The Tattoo chapter twenty-two
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krystalkatzficzNino felt better after his bath and he had changed into the softest most expensive item of clothing that he had ever worn. It was smooth and cool against his skin and he would have been positive that there was some kind of mistake if the prince hadn't specifically given it for him to wear. He smoothed out his long wet hair and walked over to the fire where Ohno was sitting with an earthen ware jug of wine and a comb that was made of polished blackened wood and beautifully inlayed with deep blue and yellow gemstones.
"Here sit, drink and allow me to brush your hair..." Ohno murmured lightly patting the space between his legs with one hand while offering him a glass of rice wine with the other. Nino did as he was told his back to the prince who immediately began combing through his hair and it took only a few minutes to realise that his needles were being removed along with a few tangles. It was no more than he had expected and he allowed it to happen sipping on the rather sweet wine. "Do you have a favourite flower, Kazunari?" Ohno asked after they had listened to the fire crackling and popping for a few minutes and Nino frowned at the odd question "Mine is jasmine…Though recently I am becoming rather fond of the tiger lily…”
“A flower…” Nino repeated turning to look at the older man with a raised eyebrow and Ohno nodded with a smile tapping his nose.
“Yes…?”
“Hemlock…It is useful as a poison…” Nino muttered with a shrug, he had never thought about flowers or his favourite kind. His lord had his garden and it was kept nice but Nino saw them only for their properties and how they could help him hone his skills. Ohno smiled again giving a nod as he poured him some more wine as he mused;
“Indeed but I can imagine that many flowers can be used as poisons but…What about for just beauty's sake alone? My favourite is jasmine…The pinkish purple kind that you see in the height of summer…It was my sister’s favourite kind of flower, she was named after it Riko, But I remember most that she would gather bunches and give them to me whenever I had finished sparring…" Ohno told him with a distant note to his voice that made him sound happy and sad at the same time "She would say that she wanted me to see the beauty in the world…After her death it was many years until I was able to see beauty again..."
“…The pink orchid…" Nino admitted staring into the depths of the fire and avoiding looking at the prince suspecting that his cheeks would be a little pink "The one that grows on the hill side…Though they are more of a weed than a flower…Takayuki gave them to me once…I was gathering ingredients for my poisons he thought I was picking flowers, he was so happy when he brought them to me…I am sorry…”
“No…Please, do not apologise...I enjoy your story and the sense of joy I heard in your voice…” Ohno sighed in a way that told him that he was telling the truth and the hands hadn’t stalled in his hair even though Nino was more than positive that the last of his needles had been removed “I Imagine that you have a thousand tales in which your boy has brought you happiness...I will wish to hear them all when we have moments free in our mission..."
“…My…Satoshi…May I ask a question?” Nino asked slowly turning to look at the prince unable to believe that it was the same flirting man that had been hounding him since he had arrived. He didn’t know what kind of game he was playing but he wasn’t going to fall for it. Ohno nodded with another smile scooping his hair up into his hands and bringing it into a tight ponytail before wrapping it around three times into a bun and sliding in the comb to hold it tightly in place. Only a few strands of his hair remained loose and they came down like antenna on either side of his eyes.
“You may…You are free to do as you please tonight…With exception of poisoning me…” Ohno answered his lips twitching at his own joke as his eyes went to the collection of needles that he had removed.
“Why are you so eager to have me? Is it because I am my lord’s and you hate him?” Nino asked his heart fluttering a few times as he fully turned around to face the prince his hair feeling tighter and more secure than it ever had done before. He would have expected the comb to be heavy but it just sat gently in his hair.
“No…Though I confess that before I met you I would have tried to take you just to punish him…Taking his spider, his prized possession, would have been a fitting punishment for him I thought…” Ohno admitted with a faraway smile on his face as he curled the first strand of hair around his finger and tight and then released it so it was slightly curled before doing the same with the second. Nino didn't mention that taking Masaki away from his lord would be a harsher punishment and tried to understand why Ohno seemed to hate Sakurai instead.
