that information. Staying quiet for a bit, Nino hesitantly asked, "Jun? Why are you telling me all this?"
Jun pulled back a little so he could finally look at Nino face to face. "Because I thought you should know that you're not the only one looking for a way to turn Ohno back to normal. We all love Satoshi and wouldn't mind him as a baby but we also miss leader as well, you know. You're not alone...never alone in this. Me, Sho and Aiba will always be here to help you and Satoshi. Our methods may seem stupid and idiotic, probably dangerous in Aiba's case, and may end up being completely useless in the long run but we'll never stop trying to bring our Oh-chan back. So don't keep your feelings bottled up because you don't want to trouble us- we WANT to help you! So don't hold back, okay? And let me tell you one last thing- Never give up hope because none of us have." Jun panted a bit, his cheeks blushing a bit at the little speech he made. He really hoped it didn't come off as something from a shoujo manga or some sappy TV drama.
Nino's breathing hitched a bit. Loss for words, Nino slowly let Jun pull him into another hug, not even fighting the tightness this time since Nino really wanted to hide his face. After a long moment, he finally said, "I love Satoshi but...I want Oh-chan back."
Jun breathed out at those words. He softly patted Nino's back. "I know."
"I've also researched about how to change him back but I don't want to risk any consequences that might happen." Nino told him, his voice tearing.
"I know." Jun assured him as he kept patting his back.
"I can't sleep at night without having his warm body snuggled close to mine. His large hands holding onto my own hamburger hands." Nino whispered, tears falling now.
"I know." Jun repeated softly.
"I miss Oh-chan." Nino finally spilled out, letting all the emotions he held in come out finally.
"We all do." Jun held onto Nino as the older man sobbed. When Nino's cries finally died out, Jun finally dropped his arms and pulled away from Nino. Nino's eyes were as red as hell, his nose still running. Accepting the handkerchief Jun held up for him, Nino blew his nose loudly.
"So how do you feel?" Jun asked, watching as Nino blew his nose again.
"Sticky." Nino grumbled, giving another sniff as he rubbed his face, wiping away the stray tears that was sticking to it.
Jun chuckled. "Do you feel better at least? Finally getting it out of your chest?"
Nino crumpled up the handkerchief and looked at Jun. "I feel tired. And my neck is sore. And my butt's asleep." A pause. "But yeah, I feel better. Much better than I have for a while."
Jun grinned. "You're welcome then."
Nino rolled his eyes. "I didn't thank you."
"But you're still welcome either way." Jun assured him. "Let's not tell anyone about this?" He suggested.
Nino snorted. "Of course not." Nino suddenly remembered that Ohno was in his arms. Worried about what the baby had heard, Nino looked down and sighed in relief when he saw the baby sleeping cozily on his lap, curled up like a little rolly polly bug.
Jun followed his gaze and chuckled. "I noticed he fell asleep probably about 3 minutes into our conversation."
Nino snorted as he gently poked at Ohno's soft cheek. "Why am I not surprised?"
Jun smoothed out Ohno's hair a bit before saying, "You know, despite how bony your body looks, hugging you wasn't too bad." Jun teased.
Nino looked up at Jun, his eyes were still puffy from crying but had some of its usual mischief back in them. "Sorry J, but I'd never date you. You don't meet my requirements."
Jun raised an eyebrow at that. "Requirements? Like what?"
Nino smirked as he held Ohno up so the sleeping baby's face was snuggled closely against his neck, his tiny hands fisting it's way to Nino's collar. "A lot. But my most important requirement is the softness and perkiness of one's butt. And there's only one person that can meet my high standards." He drawled, giving the baby in his arms a little pat on his diapered bottom.
Jun laughed. "Yeah, we definitely need leader to turn back- must be hard not having a good behind around to squeeze."
Nino sighed mournfully. "Damn straight."
They both continued laughing before Jun let out a sigh as he slowly got up from the couch, wincing at his aching legs. "I'm gonna go get dinner ready- the other two should be back soon."
Nino hummed as he laid back on the couch, cradling Ohno against him. "There's hamburger in the fridge- I bought it earlier."
Jun looked at Nino. "You went out of your way to drag your lazy butt out of this house? Why don't you just admit that you cooked for us?"
"Of course I didn't. I don't cook." Nino pouted but Jun could see a bit of pink on Nino's face as the other looked away.
"Whatever." Jun shrugged, turning away to leave. He stopped when Nino called out to him. "Yes?"
