[oneshot] yellow afternnon
A/n: So, this was requested by a friend. :) for ate vannie ( abs_vanness ) sorry.. if its too short :( i really don't know a lot about you, so i wrote random things. Comments are loved.
YELLOW AFTERNOON
She slammed herself on the bed while trying hard to stay awake. Thinking about what had happened and how did it happen, she couldn’t even bear closing her eyes-afraid that if she did, memories of that shameful encounter with him would start creeping once again.
“Dammit! Why the hell did I do that?” She muttered to herself.
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“SH*T!” Nino cursed the moment he entered the greenroom, catching the attention of the guys, except Sho who wasn’t around.
“What’s wrong brat? Had another fan issues?” Jun smirked seeing the annoyance on the older man’s face.
“Why, thank you!” He answered sarcastically and threw a pillow that landed on Jun’s face.
“Hey, I’m just asking b*tch!” Jun hissed angrily, throwing the pillow back which Nino caught before it hit his face.
Raising an eyebrow towards the youngest member, “A fan had just kissed me on the lips. How’s that for an issue Matsumoto?”
“Oh no, she had not-” Jun tired to reason but was cut in midsentence.
“Oh, she had. And here’s the thing-it happened right in front of the building.” Nino told him gravely. He hated what she did, but hated it more when he found himself enjoying it.
“So? What’s new with that?” Sho who had just arrived
“What’s new? Do you hear yourself talking? Man, do you happen to passed by in front of the building?” Nino asked irritably
“Yep. It took me a while because they’re holding a press con-did you just say she kissed you in front of the building?” Sho asked panicky. The realization washed all over him.
Nino nodded. Jun widened his eyes. Ohno did something with his phone. Aiba sat speechless.
“Yabai..” Aiba reacted for the first time. A while ago he was feeling lightheaded of thinking how lucky Nino was to have been kissed by a fan, but now he had second thoughts.
“Hey, guys.. checked this out..” Ohno’s voice trailed off.
“What?” All attentions were turned to their leader.
“Here,” Ohno showed them the latest news over several social networking sites and shock was an understatement to all of them.
Secret affair of ARASHI’s Ninomiya?
Another site reads:
A fan and an idol’s secret love?
And so on and so forth. Worst part was, there’s an article was stating how the fan happened to be junior highschool classmates with him.
“I’m so gonna kill that insane b*tch!” Nino thought while looking over his phone for the girl’s name, and the internet didn’t let him down. Nino couldn’t help but smile a gruesome smile reading her name. Also, all the information he needed was there, even her home address and phone number. He went outside the room and placed a call.
A few minutes later, their manager’s voice roared inside their greenroom.
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It had been a month since the incident. As expected of the jimusho, the issues about him and that woman had already been subsided.
“Moshi, moshi,” It was a woman but Nino was stunned hearing how her voice sounded. It was too coarse, probably from lack of sleep.
“Can’t sleep after what you did huh?” He questioned in a sarcastic manner.
“Wha-who are you?” The woman was practically keeping her cool.
“Already forgotten my voice? That’s rude.” Nino teased further.
“Look. Mister, I don’t want to be rude but you’re pushing me to act like one. Now, if you don’t mind, my life’s a bit hellish now, so care to find another person to play with? Clearly, I don’t have that leisure to put up with you!” She sounded a bit irritated and before he knew it, there was that end tone.
Remembering his conversation with her wasn’t helping the situation. “The nerve of that woman to hang up on me,” Nino clicked his tongue and forced himself to sleep. But it was no good. Instead, he just kept on remembering her, worst part was, he even recalled that time when they were in junior high. “Just what the hell do you want this time, Hishinuma Vanessa?” He asked himself before placing another call but as usual, she just hanged up.
Nino eventually felt himself succumbing to sleep with thoughts of her still lingering on his mind.
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Look at yourself, you look like a pig! There’s no way I will like you! Even in a hundred-no-million years!
