Love storm

[krystalkatzfics]

Title: 愛の嵐

Author: krystalkatz & Trickytricia

Rating: G

Length: Chaptered

Genre: Au, Romance, dark themes

Pairings: Sakurai Sho/Aiba Masaki, Matsumoto Jun/Ninomiya Kazunari

Disclaimer: only own the plot.

Rain had stopped any further work on the garden for the day so Masaki was helping Aiba in the kitchen when there was a knock at the door with Aiba with her hands in a bowl of soapy water Masaki went slowly to answer it, nerves in his stomach. He looked through the peep hole like Sakurai had taught him and he saw Nino rocking backwards and forwards playing with his collar. Very slowly he opened the door and Nino grinned at him,

“Hey Masaki… Can I come in?” Nino asked and Masaki nodded slowly moving away from the door to allow him inside. He had agreed to see him and he really felt like he should apologise to him when Nino had just been trying to help “Masaki… Is this Marquis?” Nino stopped as the pup came skidding into the room yapping his puppy bark at the stranger that was with his ‘papa’ filling Masaki with a strange sense of security.

“Yes…” He said reaching down to stroke the puppies head proudly.

“He’s a good bodyguard” Nino smiled kneeling down and holding out his hand to allow Marquis to sniff him before stroking at his head “My master won’t let me have a dog… He would want one but no animal likes him” Masaki started at the mention of master and Nino looked immediately apologetic. “I’m sorry…”

“Why… Why do you…” Masaki whispered his voice shaking as images of his master flashed in front of his eyes. Even though he was feeling happier he hadn’t forgotten about his master and the fact that he had wanted him dead, that he deserved to be dead.

“Why do I stay?” Nino asked in a murmur looking up at him from his position with Marquis, Masaki nodded Nino was allowed freedom to leave his master but he didn’t. When he thought back to when he had seen Matsumoto in front of his masters house he knew there was something strange, that he couldn’t understand, about their relationship. Nino called him master but he was pretty convinced that Nino’s master treasured him “I stay because my master isn’t like the person that had you… I picked my master… And I’m in love with him…I know that after everything you’ve been through you won’t understand this but… My master loves me back… Even though he rarely ever say’s so”

Masaki scooped Marquis into his arms and they walked into the living area.  Masaki was trying hard but he couldn’t understand what Nino had just said, how did Nino pick his master? But mostly there was that word again ‘love’ he wanted to know what it meant or more importantly what it felt like.

“What is love? What does it feel like?” He asked and Nino looked surprised flopping into the chair

“Huh?” he said Masaki slid into the sofa putting Marquis on his knee and slowly stroking his ears not looking at the smaller man.

“Sh-o-sam-a he said he loved me but…” his voice trailing off when Nino let out a laugh

“Sho-chan said that ne?” Nino mumbled and Masaki nodded slowly his cheeks flushing wondering if Nino thought that was silly like he did “Hmm… Love… I think it’s different for everybody… And they’re lots of different type of love…” Masaki looked up at that cocking his head to one side. Nino gave him a small smile “You really, really like Marquis right?”

“Yes…” Masaki looked down at the pup who was now wagging his tail looking at him for attention it had only been a few days but he did like Marquis.

“And he makes you smile all the time even when you don’t realise it?” Nino probed

“Yes…” Masaki nodded with a smile, Marquis did make him smile even when he felt down.

“And you want to look after him and make sure that nothing bad happens to him, ne?”

“Yes” again Masaki nodded to the question and Nino gave a smile that seemed impossibly wide and although he still didn’t understand Nino patted his arm

“Then you love Marquis… But that is only one kind of love, though… There are lots of others” The small guy said and Masaki chewed his lips looking down at the pup on his lap. He loved Marquis?

“So… What is it when… Your stomach feels funny like there’s something living inside of it and you feel like you can’t breathe?”

“That’s another kind of love…” Nino told him his grin widening even further as he inched forward in his chair. “Why is that how you feel when you’re with Sho?”

“Yes… He makes me feel funny…Is that love too?” He whispered clutching at the front of his shirt. Even thinking about Sakurai sent his stomach churning with a whirl of confusing emotions.

“That is one of the other types of love… The most special types of love” Nino told him and Masaki’s mouth fell open “That is the kind of love that doesn’t happen very often…”

“Is… Is that the kind of love you have for your master?” Masaki asked and Nino’s hand went to the collar that was around his neck

“… Sort of…” He answered slowly “Masaki… Which kind of love do you think Sho has for you?”

“Eh?” Masaki shouted his brain flailing around at that question trying to think about it. Sakurai hadn’t exactly told him which kind of love he had for him, but he had said he treasured him and he just stared at Nino helplessly

“Okay let’s put it this way… Which kind of love would you want him to have for you?” Nino murmured and Masaki searched his brain for an answer which kind of love would he want? Happy bubbles formed in his chest and stomach and he looked at Nino.

“I… I… Would want…The special… Kind” He stammered his face colouring hotly. There was another laugh from Nino and Masaki blushed, the bubbles in his chest sinking. He was being stupid, there was no way Sakurai could have the same kind of love that he had, the special kind of love. Masaki was a just a nothing, a stupid little nobody “I guess I don’t deserve that ne?”

“Masaki… You deserve it… You deserve to be happy with Sho…” Nino snapped suddenly and Masaki was aware from the corner of his eye that Aiba had come in from the kitchen area wiping her hands on a tea towel. Nino didn’t seem to want to stop though and got to his feet “With anybody you want… What that man was doing to you wasn’t what a master should do… He was hurting you because it felt good for him… Nothing he said about you was right, he was just a sad old fat man… And my real master will make sure he rots for what he did to you…Just like he deserves…” Marquis growled at the shouting, the sound vibrating through his leg and Masaki blinked stroking the silky head trying to calm him down as he looked into Nino’s face shocked when suddenly the small guys arms was around him hugging him tightly. Masaki brought his hands up wrapping them around the thin back feeling completely stunned by the fact that somebody else was hugging him.

They stayed that way until Marquis started struggling about the fact that he was trapped between them given a whiny yap. Nino gave a sheepish laugh quickly pulling out his phone (Sakurai had taught him what it was) and messing around with it for a while. Masaki watched in silence even after all that he couldn’t find a way of apologising to him “Masaki…”

“Yes…Ninomiya-sama…”

“Nino… We’re going to be friends right?” Nino said slipping his phone back in his pocket.

“Fr-Friends?” Masaki repeated the word with amazement, he’d heard the word a few times and Sakurai had explained what it meant but he had never dreamt that he would have one. He looked down at the puppy who was sleeping against his leg “I’ve never had a friend…”

“You’ve got one now”

TBC

a/n: I hope you enjoy ^.^