Wanderer

[krystalkatzfics]

 

Pairing: Matsumoto Jun/Ninomiya Kazunari

Rating: pg-nc17

Genre: angst, romance

Length: Two or three Shot

A/N: Inspired by my own recent events

“You know…When you break up with somebody it normally means that you can’t turn up randomly” Matsumoto Jun sighed looking down at his ex-boyfriend. Ninomiya Kazunari gave him a sad smile clutching at the lead of his dog. Jun wasn’t angry, or even irritated, they had been friends before they dated, and he hoped that they were still friends now. “What happened?”

“Nothing much” Nino answered giving a half shrug that Jun had always hated. There was a little look in his eyes that Jun didn’t like the look of and he scoffed in disbelief wondering where he was going to stick his friend. It wasn’t as though he could turn him away, but he didn’t live here alone, and he didn’t know if his housemates would enjoy having a fifth plus dog. One of his flatmates wouldn’t mind he was sure of that but the other two might find it a bit awkward.

“So, you arrived on my doorstep with nothing but the clothes on your back and your dog and you’re telling me that nothings wrong? I’ll fetch you a towel for the dog’s feet wait a second”

“Always so fastidious, Jay”

“It’s my turn to clean I don’t want to spend the afternoon washing down dog foot prints” Jun muttered flushing under the look Nino gave him. He hated himself for being so weak to him, but he always had been and that wouldn’t change simply because he had ripped out his heart and thrown it on the ground. Jun turned sharply on his heel, the dog at Nino’s side desperately whining to follow him and Jun rolled his eyes as Nino tried to stop it from pulling him over. Only Nino could end up with a dog bigger than he was, Jun thought taking the darkest towel he could find from the cupboard and carrying it back to the door pausing a little way off, so he could take in Nino’s face.

It was unguarded now, having lost the ever-present smirk and pretence of everything being okay, and what he saw didn’t please him. He had only ever wanted Nino to be happy and it was clear that he wasn’t. His eyes had dark rings under them and his skin was paler than would be considered healthy and his lips were bruised and bloody from where he had been biting on them. Jun wanted to wrap him in his arms and hold him tightly and he half hated himself for it.

“Here…” He said moving to his friend pushing away his feelings and Nino instantly recovered forcing a smile onto his face as he took the towel and knelt to wipe the dog’s huge paws. The dog didn’t seem to mind and even lifted each of his paws slowly, so Nino had better access. “Why an Irish Wolf Hound?”

“…Is that what he is?” Nino shrugged looking at the dog who happily ran a large tongue up from his chin to his forehead. Nino let out a chuckle which sounded almost tearful before he wrapped his arms around his neck and buried his face into the wiry neck. Jun rolled his eyes, not surprised that Nino was overly affectionate to the dog, he had always been a soft touch when it came to them, but he was surprised that Nino didn’t what type of dog it was.

“You didn’t know?”

“Nope, he’s technically not my dog…I…I sort of pinched him” Nino admitted with a guilty smile from underneath the black/grey fur that covered the creature. Jun felt his mouth clench and his hands roll into balls wondering why the hell he put up with this shit.

“What?!”

“Relax, the person I took him from wasn’t a nice person, Jay” Nino mumbled his fingers moving down the neck of the dog. “I couldn’t leave him there, not after…”

“Not after what?” Jun prompted when it looked as though Nino had decided to stop speaking. Nino looked at him, his face mutinous before he relaxed and sighed saying;

“I guess…I guess…That I should…That I have to tell you the truth…”

“You will if you expect me to let you in” Jun growled knowing that even he wouldn’t let Nino push him around if there was something criminal happening. Most of the residents in the house were already under suspicion after all. Even the hint of a scandal could put them all at risk.

“I will, just…Not on the doorstep…And…I’m tired…I’ve been walking all night”

“All night?” Jun blinked with disbelief it was almost evening now so if Nino had been walking all night then he must have been on his feet for a long time.

“Yeah…Well, since two yesterday…” Nino nodded looking at the watch on his wrist and Jun realised just how dishevelled his former looked and how tired. He looked as though he had been walking for over a day, hell even the dog looked dead on his feet and Jun wasn’t cruel enough to allow them to stay there on the doorstep anymore. He took the towel and then beckoned the pair in.

