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sky_no_yukiTitle: Up where we belong
Pairing: For the beginning Arashi friendhip, later on: JunBa, Sakumiya, Ohno/??
Rating: up to R
Warning: None
Summary: To grow up in an orphanage can be really depressing. You miss your family, or you wonder about your family. Why are you here? Where is your mother? Your father? Everything starts getting easier when you have friends who are your family - like in Masaki's, Sho's, Kazu's and Satoshi's case. And when a baby arrives in the orphanage, Masaki has big-brother-like feelings from the very first beginning.
„Happpppy birtttthhhdayyyy,“ Masaki yelled out. He threw some confetti into the air and clapped his hands. “It’s already your 12 birthday, Jun-pon.” Masaki tousled through Jun’s hair.
“Thank you, Ma-chan.” Jun smiled. He took the package, which was wrapped in purple coloured paper from the table. Masaki could feel his belly jumping. He and Kazu lived in the student’s orphanage – that’s how they called the building where the older orphans lived – while Jun was still in the room he had been since he had had been a child.
“It’s from all of us,” Masaki pointed at Kazu and Satoshi. “Oh, and Sho-kun of course, but he’ll come a little later. He is still in the office.”
“I thought he is on university?” Satoshi asked.
“First he has his … don’t ask me … European law or so lesson, and then he needs to work in the law office,” Masaki said.
“Oh, things I don’t understand,” Satoshi chuckled. No, he really had no idea about law. While Sho had started studying and had started working in this law office, Satoshi had started working in an atelier, where he was now even able to present his own works from time to time.
Kazu and Masaki had finished school some months ago, and while Kazu had found a job in a game developing company, Masaki had started his education in a kindergarten.
“Open your present.” Masaki poked Jun’s hip.
“Shouldn’t I wait for Sho-kun to come here?” Jun asked.
“Nah, open it. We are curious what you think about it.” Kazu sat next to Jun.
Jun unpacked the present and Masaki could see a bright grin on Jun’s face appearing. “Oh my god, a mp3 player.”
“Do you like it?” Masaki wanted to know. He looked at Kazu and Satoshi, who seemed happy about Jun’s smile.
“I love it,” Jun said. He unpacked it and twisted the item between his fingers. “Now I can listen to my music outside. And maybe I can also rehearse outside.”
“Talking about rehearsal, do you want us to come to your audition?” Satoshi asked.
Jun nodded. “That would be great.”
“Really, you are the first 12 year old who wants his friends to come and visit his audition,” Kazu said. “You are strange,” he added.
Jun shrugged. Masaki loved how random Jun was when it came to his hobbies and activities. He was proud to be a dancer, no matter how much the others had laughed about it. He didn’t care about the opinion from others, and Masaki was proud of Jun’s character.
“Hey, hey.” Masaki turned when he saw Sho coming into the room. “Birthday kid, happy birthday.”
Jun chuckled. “Thank you, and you look good in a suit, Sho-kun.”
Masaki smiled. He could see Sho blushing. Somehow Masaki had always thought about Sho ending in such a job. He had always been like a lawyer here. “How was your day?” Masaki wanted to know.
“Busy.” Sho sighed and loosened his necktie. He sat next to Jun. “I see you already unwrapped your present? Do you like it?”
Jun nodded. “I love it.”
“How’s school going?” Sho wanted to know. Masaki rolled his eyes. Sho had always been concerned about their education. He sometimes really acted like a father.
“Good,” Jun said. “I had two tests last week, but they weren’t that difficult.”
“Have you read the books I suggested to you?” Sho asked further.
“Gosh, Sho-kun, it’s Jun’s birthday, let’s not talk about school or books or something like this,” Kazu whined. “No one is interested in these things.”
Masaki chuckled. “Sho-chan you should see your face right now.”
“You know, Kazu, education is one of the most important, …” Sho started.
“Okay, who wants some cake?” Satoshi clapped.
