Behind the waves - Chapter 8
Title: Behind the waves
Pairing: Aiba Masaki/ Sakurai Sho; Matsumoto Jun/ Ohno Satoshi;
Rating: PG-13 (R for this one)
Warning: none
Summary: Aiba has a special ability - he can see shadows surrounding people who can’t get rid of their past and what had happened to them and the people they once loved. As psychologist it’s Aiba’s duty to help them getting rid of their bad experiences (and their shadows) to start a new life.
Aiba got curious. Why was Jun here? Aiba looked at Nino who understood Aiba’s expression immediately. “I’ll go outside to prepare the barbeque and make the fire, how about the two of you prepare the meat and the salad?”
“That’s a good idea, come Jun, I’ll show you everything.” Aiba turned to Nino and formed a silent thank you around his lips. Nino nodded in response. They walked to the kitchen.
Aiba heard Nino closing the door to the terrace and stepped closer to Jun. “Is everything alright?” Aiba asked.
He could see Jun nibbling on his lower lip nervously. “No, not really.”
“What happened to Ohno?” Aiba asked directly.
Jun sighed. He took place at the small table in the kitchen. Aiba took the can with a cold maccha tea out of his fridge and handed Jun a glass. “It’s not really about Ohno - or let’s say not only.”
“Take a sip of your tea, and here you have a cookie. Believe me, that help when you are stressed. And you look really pale.”
Jun thanked him. He raised the cup and took some sips of his tea. He breathed out deeply before he looked up at Aiba and started talking again. “Sho-kun visited us yesterday. I was outside for some moments and when I came back inside I heard them fighting. It was really, really low and mean and they got really hurting towards each other. In the end Ohno packed his things and just said that he’d be on his boat for the whole weekend.”
It was hard for Jun talking about this. Aiba saw that in the way Jun was biting his lips and shifting on his seat.
“What was the fight about?” Aiba sat down towards Jun.
“They fought about totally silly, stupid things,” Jun said. “They were so enraged, I couldn’t stop them.”
“Did you try it?” Aiba wanted to know.
“Yes, and in the end they shouted at me.” Jun smiled sadly. He had dark rings under his eyes. He wasn’t sleeping well, Aiba could see this.
“Jun, how are you feeling?”
Jun blinked. “What?”
Aiba smiled at him. “I want to know how you feel.”
“I am … okay … I guess,” Jun stuttered.
“Are you really?” Aiba asked further. “Why did you come here then?”
“I am tired Aiba. I have the feeling that I give everything into a relationship where I don’t get anything back.” Jun was for sure no one who cried easily, but now he had some small drops in the corner of his eyes. “And then there is my brother, who always insults me.”
“About what?” Aiba asked.
“He thinks I have an ‘oh-so-perfect-life’. And the one who has a total mess in his life is he - and no one else. You know him, he’s the worst person I know, but he wasn’t always like this. It burdens me to see him suffer, but with his aggressive and arrogant attitude I totally stop feeling sorry for him.”
Aiba nodded. “And you don’t want to hear that your life is perfect, because it isn’t?”
“Yes,” Jun said.
“Why are you here, Jun? What do you want me to do for you?” Aiba asked.
Jun shrugged. “I think I needed someone to talk to. Someone who isn’t connected to the family. It’s a small island here, and everyone knows each other.”
“Tell me, Jun, do you love Ohno?” Aiba wanted to know.
Jun smiled. “More than everyone else, but don’t tell him, he won’t keep his feet on the ground,” Jun joked, before he got earnest again. “But it’s really hard to be with him. His past cut deep wounds in his soul and he totally has changed because of that.”
Aiba nodded. At least Jun and Ohno felt same, he was sure that they’d make it through this. “How about your brother? Have you ever tried telling him that he’s horrible when he’s with you?”
“Yes,” Jun answered. “But he’s so closed, he doesn’t even realize it.” Jun rubbed his face. He definitely thought about telling Aiba further things. “You know, after these happenings in Sho’s past, after he had come back to here, he wasn’t the brother I had always loved. We had our differences, we had the same crushes, but we were always brothers after all.”
