while your brain is frying at the edges, every nerve alight, nanami is asking you to do the impossible.
"cum for me again."
you want to, of course, but your sweat clicked body has other plans. no matter how much he grinds, fucks or rubs you at just the right angle, it's not enough to send you over the edge.
he's got you lying on your side, back pressed to him. his heartbeat is hammering against you in time with his thrusts, precise and controlled.
he notices the way you press your ass against him, chasing that high that's just out of reach. "tell me what you need, darling."
"your voice, kento." so quietly, so pathetic it's barely more than a whisper.
but he obeys regardless. pushing your leg up, his tip reaches even deeper, has your cunt gripping him in pleasure. "fuck," he groans. "there you go. taking my cock so well."
that has you mewling, head thrown back on a silent cry. the coil low in your belly tightens, but it's still not enough to send you over the edge.
"more!" you beg, chanting it over and over, brain clouded with lust.
"moan for me, darling. let it all out."
aided by his praise, you moan freely. your sinful noises echo off the walls into his ears. he joins you in making impassioned groans of his own. composure breaking, he hikes one of your legs up, hand gliding down to rub at your clit.
the coil grows tighter, threads of pleasure threatening to break into your peak. it's embarrassing how easily he can turn you on with just his words and that's exactly why you need him more.
"s-shitt, i'm close," you moan. one more thrust and you'll be gushing around him, ecstasy just out of reach.
"you need permission," he cuts himself off with a groan. "don't you?"
"yesyesyes— please let me cum!"
he shifts your position slightly, leg hugged even tighter against your chest and your face pushed into the pillows. the circles on your clit are smaller, sparks of pleasure lighting in your belly.
"cum for me, darling."
your orgasm racks through you without pause. toes curling, body locked up, vision whited out, you're at the complete mercy of it. you're screaming and creaming on him before you realize. through the haze, you can hear nanami groaning behind you, trying (and failing) to stay in control.
thrusts going sloppy, he fucks you through your orgasm, prolonging it until you can barely take it. "fuck, ken!"
he spills inside you, flooding your hole with opaline waves. for every tremor of your walls he's pistoning into you.
finally, both of you finish. rolling onto your back, his cock is free to slip out. his cum cascades out your sopping hole, sticking to your sweaty thighs. silence and the scent of sex hangs in the air for a while. right now, it's just you and him.
shifting to face him, you see he's already looking back, eyes glinting with pure adoration.
"i'll never get tired of your voice."
"same to you, darling."
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˚ˑ 𓆸 post shibuya scarred!kento nanami x fem wife!reader
˚ˑ 𓆸 synopsis: life is busier than ever in your farmhouse with four children, and the chaos doesn't stop on your wedding anniversary, but your husband's efforts to make it special don't either. 💕
˚ˑ 𓆸 cw: Light suggestiveness so MINORS DNI, Fluff, humor, mild angst, children, description of breastfeeding, parenting, self-ship/self indulgent hell.
˚ˑ 𓆸 word count: 6k
˚ˑ 𓆸 a/n: this is my day 3 entry for Nanami Week 2026 special prompt: Papamin! 🥐💕 Happy Happy Birthday, Kento. 💕 All of my love.💕 this was supposed to be finished months ago, so ain't no time like the present. 🎂🤗🎁 (pun intended)
˚ˑ 𓆸 @eveningatthemoviesnetwork @nanamiweek . dividers by @/saradika-graphics. sparkles by @/anitalenia.
Across the planes of dew-kissed grass, freshly showered by the unrelenting rain of this pocket of earth, is the Nanamis' farmhouse with its fog-streaked clear window panes, peeling cupboards and old roof, once seized by darkness and shadows where lacey curtain-veiled light, coffee, and sleepy laughter now remains.
Life has slowly transformed into the tender chaos of full hands and no sleep.
Now, with the light that manages to bleed through the constant rainclouds in temporary respite with the rising morning, Kento Nanami manages to untangle himself from the heap of his sleeping family.
The slumber twists his muscles in tight knots that he slowly irons out with each shaky step towards the bedroom door, grunting as he reaches his hands to the sky and a gravelly yawn resounds from his throat.
