Coming Home part 2

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Title: Coming Home

Author: krystalkatz
Rating: pg
Length: Chapter
Genre: Au,

Pairings: Sakurai Sho/Ninomiya Kazunari (broken), Sakurai Sho/Ohno Satoshi, Ninomiya Kazunari/Matsumoto Jun,

Disclaimer: I only own the plot

Home for Nino was a tiny village in the mountains that nobody had ever even heard of, there were 700 families at the most and that was being generous. It was like everybody knew everybody else which was both a blessing and a curse. The good side was sometimes during the rainy season or winter when they were completely cut off from any other town for weeks and all they had was each other everybody was taken care of. The bad side was if you were in any way different the whole town knew and your life was made a living hell. Like the teenaged Nino, when he had first discovered his sexuality he had been bullied daily. Luckily he had fled to college the first chance he’d got he had never wanted to go back until Sakurai had given him the confidence he had needed. He couldn't believe that now he would be going back alone.

He sat up watching old cheesy movies with Aiba, his head resting against the taller guys shoulders as they sat together under a blanket. He wanted to be able to let himself laugh happily before he had to square his shoulders and face what was going to happen but he couldn't get past his misery.

When the sun came up the next morning Aiba took his overnight bag and went to fetch him some clean clothes while Nino booked a train ticket that would drop him in the area of the village. Then he would have to hope he would get a signal on his phone so he could get somebody to pick him up otherwise he was going to have a three mile hike through the wilderness, which was always fun.

“Hey” Aiba said as he came in with his slightly fuller overnight bag and another red one that he recognised as Sho’s

“Was he there?” He asked as Aiba put down the bags, his manager gave a nod sinking into the chair and chewing his lip worriedly a frown creasing his forehead

“Yeah he was there…” He mumbled in a voice that told Nino there was something else going on.

“He was there too wasn’t he?” Nino growled and Aiba quickly shook his head

“No, he wasn’t… But Sakurai-san asked if he could come around later and… I refused to answer and then he left to answer the phone…” the manager mumbled in a whisper looking unsure if he should be telling him any of this.

“Who was on the phone?” Nino asked his body stiffening, Aiba looked down at the brightly coloured carpet for a few minutes unwilling to answer until Nino let out a hiss that seemed to jerk him back into life.

“He said Sato-chan…I didn’t hear any more I just grabbed as many of  your things as i could and got out of there… I’m sorry, Kazu”

“It’s not your fault Masaki” Nino mumbled wondering how Sakurai could answer the phone from his lover while Aiba was there he had never imagined that he could be so cruel. Nino clicked his tongue, anger raising up inside him and he decided not to wait around any longer. He had two hours until his train was due but he figured he might as well spend it on buying a puzzle book or two from the shop at the station “I’m going to get going…”

“I’ll drop you off” Aiba said quickly, springing to his feet like a jack in the box.  Although Nino protested loudly as they went to the car, Aiba insisted and soon he was taking him all the way to the station and Nino was glad that he even waited with him until the train came.

The ride was uneventful, there where only a few gossiping old ladies sitting around him that were chattering away non-stop but somehow he managed to solved more than half of the puzzles before he reached his station. The only exciting thing to happen was ehen he tried to stand up he found that his bum had gone numb. His watched told him that he had arrived at the stop at 11.56 am and with a long tired sigh he wished that there was a pay phone as he quickly and reluctantly switched on his mobile. He ignored the flood of messages that he had received from Sakurai and dialled his mum’s number praying that there was a signal. Thankfully after only a few rings her yodel could be heard down the line telling him to sit tight and that she would send someone.

Nino sighed as he hung up and looked around what the city folk would call the barren waste land with a grumpy scowl, there were fields as far as the eye could see, even the ‘station’ was just an old half rotten bench on a slabs next to the line. After wiping it with his handkerchief Nino sat down on the bench his bags of clothes next him while holding his shoulder bag tightly to his chest as he watched the road waiting for a truck of a car to come. Exhaustion slowly seeped into his bones and his eyes started to close, his chin dropping to his chest as his mind was a filled with a jumble of sweet dreams and painful nightmares

“Yo, Nino!” A voice said jerking him awake as a hand was shaking his shoulder roughly “You really shouldn’t sleep here…”

“Sho?” He mumbled dully his eyes reluctant to open his whole body suddenly felt cold and clammy. Coming to his senses a little he managed to pull his eyelids open and he gave a loud hiss like an angry cat “You?! You’re the one picking me up?” He growled, his voice thick with sleep and cold as he looked up seeing the bane of his teenage life staring at him as he went to lean against the side of the communal truck that was spattered with mud spots all up the bonnet and the sides. Just looking at his face he might not recognised him until he reached the overly impressive eye brows, that no amount of careful plucking would set right.

