krystalkatzficz | The Storm and the Scorpion part eighty (Reply)

“Satoshi…I…We…Um…I…” Nino stammered frantically suddenly feeling like the nervous boy he had been only a few months ago. Ohno was looking at him with a shocked but amused expression on his face his eyebrow lifted up his forehead. Nino flushed a little bit deeper his hand scratching at the back of his neck and Nino, positive that he was going to start shouting, hung his head “I’m sorry…I didn’t mean…I…Um…”

“It was my fault, dad…” Jun chuckled easily somehow sounding not noticing the slip in name he had used to call Ohno. The older man noticed though the amusement leaving his face to become a look of sheer wonder “I convinced him that I wanted to make out with someone while babysitting…I figured that this was the best chance I could get…”

“I wanted to do it as well!” Nino chipped in and Ohno laughed rolling his eyes as he unfastened his coat throwing it over onto the side with a flourish before coming and ruffling their hair in an easy fatherly way saying;

“Okay, okay…Well aren’t either of you going to ask me how my date went?”

“Um…How did your date go?” Nino offered with genuine curiosity. He hoped that it had gone well knowing that the older man deserved happiness and from the light in Ohno’s eyes it appeared that that was the case. At the very least if it hadn’t have gone well he wouldn’t have expected such a spring in his step or the light in his eyes. Ohno gave a hum and then moved to the chair Frances coming to him quickly and jumping up onto his lap as he answered;

“…Pretty well I think…Um…She asked me to go on a second date…I’m sure that’s a good sign…” Ohno looked a little doubtful for a moment but Jun nodded reassuringly pulling them both back down into the sofa his arm wrapping around his shoulders “Unfortunately she had to call it a night early because she was on the early shift at the hospital tomorrow…”

“She works at the hospital?”

“Yeah…She’s a surgeon…” Ohno nodded with another fond smile which was so happy that Nino couldn’t help but copy it his head resting against Jun’s. He was positive that Ohno would never forget his first wife but he genuinely hoped that this new woman was going to make him as happy as Jun made him. Ohno stroked the top of Frances’ head looking around the room slowly as he asked “So I take it that all was okay here?”

“Of course…Dad, this woman…”

“Ana…”

“Ana…She must be something to make you even consider going on a date with her and for a second date so…You should probably not screw it up?” Jun hummed grinning just enough that it didn’t sound completely rude and Ohno rolled his eyes with a huff.

“…Thanks for the vote of confidence but I’m pretty sure that I could have done without it…” He muttered sarcastically and Nino jabbed his lover in the stomach with more daring than he ever would before and carefully Jun tried to smooth it out a little saying;

“I didn’t mean it like that…I just meant…”

“That you’re worried for me, I know, and I find it sweet but I promise that I’m going to try and not mess it up…I think that it’s time to let things go…”

TBC
A/N: Soooo long…But I hope that this was okay…It’s almost done…I swear…I think…The next part will be the last…>.<