Kento opens the door with a creak, running a hand where the faint cowlick over the scarred skin of the left side of his head is more apparent thanks to your shared bed being overrun with stubborn little roommates.
The puffiness under his eyes, one hollow, is now attributed to something else besides the daunting demands of jujutsu.
It's far more rewarding in the form of a world that thrives on syrup, berries, crayons, and tentative routine based on the chattering whims of the little princesses strolling sleepily towards the hallway in a row.
"That's one, two..." Kento yawns, pausing as the expected last pair of feet never makes an entrance.
He tiptoes back to the bed, careful not to disturb you.
"...three." Kento hums and plucks your youngest daughter, affectionately nicknamed Noodle, from her hiding spot underneath the covers where you're still sleep.
"Stay put, love." Kento whispers when you begin to sit up, sinking immediately back into the beckoning from the newly charged cold side of your pillow, the nagging of your sleep deficit that could never go fulfilled, and the sudden leg room that was so hard to come by these days when the kids had nightmares.
Small cries break the silence from the bassinet next to you before you can even blink, and with a groan you rise and tend to your baby boy with a tired smile.
-----
"HapPY ANnIvERsaRY!!"
A slightly off-key chorus greets you when you eventually emerge into the flour-dusted kitchen, warm with the scent of what smells like lingering vanilla, maple soaking into a large stack of haphazardly stacked waffles, and a fresh bouquet of wildflowers in the famous beloved chipped coffee mug that never deserted its repurposed role as a vase.
"Oh my goodness! Breakfast?"
"From scratch." Kento assures, ragged breath leaving his lungs from managing an overrun kitchen as he leans in to kiss you.
"Wasn't expecting the change up."
You beam politely and stumble as your eldest daughter, lovingly known as Jellybean, pulls out your chair for you, almost a little too far, nearly causing you to fall flat on your ass.
"Oop- but I'll take this over the diner any day."
"The diner is still on the itinerary. I was merely momentarily overruled." Kento wearily explains as he takes dishes out of the cupboard, passing it down the assembly line of Jellybean, Bee(your second eldest daughter), then Noodle, who slams her fists down on her placemat, fork and knife in hand.
"Despite my reminder..." Kento gives her a stern eyebrow to which she straightens up. "...that we would be eating in less than two hours at the restaurant, the girls insisted there must be homemade waffles. So naturally, we made homemade waffles. "
cough cough
"Oh, yes. By the brilliance of Bee's mind this clever idea was hatched. By Bee alone, and Bee nonetheless."
"Rgkgkl!" Noodle chimes in with a pout.
"You did provide exemplary support, Noodle. You're right." Kento ruffles her hair and she grins triumphantly while it's Bee's turn to sulk at her perceived dimmed spotlight.
"A respectable leader acknowledges the work of others." Kento reminds her, before beginning to cut up Noodle's waffle before she implodes from impatience.
"I'm sorry mother couldn't watch the kids." Kento states regretfully in a lower voice, leaning in to place a hand on your thigh before handing off Noodle's plate like a zookeeper to a hangry lion with piranha teeth.
"Oh no, she needed the rest." You reassure him cheerfully, trying to stuff down the resurfaced disappointment in your tone that might lead to another lump in your throat if you dwelled on it too long.
You had noticed the cancelled reservation for one of the resorts near the city that you had on your couple's bucket list for quite some time on Kento's laptop last night that led to a downpour of tears after everyone was asleep.
Today was a day you looked forward to all year long after all, for the time spent with Kento to remember what it felt like to exist as a couple again. But, the cancellation was for good reason.
You recall seeing Mamma Nanami on the video call, her voice thick with exhaustion that Kento registered early on as abnormal.
-----
"How are the petunias, Mamma?" Kento asked his mother, balancing a scheming Bubba(nickname for your baby boy), in his lap before he snatched the phone with his chubby hands, shoving it into his mouth. "Hey!"
"Yes, hello, little Bubba." Mamma Nanami coughs while Bubba and Kento engage in a brief tug-of-war for the phone.
