“You wished them good morning” Nino almost giggled as they finally reached their floor and Satoshi gave a nod and a shrug. “They looked absolutely dumbfounded…”
“I can’t say I blame them, I’m not known for handing out greetings” Satoshi replied holding the door open and allowing Nino to brush passed him. Nino smiled a little more but said nothing as he carefully checked on the puppies in their bag. The four had fallen to sleep with Rupert wrapped securely around Misha her ear in his mouth. It was cute, and Nino almost wished he could snap a photo of it. “They will be fine in the office”
“I trust you” Nino chuckled knowing the older man probably knew how to look after the puppies better than he did. He still hadn’t managed to make up milk for them yet even though Satoshi had tried that morning. “You’re probably better at looking after them than I am”
“I’ve had more experience that’s all, many pups, kittens, and even squirrels have been in my care…” Satoshi reminded him, obviously trying to make him feel better about his inadequacies but it didn’t really work though he was excited about the idea of Satoshi with baby squirrels.
“Squirrels? You had squirrels?”
“Yup, they slept in my pocket until I could get them to the centre. They were all released back into the wild as soon as they were able”
“That’s adorable” Nino hummed knowing that he was probably staring at Satoshi with a look of complete adoration on his face, but he didn’t care. He had always been fond of animals, though never as forthright about it as Masaki, and he had always admired those that took care of them. He had always loved watching the documentaries of people rescuing them on TV. “I’ve always wanted to hold a squirrel”
“They’re really cute. It’s easy to want to keep them, but they should be in the wild” Satoshi hummed as they approached his and Masaki’s station. Masaki wasn’t there yet, and Nino guessed that his friend had continued his conversation in Sho’s office and Nino couldn’t stop himself from breathing;
“You’re amazing, you know that, right?”
“I doubt that many people believe that” Satoshi responded his cheeks growing warm at the compliment and Nino sighed. Sho was incredibly well liked within the office. He was professional and in charge but was always ready to talk to people at their level. Satoshi on the other hand never let anybody see him the way Nino now was. If people knew the truth the man would easily be as liked as Sho was.
“Well I do, would you like a coffee?” He mumbled looking towards the coffee pot and Satoshi nodded a little before humming;
“I’ll make it, you can sit down”
“…Um…I’m your PA you know, I’m meant to make you drinks?” Nino chuckled as he was shooed to his seat behind the desk and Satoshi rolled his shoulders in a shrug pulling off his cashmere scarf and woollen coat. He flung them over the back of Masaki’s chair as Nino carefully placed the puppies down onto the floor under his desk were the blower would keep them as warm as it kept his legs.
“There’s nobody else here, I won’t tell anyone if you don’t” Satoshi joked before turning to make a drink. Instead of asking him if he wanted a coffee he pulled a small packet of t-bags from the inside pocket of his jacket. He had made him one that morning and Nino had found that it suited his taste buds a lot better. He still wanted coffee but even with his pills it set his stomach churning and he didn’t want that. As Satoshi worked Nino pulled off his own outdoor clothes and sat in his comfortable chair with his head resting on his hand as watched Satoshi’s back. He knew that there was a happy little smile on his face, but he couldn’t care less. Satoshi was whistling as he worked, and it was a happy melodious sound and Nino imagined him singing to their baby to get them to go to sleep.
It was strange how…Simple it all felt now. When the doctor had told him that he was pregnant all he had inside of him was panic. He had never been so scared in his life, he didn’t think that he was old enough for a child and he certainly wasn’t mature enough. When Satoshi had refused to allow him an abortion he had almost hated him in a way that he had never hated him before. Now, now he wanted to go up and hug the back that was moving. He still wasn’t completely sure how he felt about Satoshi, but he knew that there was a very real chance he was more than a little bit in love with him. Or at least he was close to it.
“Tea” Satoshi hummed turning back to him and handing him his cup which was decorated with Mario sitting on a box. It had been a gift from Masaki and he liked it enough to have it as his work cup. In Satoshi’s hands though it made him realise how immature he was.
“Thank-you”
“I figured that was your cup, you have his face on a lot of your t-shirts too” Nino flushed a little, his finger brushing over Mario’s face before sipping the sweet ginger tea. It was refreshing in a way that coffee never was.
“You’ve never played Mario?! How can you be Japanese!”
“I didn’t have much time for games when I was young and as I got older I didn’t see the point. You will have to teach our baby how to be fun and enjoy games”
“I can do that, definitely, I can even teach you…If you’d like, I mean…”
“I would like that very much” Satoshi smiled, and Nino nodded sipping more of his tea and relaxing with his head resting on the back of his chair. The chair bobbed up and down with his movements and Satoshi dropped down into Masaki’s chair “I’m rather passionate about remote control cars, I have a collection of them”
“A car you can actually drive?” Nino smiled peering at the man from under his hair and Satoshi gave a laugh tapping him with his foot. Nino giggled and lightly kicked him back accidently starting a little foot war which lasted until the puppies let out little yips telling them that they were hungry. “Okay, little ones, we’re going to get your milk…”
“Let’s go into my office, it would look strange if people came passed and saw us…”
“No stranger than you sat here with me, playing footsie…” Nino pointed out but he got up deciding that Satoshi’s nice comfortable sofa would be a better place to feed the puppies.
TBC
A/N: I hope that this is okay >.<
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Date: 2018-02-17 11:20 am (UTC)Thank u for writing :)
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Date: 2018-02-17 11:49 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2018-02-17 02:01 pm (UTC)So far everything is good in the office
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Date: 2018-02-17 05:51 pm (UTC)Hehe Ninoβs Mario collection and yay Nino will teach Ohno play game
Thanks for sharing!
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