Magika - Chapter 12 (New)
Written in Italics is a flashback
It was Saturday, a week before their first quest. Nino woke up earlier than his friends.
He was still sleepy but he cannot sleep anymore. So, he took his DS from the drawer and started to play the game while thinking of what he should do today. He knew that Sho wanted to discuss the strategy and practice for the quest this afternoon so he cannot spend the day reading in the library. He himself think it was futile to continue researching. He won’t find what he has been looking for.
“Ah, you’ve woke up,” he heard Aiba’s voice. He put his DS away and sat on his… no, Ohno’s bed. He didn’t even remember the last time he slept on his own bed.
“Aiba, I’m so sleepy but I cannot sleep,” he complained and Aiba nodded his head, indicating he was the same as Nino. Just like Nino, he looked sleepy as well. Then he pointed at the discussion table at the back of their room before he stood up and walked to the table. Nino understood what he meant. So, as slowly as he can so he won’t wake the boy next to him, he walked to the table.
“It’s only 7.30 a.m. It’s still early. I guess my body is used to wake up at this time, even on weekend,” said Nino.
“I’m hungry. Should we wake the others so that we can go for breakfast?” asked Aiba but Nino shook his head. He pointed to the cookies that Jun put on his shelf for Aiba to eat. He didn’t mind waking up both Jun and Sho but looking at the peaceful and angelic face of Ohno when he slept, Nino didn’t have the heart to wake him up.
Aiba did as he asked, taking Jun’s cookies as breakfast. He offered the cookies to Nino but Nino refused to take. He thinks it is too early to eat.
“Nino, what did you read in the library?” asked Aiba. As expected of Aiba. He wasn’t the type to sugar coating before he spoke. He goes straight to the point. However, Nino ignored him, too lazy to answer. “Jun said you’re going to tell us and I should wait patiently but I cannot wait anymore,”
“Wait for the others,” said Nino, making Aiba pouted in return. He tried to display his best puppy eyes to Nino and Nino avoided his gaze. There were times Nino couldn’t resist the puppy eyes and he could feel this is one of those rare moments. Aiba knew him too well. He knew that Nino hasn’t turned on his Aiba-puppy-eyes-defense mode yet early in the morning because he wasn’t fully awake.
He admit, sometimes it was easier to talk with Aiba than Jun and Sho. Maybe because Aiba was his first friend. He remembered when he was a kid, he was very afraid to make a friend. Afraid that one day, they would leave him. So, he created a barrier between himself and other people. Aiba was the first one to try and break the wall around him.
“Pleaseeee,” Aiba insisted again and he sighed in defeat, knowing he couldn’t say no to that face.
“Okay,” whispered Nino “I think my ancestor was the one who started the war,”
“WHAAAAATTTT?” shouted Aiba, waking up the other three. They rubbed their eyes sleepily and glared at both Nino and Aiba for disturbing their sleep. Aiba didn’t seem to notice them and continued. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN? FOUNDER NINOMIYA WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED THE WAR?”
That made the other three looked at Nino with wide eyes. They don’t look sleepy anymore.
“Not him. His older sister,” and that made them even more surprised. No one ever heard that Founder Ninomiya had a sister.
It was another boring morning. His parents weren’t home as they need to take care of important matter in a rural part of Tokyo. He wasn’t paying attention but as he remembered, his father needed to go to a NMF village because of a witch.
He had been living alone with the maid for about a week now. It was a common thing to happen especially if you’re a son of important figure in society. His parents had insist for him to follow but he was too lazy to go with them. So, here he is. Staying at home,alone.
“Young master Ninomiya, would you like to eat your breakfast now?” Asked one of the maid as he entered the dining room. He simply nodded his head and sat at his usual place at the table. Usually, he would eat in his room whenever his parents weren’t around but today he was in the mood to eat in the dining room.
“What is your plan for today, young master?” Asked the maid as she served the breakfast. Nino just shrugged. As always, he wasn’t planning to do anything today. He thought of going to Aiba’s place but he was too lazy to move. Maybe he should call Aiba and asked him to come instead. They could play Mario Karts together and it would be entertaining to beat the guy in each round.
