A Familiar Stranger - Part 7
“Beautiful, can I ask you something?”
Ohno asked as he took a bite of the steak. The man had ordered a set meal while Nino decided to take the side order of potato salad. He didn’t want to eat much since he would still need to attend the rehearsal dinner later.
“Sure,” said Nino. “But, first, I have a request,”
“What is it? I will do anything for you,”
“...”
“But, it will be something I can do, right?” Ohno interrupted before Nino could even tell the man his request. “I mean if it’s something impossible…”
“Don’t worry. You will be able to do it. It’s very…”
“Okay,” Once again, Ohno interrupted him. Nino narrowed his eyes, evidently annoyed. “What do you want me to do, Beautiful?”
“I want you to stop calling me Beautiful. It’s embarrassing,”
Ohno was surprised to hear the request. He pouted and shook, refusing to do as requested.
“Beautiful, how could you do this to me?” said Ohno dramatically. “How could you ask me to stop calling you with the nickname we both agreed on?”
“Agreed?” Nino rolled his eyes. “I was drunk when it happened,”
“But…”
“Please, Ohchan,” This time, it was Nino’s turn to interrupt the man. “You can call me Kazunari but you have to stop using that embarrassing nickname,”
“It is not embarrassing… wait, what did you say?” The man suddenly paused as if he had just realised what Nino had said a second ago. “You will let me call you by your first name?”
Nino sighed. He wasn’t completely okay with it. He usually only let his mother call him by his first name. Occasionally, Aiba would also use his first name but it rarely happened. But, Ohno wanted to feel special. So, rather than hearing weird nicknames from the man’s mouth, Nino decided to allow Ohno the privilege of calling him Kazunari.
“Tempting,” Ohno tapped his chin, pondering. After a while, he added. “I agreed but under one condition,”
“Huh?” Nino frowned. What else did the man want?
“You have to call me by my first name too,” requested Ohno. And, before Nino could object, the man added. “Make it cute too!”
“I don’t want to call you by your first name. We’re not that close,”
“But, I will call you Kazunari. It’s only fair you call me by my first name too,” reasoned Ohno. “If you don’t want, I will call you Beautiful as always,”
Nino snorted. Geez, there’s no winning with this guy.
“Okay, whatever. What is your first name? I already forget. I only know you as Ohchan,”
That was a lie, of course. He remembered the man’s first name. It’s Satoshi. He tried to remain composed when he saw the pout on Ohno’s face.
“How could you forget my name, Kazunari?” said Ohno dramatically as always. Geez, this man should be an actor. He had a talent for it.
“Just shut up and eat, Satocchi,”
Ohno laughed when he heard the name that came out of Nino’s mouth.
“Satocchi?” said Ohno. “You do remember my name, eh?”
“Whatever,”
Childishly, he stuck his tongue out at Ohno who only chuckled in return.
A/N: I hope this is okay.