“Me!” Masaki pulled his hand up. He really didn’t want any discussion right now. He loved Sho like a brother, but sometimes his adult behaviour annoyed Masaki.
“Yeah, cake sounds great.” Kazu grinned.
“This is really delicious, who made it?” Sho asked after he had tasted the first spoonful.
Masaki grinned. “It’s my own creation. I put lemon with strawberry and cream in it.”
Masaki loved cooking. Next to work with children he loved creating new sweet creations on his own. And luckily his friends were very interested in tasting new things. Especially on birthdays Masaki always wanted to create something special. He knew that Kazu was the chocolate type, Satoshi loved nuts and cream, Sho was the caramel fan, and he and Jun had always had a soft spot for cakes with fruits and cream. He always tried to make something the others really liked, and till now he had always succeeded. So he looked at Jun, who tasted the cake and looked up at him.
“That’s so delicious. Ma-chan, you are really a great cook,” Jun said.
“Did you make this in the kindergarten?” Satoshi wanted to know.
Masaki nodded. “I have more space to work there.” The new building they lived in was quite comfortable, but the kitchen was small, and he had to share it with five others, so he couldn’t make his delicious cakes there.
“Next time we’ll celebrate in your apartment,” Jun suggested and pointed at Satoshi and Sho.
“That would be okay, but you have to tell us beforehand, because it’s rather messy in our home.” Sho scratched his head. Masaki could imagine how their apartment looked like.
“I can remember how your room here sometimes looked like, and I really hope it got better during the last years,” Kazu chuckled.
“I don’t think they improved,” Masaki said. Sho and Satoshi moved from the orphanage one year ago when they had found a job. Since they got their own money, they finally had to move to a life without any support. Sho and Satoshi had decided to move together in a small apartment not far away from the orphanage. It had been strange back then, because all of them were used to stick together every day. But they got used to it, and now it was just normal. Masaki looked at Jun. He didn’t want to think what would happen when he and Kazu had to move out here, when they would be done with their education. Kazu would be done next year, and Masaki had two years to go, but he had already decided to go along with his brother, when Kazu would leave this pace. And Jun would remain here, alone. Masaki shook his head. He really didn’t want to think about that.
~~~
“Hey, Sho-kun,” Kazu’s voice echoed from behind. Sho turned to smile at his friend. They didn’t work far from each other, and sometimes Sho met Kazu during his lunch break.
“Oh, are you going to this Italian restaurant again?” Sho asked.
Kazu shook his head. Sho blinked at him. He sometimes wondered how grown up Kazu and the others already were. Of course, he had also become an adult through the last years, but he could remember how small Kazu and the others had been. “Masaki cooked something yesterday and I have the leftovers with me.”
“He is really concerned about your health, right?” Sho chuckled. Kazu wasn’t the one who would live healthy when no one took care of him. Maybe he’d even forget to eat. Sho wasn’t living with them anymore, but Masaki sometimes told him that Kazu was busy with his game development not even at work, but also at home. Masaki had phoned him two days ago, asking him for help, because Kazu had had played a game more than 10 hours in a row. Luckily he still listened when Sho scolded him for doing such stupid things, even though Kazu was already an adult.
Kazu blushed. “Yes, but yesterday he cooked too much. It was Jun’s belated birthday dinner, and Masaki cooked for ten people instead of three.”
“Oh, I wish I would have been able to come too, but this meeting took almost forever,” Sho sighed. He really wanted to come when Masaki cooked, but he hadn’t been able to leave work earlier.
Kazu grinned at him and waved his lunchbox. “Masaki already guessed that we would meet here, so he gave me some extra food.”
Sho stroked his belly. His stomach grumbled painfully. “I am already starving, and the canteen has nothing I like today. So I am really happy about that.”