“Get in and get some sleep and then you better start explaining” He muttered leading the strange pair to his bedroom. Nino gave a smile but didn’t speak instead wobbled forward to the bed and dropped into it. Jun was about to tell him to get up and get changed when he realised that he was already falling to sleep hugging his pillow with the dog dropping down on the floor by the bed. The beast didn’t fall to sleep but instead looked at him with large brown eyes as though he was protecting Nino while he slept, and Jun wondered what had happened to his friend to cause him to come here so quickly.

Nino’s POV

  Nino woke to the sound of laughing voices and he groaned ever so slightly pulling himself up from the pillow and wincing at the grit that was in his eyes. He wasn’t sure how long he had slept but he did know that every single muscle in his body was aching and all of them protested movements. His bladder was extremely full however and he pulled himself up and looked around the room. It was clearly Jun’s room; the walls were a dead give away covered in a thousand and one black and white photos that the man himself had taken. Nino flushed warmly as he saw that he featured in more than a few of them.

Jun had been his lover for only six months but the amount of love that had been between them had been enough to last a lifetime or more. He had loved Jun with every fibre of his being, he knew that he had fallen first. Jun was older than he was and worldlier, everything he could never hope to be and his parents had hated him on sight.

Foolishly, Nino had been at that stage in his life where he had trusted what his parents said and he had broken it off with the older man. It had torn his heart in two to do it but he had wanted nothing more than his parents to stop arguing and bickering about it. Jun had stared at him in almost annoyed silence before nodding and turning away. He hadn’t protested or put up any kind of fight but Nino knew that he had felt pained by it.

How he wished he had never said goodbye. He had wanted to beg forgiveness so many times but the thought that Jun wouldn’t take him back had stopped him. They had drifted apart even though they thought of each other as friends and then Jun had moved away. Nino had gotten a new boyfriend, one his parents approved of simply because he was closer in age, it didn’t matter to them that he was an abusive jerk. Nino pressed a hand over his stomach wincing as his fingers brushed against a bruise, the reason that he had finally left taking the dog with him. The dog had tried his best to defend him against the attacks, but he was a gentle creature really and already too browbeaten to care.

The first name in his head had been Jun’s and his feet had led him here even when he had felt so tired he could barely stand up straight. Jun had changed little over the years, he had filled out more and didn’t have the near permanent scowl around his face anymore, but he was still the most attractive man Nino had ever beheld and he couldn’t believe that there had been a time when those eyes had stared at him with fire.

“Better check if the brat is still living” Jun chuckled now through the wood of the door and Nino groaned feeling like an annoying child. Maybe that was all he was to Jun now, an annoying child that was more trouble than he was worth. Before he could work himself up into a crying fit the door opened and Jun came in looking worried and tired as though he hadn’t slept well for a few days. His clothes were different to what he had been wearing when Nino had arrived, and Nino wondered again how long he had been asleep. “You’re finally awake, that’s good, we were about to call the doctor…”

“I’m fine” Nino muttered stubbornly flinching at the idea of a doctor knowing that the bruise on his stomach wouldn’t be the only thing that was a cause for concern. Jun lifted an eyebrow but didn’t question him dropping down to his knees and looking at his feet, which Nino realised, were free of the shoes he had been wearing and covered in angry looking blisters.

“These aren’t though. They look painful…”

“Everywhere else is hurting so I didn’t notice” Nino shrugged honestly. Now his attention had been brought to the feet it had made them ache but before his arms and legs were more painful. Jun sighed and poked at a rather large blister on his heel causing him to wince.

“Sorry, okay, brat, explain what happened now…”

TBC

A/N: So, yeah this is somewhat based on my own recent experience xD though I caught a train and Merlin is my dog also there wasn’t an abusive boyfriend…Though there was a friendly ex who is a sadist that made me walk ten miles a day and live on a mostly vegan diet xD

Comments

[jkc80]

Interesting

[reveetoile]

Sounds really interesting. I am curious about how it will go on now ^^

[denyclamp]

"Fifth" flatmate, I wonder about the other 3 LOL
Poor nino, and also he has no idea the effect he still has on Jun >.<


I was about to write to you, I found it weird you hadn't been around for several days. I hope it's all good <3 hug

[gambitsfox]

Lol! Made you walk and only fed you veges? He is a sadist. 😊
I like this story....and if Jun walks in on him while he's soaking...or going to soak in the tub he will want to kill this other guy! Wonder if the other guy is looking for him or if he broke up with him and kicked him out? Whatever happened was unexpected cause he didn't have time to pack anything. I bet Aiba is already feeding and playing with the dog.😊