At the barbeque
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krystalkatzficzTitle: At the barbeque
Author: krystalkatz
rating: PG
Length: One Shot
Genre: Au, Romance, gender change for Aiba
Pairings: Matsumoto Jun/Ninomiya Kazunari, Sakurai Sho/Aiba Masaki
Disclaimer: I only own the plot,
The sun was beating down on his face even as he tried to crawl under shade of the garden umbrella. He hated heat, the way it made him sweat and more importantly the way that everybody and their mother seemed to insist on having a barbeque and insisted on forcing him. ‘Come out of the house’ it’ll be fun. Fun to sit in the garden sweating like a pig munching on wilted salad, drinking a beer that even a bucketful of ice couldn’t keep cool, while waiting for undercooked meat that was somehow blacker than charcoal. It wasn’t fair when he could have been in his nice air-conditioned apartment eating food that he knew wasn’t going to make him run to the toilet the next day.
The next thing he hated well loathed about barbeques was that they were such a couple-y thing to do. It was very rare that a single guy would come up to you and say ‘Oh I’m having a bit of a barbeque this weekend’ it was ‘We’re having a barbeque this weekend, you know so that we can get to know everyone…’ So then you were forced to sit in the scorching heat and listen to somebody that you don’t know go on and on about a kid that you don’t know and you hope to every deity in the world that you never meet because all you’re ever going to think about if you do is the really bad nappy rash they had when they were still wearing nappies at age 4 (Oh and isn’t that the biggest most scandal inducing thing that you ever heard?) Nino was never able to resist telling them that when he was four he was holding marriage ceremonies for his sisters Ken doll’s. It wasn’t true but at least it shut them up for a few minutes before they started talking about what he would put on a sore bottom.
Today though there had been none of that kind of talk. It helped that his best friend Aiba Masako was one half the couple hosting it and although Aiba had 100’s of friends most of them knew better than to talk to him about anything. He was happy that his friend had finally found her happiness but why in god’s name couldn't she and her toothy chipmunk-ed faced fiancé have thrown something more like a dinner party? Okay he loathed them just as much but at least at a dinner party you didn’t have close to 25 screaming kids in their best clothes running around like hooligans while their stressed out parents were screaming at them not to run with that knife/fork/cup in their hands.
“Burger…?” A voice said pulling him from his thoughts. Nino blinked putting a hand over his eyes and blinking into the face of what he thought was the most beautiful man he had ever seen. Perfectly sculptured eye brows, hair long enough to fame his face but not too long to hide it and perfect almond shaped chocolate coloured eyes. In a graceful hand was a paper plate that was already giving way under layers of grease and burgers but at least, from what he could see under the buns, the food looked properly cooked, though meat was deceptive like that he could take a bite and it would still moo or something. “Here…” the guy said pushing the plate forward again and Nino grabbed one of the burgers eyeing it suspiciously for a minute “I promise that it’s not poisoned…I cooked it myself…”
“Um…Okay then, thanks…” Nino muttered taking the smallest nibble of burger and almost melting with delight as the meat just melted on his tongue “This is good…”
“Thanks, I’m happy for your approval…” The burger guy said taking the seat next to him and taking a bite of the second burger “I’m Jun by the way I’m a friend of Sho’s…”
“Nino…I’m best guy friend of Masako’s…” Nino answered with a smile taking a healthier bite of the burger now aware that Jun was staring at him with a calculated look on his face “What?” He said licking his lips in case there was some tomato sauce clinging to them now that would be embarrassing.
“Nothing…Only you’re that ‘Nino’…” Jun said and Nino tilted his head to one side wondering what the hell he meant by ‘That Nino’.
“I’m the only Nino I know so I guess I am…” He answered cheerfully enough even as his eyes narrowed. Jun blinked and then gave a small cough clearing his throat as he pulled his eyes away seeming to realise that he had been staring intently at him.
“…Sorry, Sho talks about you sometimes…He says you ring up at all hours and if he can’t find her Masako-chan’s with you…”
“Probably…” Nino shrugged losing interest in the conversation in favour of eating another mouthful of the burger. There was a loud scream and the pounding of tiny feet as a bunch of kids ran past playing warrior with pretend swords. Though apparently one of them was cheating because he had a magic shield that made him invisible and could stop swords “So which of the little hell spawn is yours?”