“Young Master Aiba called just now. He invited you to come to his house. He said that Young Master Matsumoto and Young Master Sakurai are there to help him with his new experiment. It would be fun if you join him too,” explained the maid. Hearing that made Nino rolled his eyes in disbelief. Jun was there to help Aiba? Wow, what did the baka do to make Jun agree to help him? Usually, Jun was more reluctant to help Aiba than Nino. Perhaps Aiba was just lying to make Nino go to his house. Too bad, Nino was too lazy to go out.
“Okay, I will call Aiba chan and tell him I’m not interested to join him. You know, his experiment is too stupid sometimes that you will start to question his sanity,” Nino then proceed to tell the maid about the experiments that Aiba had conducted which made the maid laughed in response.
“Hey, how dare you talked badly about me with your maid!” Said Aiba angrily as they listened to Nino’s story. Nino just laughed. He just felt like added that to his story even though he knew it was unnecessary.
“Could you skipped the unnecessary details about Aiba and his experiment and go straight about Founder Ninomiya’s sister?” Requested Jun, obviously irritated with Nino, and Aiba slapped his shoulder lightly.
“How could you say I am the unnecessary detail?”
“Whatever, just stay quiet and don’t interrupt if you want to hear the rest of the story,”
He went to call Aiba, trying to persuade him to abandon his stupid experiment and come joining him playing games, bringing along both Sho and Jun. However, it was Aiba’s butler who answered the call telling him that Aiba was busy at the moment. Feeling a bit disappointed, Nino went back to his room, not knowing what to do.
Without really thinking, he lied down on his bed and started to play catch ball with the ceiling. Being bored with the ceiling, he stood up and played with the wall. As he played, he kept on wondering about the mural painting on his wall. It wasn’t like he didn’t notice the painting before but when you are bored, everything becomes interesting.
He wondered who the other boy might be. Even though he didn’t know the boy, he couldn’t help but looking at the mural fondly. He doesn’t know if it was because of the painter or the boy in the painting which caused him to have this feeling.
Looking at the rest of his room, he would be lying if he said that he never think why everything is in pair in his room. Two beds, two wardrobes, two bedside tables. Everything in his room. It was like he had another roommates which he didn’t know about and the roommate is the boy in the painting. To stop himself from thinking about the boy, he would always tried to convince himself that his parents set up the other set for Aiba, Sho and Jun when they came around. But, he knew that wasn’t the case. It wasn’t that he never thought of trying to figure out the identity of the boy but he was afraid. Afraid to know that the boy is real but had left him behind for unknown reason. It makes him feel like he was rejected by the boy.
But… No matter what… He needs to know who the boy is. And maybe today is the day he would finally found something about the boy.
He suddenly walked towards the other bedside table. He knew that his friends didn’t touch anything that belonged to the other side except for the bed. So, maybe there was something in the table or wardrobe which would help him identify the mysterious boy.
He tried to open the drawer but it was locked. He then searched the wardrobe but disappointed to know that it was empty with dust. He was too short to see the top section of the wardrobe so he let his hand do the work. He could feel there was something on the top but he couldn’t get it. So, he took a chair and noticed there was a small black box at the end of the top section. He took the box and opened it to see a key.
Thinking that the key could opened the drawer of the bedside table, he immediately tried to unlock the drawer with it. He was excited when he heard the click sound and pull open the drawer only to be disappointed to see it was empty.
But, his eyes caught something interesting. He noticed how the drawer looked shallower than it appeared outside. He tried his luck and tried to remove the drawer and screamed in joy when he noticed a paper underneath the drawer. He took the paper only to be puzzled with what’s written on it.
‘Go to the painting, stroke the eyes of the other boy while saying your name and ‘I want to hide’. Something interesting will happen’
He couldn’t help but thinking this is a prank. Maybe Jun put it there to make him looked stupid. But, there was no secret camera in the room and Jun wouldn’t know even if he tried it.
So, he did what was instructed on the paper without expecting anything except Jun might came out of nowhere, laughing at his stupidity. That’s why he was surprised when the painting mysteriously disappeared and replaced with a door.
A/N: So, the secret that Nino found accidentally was finally revealed but not in detail. In the next chapter, he would talk more about it. I hope it wasn't confusing when I put their conversation in the middle of Nino's story telling and you like this chapter. I have been really slow in writing lately because of Scarlet Heart Ryeo. I didn't really want to watch it at first but I cannot resist Joon Gi. Now that I finished watching it, I hope that I can get back to writing (Unless I get distracted to watch Joon Gi's other dramas but maybe not). Anyway, I hope you will like this chapter and comments are <3.