The same crushes? This was interesting. “I thought Sho had a fiancé in Tokyo?” Aiba asked.
“Oh.” Jun nodded. “Yes. Sho never decided to go for one sex. He always said that he falls in love with a person because of his or her personality and character and not because of their sex. I never understood that, because for me there were always men I felt attracted to, but he was different, and I accepted that.”
So that’s how it was. “I didn’t know that.”
“Sorry for interrupting, but the fire is ready. I see you haven’t even started preparing the food, but slowly I get hungry;” Nino’s head appeared at the door.
“Sure.” Jun smiled. “Let’s prepare the food.” He stood up and started unpacking the things they had bought.
~~~
“That was so delicious.” Nino leaned back his hand stroking his belly.
“This salad dressing, Jun, is absolutely incredible,” Aiba praised.
He could see Jun blushing slightly. “Thank you. And thank you that I was allowed to stay here for dinner.” He bowed. “I am sorry I interrupted your ‘best-friend’ weekend.”
“Totally no problem, really.” Aiba smiled. He had enjoyed Jun’s presence, and it was nice to have another person who’d maybe become his friend - shadow free.
“I think I go home now. Maybe Ohno is already waiting for me,” Jun said. Probably Ohno wasn’t waiting, but Jun hoped for this.
“Have a save way home, Jun.” Nino waved when Jun stood up to go. Aiba accompanied him to the door.
“Jun.” Aiba had thought for almost the whole dinner if he should tell Jun a little detail of his therapy with Ohno. Normally he didn’t do that, but this tiny detail wasn’t that private. “Ohno really loves you, you should know that.”
Jun stepped closer to hug Aiba out of the blue. “Thank you so much. That means really a lot to me. It makes it a little bit easier.” With that he walked away.
Aiba stepped back to the terrace. It was already dusk but still warm to sit outside and enjoy the evening with a glass of wine and some chips. “Wow, I thought your life is a mess, Ma-chan, but these guys have a real fucked up mess in their life,” Nino said.
Aiba sighed. “It’s getting worse now.” He rubbed his face. It really wasn’t planned to talk with Jun about their problems, and in the end it was maybe not a good idea to do so.
“Why worse?” Nino wanted to know.
Aiba took a big sip of his wine. It tasted fresh and fruity. He was actually no wine-lover but this one really tasted good. He could feel it running down his throat, leaving a nice taste on his tongue. Even though there was no shadow included today, it was exhausting. Aiba needed to watch out what he was saying and that was a fact he absolutely didn’t like. “Now all three of them are visiting me, and they are connected to each other and this creates a bigger mess.”
Aiba leaned forward to take a potato chip. “And I really need to watch out who tells me which story, because otherwise I might create a big quarrel and mess here.”
Nino nodded at Aiba. He seemed to be lost in his thoughts. “Do you think you can help them?”
“I really have no idea,” Aiba sighed.
Nino nodded. “I think there is no one better than you to help them out of this,” Nino said.
“Do you need something from me because you get so nice out of sudden?” Aiba laughed. He wasn’t used to get a compliment from his friend.
Nino blushed. He threw a chip at Aiba which landed on the ground and got immediately occupied by Haro, who first just licked over it before she bit on it once and swallowed it down in almost one piece. “I just wanted to say that you are really a good psychologist, really.”
“And you get nervous,” Aiba grinned.
“Gosh, I am not used to give compliments, so don’t make it that hard for me and just take it, okay?” Nino grumbled.
Aiba bit his lower lip to supress his smile. “Okay, thank you Nin-chan, that’s really nice from you - and cute. Especially your redden ears when you are embarrassed.” Aiba pointed at Nino’s ear. He couldn’t stop baiting Nino a bit.
“I really do not like you sometimes, you know that, right?” Nino grunted.
“Yes, I know.” Aiba felt good. It was calm and warm around him, and he felt relaxed like he hadn’t been for months. This weekend was the best idea Nino had in ages, and he’d try to fix another date for another weekend with his friend. Sometimes Aiba really needed to just lock himself in and enjoy a calm time just with his terrace, his TV and his friend.
