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Belated Birthday
Rating: G
Genre: Romance, Fluff, Cute, Sweet,
A/N: Yay so I wrote something...I hope you enjoy...
“Happy Birthday Sensei!” The class called loudly as Ninomiya Kazunari came into the room. He gave a smile inclining his head just a little as he reminded them softly;
“That was yesterday, but thank-you, please take your seats”
“Ne, Ninomiya-sensei, did you do anything fun for your birthday?” The girls nearest the front asked with eagerness and Nino gave another smile setting his bag down onto his desk before tugging down his tie. He only wore the thing at all to appease the headmaster who was rather strict about the teachers dress code. It wasn’t fair but he rather liked his job and didn’t want to risk it because of something as stupid as a neck tie.
“I spent time with my mum and sister” He answered honestly knowing that it would shock the girls in front of him who had all the tenacity of news reporters. In the school, they were well known for being some of the biggest gossips in any of the years and they probably wanted to spread some juicy tattle they could spread. Thankfully he lived a rather dull existence. His lover was a regular salary man whose work often took him away for days at a time and sadly this last weekend had been one of those days and he wouldn’t be back until next Tuesday at the earliest. Saying that he wasn’t a kid who welcomed his birthdays as a chance to get drunk or party he had urged his lover to go but he couldn’t deny that there had been a pang of sorrow in his chest when he had woken up alone in his bed and it had grown worse with each passing hour.
“EH?! No-way! You don’t have a girlfriend sensei?”
“Nope” He answered again honestly. His lover was many things but a girl was not one of them. “Open your books and turn to page 67 please, we’ll carry on from where we left off on Friday”
The day was dull broken only from being complete monotony by the fact that many of the girls and some of the boys making him goodies in fear that he hadn’t spent a very happy birthday. His sister and mother would be upset to hear that as they had spent a great deal of money making sure that he wouldn’t miss his lover throughout the day. It had been fun and it hadn’t been their fault it hadn’t worked but there was no way in hell that he would be going to a spa again in his life. The feeling of sea weed covering his face wasn’t something that he was going to forget any time soon.
By the time he was on the way home he was laden down with so many handmade cards that it was impossible for him to fit them all into his bag. His fellow teachers looked on enviously at his struggles but Nino found it frustrating to be the subject of so many teenage crushes. Not that he had been any better his love had started when he was only a high school student and his lover had been in college. He had watched him in secret over many days before finally plucking up the courage to ask him out.
It had been the day after his birthday then, he remembered with a pang looking down at the charm on his phone. It was a simple enough design with just a sakura blossom and a coloured strap but it made him smile whenever he looked at it, knowing that it was the first belated birthday gift that his lover had given him. There had been many more gifts over the years many more expensive than the blossom that he had now but this was the only one that he carried everywhere.
The house was in darkness when he arrived and he blinked away the prickly painful tears that were threatening as he looked at the darkened windows. He knew he shouldn’t have but he had hoped that his lover would have been there waiting to surprise him that there was only darkness made him think about turning back and just heading back to his mother’s but there was still marking to do and his books were in the house in front of him. Steeling his heart, he walked up the path and pulled his key out of his pocket trying his best not to smile as he saw the photo on the key ring showing him and his lover on one of their holidays.
He was a homebody by nature but with his lover he was prepared to go wherever he wanted. It was a great indication of just how much he had come to depend on the man. His key fumbled for a moment in the lock and then caught allowing him access to the home that he had shared with his lover for the last four years. It was warm and comfortable with each room decorated with more love than skill but it was what they needed. He sighed breathing deep expecting only the tangy scent of the automatic freshener to great him but was instead met with the scent of warm cake and the gently aroma of his lover’s aftershave.
“Hello?” He called hope rising in his heart as he walked forward heading towards the kitchen “I’m home…”
“Happy belated birthday Kazu” His lover whispered softly coming out of the kitchen carrying the cake in the shape of a sakura leaving Nino torn between weeping with joy and shouting in anger. More than anything though he wanted to run forward and press his head into the chest and that was what he did letting out a loud cry as he did so. The other man stumbled for a moment and then used one arm to wrap around him holding him tight as he breathed; “And happy anniversary. Idiot don’t tell me to go away again”
“Your work…
“I got somebody to cover for me. I have to go back on Wednesday but I had to be here for this” His lover told him and Nino smiled rubbing his nose against his chest squeezing him tight as he closed his eyes the tears from earlier spilling out as he kissed him through the soft fabric.
“Thank-you. I didn’t think it mattered but…It did”
“Of course, it did, you’re not as robotic as you think you are” His lover chuckled kissing him on the top of his head before purring in a suggestive voice “Come on my bratty Nino let’s cut the cake and then let me show you a really happy birthday…”
“I’d like that…” Nino agreed warmth collecting rapidly in his stomach and together they walked to the bedroom.
THE END
A/N: Urgh…*POUTS* not very good but my bedroom is worse than I thought…I’ve ended up having to redecorate the entire thing so I ended up ripping paper off the walls and stripping out my carpet >.< wish me luck!