When he left me: chapter 3
Title: When he left me...
Pairing: Ohmiya, Jun/ ?, Sho/oc, Nino/oc
Rating: PG
genre: Romance, drama, fluff, family, AU
Plot: Nino broke up with his boyfriend Satoshi. Six years later, Satoshi discover all the truth
Warning: bad english xD
[Chapter 3]
Chapter 3
When I wake up this morning, I’m weirdly really near the floor. Ah yes, I installed my futon next to my bed to let Satoe sleeping in it. I stand on my knees, just on the right height to the bed. She’s still sleeping tightly. I don't work today, we’ll have plenty of time to get to know each other. Her grandmother gave me a few days to “try” to live with her and I’ll see if I can keep her with me. Right now, I have never been so anxious and confident at the same time in my whole life.
She sneeze a little in his sleep just like her father did before her when I watched him sleep next to me in the morning. I see him so much in her. Genetics are sometimes somethings magical, she looks like his copy. Her teddy bear doesn’t quit her since yesterday. I understand, it must remind her of her father.
I yawn and go make breakfast. I open the fridge but I don’t even know what she likes to eat. I still have enough to make pancakes, she must like it, no ? I try and take the ingredients with the risk to be rejected.
Later, a delicious smell emanates from my pan. I return the pancake half-baked with a spatula and wait a few minutes to put it on a plate and repeat the procedure. Then, I hear barefeet on the floor of the kitchen. I turn to the left and my gaze fall on Satoe and her teddy bear.
- Ohayo Satoe-chan.
- Ohayo Satoshi-kun!
- You’re hungry?
- Hum!
- Do you like pancakes?
- Hum!
I’m relieved, I managed to avoid a crisis.
- Satoshi-kun? She asks more seriously.
- Yes?
- Can I go pee?
- Of course, it’s the door just there. I say while pointing the entry of my toilets.
- Arigatou!
She run to the door and I finish my pancakes before turn the fire off under the stove and take it in the sink. I serve the plates on the table and Satoe comes back. I pull her chair from under the table.
- You come eating?
She frowns.
- I must wash my hands after going to toilets!
- Of course, you’re right.
I take a chair for her to stand on it. She wash carefully her hands and I give her a towel. We can finally eat. She is still a bit awkward with her cutlery but she manages and that's what makes her adorable. She put a little piece of pancake in her mouth and chews in silence before looking at me with a wide smile.
- Umai!
- Thank you.
- Daddy said to me that you made him the best pancakes of the world.
- Really? He said that? I ask, really surprised of this.
- Hum!
What she says warm my heart, it means that her father still thought of me all this years. He didn’t lie to me in his letter, I’m so happy. We finish eating and while I’m doing the dish, she watch some animes on TV. We have to go to her grandmother’s house to take her some things. She insisted to spend the night in my apartment and all I had to lend her for sleeping was one of my old t-shirts. This one is so big on her that it falls lower than her knees. The dish finish, I take a look at Satoe who still watching the TV.
- Satoe-chan?
She turns to me and look at me right in the eyes.
- I go take a shower, okay? You…you can stay here alone for a bit ?
- Hum!
I then go to the bathroom, close the door, undress and enter the shower stall before let the hot water fall on me.
*flashback*
While I make breakfast, a flash dazzles me a little on the right side. I roll my eyes and smile.
- Kazu? You never let go of this camera?
- Hum… no.
- Then go to something else, you will not continue to take pictures of me every 5 minutes.
I hear him come closer to me and he embrace me from behind, placing his head against my shoulder.
- It’s just that you inspire me, Satoyan, and that I want immortalize you sexitude at every moment of the day.
- I’m flattered but you mean “sexiness” I suppose, because “sexitude” doesn’t exists.
- It must do! I’ll add it to the dictionary with your picture as definition!
I laugh and turn to kiss him briefly before going back to my pancake dough. My lover then departs from me and dive his finger in the bowl where I mix the preparation.
- Hey! I say.
For only answer, he looks at me in the eyes and put his finger in his mouth with this mischievous and teasing look of him.
