Hands as Words [Chapter 8] Final -Part 1-
Title: Hands as words
Author:su_ede
Pairing: Matsumoto Jun x OC
Rating: PG-13
Genre: AU - Romance
Disclaimer: I don't own Arashi...or maybe I do, who knows?
Summary: Shizuka is deaf. Jun's strongest point is his ability to talk.
She starts working in his building, just when he was thinking about giving up in the romance field.
The important thing is that they are both curious about each other. There is time to learn how to communicate.
a/n: Last chapter of the story. It took me a while and for that I apologize, but I started a new internship and I needed some time to organize all my patients things. Sadly, the next story will take a while because now, added to my internship, I have to start preparing for my grade test (Last week of november y'all!) But who knows, maybe I get super inspired and I release a story soon. I'm currentyl working in three stories. Two ShoxOC and one JunxOC. I think I'll center in one of the Sho stories because I haven't published anything about him in a while.
My only trouble, I just realized recently, is that I tend to write my fics from the guys point of view. I think is because I read mostly sakumoto and ohmiya, so I immediatly tend to write about his feelings, not hers. I'm working on it though. I feel like I did well in this fic. I could mix both feeling quite well. Anyway, I'm making no sense.
I hope you enjoyed the story as much as I did. Thanks a lot for the comments and the love, it really helps me a lot!
CHAPTER 8
Shizuka was waiting for him at the front yard of her house burning some sweet potatoes in a pile of leaves. He squat next to her and passed an arm around her shoulders, pulling her head closer so he could kiss her temple - What happened?- She asked, with fake disinterest. Jun followed her game - I went visit my parents I had to talk to them - She dropped the façade and faced Jun, some distress reflected on her face. Jun sat in front of her and narrated her everything that happened. Her face saddened from the beginning and it didn’t change. He was worried of what was going through her mind. It couldn’t be good.
Once he finished telling her, Shizuka look positively sad - Did they say something about me having kids? What if the kid was like me? -
- How do you know? - He asked, bewildered. - Because it’s obvious, you think I have never wonder about it? -
- You think it could happen? -
“I’m terrified it could happen!” She said, her voice loud and trembling - Then we don’t have kids, or we adopt, I don’t know, Shizuka, I don’t care about the possibilities. I'm going to be next to you if anything happens. So please, let me be next to you - Shizuka cleaned the corner of her eyes and stared and Jun with a thin smile - Why are you talking as if I’m going to break up with you?-
- Because I’m scared you might - Jun’s face showed more abashment as Shizuka kept getting angry for some reason - Under which circumstances? -
- Fear? -
- Non sense- Jun looked apologetic, staring at his hands playing with his fingers. Shizuka’s heart melted, feeling sorry for getting mad at him when it was only her Jun overreacting, something he was good at it. She hugged Jun, hopping he would feel better. She moved her mouth close to his hear and whispered, controlling her volume “So, your parents don’t approve me, who cares” Jun stared at her hopeful “Any way we aren’t that close”
“Jun” She caressed his face, feeling sorry for him “It’s true, they never gave me a word of care, an advice or encouragement. We were like people in good terms, but I will not accept someone with my blood acting like that towards you, it's embarrassing!”
“Don’t force me in to them” Shizuka didn’t want fake smiles or uncomfortable stares, she hated those. She had seen them too many times “I will not, it's just respect what I’m asking for” Shizuka’s face looked delighted, despite how things were just some minutes ago. She caressed the light red shade of his cheeks, and hold his face in between her hands, feeling Jun’s presence, the fact that he was real, and was there, open for her. “I love you Jun” His smile was the only thing that matter to her now “I love you too” She wished she could hear it, but just watching the movement of his lips and feeling the vibration of his neck was enough. Shizuka dropped a soft kiss in Jun’s nose and moved to the already cold pile of leaves, fetching him a warm sweet potato. Jun stayed in silence for a while, eating his potato and staring at it as if he could read the meaning of life inside the baked tuber. She stared at him a while, just because it was too cute to miss it, but Jun was thinking something, battling with something, and she wanted to know “Jun” She said, calling his attention “What?”