“None of them thank-God...” Jun said with a clear grimace looking around at the kids and the mother that had just walked up wearing a dull grey one piece her hair, though Nino had seen it earlier in a nice swept up cascade, was running free of its ties and giving her an almost Medusa like appearance as she screamed at the boy to take off his imaginary shield and play fair. Nino wondered if it was just him but he always thought that having kids was like taking a step away from sanity and into madness. With each child you had you were one step closer to wearing a banana hat and calling yourself Freddie.
“Oh you haven’t been tempted to give into the madness that is children yet?”
“…Nope…Kids are fine…As long as you get to give away at the end of the day…Besides…I’m gay…So…” Jun fumbled for a minute and Nino felt his heart do a dance against his ribs hoping and praying that this wasn’t just a mirage caused by the heat, damn it he always knew that Aiba was going to drive him crazy. Thinking about it a mirage was the only thing that would explain the decent burger and the guy with the pretty eyes smiling at him in a flirtatious manner.
“Me too…” He said deciding that if this really was a break from reality he was damn well going to enjoy it, more than Alice did when she followed the rabbit anyway.
“I know that’s why Sho talks about you…” Jun said his grin getting wider “It’s the only reason I came today…”
“What…? So this is a set-up?” Nino muttered his eyes flicking to his friend who was laughing her head off and leaning against Sho her arms wrapped around his neck. Admittedly a set-up was a lot better than a mirage.
“Hmm…I think so…” Jun nodded finishing off the burger and sucking on his fingers and Nino let out a loud whimper biting and sucking at his lip as he watched the fingers disappear in and out of the mouth “Wow that was a good sound…”
“…I’m glad you think so…” Nino muttered blushing as he gripped at his burger knowing that he looked like an easy date or lay at least. Okay Masako had always accused him of that but he wasn’t, not really.
“So…What do you do?” Jun asked, amusement in his tone, and Nino shrugged still blushing as he answered
“Games tester…You?”
“Photographer…” Jun answered and Nino blinked in surprise really not expecting that, the guy looked like he would be in something artsy but he hadn’t expected that.
“Landscapes or portraits…?” He asked genuinely interested, though he did realise that he was leaning forward until their noses were almost pressing together and he could see himself reflected in the deep brown eyes blushing again he pulled away as Jun was answering.
“Both…But I prefer portraits…I think that I would like to take pictures of you…”
“What…” Nino gapped his mouth dropping open as his blinked rapidly the cheeks flushing an even deeper shade of red
“If I could keep getting you to blush that pink-y shade of red…” Jun murmured lightly looking like he was about to reach out and stroke his cheeks but thinking better of it “So since they took the time to set us up…What would you say…If I…Asked you out…”
“…Um…Anything but a barbeque…”
“I could see that you don’t like them…” Jun laughed and Nino rolled his eyes before scowling.
“That obvious huh…?”
“Just a bit…The whole trying to vanish into the chair was a big give away…But I was thinking more like a date…Wine, dinner…” Jun murmured his voice soft and silky sending waves over him.
“Air conditioning…?” He put in glaring up at the sun that was still trying to burn him.
“Air conditioning…” Jun nodded with a wide grin “So what do you say?”
“Guess it can’t hurt…I mean…I like that…Yeah…”
“Cool…So…Here’s my number…” Jun said taking his card out of the breast pocket of his short sleeved shirt before pulling out his phone “Can I take yours to arrange the time?”
“Yeah…” Nino nodded fingering the card as he recited his number aware that Masako was watching them closely a happy smile on her beautiful face. He glared at her but he smiled again when Jun cleared his throat.
“…I’ll call you tomorrow…I’d better get going…I have to take some pictures of some little hell spawn later this afternoon…” He said getting up and Nino nodded feeling stupid that his voice didn’t want to work properly. Jun took his hand squeezing it “I’ll see you soon…”
“Yeah…Soon…” Nino nodded reluctantly letting go of his hand before it became weird. Jun gave another smile and then nodded his head and turning on his heel. Jun walked to Sho as Masako came over to Nino her eyes flashing happily. Nino got to his feet slipping the card into the pocket of his jeans growling when Masako hugged him “Stop it! It’s too hot for that…” He whined irritated when she let out a laugh.