- I’m pretty sure that your hands aren’t even clean! You’re disgusting! I say laughing a little and holding my desires to jump on him.
- You’re too stuck, Satoyan! Don’t worry, I don't have the plague!
He does not let me answer and dive again his finger in the dough before putting it on my nose. He smiles, proud of him, and lick the rest of dough on his index finger, taking his camera in hands to take another picture of me. He looks at it while I remove the pancake mix from my nose with a towel and take a pan in the cupboard.
- Aw! You’re so cute with your little lost face! He says pinching my cheek.
- I don’t know what prevents me to strangle you.
He kiss the cheek he was pinching and returns to his place in my back.
- It is because you love me, Satoyan.
It’s true, I love him. I love him much more than anything else in this universe.
*end of flashback*
*****
In the beginning of the afternoon, Satoe-chan and me are going to her grandmother’s home. She firmly hold my hand on the whole path and still hold her plush with her other arm. But when Ninomiya-san open to us, the little girl let go of my hand and run to jump into her grandmother’s arms.
- Obaa-chan !
- Satoe-chan! How was Satoshi-kun’s home? I hope you were gentle.
- Hum! He makes me pancakes this morning, just like those he made for Daddy!
- Super! come on, come in.
She smiles at me and let us enter the house. We take off our shoes and the mother of my ex-lover points me the living room while she go to change Satoe who still wears the clothes from the funeral of her father. I enter the indicated room and fall on Kazunari’s smiling face. I respond to his smile and go kneeling before him to pray a little and then sit at the low table. Ninomiya-san and her granddaughter comes back and Satoe go places herself like me before the portrait of her father while the woman go making some tea.
- Daddy, I slept at Satoshi-kun’s home yesterday and I behave well! I didn't even cried and he made pancakes!
She turns to me.
- Ne Satoshi-kun?
- Ah… Hum. It’s true.
She continues to talk to him for longs minutes. Longs minutes during which I observe her with admiration because I, even at his portrait, I don’t know what to say. It has been so long. Talking about him, I can do it without any problem but talking to him, I became unable to do it since years, and I just realized it.
Ninomiya-san comes back with a tray. She serve me a cup of tea and an orange juice to Satoe. The little girl quit then her father to come drinking her glass with a straw.
- I did not ask you, Satoshi-kun. How is your work going?
- Good, I teach in high school, right now.
- Is this not what you wanted? My son had talked about that one time.
- Exact. Before that, I wasn’t really stable but it’s been a few years since I have this job and I’m glad to have it.
- And…at the sentimental level? You…have someone else in your life ?
I take a look at Satoe who makes some bubbles in her glass. I don’t know If we can talk about that when she’s there.
- No. I say with a low voice.
- I understand. It is not easy with a breakup like yours. You’re sure it’s going to be okay with Satoe?
- I believe. I’m a little bit anxious though. I have never take care of a child before.
- Satoe-chan is not a difficult child, don’t worry about that. If you need some help, you can always call me.
- Thank you.
- Ne, Satoe-chan? You promise to be gentle with Satoshi-kun?
- Yeah!
- Please say “yes” sweetie, “yeah” or “hum” is not pretty In the mouth of a cute little girl like you.
- Haaaai!
We laugh, this little one is really adorable. Ninomiya-san’s face become however more serious.
- Satoe-chan? Can you go play a little in your room?
- Haaai!
Satoe stands up and run in her room like her grandmother says. The woman then goes open a cabinet and takes a cardboard box out of it. She places it on the table and push it in front of me. It is written “university” on it.
- I went to the apartment where Kazunari and Satoe were living and I found this box. I think you must take it. It contents some old things that belong to him.
- Thank you, are you sure you want me to have it? You don’t want to keep it?
- No, take it. I have enough memories of him, it would be selfish if I don’t give you anything. She says with her gentle smiles.
- Thank you, thank you so much.
I’m really appreciate her. From Kazunari, i’ve only my memories and some pictures. I wonder what this box can contain, it looks ready to explode. I’ll take a look at home.