Nino gestured for the other to come down a bit. Jun followed and crouched close to Nino, looking at the other with a confused expression on his face.
Shifting Ohno so Nino had only one arm secured around the sleeping baby, Nino turned to look at Jun. "I'm only gonna do this once and if you tell anyone I did this, I'll totally deny it." Nino warned him.
And with that, Nino quickly grabbed Jun with his free arm and pulled him in for a nice and tight hug.
Leaning into the surprised younger man's ear, Nino smiled as he whispered softly to him.
"Thank you, Jun."
Pairings/Characters: Aiba/Sho, Ohno/Nino
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Beware of a cute baby Ohno in this story (although Ohno is always cute, baby or not ;)
Notes: Christmas prep-> Sickness-> Christmas-> New Years Prep-> New Years-> No internet-> Laziness-> Sister's Birthday-> More Laziness. If you're wondering what the hell this means, this is pretty much the reasons, in order, why it took me so long to update. So basically they're my excuses...I'M SO SORRY! (づ￣ ³￣)づ♡ And I apologize if this chapter isn't too good- it's been a while since I wrote anything...
Summary: An accident occurs when one of Aiba's experiments go wrong. And unfortunately, Leader was in the wrong place at the wrong time...
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Jun's legs were asleep.
He was currently crouched behind the sofa where Nino and Ohno were sleeping. Jun began massaging his legs, thinking about what he just heard.
Unbeknownst to Nino and Ohno, Jun's appointment had ended earlier than expected making Jun able to come home early.
Jun quietly made his way into the house, wanting to surprise them (though he also wanted to see how Nino was faring in taking care of Ohno). He couldn't help but shake his head when he recalled Aiba calling him earlier about a baby leash.
Peeking inside the living room, Jun spotted Nino lying on the couch with Ohno on top of him. Nino was telling the baby some sort of story.
Not wanting to interrupt, Jun went on his hands and knees and quietly crawled his way to the back of the couch, making sure his presence wouldn't be known but still close enough to hear them.
Jun listened in amusement to Nino's eccentric version of Snow White (though he had to force his lips shut when Nino made him the evil queen- that brat!) After the story, Jun was about to jump up and scare the two on the couch, but then the conversation took a different direction as Nino and Ohno began talking about princes and happy endings.
For the first time, Jun truly realized how hard this situation really was for Nino. He couldn't help as his own eyes began to tear up at the sadness in his bratty member's voice, knowing that if he could see Nino he would be able to see the other's crying face.
And everyone knew how rare it was to see Nino's crying face- his true crying face. People have seen Nino's tears in movies and dramas, but it was very rare for him to cry when it wasn't just for acting. Hell, Jun himself have only seen Nino truly cry once, maybe two times before.
Sadistic as it may be, Jun really wanted to see Nino's crying then- but he stopped himself from looking, knowing that it would upset Nino even more if he were caught.
Jun continued to stay behind the couch, listening as Ohno suggested that Nino start a new story with him so they could have a happy ending together.
Jun chuckled quietly at that- it was such an Ohno thing to say.
That was about ten minutes ago. After the two guys fell asleep, Jun stayed where he was for a while longer, wanting to make sure that they were really deep in sleep.
Standing up, Jun stretched his arms and legs a bit before looking down at the couch's occupants. Jun sighed as he saw the tear streaks on Nino's face.
Did it make him a bad person if he was contemplating taking a photo of Nino to keep in store for further future purposes?
Shaking his head, he looked at Ohno and smiled at the cute, chubby face that had a bit of drool dripping off the side of his mouth.
Jun grabbed one of the cloths that was on the table and used to gently wipe Ohno's mouth. He froze when Ohno started to squirm for a moment before opening his eyes.
"JuJu?" Ohno yawned, rubbing his tiny fist sleepily on his eyes.
"Shh..." Jun quietly held up his finger to his mouth and shushed Ohno, looking pointedly at the sleeping Nino.
Ohno looked at Nino and then turned back at Jun, nodding his head in understanding. "Up pease?" Ohno asked, shifting around so he could hold his arms up to Jun.
Jun carefully lifted Ohno out of Nino's arms, replacing the space with fishy when Nino started to move around, grumbling.
When Nino settled down, fishy cuddled in his arms, Jun carried Ohno out of the living room.