“May I ask…Why do you hate my lord so much?” Nino asked slowly his mouth going dry when Ohno let out a long hiss and closed his eyes his hands falling to the rug like he had lost all will within his hands. The silence stretched out around them like a thick uncomfortable blanket for a long time before Ohno’s eyes opened again and he stared into the heart of the fire like it held all of the worlds secrets in its embers
“There was a time when your lord and I were true friends…” Ohno answered reaching out and capturing Nino’s hand beginning to play with the fingers lightly poking at the stains caused by years of poison making “We were boys together his mother and mine were cousins…As we grew older he was appointed to be my sister’s personal guard, he was paid to protect her and he did not…I understand that he was ordered by my father, that is why I allow him to live…That he took part in what happened makes me hate him…”
“My lord…He…” Nino stammered his stomach churning with nausea able to understand why Ohno hated his lord so much.
“He abused my sister…” Ohno confirmed with a nod lifting their hands up so they were flat against each other and he could show off the differences in their hand sizes. Nino was taller than the prince but his hands seemed to be childlike against his “…She would have trusted him, Riko had a soft spot for Sho, when he was a child he spoiled her…All I can picture is her in the room…She would not have been able to understand what was happening to her…”
“I am sorry” Nino whispered emotion choking his throat again even though he tried to swallow it down. Ohno spread their fingers and then joined them squeezing tightly as he shook his head saying almost roughly;
“You have nothing to apologise for…Never…You really cannot remember can you?”
“I…”
“I suppose it is not surprising given how young you were…” The prince sighed a little given him a croaked little smile as Nino’s confusion grew at his words “Your family lived in the palace for a time when you were five…You loved Riko and would follow her everywhere, mostly you and she would sit in the meadow and she would comb your hair, with the comb that I have now, while she would sing to you… Sleep, little pigeon, and fold your wings, little blue pigeon with velvet eyes; Sleep to the singing of mother-bird swinging. Swinging the nest where her little one lies. Away out yonder I see a star…”
“I…I cannot remember that…” Nino whispered with surprise, remembering his confusion earlier when he had been able to sing the second verse of the song without knowing why.
“No…As I said you were young…I remembered you though, the moment that I saw you in the garden…Of course I needed your lord to confirm it…And that was when the game changed for me...” Ohno told him with a smile tugging him onto his lap and pressing their lips together in short but sweet kiss “It changed because…I knew that I could not punish Sho by taking his spider...I could never use you as part of a game instead I knew that I had to make you mine in body and soul..."
TBC
A/N: I hope that this is okay ^_^ Shameless promotion page
"Here sit, drink and allow me to brush your hair..." Ohno murmured lightly patting the space between his legs with one hand while offering him a glass of rice wine with the other. Nino did as he was told his back to the prince who immediately began combing through his hair and it took only a few minutes to realise that his needles were being removed along with a few tangles. It was no more than he had expected and he allowed it to happen sipping on the rather sweet wine. "Do you have a favourite flower, Kazunari?" Ohno asked after they had listened to the fire crackling and popping for a few minutes and Nino frowned at the odd question "Mine is jasmine…Though recently I am becoming rather fond of the tiger lily…”
“A flower…” Nino repeated turning to look at the older man with a raised eyebrow and Ohno nodded with a smile tapping his nose.
“Yes…?”
“Hemlock…It is useful as a poison…” Nino muttered with a shrug, he had never thought about flowers or his favourite kind. His lord had his garden and it was kept nice but Nino saw them only for their properties and how they could help him hone his skills. Ohno smiled again giving a nod as he poured him some more wine as he mused;
“Indeed but I can imagine that many flowers can be used as poisons but…What about for just beauty's sake alone? My favourite is jasmine…The pinkish purple kind that you see in the height of summer…It was my sister’s favourite kind of flower, she was named after it Riko, But I remember most that she would gather bunches and give them to me whenever I had finished sparring…" Ohno told him with a distant note to his voice that made him sound happy and sad at the same time "She would say that she wanted me to see the beauty in the world…After her death it was many years until I was able to see beauty again..."
