Arashi - AU - Thank You for the Rain - 4/30
Title: Thank You for the Rain
Chapter: 4/?
Fandom: Arashi
Pairing: probably several
Word count: 671
Notes: I would have liked this chapter to be a bit longer, but Jun just flat out refused to be helpful.
chapter 1 | chapter 2 | chapter 3
04. Jun: When it rains, it pours and other annoying sayings.
Not that Jun idolised Sakurai Sho or anything like that. It was not like he looked up to him or that he wanted to be like him. It was just that…
Sho was just so cool.
Too bad he had just made a complete fool of himself in front of Sho. Jun wanted to hit himself on the head with the book he was holding against his chest, but the presence of Ninomiya stopped him. Sure, like he needed the boy to think that he was even a bigger loser than he had first believed. It was bad enough that he looked like a complete dork, he didn’t need to do anything to make things even worse.
Ninomiya was chattering about something, but Jun hadn’t really paid much attention to him. How could he concentrate on anything when he had just spoken to Sakurai Sho? And Sho had smiled to him and...
And somebody please stop him. How pathetic.
“What’s with you? You’re really quiet.” Ninomiya asked, peering at him. “Did I scare you or something?” he laughed. “You should stop being so jumpy. I’m only a year older than you.”
Jun frowned. “What does that have to do with anything? And you didn’t scare me. Like that’s even possible for someone who looks as stupid as you. I was just thinking, that’s all.”
Ninomiya feigned surprise. “Ooh, he can talk after all! And it seems that you actually have some attitude too. That timid performance you had in front of those two guys just fooled me. What was that about anyway?”
Jun shrugged, marvelling how his words didn’t seem to have any kind of effect on this guy. “You know… Sakurai Sho is like the celebrity of this school. He’s one of the top five students and he plays soccer and basketball and he’s really friendly too. He’s like a prince or an… an idol to some people.”
“People like you?” Ninomiya asked. “Funny, I found him to be a bit rude and definitely not at all princely.”
“Nah, he just didn’t notice me. I don’t really get noticed that much. I’m used to it.” It was true. Most of the time people just passed him by without even glancing at his direction. It didn’t really bother him that much. Well... most of the time it was all the same to him. At least he didn’t get bullied.
“Uh, people don’t usually notice you? Well, maybe they would if you stopped hiding behind things when there’s actually someone around,” Nino pointed out, looking a bit puzzled. “I just call that cowardice.”
Ninomiya’s words made Jun’s temper flare. He stopped and glared at the boy. “Even if it was true, you have no right to say things like that. You don’t know me. I might have my reasons. Who do you think you are?”
Ninomiya still didn’t seem to be at all bothered by his words and that just made Jun even angrier. “Calm down,” Ninomiya smiled and patted Jun’s shoulder. “It’s okay to be cowardly in your first year at high school. Just... make sure that you grow out of it soon. It’s really unattractive.”
Jun almost wanted to leave Ninomiya there and let him get wet, but at the same time he didn’t want to walk home alone. It was nice… walking with someone. Even when that someone made you so annoyed that you wanted to kick that person. At least fighting with someone like this was very refreshing.
“Stop patronizing me,” Jun snapped. “You said it yourself, you’re just one year older than me.”
Ninomiya just grinned. “Let’s get going... uh... what was your name again?”
“Matsumoto Jun.” Jun rolled his eyes. Great. Ninomiya had already forgotten his name. What the hell was wrong with him?
”Ah, Jun-kun, let’s get going!” Ninomiya grabbed Jun’s wrist and led them towards the train station. “And by the way, you can call me Nino!”
Jun just knew that sooner or later he was going to punch this guy in the face.
Chapter: 4/?
Fandom: Arashi
Pairing: probably several
Word count: 671
Notes: I would have liked this chapter to be a bit longer, but Jun just flat out refused to be helpful.
chapter 1 | chapter 2 | chapter 3
04. Jun: When it rains, it pours and other annoying sayings.
Not that Jun idolised Sakurai Sho or anything like that. It was not like he looked up to him or that he wanted to be like him. It was just that…
Sho was just so cool.
Too bad he had just made a complete fool of himself in front of Sho. Jun wanted to hit himself on the head with the book he was holding against his chest, but the presence of Ninomiya stopped him. Sure, like he needed the boy to think that he was even a bigger loser than he had first believed. It was bad enough that he looked like a complete dork, he didn’t need to do anything to make things even worse.
Ninomiya was chattering about something, but Jun hadn’t really paid much attention to him. How could he concentrate on anything when he had just spoken to Sakurai Sho? And Sho had smiled to him and...
And somebody please stop him. How pathetic.
“What’s with you? You’re really quiet.” Ninomiya asked, peering at him. “Did I scare you or something?” he laughed. “You should stop being so jumpy. I’m only a year older than you.”
Jun frowned. “What does that have to do with anything? And you didn’t scare me. Like that’s even possible for someone who looks as stupid as you. I was just thinking, that’s all.”
Ninomiya feigned surprise. “Ooh, he can talk after all! And it seems that you actually have some attitude too. That timid performance you had in front of those two guys just fooled me. What was that about anyway?”
Jun shrugged, marvelling how his words didn’t seem to have any kind of effect on this guy. “You know… Sakurai Sho is like the celebrity of this school. He’s one of the top five students and he plays soccer and basketball and he’s really friendly too. He’s like a prince or an… an idol to some people.”
“People like you?” Ninomiya asked. “Funny, I found him to be a bit rude and definitely not at all princely.”
“Nah, he just didn’t notice me. I don’t really get noticed that much. I’m used to it.” It was true. Most of the time people just passed him by without even glancing at his direction. It didn’t really bother him that much. Well... most of the time it was all the same to him. At least he didn’t get bullied.
“Uh, people don’t usually notice you? Well, maybe they would if you stopped hiding behind things when there’s actually someone around,” Nino pointed out, looking a bit puzzled. “I just call that cowardice.”
Ninomiya’s words made Jun’s temper flare. He stopped and glared at the boy. “Even if it was true, you have no right to say things like that. You don’t know me. I might have my reasons. Who do you think you are?”
Ninomiya still didn’t seem to be at all bothered by his words and that just made Jun even angrier. “Calm down,” Ninomiya smiled and patted Jun’s shoulder. “It’s okay to be cowardly in your first year at high school. Just... make sure that you grow out of it soon. It’s really unattractive.”
Jun almost wanted to leave Ninomiya there and let him get wet, but at the same time he didn’t want to walk home alone. It was nice… walking with someone. Even when that someone made you so annoyed that you wanted to kick that person. At least fighting with someone like this was very refreshing.
“Stop patronizing me,” Jun snapped. “You said it yourself, you’re just one year older than me.”
Ninomiya just grinned. “Let’s get going... uh... what was your name again?”
“Matsumoto Jun.” Jun rolled his eyes. Great. Ninomiya had already forgotten his name. What the hell was wrong with him?
”Ah, Jun-kun, let’s get going!” Ninomiya grabbed Jun’s wrist and led them towards the train station. “And by the way, you can call me Nino!”
Jun just knew that sooner or later he was going to punch this guy in the face.