Title: The Kept Man
Rating: R
Genre: Angst
Ohno grit his teeth as he released himself into his lover. Gasping softly, he collapsed and rolled over on the bed. After a few minutes of silence broken only by their heavy breathing, Ohno grabbed a few tissues and cleaned himself up. Throwing the dirty tissues into the trash, he passed the box of tissues to the man who had his face buried in the pillows.
Ohno leaned forward and kissed the gentle curve of his lover’s neck, “I’ll see you later.”
With a smile playing on his lips, Ohno dressed and walked out of the room.
~~~~~
Nino smiled triumphantly as he defeated the last boss in his game, “Finally!”
Aiba leaned over to watch the DS, “How long did it take?”
“3 hours.”
“No fair… I’m still trying to reach the last level!!”
Nino laughed as he set the DS down, the end credits rolled across the screen, “Of course it’s fair. I slaved over this game for hours without any sleep!”
Aiba rolled his eyes hugging a pillow on the couch, “Without any sleep?”
“Yup…” Nino nodded and stood up stretching his body lazily, “where are the others anyway? Aren’t they late for the shoot?”
Aiba shrugged staring at the ceiling, “I was told the shoot was pushed back an hour. Looks like Jun is running late. Poor guy was had filming for a commercial that kept him awake most of the night! Ne Nino, I have a question… if you didn’t sleep at night… what about Ohno? Has he been… you know…not getting any?”
Nino giggled and shook his head, “Of course not! But Oh-chan doesn’t complain… ever! I should treat him to ramen tonight…for being so patient with me whenever I get a new game. I tend to ignore him during those times!”
Aiba sighed shaking his head, “I feel sad for Oh-chan now! Poor guy…”
Sho walked in with Ohno as Aiba spoke those words, “Why do you feel sad for Ohno, Aiba?”
Aiba jumped up and ran to Sho with open arms, “I just heard that every time Nino gets a new game Oh-chan doesn’t get any coz Nino is too busy beating the bad guys. I feel so sorry for you Oh-chan! It must get lonely!”
At Ohno’s shrug, Sho raised an eyebrow, but stayed silent as Nino grabbed Ohno’s wrist and settled on a couch cuddling.
Soon their dressing room was mobbed by make-up artists and hair dressers. Jun walked in just as Ohno and Nino walked out for their shoot.
“Hi Jun-chan! How are you feeling today?” Aiba asked with a wave.
Jun frowned as he sat down with a wince, “I’m fine… hurt my hips last night though… they’re very sore…”
Aiba and Sho walked out of the dressing room for their turn as the stylist handed Jun his clothes for the shoot. He walked behind the screen and stripped to his underwear. He was pulling up his pants when he heard the dressing room doors open and close.
“Kazu… stop that!” Ohno giggled walking into the dressing room.
“But I missed you for a week Satoshi! I can’t wait much longer…” Nino whispered biting Ohno’s earlobe.
“Yeah… but…w-we can do this later… when we get home…” Ohno stuttered collapsing onto the couch.
Nino laughed softly straddling Ohno, “But I feel exhilarated after defeating the last boss…”
Jun buttoned his shirt and walked out from behind the screen. Clearing his throat, he kept his eyes averted from the couple, “Can’t you guys do that at home or something!”
Ohno blushed scarlet as he watched Jun walk out of the dressing room. Nino laughed again and kissed Ohno’s lips gently, “I guess I can wait until we get home…”
Jun walked onto the set just as Aiba and Sho were done. The photographer sent an assistant to fetch Ohno and motioned Jun to take his place. With a smile Jun posed for the camera. His smile faltered slightly and his ears turned red as Ohno was asked to join Jun.
“Be casual and friendly here. Show the world some Arashi love!” the photographer told them, snapping pictures.
Ohno smiled and wrapped his arms around Jun’s waist and leaned in as if to whisper a secret.
Jun gulped and his eyes went wide with surprise hearing Ohno, “I hear there is another game coming out soon.”
Trembling with trepidation, Jun didn’t hear the photographer compliment the pair, “Ok… I got good shots… I want Sakurai-san, Ohno-san and Ninomiya-san in here next.”
Jun joined Aiba on the couch and closed his eyes rubbing his stomach nervously. Aiba leaned in and put a hand on Jun’s forehead, “Are you feeling ok Jun-chan? You look … tired.”
Jun sighed softly opening his eyes, “I feel slightly sick. Nothing to worry, I can finish the shoot fine.”
Aiba nodded his head and walked over to join the three in front of the camera. Jun’s gaze was drawn to Ohno and Nino, their hands held tightly as they gazed into each others eyes with a secret smile playing on their lips. Sighing again, Jun closed his eyes to avoid the unshed tears from leaking over.
When the photographer called for group shots, Jun joined them, a seemingly pleasant face presented to the camera. His body went on high alert as Ohno was asked to stand between Nino and him. Aiba was wrapped around Sho with laughter and no one seemed to notice the tremble in Jun’s body. Jun bit his lip as he turned to Ohno, Ohno’s fingers playing on the small of his back underneath the shirt. Ohno’s face was turned to Nino without betraying his actions to anyone else.
The photographer smiled and nodded his head in satisfaction, “Ok. Single shots and we can wrap it up. I want to see your emotions in the single shots. We’ll start with Ninomiya-san.”
The rest of the members walked away from the set and sat on the couch watching Nino pose. Seeing Aiba and Sho pre-occupied with the shoot, Jun turned to Ohno, “We should stop this!”
Ohno smiled pleasantly and leaned his head over Jun’s shoulder. Playing with Jun’s shirt button, Ohno whispered, “Why? You’re having fun and I don’t get lonely when Nino is busy with his games or magic tricks…”
Jun shook his head, “That’s not the point…”
Ohno kissed Jun’s neck, “You love me though… don’t you Jun?”
Before Jun could answer, the photographer called for Jun. Extricating himself from Ohno’s arms, Jun walked over to the photographer. Settling himself on a windowsill, Jun looked out the window. As the photographer started shooting frame after frame, a single tear rolled down Jun’s cheek, ‘I do love you Ohno, but your heart belongs to Nino. It would break him to know that you’re sleeping with me! And I don’t know how long I can handle this. You have no idea how sad it is to watch you leave my bed and straight into the arms of another man!!’
As they wrapped up, they walked back to the dressing room together. Cleaning up their make up, they changed into their street clothes. Jun trailed behind the other four. His heart felt heavy as he saw Ohno twine his fingers in Nino’s and asked, “When did you say that game you wanted is coming out Kazu?”
Nino smiled at Ohno, gripping Ohno’s hand, “It’s coming out in a month. I think I’ll go stand in line early morning. That way, no one will recognize me in the dark and I’ll get one of the first ones!”
Jun closed his eyes as he fought more tears. Ohno’s message had been clear to him - I’ll see you in a month -
He knew that in a month he’ll welcome Ohno into his bed with open arms. No matter how sick he might feel later, no matter how sad it is to watch Ohno go back to Nino, no matter how wrong everything felt, he knew he’ll not complain, because mistresses, or rather kept men, are supposed to know their place. They were supposed to know that falling in love with their… patrons… was strictly forbidden.
[The End]
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