“…The pink orchid…" Nino admitted staring into the depths of the fire and avoiding looking at the prince suspecting that his cheeks would be a little pink "The one that grows on the hill side…Though they are more of a weed than a flower…Takayuki gave them to me once…I was gathering ingredients for my poisons he thought I was picking flowers, he was so happy when he brought them to me…I am sorry…”
“No…Please, do not apologise...I enjoy your story and the sense of joy I heard in your voice…” Ohno sighed in a way that told him that he was telling the truth and the hands hadn’t stalled in his hair even though Nino was more than positive that the last of his needles had been removed “I Imagine that you have a thousand tales in which your boy has brought you happiness...I will wish to hear them all when we have moments free in our mission..."
“…My…Satoshi…May I ask a question?” Nino asked slowly turning to look at the prince unable to believe that it was the same flirting man that had been hounding him since he had arrived. He didn’t know what kind of game he was playing but he wasn’t going to fall for it. Ohno nodded with another smile scooping his hair up into his hands and bringing it into a tight ponytail before wrapping it around three times into a bun and sliding in the comb to hold it tightly in place. Only a few strands of his hair remained loose and they came down like antenna on either side of his eyes.
“You may…You are free to do as you please tonight…With exception of poisoning me…” Ohno answered his lips twitching at his own joke as his eyes went to the collection of needles that he had removed.
“Why are you so eager to have me? Is it because I am my lord’s and you hate him?” Nino asked his heart fluttering a few times as he fully turned around to face the prince his hair feeling tighter and more secure than it ever had done before. He would have expected the comb to be heavy but it just sat gently in his hair.
“No…Though I confess that before I met you I would have tried to take you just to punish him…Taking his spider, his prized possession, would have been a fitting punishment for him I thought…” Ohno admitted with a faraway smile on his face as he curled the first strand of hair around his finger and tight and then released it so it was slightly curled before doing the same with the second. Nino didn't mention that taking Masaki away from his lord would be a harsher punishment and tried to understand why Ohno seemed to hate Sakurai instead.
“May I ask…Why do you hate my lord so much?” Nino asked slowly his mouth going dry when Ohno let out a long hiss and closed his eyes his hands falling to the rug like he had lost all will within his hands. The silence stretched out around them like a thick uncomfortable blanket for a long time before Ohno’s eyes opened again and he stared into the heart of the fire like it held all of the worlds secrets in its embers
“There was a time when your lord and I were true friends…” Ohno answered reaching out and capturing Nino’s hand beginning to play with the fingers lightly poking at the stains caused by years of poison making “We were boys together his mother and mine were cousins…As we grew older he was appointed to be my sister’s personal guard, he was paid to protect her and he did not…I understand that he was ordered by my father, that is why I allow him to live…That he took part in what happened makes me hate him…”
“My lord…He…” Nino stammered his stomach churning with nausea able to understand why Ohno hated his lord so much.
“He abused my sister…” Ohno confirmed with a nod lifting their hands up so they were flat against each other and he could show off the differences in their hand sizes. Nino was taller than the prince but his hands seemed to be childlike against his “…She would have trusted him, Riko had a soft spot for Sho, when he was a child he spoiled her…All I can picture is her in the room…She would not have been able to understand what was happening to her…”
“I am sorry” Nino whispered emotion choking his throat again even though he tried to swallow it down. Ohno spread their fingers and then joined them squeezing tightly as he shook his head saying almost roughly;
“You have nothing to apologise for…Never…You really cannot remember can you?”
“I…”
“I suppose it is not surprising given how young you were…” The prince sighed a little given him a croaked little smile as Nino’s confusion grew at his words “Your family lived in the palace for a time when you were five…You loved Riko and would follow her everywhere, mostly you and she would sit in the meadow and she would comb your hair, with the comb that I have now, while she would sing to you… Sleep, little pigeon, and fold your wings, little blue pigeon with velvet eyes; Sleep to the singing of mother-bird swinging. Swinging the nest where her little one lies. Away out yonder I see a star…”
“I…I cannot remember that…” Nino whispered with surprise, remembering his confusion earlier when he had been able to sing the second verse of the song without knowing why.