"JuJu, come back!" Ohno greeted once they were in the kitchen, leaning up to give Jun a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm back." Jun greeted him as well, returning a kiss on the baby's forehead. "I was planning on making us a snack but I think there's a diaper that needs to be change first, hm?" Jun realized how full Ohno's diaper felt as he held the baby.
"Yup." Ohno nodded. As Jun brought them upstairs and began to change Ohno, Jun paused as he noticed something.
"Did you get hurt?" Jun asked in concern, holding up Ohno's bandaged finger to look at it closely.
Ohno's bottom lip trembled a little. "I ackidenty poke fan wen Kazu go to get door. It bweed awot but I no cwy. I a big boy and no wan to make Kazu mad. But Kazu not mad. Kazu kiss fwinger to make bedder." Ohno explained, looking with wide doe eyes at Jun. "I sowy. JuJu not mad?"
Jun shook his head, smiling down at him. "I'm not mad, just worried. But as long as it's okay, then it's all fine. But just to make sure..." Holding the baby's finger up, Jun softly pressed a light kiss to it, making Ohno giggle. "Better?"
"Much bedder!" Ohno chirped, smiling a gummy smile with a few teeth showing at Jun.
Jun continued changing the baby's diaper while he listened to Ohno giving him an account about his day with Nino (Jun would have paid anything to see Nino being Ohno's personal horse) before he took the freshly diapered Ohno and brought them back to the kitchen.
Snacking on crackers and spinach dip, Jun looked towards the living room at the sleeping body there.
As Nino entered his thoughts, Jun wondered how Nino could keep all those feelings from earlier pent up. Well, knowing Nino, Jun knew that the older man was capable of it- he was a good actor after all. But it certainly wasn't healthy.
It was stupid, but Jun felt a bit hurt that Nino never trusted them with his problems. Certainly they could empathize with Nino and would definitely do everything they can to help him.
Jun shook his head. He knew that the main reason why Nino kept his worries and frustrations pent up because he didn't want to bother them and make things more complicated. Despite popular belief, Nino was the type of person that was too considerate like that. And also, out of all of them, Nino was the one who was the most shy to show his other sides to others, besides his snarky bratty side.
But all the members knew Nino already. They knew how shy he could get. Hell, Jun saw a tupperware full of delicious-looking burgers in the fridge earlier and knew that Nino cooked it for them, though he would probably give an excuse saying that he bought it somewhere or something like that.
"Ne, Satoshi? Did you and Nino talk about something other than the story he told you?" Jun asked, brushing off some crumbs from the baby's face.
Ohno paused in his chewing, looking up at Jun. Looking a bit unsure, Ohno slowly shook his head.
Jun raised an eyebrow at that. He couldn't remember if Nino told Ohno not to mention their talk. "Are you sure?" Jun pressed again, looking at Ohno closer.
Ohno gulped whatever was in his mouth before looking down. "Notting." He mumbled, not looking at Jun.
Jun smiled a bit as he ruffled Ohno's hair, not wanting to push the little one into saying something that wasn't even his business. "Okay."
Jun and Ohno continued chatty together, talking about random things as they finished up their snack.
Holding Ohno up with one arm and his other arm was holding up the empty plate, Jun went to put it into the sink. Just as he was about to turn on the faucet, Jun felt Ohno's arms tighten around his neck as Ohno spoke up. "Kazu!"
Jun turned around quickly and saw that it was indeed Nino. What confused Jun was that Nino had a baseball bat in his hands. If he didn't know better, it looked as if Nino was gonna use the bat to hit him with it.
"Jun?" Nino spoke, looking at him with wide but relieved eyes. "What the hell are you doing here?" When Nino had woken up, he panicked when he noticed that he was clutching onto fishy instead of his baby. Nino went searching for Ohno. When he checked inside the kitchen, Nino's sleep-muddled brain didn't immediately recognize Jun, but instead took in the image of Ohno being held by someone that was not him. And Aiba's baseball bat somehow made it into his hands at some point...
Jun raised an eyebrow at him, noticing that Nino had lowered the bat and discreetly hid it behind him. "My appointment ended early so I came back- you were gonna hit me with that, weren't you?" He accused, feeling bewildered but mostly amused. It wasn't like Nino to overreact, but he guessed that if Ohno was involved, it was to be expected.
Nino shook his head as he let out a snort. "Of course I knew you were here. And with Satoshi. I was just gonna suggest if you guys wanted to play baseball or something?" Nino explained.
Jun smirked. "So you didn't think I was a kidnapper who took Satoshi?"