- Ah! I must give you the contact information of Satoe’s kindergarten.
She takes a piece of paper and a pen. Kindergarten? I totally forgot it ! Congratulations, nice beginning, Satoshi.
- It is not far from here but I don’t know where you live now.
- I’m living some kilometers far from your house, we came by the bus. I’ll manage, don’t worry about me.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, yes!
- Then, here. She says giving me the paper where she wrote the address and number of the school.
- Count on me, I’ll take good care of Satoe-chan.
- I know it, already. She smiles.
*****
On the way back, I took the time to examine the address of the school. It's not far from home, we can even walk there. I have to drop Satoe for 8am, I'll be a little just in time at high school but it should be fine.
Satoe walks next to me holding my hand. We almost arrived in front of my building. Suddenly she stops. I turn to face her.
- What is happening? I ask him.
- Ne, Satoshi-kun ... Will you take care of me forever?
- Why this?
- I would like to know.
- Do you want it?
She smiles and continues walking.
- Hum! Because my Daddy always talked about you.
- Really?
- Yeah, he said you were both very very in love and that you were super nice and funny. So I would like to be with you forever!
- In this case, I'll take care of you.
- Yeah!
I tell her that but I know it's complicated. I do not even know if I'll be able to take care of her even a few days. And even if I can and I want to adopt her, it will take months before the procedures are in order. But I cannot break her joy and innocence and she is still too young to understand.The important thing for now is that she wants to stay with me and me with her, that we both want to get to know each other and me to know more about what has been Kazunari's life all this years.
When we arrive at the door of my apartment. I am surprised to find it open. We enter. The light is on and a bunch of keys is placed on the furniture where I usually store my shoes and put my own keychain. Shit, he's here and he does not know that the little one lives with me. He makes his appearance at the end of the corridor without me having time to think of anything else.
- Ah! Not too soon! I came in with my keys, I had to give you...
Jun stops in his sentence at the sight of Satoe and stares at her, his eyes bulging. Intimidated, the girl hides behind me and grabs the fabric of my jeans.
- You explain to me? he asks me finally.
Pairing: Ohmiya, Jun/ ?, Sho/oc, Nino/oc
Rating: PG
genre: Romance, drama, fluff, family, AU
Plot: Nino broke up with his boyfriend Satoshi. Six years later, Satoshi discover all the truth
Warning: bad english xD
[Chapter 3]
Chapter 3
When I wake up this morning, I’m weirdly really near the floor. Ah yes, I installed my futon next to my bed to let Satoe sleeping in it. I stand on my knees, just on the right height to the bed. She’s still sleeping tightly. I don't work today, we’ll have plenty of time to get to know each other. Her grandmother gave me a few days to “try” to live with her and I’ll see if I can keep her with me. Right now, I have never been so anxious and confident at the same time in my whole life.
She sneeze a little in his sleep just like her father did before her when I watched him sleep next to me in the morning. I see him so much in her. Genetics are sometimes somethings magical, she looks like his copy. Her teddy bear doesn’t quit her since yesterday. I understand, it must remind her of her father.
I yawn and go make breakfast. I open the fridge but I don’t even know what she likes to eat. I still have enough to make pancakes, she must like it, no ? I try and take the ingredients with the risk to be rejected.
Later, a delicious smell emanates from my pan. I return the pancake half-baked with a spatula and wait a few minutes to put it on a plate and repeat the procedure. Then, I hear barefeet on the floor of the kitchen. I turn to the left and my gaze fall on Satoe and her teddy bear.
- Ohayo Satoe-chan.
- Ohayo Satoshi-kun!
- You’re hungry?
- Hum!
- Do you like pancakes?
- Hum!
I’m relieved, I managed to avoid a crisis.
- Satoshi-kun? She asks more seriously.
- Yes?
- Can I go pee?
- Of course, it’s the door just there. I say while pointing the entry of my toilets.
- Arigatou!
She run to the door and I finish my pancakes before turn the fire off under the stove and take it in the sink. I serve the plates on the table and Satoe comes back. I pull her chair from under the table.
- You come eating?