“Oh come on, Nino you’re not still mad are you…”
“About what…? That you’ve become one of the barbequing crowds… A little bit yeah…” Nino muttered his eyes fixed on Jun as he made his way out of the garden a pair of sunglasses covering his eyes now.
“It wasn’t all bad ne?”
“Well no, this was one of the more interesting I’ve been too…” Nino admitted thinking about the card in his pocket and the promise of a date. Masako let out a bright giggle nudging at his arm “Stop it…It’s just a date it doesn’t mean anything…”
“Hmm…If you say so…” Masako laughed and Nino gave a hiss storming up the garden path, glaring at a few kids as he passed, just for show though his heart was still skipping happily against his ribs “Where are you going?”
“Inside for air conditioning…”
Nino chewed on his tongue anger running through his body, sweat was pouring down his forehead as the sun cast its evil rays onto his skin. It was another barbeque in another garden. Kids were screaming loudly a two month old baby was crying with it mother trying to sooth it. Nino glared at his boy-Husband, from today it was husband now even if people that weren’t here wouldn’t accept it, who grinned sheepishly holding out a burger.
“I cannot believe you threw a bloody barbeque for our reception…” Nino seethed hotly grabbing the burger and ripping it apart with his teeth and fingers. Jun gave a laugh and kissed his cheek
“But I met you at a barbeque…”
“I hate you…I am not going to become one of those cou-…” He seethed before turning when a girl that he thought might be Jun’s niece and had acted as their unofficial flower girl came up to them “You were so beautiful today, thanks for coming…” Masako walked over next rocking the gurgling baby in her arms and Nino shot her a glare that would slay lesser people. “Say anything and I’ll kill you…”
“What I was just going to say that this is so much better then air conditioning, ne?”
A/N: I hope this was okay, um the whole summer/barbeque hating is my own personal hatred showing through…I detest summer, heat and barbeques, I hope that you enjoy ^_^
Author: krystalkatz
rating: PG
Length: One Shot
Genre: Au, Romance, gender change for Aiba
Pairings: Matsumoto Jun/Ninomiya Kazunari, Sakurai Sho/Aiba Masaki
Disclaimer: I only own the plot,
The sun was beating down on his face even as he tried to crawl under shade of the garden umbrella. He hated heat, the way it made him sweat and more importantly the way that everybody and their mother seemed to insist on having a barbeque and insisted on forcing him. ‘Come out of the house’ it’ll be fun. Fun to sit in the garden sweating like a pig munching on wilted salad, drinking a beer that even a bucketful of ice couldn’t keep cool, while waiting for undercooked meat that was somehow blacker than charcoal. It wasn’t fair when he could have been in his nice air-conditioned apartment eating food that he knew wasn’t going to make him run to the toilet the next day.
The next thing he hated well loathed about barbeques was that they were such a couple-y thing to do. It was very rare that a single guy would come up to you and say ‘Oh I’m having a bit of a barbeque this weekend’ it was ‘We’re having a barbeque this weekend, you know so that we can get to know everyone…’ So then you were forced to sit in the scorching heat and listen to somebody that you don’t know go on and on about a kid that you don’t know and you hope to every deity in the world that you never meet because all you’re ever going to think about if you do is the really bad nappy rash they had when they were still wearing nappies at age 4 (Oh and isn’t that the biggest most scandal inducing thing that you ever heard?) Nino was never able to resist telling them that when he was four he was holding marriage ceremonies for his sisters Ken doll’s. It wasn’t true but at least it shut them up for a few minutes before they started talking about what he would put on a sore bottom.
Today though there had been none of that kind of talk. It helped that his best friend Aiba Masako was one half the couple hosting it and although Aiba had 100’s of friends most of them knew better than to talk to him about anything. He was happy that his friend had finally found her happiness but why in god’s name couldn't she and her toothy chipmunk-ed faced fiancé have thrown something more like a dinner party? Okay he loathed them just as much but at least at a dinner party you didn’t have close to 25 screaming kids in their best clothes running around like hooligans while their stressed out parents were screaming at them not to run with that knife/fork/cup in their hands.