"Of course not." Nino brushed him off. Putting the bat away, all three of them went into the living room, with Ohno in Nino's arms as the baby played with his hair.
"I heard that you were Ohno's pet today?" Jun grinned, watching Nino sticking his tongue out at him.
"Well, at least he had the most fun with me! I'm sure that I took the best care of him out of the rest of us." Nino told him confidently.
"I know that Satoshi got hurt, you know." Jun pointed out at him. Nino seemed to deflate at that.
"Satoshi told you, huh?" Nino grumbled, giving the tiny baby in his arms a bad look before contorting it into something funny, making Ohno laugh happily as he began to knead Nino's cheeks like play doh.
"Yup, so taking care of Satoshi was harder than you thought it'd be?" Jun questioned, taking one of Ohno's legs and softly squishing around with the chubby fat on it.
Nino sighed loudly. "Million times harder. Haaaahhh....I guessed we, Arashi, are all more alike than we thought. You lost him for hours, Sho turned him into a criminal, Aiba made him deathly sick and I accidentally let Ohno get a little, teeny tiny, barely there cut."
Jun frowned at that. "That doesn't sound right-"
"We're now at a full circle." Nino interrupted, sighing once more as he leaned heavily against the couch.
Jun shook his head, not bothering to argue with Nino's exaggerations. "Whatever. Anyway, well...actually, when I came here I....uhh, never mind." Jun stopped, wondering if it was a good idea to tell Nino about him spying on their conversation.
Nino let Ohno play and chew a bit with one of his fingers as he looked at Jun questioningly. "What is it?"
Jun shook his head. "It's nothing."
Nino narrowed his eyes suspiciously at him. "You sure?"
"Yeah." Jun assured him.
Nino looked at him a bit before shrugging his shoulders, deciding to let it go. "Satoshi, you just ate earlier but I can hear your tummy rumbling!" Nino said to Ohno with a cute voice, tickling Ohno's tummy.
Ohno giggled as he tried to squirm his body away from Nino. "Tickle! Tickle!"
Jun also laughed, watching the two of them interact. Seeing Nino now, Jun would have never known that the older man was depressed about anything.
Grabbing one of Ohno's bottles and warming it up, Jun handed it over to Nino and they both watched as Ohno greedily sucked down his milk.
"It must be weird for you, feeding your boyfriend like that." Jun commented unthinkingly, later mentally berating himself for it.
Nino smiled a bit as he readjusted Ohno in his arms. "Yeah, it is. But I deal with it."
Jun looked at Nino while he said, "It's weird, right? I mean, everything. Everything is weird."
Nino slowly turned his eyes away from the drinking baby and looked at Jun with dark eyes. "Okay, if you have something to say, then say it." He was getting irritated.
Jun looked directly at him. "I could say the same to you."
Nino looked at him confused. "What?"
"I heard what you and Satoshi were talking about earlier." Jun confessed.
Nino froze at that for a second before looking at Jun with a hint of fury in his eyes. "Wow. I didn't think emperor J was the type to spy on other's private conversations."
"I'm sorry, but I didn't mean too, I swear." Jun apologized. Nino could see the sincerity in his tone and started to cool down a bit. "But Nino...do you want to talk about it?"
Nino grind his teeth before shaking his head. "There's nothing to talk about."
"Nino..." Jun started.
"No." Nino said, looking stubborn. Jun sighed. He already knew this would be Nino's reaction and figured that no matter what he said, Nino would never open his shell. The only person that could shatter that steel heart of Nino's was Ohno himself.
"Okay." Jun conceded. He saw Nino visibly relaxed at that. They were both quiet, the only sounds in the room were Ohno's gurgles as the baby slobbered all over Nino's two fingers.
After a few moments, Jun let out a huge sigh, grabbing Nino's attention. "What?" Nino asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
Jun gave Nino an observing look for a few seconds before sighing again. "Okay."
"Okay, what?" Nino asked again, looking a little apprehensive at the way Jun was looking at him.
Jun sighed for a third time before shifting around, putting his legs up on the couch and under him while making sure he was facing Nino. "I'm going to do something I don't usually do. In fact, I NEVER do this. It's gonna be a bit tight and plenty awkward, but yeah...it should be done." Jun announced to him in an almost passive voice.
Nino looked confused at him. "Huh- WAIT! What the hell are you doing?!" Nino demanded, shocked and a bit horrified when Jun immediately jumped up and wrapped his arms around him, pulling him close. Nino tried to squirm away but Jun grip around his neck was really tight so Nino just sat there, his chin lying against the crook of Jun's neck and shoulder.