It was Saturday, a week before their first quest. Nino woke up earlier than his friends.
He was still sleepy but he cannot sleep anymore. So, he took his DS from the drawer and started to play the game while thinking of what he should do today. He knew that Sho wanted to discuss the strategy and practice for the quest this afternoon so he cannot spend the day reading in the library. He himself think it was futile to continue researching. He won’t find what he has been looking for.
“Ah, you’ve woke up,” he heard Aiba’s voice. He put his DS away and sat on his… no, Ohno’s bed. He didn’t even remember the last time he slept on his own bed.
“Aiba, I’m so sleepy but I cannot sleep,” he complained and Aiba nodded his head, indicating he was the same as Nino. Just like Nino, he looked sleepy as well. Then he pointed at the discussion table at the back of their room before he stood up and walked to the table. Nino understood what he meant. So, as slowly as he can so he won’t wake the boy next to him, he walked to the table.
“It’s only 7.30 a.m. It’s still early. I guess my body is used to wake up at this time, even on weekend,” said Nino.
“I’m hungry. Should we wake the others so that we can go for breakfast?” asked Aiba but Nino shook his head. He pointed to the cookies that Jun put on his shelf for Aiba to eat. He didn’t mind waking up both Jun and Sho but looking at the peaceful and angelic face of Ohno when he slept, Nino didn’t have the heart to wake him up.
Aiba did as he asked, taking Jun’s cookies as breakfast. He offered the cookies to Nino but Nino refused to take. He thinks it is too early to eat.
“Nino, what did you read in the library?” asked Aiba. As expected of Aiba. He wasn’t the type to sugar coating before he spoke. He goes straight to the point. However, Nino ignored him, too lazy to answer. “Jun said you’re going to tell us and I should wait patiently but I cannot wait anymore,”
“Wait for the others,” said Nino, making Aiba pouted in return. He tried to display his best puppy eyes to Nino and Nino avoided his gaze. There were times Nino couldn’t resist the puppy eyes and he could feel this is one of those rare moments. Aiba knew him too well. He knew that Nino hasn’t turned on his Aiba-puppy-eyes-defense mode yet early in the morning because he wasn’t fully awake.
He admit, sometimes it was easier to talk with Aiba than Jun and Sho. Maybe because Aiba was his first friend. He remembered when he was a kid, he was very afraid to make a friend. Afraid that one day, they would leave him. So, he created a barrier between himself and other people. Aiba was the first one to try and break the wall around him.
“Pleaseeee,” Aiba insisted again and he sighed in defeat, knowing he couldn’t say no to that face.
“Okay,” whispered Nino “I think my ancestor was the one who started the war,”
“WHAAAAATTTT?” shouted Aiba, waking up the other three. They rubbed their eyes sleepily and glared at both Nino and Aiba for disturbing their sleep. Aiba didn’t seem to notice them and continued. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN? FOUNDER NINOMIYA WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED THE WAR?”
That made the other three looked at Nino with wide eyes. They don’t look sleepy anymore.
“Not him. His older sister,” and that made them even more surprised. No one ever heard that Founder Ninomiya had a sister.
It was another boring morning. His parents weren’t home as they need to take care of important matter in a rural part of Tokyo. He wasn’t paying attention but as he remembered, his father needed to go to a NMF village because of a witch.
He had been living alone with the maid for about a week now. It was a common thing to happen especially if you’re a son of important figure in society. His parents had insist for him to follow but he was too lazy to go with them. So, here he is. Staying at home,alone.
“Young master Ninomiya, would you like to eat your breakfast now?” Asked one of the maid as he entered the dining room. He simply nodded his head and sat at his usual place at the table. Usually, he would eat in his room whenever his parents weren’t around but today he was in the mood to eat in the dining room.
“What is your plan for today, young master?” Asked the maid as she served the breakfast. Nino just shrugged. As always, he wasn’t planning to do anything today. He thought of going to Aiba’s place but he was too lazy to move. Maybe he should call Aiba and asked him to come instead. They could play Mario Karts together and it would be entertaining to beat the guy in each round.
“Young Master Aiba called just now. He invited you to come to his house. He said that Young Master Matsumoto and Young Master Sakurai are there to help him with his new experiment. It would be fun if you join him too,” explained the maid. Hearing that made Nino rolled his eyes in disbelief. Jun was there to help Aiba? Wow, what did the baka do to make Jun agree to help him? Usually, Jun was more reluctant to help Aiba than Nino. Perhaps Aiba was just lying to make Nino go to his house. Too bad, Nino was too lazy to go out.
