“Come in, Ninomiya” Ohno called and slowly Nino pushed the door open. Although he had had his medication his stomach was still twisting and turning about and there was a bitter taste at the back of his throat. Going into Ohno’s office he was met with the sight of his boss out of his jacket and shirt looking at himself in a mirror. There was a t-shirt covering his body, but it was tight accenting all the muscles he had. “Could you pass me that other shirt?”
“Um…Yeah…Um…” Nino moved forward knowing that his cheeks were growing warm. The shirt Ohno wanted was laid carefully over the back of his chair and to get it Nino had to almost lean into him. The man must have gone home at some point that morning as he once again smelt of his own tangy body soap and Nino struggled not to inhale to deeply shocked when his hand brushed against Ohno’s side. “Sorry…”
“I should apologise to you. For the behaviour of my colleague. I left him with no uncertainty that those comments are not acceptable and you shouldn’t have anything to do with him again, but if you want to file a formal complaint, then you will have my full support” Ohno told him and Nino turned sharply to look at the chubby face embarrassed that they were so close to each other. Even if he had told the man off for his sickening behaviour he hadn’t expected him to take it any further. In fact, he had half expected him to want to cover it up and had thought that was why he wanted to speak to him.
“Um…But isn’t he a big client?”
“Client or not nobody should speak to you like that. For all that you’re lazy you are better than he ever will be and are certainly more intelligent…” Ohno’s voice had a touch of hard anger buried in it but Nino knew that it wasn’t directed towards him. “If you applied yourself more you would be indispensable to the company”
“I…Ahem…Okay…” Nino squeaked out a reply that didn’t really make sense not sure how to respond to the almost praise coming from his boss. It was the first time that he had ever heard it and it was enough to make him feel some pride that his work had been noticed as well as regret that he hadn’t applied himself as much as he probably could.
“How are you feeling?” The question was so out of character for his boss that Nino was almost sure that he had slipped into a strange new universe and he blinked slowly considering the expectant eyes of his employer. “You needed to take your medication, didn’t you?”
“…Um…Yeah, just a little woozy again and tired…” He admitted rubbing his stomach with the flat of his hand and Ohno gave a nod looking down at the IWatch sitting on his wrist. His lips pursed and then he let out a sigh saying;
“I’m not comfortable for you going home alone, if you need to rest you’re welcome to use the sofa here in my office…”
“Ehh? What…?” Nino let out a gasp and turned to look at the sofa on the far side of the room. Like everything else in Ohno’s office it was stylish and functional. Made of soft black leather accompanied by twin soft looking cushions. He had always wondered what it would be like to sit on it but he had never imagined that he would be allowed to sleep on it. Ohno let out a frustrated sigh pulling his tie back out before moving to sit behind his desk muttering;
“Don’t act so surprised Ninomiya, you’re carrying my child, I believe that I am, in some small way, allowed to be concerned about you both”
“I…Thank-you, but won’t I disturb you?” Nino worried at his lip his woozy stomach and exhausted head telling him to accept the offer gratefully. He knew that he was weak, only a month into the pregnancy and he was feeling like he couldn’t carry on but he was sure that it was down to throwing up for most of yesterday and he was positive that once the tablets were fully into his system he wouldn’t need so much rest.
“You’ll be on the sofa not draped over my desk and you don’t appear to make too much noise. If you are uncomfortable…”
“No! Um, I mean…Thanks…I’ll accept the offer, sir” Nino gave the man a smile and Ohno seemed to relax nodding his head slowly before brushing a hand through his hair. His eyes were fixed on the table in front of him again when he next spoke, but Nino could tell that he was embarrassed and probably frustrated at being so.
“There is a blanket in the cupboard over there you may use. From now on if you feel tired you are free to use the office and sofa as you see fit”
“Thank-you, Ohno-san…” Nino bobbed his head and then moved to the cupboard set into the wall. The panel matched the wall around it meaning it was almost completely invisible unless you knew what you were looking for and Nino did. He pressed the right corner and the door popped open revealing a space that wasn’t unlike a wardrobe complete with a few shirts and trousers handing on hangers with the promised blanket folded on the bottom. It was warm and soft, and Nino hugged it to his chest before heading to the sofa and sitting down on something far more comfortable than the sofa he slept on at home. It held him perfectly in all directions supporting him enough to take his shoes off before he pressed the cushions together and lay down. It was strange to look across and see Ohno tapping away on a computer, but it wasn’t unpleasant, and he watched him for what felt like an age before he drifted into a comfortable sleep.
His dreams were filled with weird conversations with his mother who kept telling him not to eat burnt toast and tried to make him drink pureed tomatoes and carrots through a straw. The smell of it was enough to make him queasy but it was the first dream he had had of his mum since she had passed, and it was heart breaking when he woke and found himself in Ohno’s office again.
He blinked tears and sleep out of his eyes and then flushed brightly when he realised that Sho was sitting on the corner of Satoshi’s desk talking in a soft voice. He knew that the man would have seen him sleeping there and he knew that he must have made up his own mind about what was going on. A glance at his watch told him that he had slept for over an hour and awkwardly he stood up trying to smooth out his hair and his suit.
“Feeling better?” Ohno asked him and Nino nodded awkwardly when Sho turned to look at wave at him with a smile on his face.
“Yeah…Thank-you…”
“Any time…Go get me a coffee, Ninomiya same way as before…And get yourself one too…”
TBC
A/N: Softer Ohno…I hope that this was okay >.<
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Date: 2018-01-01 11:37 am (UTC)Happy new year again my dear! May only good things happen in 2018
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Date: 2018-01-01 11:35 am (UTC)Happy new year, I hope 2018 proves to be a great year for you :)
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Date: 2017-12-30 11:06 am (UTC)Thanks fot sharing!
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Date: 2018-01-01 11:34 am (UTC)Happy New Year my dear friend. I hope that 2018 is a fantastic year for you and you are blessed with health, wealth and happiness :)
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Date: 2018-01-01 11:33 am (UTC)Happy New year! I hope 2018 is a great year for you :)
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Date: 2018-01-01 11:32 am (UTC)Happy new year dear I hope 2018 is a great year for you :)
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Date: 2017-12-30 03:01 pm (UTC)i really love how ohno treat nino
so sweet hehe
thank you as always
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Date: 2018-01-01 11:31 am (UTC)Happy New year I hope 2018 is a great year for you :)
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Date: 2018-01-01 11:30 am (UTC)Happy New year! I hope 2018 is a good year for you!
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Date: 2018-01-01 11:30 am (UTC)Happy New Year dear! I hope 2018 will bring you health wealth and most importantly, happiness :)
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