krystalkatzficz | Goodbye Normality part 13 (Reply)

“Nice to meet you!” The one that was closest to him. It was a woman with a pair of black rimmed glasses and thick wavy hair that ran down the length of her back. It was pulled into a messy ponytail with more locks escaping than were tamed. The rest of her hair was decorated with various decorations from anime. A few, like black butler and fruits basket, he recognised but others he had no idea what they were. “You’re the new boss right! Nice to meet you”

“You already said that” A male voice said with a lazy grin. He was tall but just as geeky looking as the woman. His hair almost shone with a layer of grease and his clothes were ill-fitting and oversized so much so that his trousers were held up by a belt that seemed to be nothing more than a piece of rope with anime keyrings hanging off of it. The third stayed in the background typing on a computer he did give a wave however Nino raised his hand in the response feeling a little dazed. The whole atmosphere was completely different from the office he had just left and he felt a rush of acceptance. “I’m Sakurai Sho...The quiet guy in the back is Umeda Yu and the crazy girl is his twin sister Umeda Ai...”

“Pleased to meet you”

“And you!” Ai said happily bowing her head causing her hair to flip back and forth a few times. “Do you want coffee? I’ll make coffee!”

“I think you’ve had enough...” Sho laughed pushing his glasses up his nose but Ai stuck her tongue out at him and then moved over to the small area that held cups, coffee, and a small fridge.

“Um...I can’t have coffee...” Nino muttered remembering the list that he had been given from the hospital. Coffee was a big no-no this early in a male pregnancy and he had almost cried when he had heard that as he had lived on coffee for a long time. “I have some ginger tea bags”

“Okay! I will do that!”

“Just ignore her if she gets too much” Yu muttered speaking for the first time, his voice barely audible over the clicking of his keys. Nino gave the shy man a smile and then moved to his box pulling out the small packet of ginger tea that Satoshi had brought for him. Ai took them and then skipped over to the other side of the office.

“You should get settled in, I’m sure you’ll fit right in, the old chef has deleted his master account and left it open, but...To be honest the system is completely...”

“Crap” Ai said helpfully though Sho was probably trying to be more tactful. Nino felt his lips twitch as he nodded saying;

“I had noticed, that’s why Matsumoto-san asked me to come, he wants me to help redo it”

“About time!” The three said and Nino sat himself down in the chair that was no his own, already feeling more at home here than he ever had in the data office.

*+*+*+*

“I’m home” Nino said happily almost bouncing into his apartment. He was a little later than he normally would be but he and the others had been lost with designing the new system. All three had ideas that would have made everything so much easier but they had constantly been ignored. Nino hadn’t ignored them, he had jotted them all down on a whiteboard his pen squeaking over the shiny surface. They hadn’t physically done any programming but it was always best to have an idea of what they were doing before doing it. It was a major fault with the current system after all and he didn’t want that with his system.

“Welcome home, I would have been worried but I guessed you would be lost in code” Satoshi chuckled from his position on the sofa where he was splashing colours over a sketchbook. He looked a lot happier than he had at lunch and Nino moved over to settle beside him resting his head on his chest as he hummed;

“Not quite, we’re just trying to plan the new system. The guys...And girl, i suppose, are amazing! It’s gonna be so much fun...”

“Is work meant to be fun?” Satoshi sighed and Nino looked up at him through his eyelashes “Sorry, don’t mean to bring you down...I just really want this job to be finished...”

“Still fighting?”

“No, she’s gone to stay with her mother so I’ve been told to down tools and wait for a call. I’m still being paid but while I’m waiting I can’t take another paid job...” Satoshi explained his nose wrinkling and Nino couldn’t help but move up and press a kiss to his chin. The action caused Satoshi to smile and put an arm around his shoulder.

“So what are you doing?”

“I’m designing the babies room...What do you think?” Satoshi asked flipping the page back one and showing him a design that was just like he wanted. A large leafy tree climbing up the corner of the room with branches coming out over the ceiling. “If we make the trunk 3D we can use it for storage, some of the branches on the ceiling can be 3D as well and we can hang mobiles from it and stuff...Well?”

“I think...I think it’s wonderful...” Nino whispered surprising them both by tearing up. This was the sort of thing you saw in anime and manga, it wasn’t real and yet he knew Satoshi would make it real, it would be as though their baby was in a wonderland. “...Thank-you...”

“Your wish is always my command Sparkles, I only want to make you as happy as you make me...” Satoshi breathed and Nino really did start crying and he buried his face in Satoshi’s chest deciding if anything was said he would blame hormones.

TBC

A/N: I hope that this fluffiness isn’t too much >.<