"They're well. However, I didn't get to spend as long on them yesterday as I would've liked." Cough "I'll need to wait to plant the new seedlings next weekend." Cough cough cough
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Just an itch in my throat."
Pause.
Hack, COUGH
"I've been drinking tea with honey."
She lifts up the tea cup to the camera with a shaky hand, pausing to take a polite sip. "I came in early yesterday because I was lightheated, but I'm doing much better this afternoon."
Kento narrows his gaze, squirming more uncomfortably as he stops wrestling with Bubba for a moment as his mother's words land, which were becoming more clear that they were completely out of the norm for someone who he always thought of first when it came to the epitome of heath.
"Mor. You're not fine. I don't think you should be traveling here to watch the kids anytime soon. "
"Oh, Kento. I'm fine, I insist."
"As do I. Are you really sure you're well enough to travel tomorrow?"
"Yes, of course!" Mamma Nanami shifts, allowing her beloved Boston Terrier, Franz, to say hello to the camera.
Franz blinks, his bug beady eyes which were usually carefree with his lavish lifestyle betray a hint of tiredness and fear, knowing he would have more responsibilities on his paws to take care of his beloved Mamma while she nurses back to health than usual.
"Mor, please. I'd rather you get some rest. We'll see you soon enough."
"If, *cough*, you say so."
"I do."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"Goodbye, Bubba!"
----
"Well, we should eat this immediately if we don't want it to get cold." Kento pauses, checking his watch. "Damn." He mutters as the time, possibly the only thing more unpredictable than his unruly team of sous chefs, got away from him despite his ample planning.
"Hey, no, you go shower and get ready, Ken. Seriously, I got it."
"Are you certain?"
*brief pause*
"Of course!" You plaster on a smile as Bubba begins to thrash in your lap like an irrate koala, pawing at your bra where the nursing pad got displaced overnight, already beginning to soak through one of Kento's faded band tees you're wearing.
Noodle shoves forkful after forkful of waffles in her mouth with syrup stained chipmunk cheeks, all while Jellybean and Bee had snuck under the radar and are suspiciously nowhere to be found.
*A faint crash resounds from the living room*
"Oooo."
You can't help but laugh, a mixture of exasperation and amusement while the lines between Kento's eyebrows crinkle with anticipatory exhaustion.
"Sounds like another earthquake has struck Little Nanami." Kento scoots away from the table, referring to your daughters' excessively growing collection of Littlest Pet Shops they organized into a thriving society with a complex legal system and complicated personal interrelationships.
"Oh? It's no longer New Nanami?" You manage to take a bite of waffle, balancing Bubba and wincing momentarily as he latches for his morning feed.
"Midterm elections were held last week." Kento reminds you of the city's recent developments, seceding from the previous oppressive rule of the cockatoo king, stacking some of the dirty dishes in the sink before he turns to go and assess the damage Jellybean and Bee were getting up to.
"Oh, how did that go?"
"There was minimal corruption and voter intimidation at the polls this time, so I'm told." Kento disappears for a moment before calling from around the corner.
"Though the new prime minister elect still needs to prove himself before I'm thoroughly convinced."
You turn your attention to Noodle, who's back to cronching obnoxiously on her waffles like it's her last meal on Earth, doing your best to keep Bubba calm as he begins to whine in protest for more milk.
"Noodle, slow down. Nobody's taking it from you." You shake your head, ruefully muttering under your breath at Noodle's overzealous chewing habits, oddly reminiscent of your husband, who, contrary to popular belief, was far from immune to succumbing to the tantalizing nature of his favorite delicacies.
"You might be worse than Daddy when he orders the sub of the day."
Like Kento, Like Noodle.
Almost as if on cue, Kento strides back into the room, looking relieved.
"There is mild damage to the infrastructure of Little Nanami, including the Twin City Bridge. However it is still functioning with minimal disruptions to the morning flow of traffic, I'm pleased to report."
He pauses. "Though Mrs. Rabbit is expecting again, I'm afraid."