She frowns.
- I must wash my hands after going to toilets!
- Of course, you’re right.
I take a chair for her to stand on it. She wash carefully her hands and I give her a towel. We can finally eat. She is still a bit awkward with her cutlery but she manages and that's what makes her adorable. She put a little piece of pancake in her mouth and chews in silence before looking at me with a wide smile.
- Umai!
- Thank you.
- Daddy said to me that you made him the best pancakes of the world.
- Really? He said that? I ask, really surprised of this.
- Hum!
What she says warm my heart, it means that her father still thought of me all this years. He didn’t lie to me in his letter, I’m so happy. We finish eating and while I’m doing the dish, she watch some animes on TV. We have to go to her grandmother’s house to take her some things. She insisted to spend the night in my apartment and all I had to lend her for sleeping was one of my old t-shirts. This one is so big on her that it falls lower than her knees. The dish finish, I take a look at Satoe who still watching the TV.
- Satoe-chan?
She turns to me and look at me right in the eyes.
- I go take a shower, okay? You…you can stay here alone for a bit ?
- Hum!
I then go to the bathroom, close the door, undress and enter the shower stall before let the hot water fall on me.
*flashback*
While I make breakfast, a flash dazzles me a little on the right side. I roll my eyes and smile.
- Kazu? You never let go of this camera?
- Hum… no.
- Then go to something else, you will not continue to take pictures of me every 5 minutes.
I hear him come closer to me and he embrace me from behind, placing his head against my shoulder.
- It’s just that you inspire me, Satoyan, and that I want immortalize you sexitude at every moment of the day.
- I’m flattered but you mean “sexiness” I suppose, because “sexitude” doesn’t exists.
- It must do! I’ll add it to the dictionary with your picture as definition!
I laugh and turn to kiss him briefly before going back to my pancake dough. My lover then departs from me and dive his finger in the bowl where I mix the preparation.
- Hey! I say.
For only answer, he looks at me in the eyes and put his finger in his mouth with this mischievous and teasing look of him.
- I’m pretty sure that your hands aren’t even clean! You’re disgusting! I say laughing a little and holding my desires to jump on him.
- You’re too stuck, Satoyan! Don’t worry, I don't have the plague!
He does not let me answer and dive again his finger in the dough before putting it on my nose. He smiles, proud of him, and lick the rest of dough on his index finger, taking his camera in hands to take another picture of me. He looks at it while I remove the pancake mix from my nose with a towel and take a pan in the cupboard.
- Aw! You’re so cute with your little lost face! He says pinching my cheek.
- I don’t know what prevents me to strangle you.
He kiss the cheek he was pinching and returns to his place in my back.
- It is because you love me, Satoyan.
It’s true, I love him. I love him much more than anything else in this universe.
*end of flashback*
*****
In the beginning of the afternoon, Satoe-chan and me are going to her grandmother’s home. She firmly hold my hand on the whole path and still hold her plush with her other arm. But when Ninomiya-san open to us, the little girl let go of my hand and run to jump into her grandmother’s arms.
- Obaa-chan !
- Satoe-chan! How was Satoshi-kun’s home? I hope you were gentle.
- Hum! He makes me pancakes this morning, just like those he made for Daddy!
- Super! come on, come in.
She smiles at me and let us enter the house. We take off our shoes and the mother of my ex-lover points me the living room while she go to change Satoe who still wears the clothes from the funeral of her father. I enter the indicated room and fall on Kazunari’s smiling face. I respond to his smile and go kneeling before him to pray a little and then sit at the low table. Ninomiya-san and her granddaughter comes back and Satoe go places herself like me before the portrait of her father while the woman go making some tea.
- Daddy, I slept at Satoshi-kun’s home yesterday and I behave well! I didn't even cried and he made pancakes!
She turns to me.
- Ne Satoshi-kun?
- Ah… Hum. It’s true.
She continues to talk to him for longs minutes. Longs minutes during which I observe her with admiration because I, even at his portrait, I don’t know what to say. It has been so long. Talking about him, I can do it without any problem but talking to him, I became unable to do it since years, and I just realized it.
