Title: I'm fine
Pairing: Ohmiya
Rating: PG
Notes : Character death and a lousy title

 

Nino stood at the luggage pick-up area patiently waiting for his. It wasn’t often for him to go overseas; normally he prefers to stay in his own country, coped up in his own home defeating every boss he could. However when Jun dragged him to the airport, forcefully told him to accept the air ticket to France and keys to his France Villa, he had no choice but to go.

Jun treats breakfast, lunch, dinner and even coffee. Not air tickets.

“What the-”

“Just go and take a break. Don’t think I don’t know what’s going on with you,” Jun said, hands crossed against his chest.

“I’m fine,”

“No, you’re not and off you go.” Nino was amazed that Jun had even prepared his luggage and passport for him. Then he was literally pushed through the checkpoint (after being checked) and on the plane to France.

~

The first day, he met up with Sho or rather Sho came knocking on the door of the villa, hands holding several paper bags.

“What are you doing here!?”

“Jun told me to take care of you,” Sho said while catching the lemons and oranges that had rolled out of the paper bags.

“I’m moving out now!” he stormed off feeling slightly pissed for being treated like a child but was pulled into a tight hug by Sho, “Stop pretending.”

“I said I’m fine. Why do none of you believe it?”

“Fine, fine. Just don’t move out.” Sho reluctantly let go of Nino then packed the groceries he bought into the fridge.

“As long as you stop acting like a mother hen, I won’t.” he slumped back into the egg chair in the living room, letting out a sigh when he turned on the TV.

~

There was a little dog licking his face when he woke up the next morning.

“What?” Nino asked the dog, still feeling groggy upon waking.

The dog barked and continues licking his face until Nino finally woke up due to annoyance.

“Stop! Stop!” he moved the dog away and wiped off the saliva then looked curiously at the animal. He could swear the dog was somehow grinning at him before leaping onto his thighs and tried to dig with its paws.

Those black eyes really look familiar.

He smiled warmly at the little dog and petted it fondly, “I guess I could keep you.”

~

The third day, he visited Aiba’s bread shop. It was one of the shops at the streets near Jun’s villa.

“Yo.” He stepped in with the dog following behind.

“Nino!” Aiba replied enthusiastically. Nino concluded Aiba’s tension will never change. It’s been two years since Aiba and Sho immigrated to France and one year since he saw him (Aiba kept flying back to Japan during the first year because he simply missed the Karaage and everybody)

“Nice bread shop.” He commented.

“Thanks. I have to thank Ohno for that he-” Aiba stopped and Nino lifted his head up whispering a soft ‘it’s okay’.

“Anyway, thanks for coming and the Karaage’s recipe.” Nino smiled as a reply then his friend saw there was another being accompanying Nino.

“Who’s this?”

“Oh, it appeared yesterday. Don’t know where it’s from but I sort of keep it.”

“Name?”

Then Nino realized he has not given a name to the dog yet.

“Oh-chan,”

Aiba looked at him like he had just mentioned something that was a taboo.

“It looks like him, don’t you think?” the both of them watched as Oh-chan gazed at one corner like what Ohno would normally do.

Aiba laughed and petted the little animal which licked his palm.

“Sure looks like it.”

~

He took Oh-chan out for a walk the next day. The weather was perfect, birds were chirping merrily while Nino took out a cigarette and lights it.

“Oh-chan, don’t wonder off too far,” he called out. There was no lash or collar for the dog and since it seems to know and understand what it’s saying Nino didn’t bothered to buy.

It barked then bites lightly at the hem of his jeans, prompting him to move.

“No, I’m just going to sit here.”

“Stop pulling,”

“Okay. Okay,” he gave up and followed the dog. They reached a double storey apartment after walking for about five minutes. Then Oh-chan ran in with the paws dirtied by dirt on the way here.

“Oh-chan! No!” he pushed through the gates and ran in to realise that it was turned into a gallery. The place was dark only with the spotlight hanging above each painting on and a background music that he finds it too familiar with.

“Oh-chan! Where are you?” his voice echoed through the empty gallery.

A bark and he soon saw Oh-chan looking at him from the second floor.

It was still a gallery on the second floor but it was different from the first floor. The second one gave the feel of sheer happiness but at the same time there was a strong private feel to it. “Oh-chan, this is a private property. We have to-” his gaze settled on the frame or rather what’s the frame was supporting. It was a photo, a photo of him.

He remembered that time they were eating ice-cream in the park when a child knocked into Ohno then the next thing he knows was that there was ice-cream on his face and he was laughing embarrassingly.

“Kazu, one day I’m going to open up an art gallery with only pictures of you.”

“How did…” tears were already flowing down. Nino turned his head when Oh-chan was barking and running around the gallery.

The frames that were hung were all photos of him. Him laughing, pissed off, crying, pouting, whining, playing games, cooking, playing the piano and guitar, sleeping, eating, practicing magic tricks and spells. Every single expressions and activities by him.

“Who are you?!” a sharp voice suddenly said. He turned around and saw an old lady standing at the staircase.

“I’m Ninomiya Kazunari,” when the old lady approached, her frowning face turns into a smiling face, one that would remind you of a kind grandmother. “So it’s you.”

“Eh? You know who am I?”

“Of course, in case you didn’t notice the pictures here are all you.” Nino blushes a little then opened his mouth to ask something but was interrupted by the old lady. “It’s young master Satoshi. He always talks about you when he came back here and adding new pictures to this part of the gallery.”

“Satoshi…he’s dead.”

“I know. He ask me to pass you this when you come,” handling him a white envelope. Gently opening up the sealed envelope, it was a letter addressed to him.

Kazu,

If you see this letter means that our fates are still intertwine together ne. No one knows about this place except for Kumiko obachan. So I was kind of afraid whether you will even know about this place, arranging all these pictures of you is not an easy job!

Anyway, I already know I was going to die when I met you. You see the Ohno family is cursed by the Vampires that if we were to ever fall in love with the Ninomiya family (you know my ancestor’s love triangle issue), that person will die. But I never regretted it you know. Meeting and falling in love with you is probably destiny.

I know I’m selfish to leave in alone in the world. However, I know you will still be able to carry on living. Don’t because of me that you lose that bright personality of yours. You’re Ninomiya Kazunari! The one that could masters the hardest magic spells and beats every bosses in games.

Okay I’m not really good with this but…I love you. I always do. The last thing I want is to see you being sad because of me. So please don’t okay!?

Love,

Satoshi

“Satoshi, you big selfish fishing idiot!” he finally breakdowns.

~

“I’m fine now,” he told Sho the next day, “Really.”

Sho said nothing but sat next to him which he conveniently lays on the shoulders.

“I know. I can sense it,” Nino laughed then together waits for Aiba to join them for a meal.

I’m fine now, Satoshi.
It’s a bit difficult but I’m slowly letting go now.
This is what you want, right?
But I’ll wait or the day that I’ll see you again.
As you have said, our fates are still intertwine together.

~

"Oh-chan! If you get yourself covered with dirt, I'm not ever going to bring you out for a walk again!"