"Oh my. That poor lady needs a break. It's about damn time she stop carrying that entire marriage on her back."
"Mr. Rabbit finally agreed to counseling." Kento bends down, rubbing noses with Bubba, who's more than happy to see his Daddy after his sisters took up more than their fair share of his time this morning.
"Well, I'm gonna need to see all of this for myself. I need a full rundown of all the recent drama."
"If you're lucky, you might get to witness what I believe will be the beginning of a promising character redemption arc for our Mr. Rabbit." Kento grins, bouncing Bubba in his arms.
"Well, what do you think, Noodle? Shall we go watch your sisters while Dad and Bubba get ready? Oh, just great."
You shake your head as Noodle's more interested in demanding chocolate for breakfast part two instead, standing on tiptoe and pawing at the cupboard that you and Kento had to secretly designate as the hiding place for the sweets for the third time in a row.
"I'll be as fast as I can." Kento murmurs, kissing you on your cheek while Bubba shoots you a toothless grin, more than pleased to leave all the hullabaloo behind as he leans on Kento's shoulder, disappearing up the stairs while you corral a stubborn Noodle away from the dessert cupboard.
----
"Are we there yet?"
You and Kento glance at each other as the countryside zips past in a rainy blur of green, munchkins piled in the back of the sleek suburban Kento resigned himself to purchasing, a good substitute for a minivan that he knew Gojo would never let him hear the end of.
"Well, I hope you're okay with making a pit stop, because I do believe you owe me a coffee and a pastry for that one." You murmur.
"I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, hm?" Kento shakes his head, pursing his lips as he leans over to place a hand on your thigh.
"It was my mistake for being so naive as to think we'd complete an entire road trip without that question being asked."
"We can hear you, yanno!"
Kento's good eye flickers to the rearview mirror to a displeased Jellybean, arms folded in the backseat.
"Well, if your mother and I were not so frequently asked questions you already know the answer to, then we wouldn't need to keep a tally, would we?"
"That was Bee!"
"Me?!" Bee leans forward while Jellybean dodges eye contact two seats over, Noodle covering her ears in the middle, who lets out an inhuman screech.
"AYE!!!! We'll have no more of THAT." You groan, fingers clutching your temples.
"Don't instigate them, please, sweetheart." You beg Kento quietly who lets out a deflated sigh.
"Alright. I apologize, my loves."
Silence.
"...for making these comments out in the open. I will keep my thoughts private next time."
You hum and smile as Jellybean and Bee's faces soften, seemingly accepting Kento's apology for now.
"Here we are."
The seaside village limits come into view and your hand intertwines with Kento's, hazy memories surging in a whirlwind every time you visit.
Fashback to an early rainy morning just like this one, with built up breaths and omitted words from handwritten vows slipping out of memory with every passing minute of anticipation until you met each other across that small chapel's altar this day five years ago.
The condensation outside the car builds up with the flowing fog and you smile as Bee takes the opportunity to draw a portrait of Kento fighting a dragon on her window.
---
The cobblestones rumble under the tires as you come up on the diner, with the same peeled chipped paint sign, creaking in the rushing breeze from the blue churning waves of the sea just yards to your right past the brick wall, faded yellow lights coming from the inside and the thick smell of piping hot breakfast food lingering along the windows.
You remember it all too well as you walk towards the door, except the sunlight had escaped the clouds the first time you had entered and your fists held the hem of your flowing wedding dress instead of a sleeping baby and a quarter full bottle of milk.
The kids slip in the door, one after another.
"Pardon me, ma'am, there's a fee to enter."
"Oh?"
"It's still our anniversary." Kento murmurs, lips brushing past your cheek as he takes Bubba from your arms to allow you to pass by with ease.
"I still intend on making today special. Later. Privately."
You smile, unable to to resist indulging him as the door shuts behind him.
----
The restaurant outing with the kids is already proving to have been a great idea in theory, but not in practice.
Bubba squirms in your arms, seemingly unsatisfied with every which way you hold him and refusing his bottle, so you rotate him like an ornery rotisserie to keep him from screaming and disturbing the patrons around you.