“Okay, I will call Aiba chan and tell him I’m not interested to join him. You know, his experiment is too stupid sometimes that you will start to question his sanity,” Nino then proceed to tell the maid about the experiments that Aiba had conducted which made the maid laughed in response.
“Hey, how dare you talked badly about me with your maid!” Said Aiba angrily as they listened to Nino’s story. Nino just laughed. He just felt like added that to his story even though he knew it was unnecessary.
“Could you skipped the unnecessary details about Aiba and his experiment and go straight about Founder Ninomiya’s sister?” Requested Jun, obviously irritated with Nino, and Aiba slapped his shoulder lightly.
“How could you say I am the unnecessary detail?”
“Whatever, just stay quiet and don’t interrupt if you want to hear the rest of the story,”
He went to call Aiba, trying to persuade him to abandon his stupid experiment and come joining him playing games, bringing along both Sho and Jun. However, it was Aiba’s butler who answered the call telling him that Aiba was busy at the moment. Feeling a bit disappointed, Nino went back to his room, not knowing what to do.
Without really thinking, he lied down on his bed and started to play catch ball with the ceiling. Being bored with the ceiling, he stood up and played with the wall. As he played, he kept on wondering about the mural painting on his wall. It wasn’t like he didn’t notice the painting before but when you are bored, everything becomes interesting.
He wondered who the other boy might be. Even though he didn’t know the boy, he couldn’t help but looking at the mural fondly. He doesn’t know if it was because of the painter or the boy in the painting which caused him to have this feeling.
Looking at the rest of his room, he would be lying if he said that he never think why everything is in pair in his room. Two beds, two wardrobes, two bedside tables. Everything in his room. It was like he had another roommates which he didn’t know about and the roommate is the boy in the painting. To stop himself from thinking about the boy, he would always tried to convince himself that his parents set up the other set for Aiba, Sho and Jun when they came around. But, he knew that wasn’t the case. It wasn’t that he never thought of trying to figure out the identity of the boy but he was afraid. Afraid to know that the boy is real but had left him behind for unknown reason. It makes him feel like he was rejected by the boy.
But… No matter what… He needs to know who the boy is. And maybe today is the day he would finally found something about the boy.
He suddenly walked towards the other bedside table. He knew that his friends didn’t touch anything that belonged to the other side except for the bed. So, maybe there was something in the table or wardrobe which would help him identify the mysterious boy.
He tried to open the drawer but it was locked. He then searched the wardrobe but disappointed to know that it was empty with dust. He was too short to see the top section of the wardrobe so he let his hand do the work. He could feel there was something on the top but he couldn’t get it. So, he took a chair and noticed there was a small black box at the end of the top section. He took the box and opened it to see a key.
Thinking that the key could opened the drawer of the bedside table, he immediately tried to unlock the drawer with it. He was excited when he heard the click sound and pull open the drawer only to be disappointed to see it was empty.
But, his eyes caught something interesting. He noticed how the drawer looked shallower than it appeared outside. He tried his luck and tried to remove the drawer and screamed in joy when he noticed a paper underneath the drawer. He took the paper only to be puzzled with what’s written on it.
‘Go to the painting, stroke the eyes of the other boy while saying your name and ‘I want to hide’. Something interesting will happen’
He couldn’t help but thinking this is a prank. Maybe Jun put it there to make him looked stupid. But, there was no secret camera in the room and Jun wouldn’t know even if he tried it.
So, he did what was instructed on the paper without expecting anything except Jun might came out of nowhere, laughing at his stupidity. That’s why he was surprised when the painting mysteriously disappeared and replaced with a door.
A/N: So, the secret that Nino found accidentally was finally revealed but not in detail. In the next chapter, he would talk more about it. I hope it wasn't confusing when I put their conversation in the middle of Nino's story telling and you like this chapter. I have been really slow in writing lately because of Scarlet Heart Ryeo. I didn't really want to watch it at first but I cannot resist Joon Gi. Now that I finished watching it, I hope that I can get back to writing (Unless I get distracted to watch Joon Gi's other dramas but maybe not). Anyway, I hope you will like this chapter and comments are <3.