“Your mum asked if I would since I was headed into the big town anyway…” Jun smirked with a shrug picking up, what Nino realised were now, soaking bags and dumping them into the truck. He looked around and realised that while he had been sleeping he had started raining it wouldn't have been heavy rain but the soft feathery type that made you unsure it was raining at all but somehow always managed to soak you to the skin. It was getting heavier now though and setting his face into another glare he looked at his watch he breath catching when he saw that it was now 2.15.

“And you couldn’t pick me up first?” he moaned slowly getting to his feet, every joint in his body was aching with the wet and cold.

“My errand was more important” Jun shrugged and Nino rolled his eyes reluctantly climbing into the truck that smelt vaguely of rotten eggs and mud. Everything here smelt of mud, and he actually like the smell the rotten eggs he could do without. Jun climbed in next to him with a small smile and Nino stared straight ahead at the rain that was starting to pour down onto the road ahead of them . “Wow… You really haven’t changed have you?”

“It’s only been six years since graduation…” Nino snapped finally turning around and glaring at him refusing to admit that Jun had changed a lot going from geeky and awkward straight to hot. “How much am I meant to have changed? You’re still a fucking jerk so you haven’t changed either”

“… Hmm I guess that’s true…” Jun shrugged switching on the ignition and pulling away from the station “I never thought you’d come back here, I thought once you'd tasted the bright lights of the big city that would be it... So... Why did you?”

“It wasn’t because of you thats for damn sure. In fact when I heard you were here I almost cancelled coming…” Nino seethed hotly and Jun gave a laugh that sounded crisp and clear even against the sound of the rain that was hammering on the truck as they started climbing into the mountains.

“So have you changed in any other way?” he asked and Nino bristled, the tiny hairs standing up on the back of his neck

“If you’re asking ‘Are you still a fag?’ the answer is yes… So maybe you should drop me at the side of the road and drive off…”

“Hmm maybe I should…” Jun mumbled in agreement, but instead he continued to keep his eyes on the road which was almost vanishing under the water now. After a short silence Nino heard the click of a tongue “I would hate to be in the lower villages tonight if this gets worse” Jun mumbled and Nino had to agree, their village was up the mountains on slopes and the rains wash away from them into the bowl like villages at the bottom. One day soon something was going to have to happen before a lot of people were seriously hurt. Throughout the rest of the drive Nino prayed silently for the rain to stop and when they finally pulled up outside his mums house the sun was shining.

His mum, Kazuko, was standing on the stairs of the porch waving frantically as she bounced up and down so hard he was scared that she was going slip and break a leg.

“Kazunari!” She shouted running up to him and pulling open the door as soon as they came to a complete stop. She threw her arms around his neck before he could stop her and a second later kisses were being rained down on his face. “I’ve missed you…”

“I’ve missed you too” Nino said with a stab of guilt at the lie, the truth was that he actually very rarely thought about her, he was always to wrapped up in his career and Sakurai to be thinking of his mum in a spit of a village.

“You should come home more often… And bring Sho-kun” She said as he got out of the truck his bags being skilfully taken off of him by Jun who was giving him a smirk as his mum mentioned Sakurai. “You’re soaking wet, you need a hot bath and some soup… Come on”

Nino found himself being dragged into the house he had grown up in, surprised when it seemed to  make him feel like a stranger. Jun was already inside putting his bags in the hallway before turning to them and flashing a warm smile at Kazuko.

“I have to go now, Ninomiya-san, I’ll see you this afternoon...It was nice seeing you again” He said brightly and Nino couldn’t stop the distrustful glare forming on his face. Kazuko on the other hand gave a bright clear laugh waving him off before turning to Nino and shooing him into the bathroom were a steaming bath had already been prepared and a warm happy feeling of love settled into his heart as he pulled of his clothes and settled into the hot crystal clear water allowing it to wash away any pain and aches he was feeling.

TBC

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Neens forever17 of course he didn't change x3 and Jun straight to HOT, so true u.u i love Kazuko-san TwT <3 altough she keeps mentioning Sho-chan xD