"I'm giving you a comforting hug." Jun explained to him, his voice having a bit of awkwardness in it.
"No, there's nothing comforting about this! This is just weird and what about Satoshi?!" Nino began to panic when he remembered that the baby was on his lap.
"I ok!" Ohno chirped up from somewhere between them. Jun made sure that his grip was only tight around Nino's neck- but he was careful to make sure their waist and chest area was were apart so Ohno could still sit comfortably on Nino's lap while playing with the buttons and pockets of Jun's shirt in front of him.
"I wouldn't squash him." Jun assured Nino, moving his arms slightly to get more comfortable.
"But you're hurting me." Nino grumbled although he stopped trying to shove his way out of his younger member's hold. "Get off."
"I'm trying to comfort you." Jun insisted. He also rested his chin on Nino's shoulder, neither of them looking at each other during this awkward moment.
Nino scoffed. "I'm feeling anything but comfort right now. And just to let you know, even though I'm the last person who should be saying this kind of thing, but I think this is the gayest thing I have ever done in my life."
Jun merely tightened his hold in response which caused Nino to choke. "Ughhh....get off of me you fucking princess!" Nino didn't even care if he swore or not, slapping Jun on his side to get him off.
"I pray at the temple. Every night." Jun spoke up suddenly, grunting a bit at a particular slap Nino gave him in the back.
Nino froze, stopping his actions. "What?"
Jun lessened his hold on Nino so the other could breathe. "Every night when I get off of work and I'm driving back here, I stop at a temple on the way and pray. I've been doing it ever since the first night leader turned into a baby."
Nino blinked. "Since when are you the religious type?"
Jun chuckled. "I'm not. But I've been so busy with work and meetings and with the concert coming up that praying is all I can think of to help with the situation. I know how ridiculous this sounds and how just praying for something won't give you what you want but...it doesn't hurt to try. I mean, it's better to do something- even if it's ridiculous- than nothing at all, right?"
Nino was silent for a minute. "I don't think praying is ridiculous." He finally spoke up.
Jun smiled at that. "I pray for my family's good health. I pray for Aiba's energy to be lowered to normal human levels. I pray for Sho's electronic planner to malfunction and possibly burn to a crisp. I pray for your miser-like financial situation. And I pray for the day Satoshi starts his potty training soon." Jun told him.
And Nino found himself laughing heartily at that. With the way he had been feeling recently, it surprised Nino when he realized that he was actually cheering up. Still laughing, Nino pointed out, "You didn't pray for yourself?"
Jun shook his head. "I'm good. Besides, I feel better if my prayers went to the people I care about. But my greatest prayer is that everyone I care about is happy. And since you're someone I care for, I pray that Ohno turns back to normal soon so you could have your happy ending again." Jun said, giving Nino a small pat on his back.
"Jun..." Nino choked out.
"The other day, I saw Sho's laptop on." Jun changed the topic. Nino blinked at the whiplash. "He went to use the restroom and I saw a bit on what he was researching about. I thought it was for News Zero but there was a webpage all about magic and transformation."
Nino gasped. "What? But Sho-"
"-isn't the type of person to look at things like magic and hocus pocus stuff, right?" Jun finished for him. "I was surprised as well, but I think Sho's been looking at this stuff for a while now since he's been bringing his laptop around more often."
Nino thought about it and realized that Sho did indeed being his laptop with him a lot. "That's what happens when you have Aiba Masaki as your boyfriend- your common sense starts flying out the window." Nino muttered.
Jun snorted. "Yeah. And speaking of Aiba, I've seen him sneaking around the kitchen during the night stirring some blue liquid or whatever. I'm afraid to ask what he's doing but I can guess it's has to do with Satoshi." Jun confessed.
Nino's eyes widened at that information. Staying quiet for a bit, Nino hesitantly asked, "Jun? Why are you telling me all this?"
Jun pulled back a little so he could finally look at Nino face to face. "Because I thought you should know that you're not the only one looking for a way to turn Ohno back to normal. We all love Satoshi and wouldn't mind him as a baby but we also miss leader as well, you know. You're not alone...never alone in this. Me, Sho and Aiba will always be here to help you and Satoshi. Our methods may seem stupid and idiotic, probably dangerous in Aiba's case, and may end up being completely useless in the long run but we'll never stop trying to bring our Oh-chan back. So don't keep your feelings bottled up because you don't want to trouble us- we WANT to help you! So don't hold back, okay? And let me tell you one last thing- Never give up hope because none of us have." Jun panted a bit, his cheeks blushing a bit at the little speech he made. He really hoped it didn't come off as something from a shoujo manga or some sappy TV drama.