A/N: So it's really a big mess around them, and Aiba in the middle....:D
Pairing: Aiba Masaki/ Sakurai Sho; Matsumoto Jun/ Ohno Satoshi;
Rating: PG-13 (R for this one)
Warning: none
Summary: Aiba has a special ability - he can see shadows surrounding people who can’t get rid of their past and what had happened to them and the people they once loved. As psychologist it’s Aiba’s duty to help them getting rid of their bad experiences (and their shadows) to start a new life.
Aiba got curious. Why was Jun here? Aiba looked at Nino who understood Aiba’s expression immediately. “I’ll go outside to prepare the barbeque and make the fire, how about the two of you prepare the meat and the salad?”
“That’s a good idea, come Jun, I’ll show you everything.” Aiba turned to Nino and formed a silent thank you around his lips. Nino nodded in response. They walked to the kitchen.
Aiba heard Nino closing the door to the terrace and stepped closer to Jun. “Is everything alright?” Aiba asked.
He could see Jun nibbling on his lower lip nervously. “No, not really.”
“What happened to Ohno?” Aiba asked directly.
Jun sighed. He took place at the small table in the kitchen. Aiba took the can with a cold maccha tea out of his fridge and handed Jun a glass. “It’s not really about Ohno - or let’s say not only.”
“Take a sip of your tea, and here you have a cookie. Believe me, that help when you are stressed. And you look really pale.”
Jun thanked him. He raised the cup and took some sips of his tea. He breathed out deeply before he looked up at Aiba and started talking again. “Sho-kun visited us yesterday. I was outside for some moments and when I came back inside I heard them fighting. It was really, really low and mean and they got really hurting towards each other. In the end Ohno packed his things and just said that he’d be on his boat for the whole weekend.”
It was hard for Jun talking about this. Aiba saw that in the way Jun was biting his lips and shifting on his seat.
“What was the fight about?” Aiba sat down towards Jun.
“They fought about totally silly, stupid things,” Jun said. “They were so enraged, I couldn’t stop them.”
“Did you try it?” Aiba wanted to know.
“Yes, and in the end they shouted at me.” Jun smiled sadly. He had dark rings under his eyes. He wasn’t sleeping well, Aiba could see this.
“Jun, how are you feeling?”
Jun blinked. “What?”
Aiba smiled at him. “I want to know how you feel.”
“I am … okay … I guess,” Jun stuttered.
“Are you really?” Aiba asked further. “Why did you come here then?”
“I am tired Aiba. I have the feeling that I give everything into a relationship where I don’t get anything back.” Jun was for sure no one who cried easily, but now he had some small drops in the corner of his eyes. “And then there is my brother, who always insults me.”
“About what?” Aiba asked.
“He thinks I have an ‘oh-so-perfect-life’. And the one who has a total mess in his life is he - and no one else. You know him, he’s the worst person I know, but he wasn’t always like this. It burdens me to see him suffer, but with his aggressive and arrogant attitude I totally stop feeling sorry for him.”
Aiba nodded. “And you don’t want to hear that your life is perfect, because it isn’t?”
“Yes,” Jun said.
“Why are you here, Jun? What do you want me to do for you?” Aiba asked.
Jun shrugged. “I think I needed someone to talk to. Someone who isn’t connected to the family. It’s a small island here, and everyone knows each other.”
“Tell me, Jun, do you love Ohno?” Aiba wanted to know.
Jun smiled. “More than everyone else, but don’t tell him, he won’t keep his feet on the ground,” Jun joked, before he got earnest again. “But it’s really hard to be with him. His past cut deep wounds in his soul and he totally has changed because of that.”
Aiba nodded. At least Jun and Ohno felt same, he was sure that they’d make it through this. “How about your brother? Have you ever tried telling him that he’s horrible when he’s with you?”
“Yes,” Jun answered. “But he’s so closed, he doesn’t even realize it.” Jun rubbed his face. He definitely thought about telling Aiba further things. “You know, after these happenings in Sho’s past, after he had come back to here, he wasn’t the brother I had always loved. We had our differences, we had the same crushes, but we were always brothers after all.”