“Burger…?” A voice said pulling him from his thoughts. Nino blinked putting a hand over his eyes and blinking into the face of what he thought was the most beautiful man he had ever seen. Perfectly sculptured eye brows, hair long enough to fame his face but not too long to hide it and perfect almond shaped chocolate coloured eyes. In a graceful hand was a paper plate that was already giving way under layers of grease and burgers but at least, from what he could see under the buns, the food looked properly cooked, though meat was deceptive like that he could take a bite and it would still moo or something. “Here…” the guy said pushing the plate forward again and Nino grabbed one of the burgers eyeing it suspiciously for a minute “I promise that it’s not poisoned…I cooked it myself…”
“Um…Okay then, thanks…” Nino muttered taking the smallest nibble of burger and almost melting with delight as the meat just melted on his tongue “This is good…”
“Thanks, I’m happy for your approval…” The burger guy said taking the seat next to him and taking a bite of the second burger “I’m Jun by the way I’m a friend of Sho’s…”
“Nino…I’m best guy friend of Masako’s…” Nino answered with a smile taking a healthier bite of the burger now aware that Jun was staring at him with a calculated look on his face “What?” He said licking his lips in case there was some tomato sauce clinging to them now that would be embarrassing.
“Nothing…Only you’re that ‘Nino’…” Jun said and Nino tilted his head to one side wondering what the hell he meant by ‘That Nino’.
“I’m the only Nino I know so I guess I am…” He answered cheerfully enough even as his eyes narrowed. Jun blinked and then gave a small cough clearing his throat as he pulled his eyes away seeming to realise that he had been staring intently at him.
“…Sorry, Sho talks about you sometimes…He says you ring up at all hours and if he can’t find her Masako-chan’s with you…”
“Probably…” Nino shrugged losing interest in the conversation in favour of eating another mouthful of the burger. There was a loud scream and the pounding of tiny feet as a bunch of kids ran past playing warrior with pretend swords. Though apparently one of them was cheating because he had a magic shield that made him invisible and could stop swords “So which of the little hell spawn is yours?”
“None of them thank-God...” Jun said with a clear grimace looking around at the kids and the mother that had just walked up wearing a dull grey one piece her hair, though Nino had seen it earlier in a nice swept up cascade, was running free of its ties and giving her an almost Medusa like appearance as she screamed at the boy to take off his imaginary shield and play fair. Nino wondered if it was just him but he always thought that having kids was like taking a step away from sanity and into madness. With each child you had you were one step closer to wearing a banana hat and calling yourself Freddie.
“Oh you haven’t been tempted to give into the madness that is children yet?”
“…Nope…Kids are fine…As long as you get to give away at the end of the day…Besides…I’m gay…So…” Jun fumbled for a minute and Nino felt his heart do a dance against his ribs hoping and praying that this wasn’t just a mirage caused by the heat, damn it he always knew that Aiba was going to drive him crazy. Thinking about it a mirage was the only thing that would explain the decent burger and the guy with the pretty eyes smiling at him in a flirtatious manner.
“Me too…” He said deciding that if this really was a break from reality he was damn well going to enjoy it, more than Alice did when she followed the rabbit anyway.
“I know that’s why Sho talks about you…” Jun said his grin getting wider “It’s the only reason I came today…”
“What…? So this is a set-up?” Nino muttered his eyes flicking to his friend who was laughing her head off and leaning against Sho her arms wrapped around his neck. Admittedly a set-up was a lot better than a mirage.
“Hmm…I think so…” Jun nodded finishing off the burger and sucking on his fingers and Nino let out a loud whimper biting and sucking at his lip as he watched the fingers disappear in and out of the mouth “Wow that was a good sound…”
“…I’m glad you think so…” Nino muttered blushing as he gripped at his burger knowing that he looked like an easy date or lay at least. Okay Masako had always accused him of that but he wasn’t, not really.
“So…What do you do?” Jun asked, amusement in his tone, and Nino shrugged still blushing as he answered
“Games tester…You?”