“Yume?” Vanessa sighed in relief realizing that it was just a dream.
Looking at her current self now-slim and tall, one wouldn’t even suspect that she once weighed over 70kg. Ever since she was insulted by him, she made it a point to herself to lose weight-not the crashed diet thing, for she believed in a good diet and exercise. Eventually, she was able to lose all the excess fats and what was left in her pig-like structure was a toned, model-like body. But her effort was all gone to waste when he quit school and focused on his career, just when she came back a year after from being on-leave.
She had no choice but to follow him on the shadows, not as a stalker, but as a fan, and swear that if one day she sees him, she would make him take back all the insult he caused her. The gods must have taken time to let them see each other, for it was only after 10 years that the divine beings let them faced each other. What came next was something she didn’t plan. She didn’t know what evil spirit had gotten through her, because the moment he stepped out of the car, she just stood there in front of him, and seconds later, she kissed him right in the lips and sparks flew all over the places.
The look of shock, anger, and madness that were etched on his face, and how murderous his stare was, were something she couldn’t forget. Forget the sparks the she felt, and she would bet her life that he felt it too. Afterall, those were the reason why she came to her senses and left the scene right away, leaving a stunned audience and an enraged Ninomiya Kazunari.
It had been a month and she was amazed at how the jimusho managed to flipped side the story, leaving all, if not, most the blame to her, although it was still a mystery to her why the jimusho never contacted her, even once, at the span of the incident. Despite that, she was still thankful.
“Stop thinking Vanessa! Or it will kill you!” She said loudly while shaking her head hoping to shoo away those excess thoughts. True enough, she was able to divert her thoughts to other things like that weird phonecall in the middle of the night.
“I wonder who would be calling me at such time, as if I’ve done something wrong..” She kept on blabbering to herself while battling whether to call him back or not. In the end, her curiosity got ahead of her reason. Looking for the call logs, she dialed the number. “There’s only one way to find out who you are,” She said again to herself while waiting for the other line to pick up. When she got a response though, she felt as if her heart left its cage.
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“Oi! Nino! Someone’s trying to study here,” Sho said monotonously.
“What?” Nino asked keeping his eyes on the DS.
The older man raised an eyebrow and stared maliciously on the thing that was ringing. “Your phone. Its ringing.”
“Huh? I didn’t notice,” Nino paused his game and stood to retrieve his phone, “Sorry.” He smiled apologetically at Sho and checked who his caller was.
“If you’re sorry, then why don’t you answer it?” Sho asked impatiently when Nino didn’t pick up his call immediately.
“Ah. Hai. Sorry about that ‘kaasan,” He smiled before waving a hand at the guys and left the room. When he was out from their earshot, he answered the call.
“Yes? I see that you called back,” Nino didn’t know why he felt excited knowing that she took the effort to call him back after hanging up on him last night.
HE waited but she just stayed silent.
“Hello? Is this some kind of joke? Last night, and now. What’s the point of placing this call?” He asked but got no answer. “FINE! You know what? I’ll-“ but his retribution was cut when she spoke suddenly.
“Anou~ Ninomiya-kun? Ninomiya Kazunari-kun?”
Unlike last night, her voice sounded different. The way she said his name, it was too sweet in his ears. He didn’t even care when she addressed him in a familiar manner. Now, it was his turn to stay silent. Not that he wanted it, but he just can’t make himself to speak.
“Is this you or not?” Now she sounded uncertain. “Um,..If its you.. I- am..really sorry a-about..y-you..k-know..t-the..k-ki-s-s..”
But before she could manage to finish her sentence, Nino interrupted. “Wait. Don’t say anything for now. Do you have a free time now?” He asked impulsively.
“A-..”
“Just answer please.” Nino said demandingly.
“Yes. Its my off today, actually.” She answered reluctantly.