They sat at a bench in a garden next to their working places. Kazu opened the lunchbox and placed two spoons on the small stone table in front of them. “Oh my god, rice with vegetables and Masaki’s famous sauce.” It sounded boring and not really delicious, but Masaki’s special sauce and his top secret way of preparing the rice and the vegetables made it one of the best things Sho had ever eaten.
“It’s the best thing ever, right?” Kazu said.
“Absolutely, now I am much more disappointed that I missed the dinner yesterday,” Sho said. “But at least Satoshi missed this too.”
“Do you know how his exhibition ended?” Kazu wanted to know. That was totally Satoshi-like. He never talked much about his job. Not even with his brothers.
“Good I guess. Satoshi said something about a Chinese guy who wants to make an exhibition with his art in Beijing. But it’s not settled yet,” Sho explained. They had visited Satoshi’s first exhibition together, but Kazu and Masaki had to leave earlier, because they needed to get Jun home. He wasn’t allowed to stay out long – no, actually he wasn’t allowed to stay out at any time, but Kazu and Masaki had succeeded in convincing the nuns that Jun had to visit Satoshi’s atelier.
“Oh that sounds good,” Kazu said. He took a spoonful of rice and chewed happily. He had been in a real good mood recently, and it made Sho curious. Kazu wasn’t a silent or sad character, but something had changed with him.
“Did you and your ‘not so lookalike twin’ have plans for next week?” Sho asked. “You wanted to come by at our place?”
“I hope you don’t plan to cook?” Kazu asked with a smile.
“Yeah, yeah, I understand.” Sho rolled his eyes. He knew he was a catastrophe in kitchen, but the others didn’t need to tell him every time.
“I am free on Saturday, but maybe a little later in the afternoon, because I am … out on Friday…” Kazu said.
He was … out …? What did he want to say? Oh god, Sho felt something in him clenching, and he absolutely didn’t know why. “You have a date on Friday?” Was he jealous because he hadn’t had a date in forever? Yes, maybe that was the explanation for his slight feeling of throwing up.
Kazu nibbled on his lower lip. Of course he didn’t want to talk about that here and now, and especially not with Sho. “Yes, it’s kind of a date.”
“That’s great,” Sho said. “Who is it?”
“Someone from my company.” Nino shifted nervously on his seat.
“Ohhhh, someone from your company? Is she pretty?” Sho dug deeper.
Nino looked up at him. He rolled his eyes and breathed out deeply. “It’s him. And yes, he is pretty.”
Sho gulped. No that couldn’t be.
A/N: Soooo, we have a bigger time jump here <3 Sho and Ohno are already working or almost done with their study, and Nino and Aiba are in the middle of their study/education. :) Sweet Jun turned 12 - and he is totally into dancing. And Sho finds out about Nino's love? What do you think about that?
Pairing: For the beginning Arashi friendhip, later on: JunBa, Sakumiya, Ohno/??
Rating: up to R
Warning: None
Summary: To grow up in an orphanage can be really depressing. You miss your family, or you wonder about your family. Why are you here? Where is your mother? Your father? Everything starts getting easier when you have friends who are your family - like in Masaki's, Sho's, Kazu's and Satoshi's case. And when a baby arrives in the orphanage, Masaki has big-brother-like feelings from the very first beginning.
„Happpppy birtttthhhdayyyy,“ Masaki yelled out. He threw some confetti into the air and clapped his hands. “It’s already your 12 birthday, Jun-pon.” Masaki tousled through Jun’s hair.
“Thank you, Ma-chan.” Jun smiled. He took the package, which was wrapped in purple coloured paper from the table. Masaki could feel his belly jumping. He and Kazu lived in the student’s orphanage – that’s how they called the building where the older orphans lived – while Jun was still in the room he had been since he had had been a child.
“It’s from all of us,” Masaki pointed at Kazu and Satoshi. “Oh, and Sho-kun of course, but he’ll come a little later. He is still in the office.”
“I thought he is on university?” Satoshi asked.