Nino's breathing hitched a bit. Loss for words, Nino slowly let Jun pull him into another hug, not even fighting the tightness this time since Nino really wanted to hide his face. After a long moment, he finally said, "I love Satoshi but...I want Oh-chan back."
Jun breathed out at those words. He softly patted Nino's back. "I know."
"I've also researched about how to change him back but I don't want to risk any consequences that might happen." Nino told him, his voice tearing.
"I know." Jun assured him as he kept patting his back.
"I can't sleep at night without having his warm body snuggled close to mine. His large hands holding onto my own hamburger hands." Nino whispered, tears falling now.
"I know." Jun repeated softly.
"I miss Oh-chan." Nino finally spilled out, letting all the emotions he held in come out finally.
"We all do." Jun held onto Nino as the older man sobbed. When Nino's cries finally died out, Jun finally dropped his arms and pulled away from Nino. Nino's eyes were as red as hell, his nose still running. Accepting the handkerchief Jun held up for him, Nino blew his nose loudly.
"So how do you feel?" Jun asked, watching as Nino blew his nose again.
"Sticky." Nino grumbled, giving another sniff as he rubbed his face, wiping away the stray tears that was sticking to it.
Jun chuckled. "Do you feel better at least? Finally getting it out of your chest?"
Nino crumpled up the handkerchief and looked at Jun. "I feel tired. And my neck is sore. And my butt's asleep." A pause. "But yeah, I feel better. Much better than I have for a while."
Jun grinned. "You're welcome then."
Nino rolled his eyes. "I didn't thank you."
"But you're still welcome either way." Jun assured him. "Let's not tell anyone about this?" He suggested.
Nino snorted. "Of course not." Nino suddenly remembered that Ohno was in his arms. Worried about what the baby had heard, Nino looked down and sighed in relief when he saw the baby sleeping cozily on his lap, curled up like a little rolly polly bug.
Jun followed his gaze and chuckled. "I noticed he fell asleep probably about 3 minutes into our conversation."
Nino snorted as he gently poked at Ohno's soft cheek. "Why am I not surprised?"
Jun smoothed out Ohno's hair a bit before saying, "You know, despite how bony your body looks, hugging you wasn't too bad." Jun teased.
Nino looked up at Jun, his eyes were still puffy from crying but had some of its usual mischief back in them. "Sorry J, but I'd never date you. You don't meet my requirements."
Jun raised an eyebrow at that. "Requirements? Like what?"
Nino smirked as he held Ohno up so the sleeping baby's face was snuggled closely against his neck, his tiny hands fisting it's way to Nino's collar. "A lot. But my most important requirement is the softness and perkiness of one's butt. And there's only one person that can meet my high standards." He drawled, giving the baby in his arms a little pat on his diapered bottom.
Jun laughed. "Yeah, we definitely need leader to turn back- must be hard not having a good behind around to squeeze."
Nino sighed mournfully. "Damn straight."
They both continued laughing before Jun let out a sigh as he slowly got up from the couch, wincing at his aching legs. "I'm gonna go get dinner ready- the other two should be back soon."
Nino hummed as he laid back on the couch, cradling Ohno against him. "There's hamburger in the fridge- I bought it earlier."
Jun looked at Nino. "You went out of your way to drag your lazy butt out of this house? Why don't you just admit that you cooked for us?"
"Of course I didn't. I don't cook." Nino pouted but Jun could see a bit of pink on Nino's face as the other looked away.
"Whatever." Jun shrugged, turning away to leave. He stopped when Nino called out to him. "Yes?"
Nino gestured for the other to come down a bit. Jun followed and crouched close to Nino, looking at the other with a confused expression on his face.
Shifting Ohno so Nino had only one arm secured around the sleeping baby, Nino turned to look at Jun. "I'm only gonna do this once and if you tell anyone I did this, I'll totally deny it." Nino warned him.
And with that, Nino quickly grabbed Jun with his free arm and pulled him in for a nice and tight hug.
Leaning into the surprised younger man's ear, Nino smiled as he whispered softly to him.
"Thank you, Jun."