“Great, how’s 7pm for dinner?” Nino wanted to meet her. For what reason, he didn’t know. Just that, never in his life did he thought that his name sounded so beautiful until he heard her say it. That did the magic. Don’t dare to turn me down..He contemplated while waiting for her reply which was taking longer than expected.
“Um okay.” She replied after couple of heartbeats.
Yatta,. “Okay,” He couldn’t help but jump out of excitement but stopped midway when Jun called him for their shooting. “Jya~ will mail you the details. I have to go. Dare to ditch me and I swear that you’ll wish you’d never been born Hishinuma Vanessa.”
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Maji de? Is this guy serious or not? She found it hard reaching a decision. Ninomiya, the Ninomiya Kazunari of Arashi inviting her for dinner? She expected him to take revenge on her but she didn’t see something like that coming. “Um okay.” Vanessa managed to say after deliberation.
She waited for his reaction but was disappointed when he answered in monotone. What do you expect? That he’d jump out of joy because you accepted his invitation? She scolded herself for getting her hopes high.
“Jya~ will mail you the detail. I have to go. Dare to ditch me and I swear that you’ll wish you’d never been born Hishinuma Vanessa.”
She heard him say her name. “Wait-how d’you-” But she was a minute late for Nino had already ended the call.
“Atleast, she knows who I am, probably..” She told herself restlessly before walking towards her room to find suitable clothes to wear.
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"Ninomiya! How the-” But she was distracted by the scent of alcohol in his system.
“How the hell did I know where you live? I know everything about you Vanessa!” Nino shot a cold look at her, making her walk a few steps back inside her apartment while Nino kept walking forward. “But what I want to know is why you didn’t show up during dinner!”
“Its late, we’ll talk when you’re sober. Now go home..” She mustered all her strength to push him back but the man just kept advancing until he was able to close her door behind him.
“I just had few drinks.. Now tell me, why didn’t you show up at the hotel? I told that I’ll make you wish you’d never been born but you still dared not to come!” He pounded the door making Vanessa cringed at where she was standing.
“I don’t think it was a good idea..” She answered hesitantly, unable to meet his piercing eyes.
“Why? Do you rather have that dinner outside and have people gossip over us?” Nino looked at her full of contempt before realizing that she was still wearing a dress.
“If you’re worried about being talked at, then you shouldn’t have invited me to dinner in the first place.” She said mockingly.
“Is that why you stood me up over dinner? Those gossips?” he couldn’t help accusing her.
“Nope. I don’t care about the gossips just as how I didn’t care when your fans harassed me nonstop-”
“Wait. What did you just say?” Nino felt deeply troubled despite being unclear of what his real feelings were. His blurry eyes awhile ago were now looking intently at her.
“Oh, no need to get concern now. I’m used to it you know. To answer your question, I just find it weird that you would go as far as renting a hotel room for us to have dinner. Now it reminds me, although its too late to ask, what’s your purpose anyway for inviting me?” She asked placing a hand on her side to steady herself.
“I dunno.. spur of the moment I guess? Just like that time when you kissed me. Right?” Now it was Nino’s time to mock.
“Ah. Right. Sorry about that.” She said bitterly. She didn’t expect him to be that heartless. “And sorry about ditching you at dinner.” She told him before turning her back on him and started walking away. “But I never expected you to find out where I live. Tell me Ninomiya-”
“Nino, call me Nino,”
“Fine, tell me Nino, just what else do you know about me? You said you knew everything about me?” She asked while her back was still facing him.
“First, I want you to understand, that I rented that room, because I was worried about you-”
“What do you mean?” Vanessa asked intriguingly and turned around to face him.
“I told you right? I knew everything about you, and so, for the past month, I knew that fans were still attacking you..so I thought I had to make the dinner private because I couldn’t risk having you attacked if fans happen to see us together.”
“You knew yet you still asked me awhile ago..” She was tongue tied. This man is full of surprises.