“First he has his … don’t ask me … European law or so lesson, and then he needs to work in the law office,” Masaki said.
“Oh, things I don’t understand,” Satoshi chuckled. No, he really had no idea about law. While Sho had started studying and had started working in this law office, Satoshi had started working in an atelier, where he was now even able to present his own works from time to time.
Kazu and Masaki had finished school some months ago, and while Kazu had found a job in a game developing company, Masaki had started his education in a kindergarten.
“Open your present.” Masaki poked Jun’s hip.
“Shouldn’t I wait for Sho-kun to come here?” Jun asked.
“Nah, open it. We are curious what you think about it.” Kazu sat next to Jun.
Jun unpacked the present and Masaki could see a bright grin on Jun’s face appearing. “Oh my god, a mp3 player.”
“Do you like it?” Masaki wanted to know. He looked at Kazu and Satoshi, who seemed happy about Jun’s smile.
“I love it,” Jun said. He unpacked it and twisted the item between his fingers. “Now I can listen to my music outside. And maybe I can also rehearse outside.”
“Talking about rehearsal, do you want us to come to your audition?” Satoshi asked.
Jun nodded. “That would be great.”
“Really, you are the first 12 year old who wants his friends to come and visit his audition,” Kazu said. “You are strange,” he added.
Jun shrugged. Masaki loved how random Jun was when it came to his hobbies and activities. He was proud to be a dancer, no matter how much the others had laughed about it. He didn’t care about the opinion from others, and Masaki was proud of Jun’s character.
“Hey, hey.” Masaki turned when he saw Sho coming into the room. “Birthday kid, happy birthday.”
Jun chuckled. “Thank you, and you look good in a suit, Sho-kun.”
Masaki smiled. He could see Sho blushing. Somehow Masaki had always thought about Sho ending in such a job. He had always been like a lawyer here. “How was your day?” Masaki wanted to know.
“Busy.” Sho sighed and loosened his necktie. He sat next to Jun. “I see you already unwrapped your present? Do you like it?”
Jun nodded. “I love it.”
“How’s school going?” Sho wanted to know. Masaki rolled his eyes. Sho had always been concerned about their education. He sometimes really acted like a father.
“Good,” Jun said. “I had two tests last week, but they weren’t that difficult.”
“Have you read the books I suggested to you?” Sho asked further.
“Gosh, Sho-kun, it’s Jun’s birthday, let’s not talk about school or books or something like this,” Kazu whined. “No one is interested in these things.”
Masaki chuckled. “Sho-chan you should see your face right now.”
“You know, Kazu, education is one of the most important, …” Sho started.
“Okay, who wants some cake?” Satoshi clapped.
“Me!” Masaki pulled his hand up. He really didn’t want any discussion right now. He loved Sho like a brother, but sometimes his adult behaviour annoyed Masaki.
“Yeah, cake sounds great.” Kazu grinned.
“This is really delicious, who made it?” Sho asked after he had tasted the first spoonful.
Masaki grinned. “It’s my own creation. I put lemon with strawberry and cream in it.”
Masaki loved cooking. Next to work with children he loved creating new sweet creations on his own. And luckily his friends were very interested in tasting new things. Especially on birthdays Masaki always wanted to create something special. He knew that Kazu was the chocolate type, Satoshi loved nuts and cream, Sho was the caramel fan, and he and Jun had always had a soft spot for cakes with fruits and cream. He always tried to make something the others really liked, and till now he had always succeeded. So he looked at Jun, who tasted the cake and looked up at him.
“That’s so delicious. Ma-chan, you are really a great cook,” Jun said.
“Did you make this in the kindergarten?” Satoshi wanted to know.
Masaki nodded. “I have more space to work there.” The new building they lived in was quite comfortable, but the kitchen was small, and he had to share it with five others, so he couldn’t make his delicious cakes there.
“Next time we’ll celebrate in your apartment,” Jun suggested and pointed at Satoshi and Sho.