The same crushes? This was interesting. “I thought Sho had a fiancé in Tokyo?” Aiba asked.
“Oh.” Jun nodded. “Yes. Sho never decided to go for one sex. He always said that he falls in love with a person because of his or her personality and character and not because of their sex. I never understood that, because for me there were always men I felt attracted to, but he was different, and I accepted that.”
So that’s how it was. “I didn’t know that.”
“Sorry for interrupting, but the fire is ready. I see you haven’t even started preparing the food, but slowly I get hungry;” Nino’s head appeared at the door.
“Sure.” Jun smiled. “Let’s prepare the food.” He stood up and started unpacking the things they had bought.
~~~
“That was so delicious.” Nino leaned back his hand stroking his belly.
“This salad dressing, Jun, is absolutely incredible,” Aiba praised.
He could see Jun blushing slightly. “Thank you. And thank you that I was allowed to stay here for dinner.” He bowed. “I am sorry I interrupted your ‘best-friend’ weekend.”
“Totally no problem, really.” Aiba smiled. He had enjoyed Jun’s presence, and it was nice to have another person who’d maybe become his friend - shadow free.
“I think I go home now. Maybe Ohno is already waiting for me,” Jun said. Probably Ohno wasn’t waiting, but Jun hoped for this.
“Have a save way home, Jun.” Nino waved when Jun stood up to go. Aiba accompanied him to the door.
“Jun.” Aiba had thought for almost the whole dinner if he should tell Jun a little detail of his therapy with Ohno. Normally he didn’t do that, but this tiny detail wasn’t that private. “Ohno really loves you, you should know that.”
Jun stepped closer to hug Aiba out of the blue. “Thank you so much. That means really a lot to me. It makes it a little bit easier.” With that he walked away.
Aiba stepped back to the terrace. It was already dusk but still warm to sit outside and enjoy the evening with a glass of wine and some chips. “Wow, I thought your life is a mess, Ma-chan, but these guys have a real fucked up mess in their life,” Nino said.
Aiba sighed. “It’s getting worse now.” He rubbed his face. It really wasn’t planned to talk with Jun about their problems, and in the end it was maybe not a good idea to do so.
“Why worse?” Nino wanted to know.
Aiba took a big sip of his wine. It tasted fresh and fruity. He was actually no wine-lover but this one really tasted good. He could feel it running down his throat, leaving a nice taste on his tongue. Even though there was no shadow included today, it was exhausting. Aiba needed to watch out what he was saying and that was a fact he absolutely didn’t like. “Now all three of them are visiting me, and they are connected to each other and this creates a bigger mess.”
Aiba leaned forward to take a potato chip. “And I really need to watch out who tells me which story, because otherwise I might create a big quarrel and mess here.”
Nino nodded at Aiba. He seemed to be lost in his thoughts. “Do you think you can help them?”
“I really have no idea,” Aiba sighed.
Nino nodded. “I think there is no one better than you to help them out of this,” Nino said.
“Do you need something from me because you get so nice out of sudden?” Aiba laughed. He wasn’t used to get a compliment from his friend.
Nino blushed. He threw a chip at Aiba which landed on the ground and got immediately occupied by Haro, who first just licked over it before she bit on it once and swallowed it down in almost one piece. “I just wanted to say that you are really a good psychologist, really.”
“And you get nervous,” Aiba grinned.
“Gosh, I am not used to give compliments, so don’t make it that hard for me and just take it, okay?” Nino grumbled.
Aiba bit his lower lip to supress his smile. “Okay, thank you Nin-chan, that’s really nice from you - and cute. Especially your redden ears when you are embarrassed.” Aiba pointed at Nino’s ear. He couldn’t stop baiting Nino a bit.
“I really do not like you sometimes, you know that, right?” Nino grunted.
“Yes, I know.” Aiba felt good. It was calm and warm around him, and he felt relaxed like he hadn’t been for months. This weekend was the best idea Nino had in ages, and he’d try to fix another date for another weekend with his friend. Sometimes Aiba really needed to just lock himself in and enjoy a calm time just with his terrace, his TV and his friend.
A/N: So it's really a big mess around them, and Aiba in the middle....:D