“Yeah, what?” Jun hid his smile, took a deep breath, ate the last bite of his potato and sat on the floor, pulling Shizuka with him - Wanna hear something nice? -
- Hear? - She asked, making fun of him. Jun only laughed and corrected himself - Right... Know, wanna know something nice? - She gave him a signal to go ahead and gave him all her attention. Jun looked nervous, but a naughty smile was pulling the corner of his lips - You know how I learned sign language? -
- With books? - Jun giggled and pointed at his lips. He wanted to say a lot of things, and he was sure that his hands would fail him. So he decided to speak to her, so she wouldn’t miss a thing of what he had to say. Shizuka fixed his eyes on Jun’s lips, as told. “Remember when we ate sushi at that restaurant close to the subway? That same night I went on internet and I matriculated in an institute where they teach sign language. I have been attending there since then, every Saturday” Shizuka was in shock. Speechless, more than usual “Jun” She muttered, her lips shivering “Because I wanted to be closer to you, I wanted to learn how to talk to you, I wanted to be the one adapting”
- That’s what you do every Saturday morning? -
- Yeah, pretty much, and once a week, before work, I meet with my teacher, Aiba-san, for extra classes- Shizuka brought her hand to her mouth in surprise, so that was the reason why Jun would get off the train a station after theirs. She always thought it was for work - Jun I can’t believe it - Shizuka started laughing, a nervous laugh that spread to Jun, who pulled her in to his embrace. Shizuka rested her face against Jun chest, breathing in his scent mixed with the warm afternoon air “But at the same time is something very you, you are a very thorough man, aren’t you?" She said in an almost inaudible voice. Jun arranged her position so she could look at him “I do my best…I love you Shizuka, I really do, and I will do this and more so I can be with you" Shizuka didn’t said a word, and Jun was ok with it, because her face said more. Her red cheeks, her lower lip caught in between her teeth and her watery eyes. Those signals said more. Her hands move from Jun shoulders to his chest and she grabbed on to the fabric of Jun’s shirt, pulling him closer "Let’s go inside" she whispered against his lips. Jun’s heart beat furiously inside his chest. He didn’t need more words to understand what that would bring.
**
Only now Shizuka had noticed the stares she was getting from several girls at the building. They weren’t very friendly, to say the least. And Jun would get quite uncomfortable each time that happened.
Shizuka exploded one day when they were having lunch and a girl passed by them and gave Jun and her a very nasty look. She could swear that the girl muttered something a bit offensive towards her. Jun realized it too. “Explain that please" She asked him. Jun looked quite embarrassed, and took a couple of deep breaths before start moving his hands - I was sort of a player - Shizuka scratched the back of her head in annoyance “I thought so"
"Shizuka!" he said, reaching for her hand, acting hurt - That’s rude- She couldn’t help but laugh, it was adorable somehow, Jun with his best puppy face, trying to save himself from the situation - I don’t want to know Jun -
- There's nothing to know. Is not like I had a relationship with every girl here, one or two dates at that was it - Now Shizuka was interested, just a bit - They weren’t good enough? -
- They weren’t you - Jun answered quickly - Smooth - Answered Shizuka with irony - Thank you- Shizuka took a bite from her turkey sandwich and ate it with a thin smile on her lips - Well, I don’t really care, but you weren’t a dick with them right? -
- I did my best to be as clear and honest as possible - Shizuka had nothing to say about that, she believed him.
And she could get use to the nasty looks.
“You guys didn’t wait for me?” Nino arrived dropping his suitcase on top of the table and dropping next to Jun, stealing his Italian Panini “We thought you will eat out”
“Nah! Too expensive, but I’m not carrying cash so borrow me some money” Jun took out his wallet without complain and handed Nino a couple of bills that he was quite sure he would never see again “Thanks lover boy, and since Shizu is too engrossed in her cellphone not looking at us, I have to tell you something so tonight after work, drinks! I will pay for my first bear”
“Who will pay for the second one?” Nino wriggled his eyebrows and gave Jun a mischievous smile “The same person who will pay for the third one” Nino winked at him and went to buy his lunch and Jun was grateful for the invitation, he had realized that in the last week Nino was acting weird towards him, as if he was trying to avoid him.
Shizuka nudged Jun’s knee under the table calling his attention - Everything alright? -
- Yeah, Nino invited me for drinks after work - Both smile at each other, and for the first time he didn’t feel bad about not going home with Shizuka.
**
The relieve that Jun felt when Nino invited him for drinks faded easily once Nino sat in front of him, with a guilty expression. He ordered a couple of beers, crossed his arms, took several deep breaths and finally look straight at Jun “I want to be straight, so I’m just going say it”
“Please do so”
“Ok…we are opening a store in South Korea, since sales are going great we are finally doing it, we have always wanted to make this business bigger”
“Congratulations Nino! You guys have work hard”
“Thank you! well… Oh-chan is already working in the design of the store, we are opening two big stores and three pop up stores in three different retail stores, it’s a lot of work, so Oh-chan is coming up with a creative team to send there and work with him…the thing is that he wants to send Shizu-chan as the chief of the project. Since she is an expert with the eco-friendly things, we want to make that our signature, she would be in charge of the project together with him, she would be our face there, since Oh-chan has to stay here in Japan” Jun remained speechless “She doesn’t know yet…She would be staying there for at least 1 year, 2 years max!” Jun blinked profusely, processing the information, trying to look calm in front of Nino. His friend looked worried for him, and Jun wanted him to know that he was ok, he wasn’t blaming him.
The two beers arrived and after the first zip, Jun was able to speak “Then I guess I should start working on my resigning letter and my Korean” Nino only gave him a big smile and clinked his glass with Jun’s.
PART 2