“That would be okay, but you have to tell us beforehand, because it’s rather messy in our home.” Sho scratched his head. Masaki could imagine how their apartment looked like.
“I can remember how your room here sometimes looked like, and I really hope it got better during the last years,” Kazu chuckled.
“I don’t think they improved,” Masaki said. Sho and Satoshi moved from the orphanage one year ago when they had found a job. Since they got their own money, they finally had to move to a life without any support. Sho and Satoshi had decided to move together in a small apartment not far away from the orphanage. It had been strange back then, because all of them were used to stick together every day. But they got used to it, and now it was just normal. Masaki looked at Jun. He didn’t want to think what would happen when he and Kazu had to move out here, when they would be done with their education. Kazu would be done next year, and Masaki had two years to go, but he had already decided to go along with his brother, when Kazu would leave this pace. And Jun would remain here, alone. Masaki shook his head. He really didn’t want to think about that.
~~~
“Hey, Sho-kun,” Kazu’s voice echoed from behind. Sho turned to smile at his friend. They didn’t work far from each other, and sometimes Sho met Kazu during his lunch break.
“Oh, are you going to this Italian restaurant again?” Sho asked.
Kazu shook his head. Sho blinked at him. He sometimes wondered how grown up Kazu and the others already were. Of course, he had also become an adult through the last years, but he could remember how small Kazu and the others had been. “Masaki cooked something yesterday and I have the leftovers with me.”
“He is really concerned about your health, right?” Sho chuckled. Kazu wasn’t the one who would live healthy when no one took care of him. Maybe he’d even forget to eat. Sho wasn’t living with them anymore, but Masaki sometimes told him that Kazu was busy with his game development not even at work, but also at home. Masaki had phoned him two days ago, asking him for help, because Kazu had had played a game more than 10 hours in a row. Luckily he still listened when Sho scolded him for doing such stupid things, even though Kazu was already an adult.
Kazu blushed. “Yes, but yesterday he cooked too much. It was Jun’s belated birthday dinner, and Masaki cooked for ten people instead of three.”
“Oh, I wish I would have been able to come too, but this meeting took almost forever,” Sho sighed. He really wanted to come when Masaki cooked, but he hadn’t been able to leave work earlier.
Kazu grinned at him and waved his lunchbox. “Masaki already guessed that we would meet here, so he gave me some extra food.”
Sho stroked his belly. His stomach grumbled painfully. “I am already starving, and the canteen has nothing I like today. So I am really happy about that.”
They sat at a bench in a garden next to their working places. Kazu opened the lunchbox and placed two spoons on the small stone table in front of them. “Oh my god, rice with vegetables and Masaki’s famous sauce.” It sounded boring and not really delicious, but Masaki’s special sauce and his top secret way of preparing the rice and the vegetables made it one of the best things Sho had ever eaten.
“It’s the best thing ever, right?” Kazu said.
“Absolutely, now I am much more disappointed that I missed the dinner yesterday,” Sho said. “But at least Satoshi missed this too.”
“Do you know how his exhibition ended?” Kazu wanted to know. That was totally Satoshi-like. He never talked much about his job. Not even with his brothers.
“Good I guess. Satoshi said something about a Chinese guy who wants to make an exhibition with his art in Beijing. But it’s not settled yet,” Sho explained. They had visited Satoshi’s first exhibition together, but Kazu and Masaki had to leave earlier, because they needed to get Jun home. He wasn’t allowed to stay out long – no, actually he wasn’t allowed to stay out at any time, but Kazu and Masaki had succeeded in convincing the nuns that Jun had to visit Satoshi’s atelier.
“Oh that sounds good,” Kazu said. He took a spoonful of rice and chewed happily. He had been in a real good mood recently, and it made Sho curious. Kazu wasn’t a silent or sad character, but something had changed with him.
“Did you and your ‘not so lookalike twin’ have plans for next week?” Sho asked. “You wanted to come by at our place?”