“Forgive me for that. I’m just curious how you will react if I feigned ignorance. ” Nino smirked seeing her mixed reactions before advancing forward until they were few inches from each other.
Raising an eyebrow, “And?” She asked although she had a feeling what he’ll gonna say next.,
With his eyes gleaming, Nino looked at her straightly in the eye, “And I never expected the outcome..so I had this theory,”
“Theory?” She raised her eyebrows higher.
“That you love me too much to be able to endure those things..”
“I know for a fact that you have so much confidence in you, but I didn’t know that Ninomiya Kazunari was this conceited.” Vanessa scoffed upon hearing his theory.
“To clear things, yes it was just a spur of the moment that I invited you.. but you couldn’t blame me though, because it was your fault,.”
“My fault? How was that my fault?”
“Because you kissed me.”
“And?”
“Never knew that a kiss could make my head spin around, so for once let’s settle this,”
“Settle what?”
“Oh c’mon. You just don’t kiss someone and walk away Vanessa, especially if he’s someone who knows all about you..” Nino studied the swift changes in her expression-shock, fear, resentment, amusement, and there’s something else he just couldn’t place what.
“Are you threatening me?”
“Oh, mind you, I don’t have to do that.,” Nino remarked confidently. “and to answer your question awhile ago, I had you investigated..”
“No you have not..” She shot him a wary look.
“Yes I have. What’s with that concern in your face Vanessa? Afraid that people might found out about your old self?”
“Hah! Just so you know, I was never ashamed of that. It never really bothered me how I weighed, how big I looked like until that time when I was practically called a “pig” by someone!” She said through gritted teeth.
“Basically, you changed for me?” Nino said arrogantly, not really thinking about her feelings.
“What are you talking about?” She was caught off guard.
“The one who called you a “pig”,it was me.” Nino stated matter-of-factly.
“Why, you and your bloated ego!” Her hands instantly drew in the air to slap him but Nino was one step ahead of her. Vanessa motioned to hit him with her other hand, but the results remain, much worse than she imagined.
“For once, why don’t we see it for ourselves?” Nino proposed while restraining both of her hands.
Vanessa caught the scent of his perfume mixed with alcohol that she couldn’t help but gasped for air. It was exhilarating. “S-s-see w-w-wh-at?” She almost choked asking that question. Being this near to him was making her both uneasy and excited, of what, she had no idea. Her mind was running wild, but she can’t assume, not yet.
“Let’s see if my theory was wrong, and you’re right about me being conceited,” with that said, Nino bridged the gap between them and claimed her lips.
“N-nino-” But she was cut in midsentence when Nino used that opportunity and deepened the kiss.
“I’m right about you.” Nino bragged while gasping an air for a couple of heartbeats, their faces still touching.
“Now look who’s talking,” Vanessa smiled seductively at him, her hands found their ways to his shoulder. “Assuming that I did love you that much, why, the same goes for you too Nino.”
“Right.”
“You mean-..? Maji de?” Vanessa couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
Nino lifted her in cradle position and headed towards the only room that was in there. “You want proof?” He said and began planting small kisses on wherever his lips wanted.
“hey Nino..” Her voice trailed off. Cold sweat started forming on her forehead.
“Doshita?” Nino looked at her intently before placing her gently on the bed.
“I think I have my period.”
“Oh,” For a split second, disappointment was etched on his face that when it was replaced with a mischievous grin, Vanessa could not help but widened her eyes in shock and embarrassment.
“Hey, you’re not thinking what I was thinking right?” She asked awkwardly. The idea grossed her out.
“Beats me.”
“hey, chotto!” She was having a panic attack but when Nino laughed heartily, she knew that he only meant it as a joke, and she was right.
“Relax love, that can wait.” He lied on her side, his elbows rested on the bed to support his head. “ I don’t want you to think that I’m only after your body, although, that always come in second.”
[end]
next will be the final chap of my first ever fic CLASSMATES :)