“Photographer…” Jun answered and Nino blinked in surprise really not expecting that, the guy looked like he would be in something artsy but he hadn’t expected that.
“Landscapes or portraits…?” He asked genuinely interested, though he did realise that he was leaning forward until their noses were almost pressing together and he could see himself reflected in the deep brown eyes blushing again he pulled away as Jun was answering.
“Both…But I prefer portraits…I think that I would like to take pictures of you…”
“What…” Nino gapped his mouth dropping open as his blinked rapidly the cheeks flushing an even deeper shade of red
“If I could keep getting you to blush that pink-y shade of red…” Jun murmured lightly looking like he was about to reach out and stroke his cheeks but thinking better of it “So since they took the time to set us up…What would you say…If I…Asked you out…”
“…Um…Anything but a barbeque…”
“I could see that you don’t like them…” Jun laughed and Nino rolled his eyes before scowling.
“That obvious huh…?”
“Just a bit…The whole trying to vanish into the chair was a big give away…But I was thinking more like a date…Wine, dinner…” Jun murmured his voice soft and silky sending waves over him.
“Air conditioning…?” He put in glaring up at the sun that was still trying to burn him.
“Air conditioning…” Jun nodded with a wide grin “So what do you say?”
“Guess it can’t hurt…I mean…I like that…Yeah…”
“Cool…So…Here’s my number…” Jun said taking his card out of the breast pocket of his short sleeved shirt before pulling out his phone “Can I take yours to arrange the time?”
“Yeah…” Nino nodded fingering the card as he recited his number aware that Masako was watching them closely a happy smile on her beautiful face. He glared at her but he smiled again when Jun cleared his throat.
“…I’ll call you tomorrow…I’d better get going…I have to take some pictures of some little hell spawn later this afternoon…” He said getting up and Nino nodded feeling stupid that his voice didn’t want to work properly. Jun took his hand squeezing it “I’ll see you soon…”
“Yeah…Soon…” Nino nodded reluctantly letting go of his hand before it became weird. Jun gave another smile and then nodded his head and turning on his heel. Jun walked to Sho as Masako came over to Nino her eyes flashing happily. Nino got to his feet slipping the card into the pocket of his jeans growling when Masako hugged him “Stop it! It’s too hot for that…” He whined irritated when she let out a laugh.
“Oh come on, Nino you’re not still mad are you…”
“About what…? That you’ve become one of the barbequing crowds… A little bit yeah…” Nino muttered his eyes fixed on Jun as he made his way out of the garden a pair of sunglasses covering his eyes now.
“It wasn’t all bad ne?”
“Well no, this was one of the more interesting I’ve been too…” Nino admitted thinking about the card in his pocket and the promise of a date. Masako let out a bright giggle nudging at his arm “Stop it…It’s just a date it doesn’t mean anything…”
“Hmm…If you say so…” Masako laughed and Nino gave a hiss storming up the garden path, glaring at a few kids as he passed, just for show though his heart was still skipping happily against his ribs “Where are you going?”
“Inside for air conditioning…”
One Year Later
Nino chewed on his tongue anger running through his body, sweat was pouring down his forehead as the sun cast its evil rays onto his skin. It was another barbeque in another garden. Kids were screaming loudly a two month old baby was crying with it mother trying to sooth it. Nino glared at his boy-Husband, from today it was husband now even if people that weren’t here wouldn’t accept it, who grinned sheepishly holding out a burger.
“I cannot believe you threw a bloody barbeque for our reception…” Nino seethed hotly grabbing the burger and ripping it apart with his teeth and fingers. Jun gave a laugh and kissed his cheek
“But I met you at a barbeque…”
“I hate you…I am not going to become one of those cou-…” He seethed before turning when a girl that he thought might be Jun’s niece and had acted as their unofficial flower girl came up to them “You were so beautiful today, thanks for coming…” Masako walked over next rocking the gurgling baby in her arms and Nino shot her a glare that would slay lesser people. “Say anything and I’ll kill you…”
“What I was just going to say that this is so much better then air conditioning, ne?”
~The End~
A/N: I hope this was okay, um the whole summer/barbeque hating is my own personal hatred showing through…I detest summer, heat and barbeques, I hope that you enjoy ^_^
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