MASTER POST : Somewhere Only We Know [a Ninomiya Kazunari love story]
(image credit: jesychan)
Pairing: Ninomiya Kazunari/OC
Rating: PG
Genre: Realistic romance, friendship, family
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything of Arashi or Johnny’s Entertainment! Sorry if I misuse some Japanese phrases.
Summary:
When you’ve been alone for so long, sometimes you forget that you’re lost. But if you one day brush across another hand grappling in the dark - if you dare to take it and hold on tight - you just might find the way out together. Love, in the end, is what saves us all; if you’re brave enough you’ll find it, and if you’re crazy enough it just might stay.
Prelude 1: A Child's Heart
Prelude 2: Different from the Rest
Prelude 3: The Real Me Underneath
Chapter 1: With frankness, she replied, “I think it’s something I would like to take to heart, one day.”
Chapter 2: There was one thing Ninomiya knew he didn’t like about Yuri the moment he met her: she actually made him feel something.
Chapter 3: The entire concert hall erupted into lilting song: “Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Ninooo…! Chapter 4: “Yukino is the one with the violet flowers in her hair.”
Chapter 5: Yuri glanced over to see her co-star Ninomiya hunched in a corner, thumbs furiously clicking and nose inches away from his Nintendo DS.
Chapter 6, part 1: She realized, with a sigh, that she probably needed some more cash.
Chapter 6, part 2: Nino pointed at the cameras in mock indignation. “Oi! Who’s covering my handsome face?”
Chapter 7: “Well I’m not going to find a husband with my looks anyway, so that’s the least of my worries.”
Chapter 8: Yuri expectantly met the gaze of Ninomiya Kazunari - but he did not seem pleased.
Chapter 9: Everything was fake... so nothing could fully explain the very real jolt in Ninomiya’s chest when he saw Yuri walking straight towards him.
Chapter 10: Why did everyone have to make fun of his hamburger hands?
Chapter 11: Shimada Yuri, who had been singing to herself to pass the time, had somehow accumulated a private audience.
Chapter 12, part 1: “Ah, you two really look like a couple! The readers will go crazy!”
Chapter 12, part 2: "She was my ticket out of that life."
Chapter 13: Honestly, Yuri hadn’t anticipated that her blind date would be… attractive.
Chapter 14: But then at 5:03, her eyes flew open at the soft knock from the entrance.
Chapter 15: He sat back at his typewriter and slowly tapped out 17 short syllables. This was enough.
Chapter 16, part 1: “NANI KORE?! Must save the games...!”
Chapter 16, part 2: Thus started a silly, nostalgic escapade around the entire store to find the weirdest products Nino and Yuri had endorsed in the past.
Chapter 17: Either this meant he was very honest when he was sober, or very dishonest when he was drunk.
Chapter 18, part 1: Whether she wanted it or not, Nino was going to be her first kiss.
Chapter 18, part 2: Just for a while, before real life recommenced.
Chapter 19: “Idiots… How lucky you two are.”
Chapter 20: Touch was his ultimate language.
Chapter 21: Only the slight movement of his lips was caught on tape, and it would forever be a mystery to the viewers just what had passed.
Chapter 22: “Ninomiya has a tendency to get a little too close to his co-stars. Ever since Naga-- … Well, let’s just say it’s one of his bad habits.
Chapter 23, part 1: "The people who criticize you just make you want to prove them wrong.”
Chapter 23, part 2: “Come, watch the sunrise with me for a bit.”
Chapter 24: Yukino beamed, completely unaware of the future she was walking towards.
Chapter 25: Maybe it was not right, but to him, this was love.
Chapter 26: Ninomiya Kazunari ruffled his scraggly hair with a towel and emerged... to see an angel darting about his bedroom.
Chapter 27: "... I’d choose you in a heartbeat."
Chapter 28: If he needed her money and her family’s position to survive then he could have it, but he would get no other piece of her.
Chapter 29: “Please, Kazunari, just find a good girl that will be good for you. No celebrities; they do not make stable wives. As a mother, that is my one request.”
Chapter 30: “I’m not sure if it feels like home anymore.”
Chapter 31: It just made sense, even if it the timing wasn’t right.
Chapter 32: Yuri was a pro and frankly, there was often a danger of Yuri stealing Nino’s spotlight
Chapter 33: “Eh, are you jealous?” she verbally stuck her tongue out. Some small, twisted part of her needed him to be.
Chapter 34: “Ohisashiburi ne, Masami.”
Chapter 35: She realized with a cold jolt that she had lost control.
Chapter 36: He tried one last time with a slow, croaky throat, to try to do the right thing.
Chapter 37: He didn’t want to think about her; he didn’t want the two worlds colliding.
Chapter 38: Yuri’s lips stung from the lyrics light as raindrops.
Chapter 39, part 1: “I - I’m just scared that no one is ever going to know me as well as you do.”
Chapter 39, part 2: "It was just a nightmare. You’re safe.”
Chapter 40, part 1: As for Yuri, all she saw when she watched herself on the screen was her naïve, artless heart open for all the world to see.
Chapter 40, part 2: "... For now, let’s just celebrate you. Our beautiful daughter has grown up so well.”
Chapter 41, part 1: To where, and just how far had she gone?
Chapter 41, part 2: “Some things just aren’t designed to receive what you have to offer. And some people… they just aren’t ready.”
Chapter 42, part 1: ‘Pull yourself together, Yuri ah.’ she muttered in her head, fighting back nervous tears. ‘You’re already very late.’
Chapter 42, part 2: “You can’t try to fix everyone, Yuri.” he whispered.
Chapter 43: She discovered one thing - that her own fingerprint was nowhere to be found.
Chapter 44, part 1: That was just who she was - someone who embraced pain like an old acquaintance, let it stay a little while, then let it go.
Chapter 44, part 2: Can you hear the song of love?
Chapter 45: Listeners that evening imagined they might have heard a tired crack in his voice. It might have been the static.
Chapter 46: ... then maybe one day, when she was ready, he could dare to come closer.
Chapter 47: “Wish you were here.”
Chapter 48, part 1: "Okaeri nasai."