“No…As I said you were young…I remembered you though, the moment that I saw you in the garden…Of course I needed your lord to confirm it…And that was when the game changed for me...” Ohno told him with a smile tugging him onto his lap and pressing their lips together in short but sweet kiss “It changed because…I knew that I could not punish Sho by taking his spider...I could never use you as part of a game instead I knew that I had to make you mine in body and soul..."
TBC
A/N: I hope that this is okay ^_^ Shameless promotion page
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Date: 2014-03-21 10:52 am (UTC)How could he????
I wonder how will Nino be able to look at his masterwith the same admiring eyes...
Ohno treats him as a precious thing, which I trust is much more than he ever had in his life!
This is making me even more curious for their intercourse...
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Date: 2014-03-22 11:40 am (UTC)he's been pretty much brain washed for most of his life >.<
Ohno loves him because he reminds him of happy times with his sister ne...
I promise we will get there :D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-03-21 12:02 pm (UTC)and ohno really sweet ne.. i love him even moooorrreeee <3
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Date: 2014-03-22 11:42 am (UTC)he's completely different to Sho ne :D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-03-21 05:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-22 11:44 am (UTC)Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-03-21 05:48 pm (UTC)I'm troubled, I don't know if I should be wary or scream my joy ><
It's so sweet, but... There is a weird feeling.. Huuumm..
And OMG they knew each others long time ago ? Amazing !
Oh and it's pretty fun when Oh'chan confess he is going to love the "Tiger lily" ><
Thank you very muuuuch ! <3
XOXO
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Date: 2014-03-22 11:46 am (UTC)yup well Nino knew Riko he wouldn't have spent much time with Ohno because of their different ages :D
hehe he can't resist telling Nino how he feels ne :D
Have a great weekend :D
^_^
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Date: 2014-03-21 06:03 pm (UTC)Thanks for the updates!!
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Date: 2014-03-22 11:47 am (UTC)Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-03-21 09:30 pm (UTC)I love that image of Ohno combing Nino long hair XD In fact, I like every gesture that Ohno did to Nino: give him expensive clothes, play with his hands...
Sho is terrible! >_<
Nino's past is mysterious. Chibi Nino followed Riko and Riko combed Nino's hair must be really cute :D
The last sentence made me melt XD Yes, Ohno, please makes Nino fall for you completely!
Thanks for sharing!
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Date: 2014-03-22 12:09 pm (UTC)lol I would love to see that kind of interaction between them...I melted when I saw Aiba doing it to Sakurai once...I really wish I could remember where I saw it >.< I know it was a few years ago >.< That's when my SakurAiba ship was born :D
he's really awful in this...
hehe it's coming to light in little pieces ne...Hehehe I promise that you will get a 'flashback' of it :D
:DDDD it will take time but he'll get there :D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-03-21 11:35 pm (UTC)He is to sweet to Nino....awwww he kiss him!!! and he "confessed" right, right???? kya!!!!!
thanks for your hard work and waiting for more!!!! ^.^
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Date: 2014-03-22 12:14 pm (UTC):DDD he sort of confessed :D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-03-22 12:35 am (UTC)For the NC-17 part that has to come sooner or later... It can only be gentle and wonderful. Ohno treats Nino like he's so precious to him (as he is), and whenever I ponder about it (yeah, I have lots of time to fill with nice thoughts *hehe*) I hope for a little fluff and lots of love. And Nino is already falling for Ohno, so... What's he waiting for?
As always, thank you for sharing!
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Date: 2014-03-22 12:17 pm (UTC)I really hope that you'll like it xD To Ohno Nino really is the most precious thing ne...hehe lots of love and fluff coming up I promise...
:D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-03-22 06:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-22 12:17 pm (UTC)thanks for reading ^_^