“I hope you don’t plan to cook?” Kazu asked with a smile.
“Yeah, yeah, I understand.” Sho rolled his eyes. He knew he was a catastrophe in kitchen, but the others didn’t need to tell him every time.
“I am free on Saturday, but maybe a little later in the afternoon, because I am … out on Friday…” Kazu said.
He was … out …? What did he want to say? Oh god, Sho felt something in him clenching, and he absolutely didn’t know why. “You have a date on Friday?” Was he jealous because he hadn’t had a date in forever? Yes, maybe that was the explanation for his slight feeling of throwing up.
Kazu nibbled on his lower lip. Of course he didn’t want to talk about that here and now, and especially not with Sho. “Yes, it’s kind of a date.”
“That’s great,” Sho said. “Who is it?”
“Someone from my company.” Nino shifted nervously on his seat.
“Ohhhh, someone from your company? Is she pretty?” Sho dug deeper.
Nino looked up at him. He rolled his eyes and breathed out deeply. “It’s him. And yes, he is pretty.”
Sho gulped. No that couldn’t be.
A/N: Soooo, we have a bigger time jump here <3 Sho and Ohno are already working or almost done with their study, and Nino and Aiba are in the middle of their study/education. :) Sweet Jun turned 12 - and he is totally into dancing. And Sho finds out about Nino's love? What do you think about that?
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Date: 2017-07-18 03:04 pm (UTC)Oh~ who will be taking Kazu out on a date and is Sho starting to realize his feelings?
Thanks for the update!
See you soon~
Much love<3
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Date: 2017-07-30 12:56 pm (UTC)Yeah, maybe Sho realizes something ;)
Thanks so much for reading and commenting dear *Hugs*
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Date: 2017-07-18 05:43 pm (UTC)i liked the chapter.
it is interesting to read what everyone is up to.
it fits them totally well! ^^
and sho...
the first signs of jelousy! *___*
but not good, that nino has a date >.<
i just hope sho will crush it somehow XDDD
i am looking forward to the next chapter. ^^
see you
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Date: 2017-07-30 12:57 pm (UTC)And first signs of jealousy, you are right :D Let's see how it'll go on. ^^
Thanks so much for reading and commenting dear *Hugs*
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Date: 2017-07-18 06:36 pm (UTC)Aahh our baby Jun is already 12? And still cute as a button.
Thanks for the update.
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Date: 2017-07-30 12:57 pm (UTC)Yes, baby Jun is 12 ^^ And still sweet, always sweet, whatelse :D
Thanks so much for reading and commenting dear *Hugs*
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Date: 2017-07-18 07:20 pm (UTC)Si, Nino has a boyfriend now. Fufufu...do you jealous Sho? But i kinda worry, is Sho suprise action because of jealousy or he still can't get that Nino like men...
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Date: 2017-07-30 12:58 pm (UTC)*lol* Yes, Jun is a weird kid, but a sweet one :D
Yes, Nino has something like this ^^ Let's see what Sho will say :D
Thanks so much for reading and commenting dear *Hugs*
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Date: 2017-07-19 02:23 am (UTC)I wonder why Sho reacted like that when he realized that Nino's preference are boys. And I wonder who the person is.
Thanks for this chapter! It's picking up speed! :)
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Date: 2017-07-30 12:58 pm (UTC)Sho really has to loosen up :D
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Date: 2017-07-23 06:07 pm (UTC)Oh, and I appreciate the time skip! It's nice to see four of them as young adults. I hope though that Jun won't be too lonely when they all move away :-(
Sho is hilarious how he is so focused on education even on Jun's birthday.
Wondering about the end... So, does that mean Sho likes Nino and just never went for him because he thought he is into girls?
Thanks so much for this update <3
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Date: 2017-07-30 01:00 pm (UTC)I needed the time skip, so I am happy that it worked out :D
Maybe Sho did this because of this reason ^^
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