krystalkatzficz | The Busker part 2

Nino smiled at Satomi as she waddled over to him two weeks later and Satoshi found himself flushing just a little. The busker had somehow captivated his daughter more than the swings and slide could ever do but he suspected that she was after more ice cream. Nino sang for a little while more and then put his guitar down and held out his arms. Satomi ran for them and babbled excitedly telling him about her day in a cute childish way which Nino hummed and responded to with smiles and sympathetic noises. Satoshi smiled as he watched them his heart full. He didn’t know if Nino was interested in him in a romantic sense but he hoped so.

“Oh-chan, do you have time for ice cream?”

“Um...Yeah, always” Satoshi answered not completely sure when he had earned the nickname Oh-chan but he wasn’t going to complain, not when it sounded so good rolling off of Nino’s tongue. Nino smiled hitching Satomi onto his hip and then collected his guitar and case not even bothering to take out the money. “Have you had a good day?”

“Yeah, was really good, I should have enough money soon” Nino sighed happily as Satoshi took the guitar from him. Satoshi hadn’t been all that surprised when he had learned that Nino wanted to release his own album, his music was good but he was surprised that he wanted to do it all on his own.

“To rent the studio?”

“Yup, I will be able to rent it for a few days and get my music recorded properly” Nino told him in a happy way before grinning at Satomi who had curled up against him her thumb in her mouth her head on his shoulder.

“What happens after?”

“Then I send it to some record companies and hope they sign me to a label” Nino said with a half a shrug as though he hadn’t thought about what would come after getting the studio. He probably hadn’t as Satoshi knew he hadn’t expected to get that morning. “I dunno to be honest, I never thought about it, I will see what happens when it happens, so how was work?”

“Dull” Satoshi answered slowly. There wasn’t anything good he could say about the company he worked for. It wasn’t what he had wanted to do when he was growing up but it paid the bills and there was a day care centre on site and Satomi seemed to like the staff though she had never taken to anyone the way she had Nino.

“You need something happy in your life, or maybe someone...”

“You offering?” Satoshi said trying to stay calm and collected but there was a bubble of nerves collecting in his stomach. Nino stopped walking and turned to look at him with a smile his cheeks just a little pink as he whispered;

“...If you want me”

“Um...Yeah...If...If you’re serious...” Satoshi said hoping that this wasn’t just a joke on Nino’s part. Nino’s lips twitched as he turned to look at him seriously his eyes not leaving his face. His eyes were soft and Satoshi knew he was serious as he answered;

“I am, I wouldn’t joke about this...”

“Ama” Satomi said happily breaking the tension that had settled between them. Satoshi blinked looking at his daughter in surprise before he started to chuckle gulping when Nino hummed;

“I’m not your mama yet, sweetie, but hopefully in time, come on ice cream is waiting” Satoshi followed after Nino and Satomi and soon found himself sitting in the same seat they had sat in two weeks earlier. This time Masaki brought over the ice cream and stayed chatting with them for a while before heading back to serve customers. “That is your uncle Masaki, Tomi-chan, you will probably think he’s a bit of an idiot and he is...But if you listen to him you will have the most fun you will ever have in your life. Don’t tell him I told you but he is by far my most favourite brother. We shared a room together, Masaki was there since birth I came when I was about your age. He looked after me straight away and made me feel happy even when I thought nobody else could” Nino whispered not too quietly and Satoshi had a feeling that the man was really talking to him and not his daughter. He rarely spoke about his life in the orphanage, not because it had been hard he insisted but because people made a big deal about it. “He would sneak me into the kitchens at night and we would have ice cream...”

“Ceam!” Satomi laughed splashing her spoon around in the ice cream before popping it into her mouth. Nino laughed, even when his arm was coated in the cream and Satoshi suddenly felt very hot all over when Nino licked it slowly from his arm. His pink tongue moving in an almost cat like manner. He had never been with another man even if he was prepared to admit that his former girlfriend was right. He was closeted, not so much now, he could openly admit to finding Nino attractive. He was beautiful in a pointy sort of way. Even when he showed too much gum when smiling.

“What are you thinking about?” Nino almost purred now and Satoshi blinked flushing at being caught day dreaming and he answered honestly;

“You, I’ve never dated a man before...I...I don’t really know...What to do...”

“Well, you could start with dinner and a movie? It’s not that much different from dating a woman, I just don’t have soft jiggly bits...” Nino laughed before looking serious “So long as you’re attracted to me like I am you I’m sure we can muddle our way through...”

“I am, you’re beautiful...”

“You’re not so bad yourself” Nino winked and then licked some of his ice cream from the spoon in a slow purposeful motion that caused Satoshi’s body to heat up again. He looked away focusing instead on his daughter who was talking happily to her spoon making it fly around like a rocket ship. He had put her hair into pigtails that morning but one had already escaped making her look lop sided but she didn’t seem to care and was happily babbling away. “Do you miss her mum?”

“No, not really, I regret the fact that Satomi won’t know her...But...Maybe that’s a good thing, she was never reliable and never wanted to be a mother...”

“That’s sad, but I don’t think Satomi minds, she’s got a great papa, it was the first thing I noticed about you...Well...Actually second, the first thing I noticed was that you had a great ass...” Nino whispered playfully causing Satoshi to jerk and flush again “Second was the papa thing...I’m glad that your little magpie tried to rob from me that day, it stopped me from having to think of ways to get to know you...”

“Me too...”

“So...Date...Next Friday? Masaki will babysit if you want...Though Tomi might come back to you high on sugar...” Nino hummed and Satoshi nodded a little smile pulling at his lips.

“I think I could handle that...”

TBC

A/N: Seriously this is just fluffy nonsense but I hope you like it...>.<