Ninomiya-san comes back with a tray. She serve me a cup of tea and an orange juice to Satoe. The little girl quit then her father to come drinking her glass with a straw.
- I did not ask you, Satoshi-kun. How is your work going?
- Good, I teach in high school, right now.
- Is this not what you wanted? My son had talked about that one time.
- Exact. Before that, I wasn’t really stable but it’s been a few years since I have this job and I’m glad to have it.
- And…at the sentimental level? You…have someone else in your life ?
I take a look at Satoe who makes some bubbles in her glass. I don’t know If we can talk about that when she’s there.
- No. I say with a low voice.
- I understand. It is not easy with a breakup like yours. You’re sure it’s going to be okay with Satoe?
- I believe. I’m a little bit anxious though. I have never take care of a child before.
- Satoe-chan is not a difficult child, don’t worry about that. If you need some help, you can always call me.
- Thank you.
- Ne, Satoe-chan? You promise to be gentle with Satoshi-kun?
- Yeah!
- Please say “yes” sweetie, “yeah” or “hum” is not pretty In the mouth of a cute little girl like you.
- Haaaai!
We laugh, this little one is really adorable. Ninomiya-san’s face become however more serious.
- Satoe-chan? Can you go play a little in your room?
- Haaai!
Satoe stands up and run in her room like her grandmother says. The woman then goes open a cabinet and takes a cardboard box out of it. She places it on the table and push it in front of me. It is written “university” on it.
- I went to the apartment where Kazunari and Satoe were living and I found this box. I think you must take it. It contents some old things that belong to him.
- Thank you, are you sure you want me to have it? You don’t want to keep it?
- No, take it. I have enough memories of him, it would be selfish if I don’t give you anything. She says with her gentle smiles.
- Thank you, thank you so much.
I’m really appreciate her. From Kazunari, i’ve only my memories and some pictures. I wonder what this box can contain, it looks ready to explode. I’ll take a look at home.
- Ah! I must give you the contact information of Satoe’s kindergarten.
She takes a piece of paper and a pen. Kindergarten? I totally forgot it ! Congratulations, nice beginning, Satoshi.
- It is not far from here but I don’t know where you live now.
- I’m living some kilometers far from your house, we came by the bus. I’ll manage, don’t worry about me.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, yes!
- Then, here. She says giving me the paper where she wrote the address and number of the school.
- Count on me, I’ll take good care of Satoe-chan.
- I know it, already. She smiles.
*****
On the way back, I took the time to examine the address of the school. It's not far from home, we can even walk there. I have to drop Satoe for 8am, I'll be a little just in time at high school but it should be fine.
Satoe walks next to me holding my hand. We almost arrived in front of my building. Suddenly she stops. I turn to face her.
- What is happening? I ask him.
- Ne, Satoshi-kun ... Will you take care of me forever?
- Why this?
- I would like to know.
- Do you want it?
She smiles and continues walking.
- Hum! Because my Daddy always talked about you.
- Really?
- Yeah, he said you were both very very in love and that you were super nice and funny. So I would like to be with you forever!
- In this case, I'll take care of you.
- Yeah!
I tell her that but I know it's complicated. I do not even know if I'll be able to take care of her even a few days. And even if I can and I want to adopt her, it will take months before the procedures are in order. But I cannot break her joy and innocence and she is still too young to understand.The important thing for now is that she wants to stay with me and me with her, that we both want to get to know each other and me to know more about what has been Kazunari's life all this years.
When we arrive at the door of my apartment. I am surprised to find it open. We enter. The light is on and a bunch of keys is placed on the furniture where I usually store my shoes and put my own keychain. Shit, he's here and he does not know that the little one lives with me. He makes his appearance at the end of the corridor without me having time to think of anything else.
- Ah! Not too soon! I came in with my keys, I had to give you...
Jun stops in his sentence at the sight of Satoe and stares at her, his eyes bulging. Intimidated, the girl hides behind me and grabs the fabric of my jeans.
- You explain to me? he asks me finally.