"I'm hungry." Bee whines as Jellybean shoots a straw wrapper towards Kento, landing perfectly in his coffee.
"Let's remember our manners at the table, please, Jellybean." Kento fishes the straw wrapper out of his mug.
"Brghhh!" Noodle yells, slamming her fists, seemingly pissed at the lack of food on her plate with every passing minute.
"I beg your pardon?" Kento asks, stirring a splash of cream into his coffee, eyebrows raised, lips in a firm line of stern patience.
"I think I understand what you're trying to say, Noodle, but is that any way to ask?"
Noodle exhales. "Brgh." She repeats in a calmer voice.
"Yes, you may." Kento slides her a piece of his toast with a spoonful of strawberry jam as she excitedly claps her hands together.
"When is our food getting heree?" Bee complains, leaning on her elbow.
"Soon." You answer Bee, shuffling Bubba once again.
"You're welcome to have a slice of my toast to tide yourself over." Kento replies, smoothing his butter knife over the bread. He takes a bite, offering it to Bee, to which she turns up her nose.
"Ah, good timing!" You sigh, relieved as your tray of food approaches.
Unfortunately for you, Bubba seems to take that as his cue to be even more restless than usual with Noodle pawing at your dress in a bid for competing attention that she didn't like to see her new baby brother get as of late.
"Noodle, pockets on the chair where they belong. Yes, sir, thank you. Oh no, the grilled cheese belongs to Jellybean over there. The chicken nuggets go to Bee."
"I don't LIKE KETCHUP."
"Bee. Enough. Apologies, sir, may we get this without the ketchup? Thank you."
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!"
"Thank you, Bubba, for your input."
"Mom! Noodle won't stop kicking me under the tableee."
"It's too hot in hereee."
"Can we get ice cream?"
"Jellybean, we just got our food?!" You groan, with a facepalm.
Lunch may as well have transformed into an all out circus as this point. Noodle and Bubba in particular aren't having it.
"I think they need a break." You gesture to Bubba who can't stop squirming for more than two seconds and Noodle who has given up on using her fork for her potato chips.
Kento's stomach growls loudly. "I think you're correct. I'll take them for a walk."
"No, Kento. You eat first. I'm fine."
"Absolutely not. I'd rather take them before they become more disruptive."
"Kento. I had the waffles at the house. I'm good for a minute." You smile. "Partnership."
Kento nods, then scoots in. "I'll be fast. I promise."
He eats quickly, shoving in forkful after forkful.
"Kento, slow down. You can enjoy your meal, yanno?"
Gulp "...won't be a minute. ...Need to quickly, so you can, slurp, eat." Cronch cronch cronch
Kento reaches for Bubba, salt and vinegar kettle chip crumbs trailing down his front from the layer he stuffed into his casse croute for extra crunch. (A guilty pleasure of his)
"Ready—wait, hold on." He brushes off his shirt then gestures again. "Ready now."
You smile as Kento takes Bubba who immediately calms and Noodle who stops antagonizing her sisters, takes her Daddy by the hand, and walks outside for a fresh breath of ocean air, leaving you to a calm meal with Jellybean and Bee, wondering how you got so lucky.
----
"Thank God." You both groan with relief as you trudge through the door of the farmhouse.
Smoke, the elusive barn cat who reserves his appearances for special occasions and food only, watches from his opening on the stairwell with big, sage green eyes and smirk on his face at his ridiculous humans.
"Nap time?"
The kids run and tear through the living room, dead set on taking this tsunami to the backyard.
"I spoke way too soon."
"Hey, at least Bubba's out."
Kento smiles, running his thumb across the little boy's chubby cheeks. "You both should rest."
"But Kento-"
"Please. He needs it. And so do you." Kento leans in, nosing your hair.
"...And there might be a good reason for you to be away from the kitchen for a few hours. Anniversary's not over yet."
"Ohh, okay."
He smiles and kisses you at the bottom of the stairs. "Rest well, Mrs. Nanami."
"Daddy. Can we eat the strawberries?" Bee asks as Noodle eyes a juicy strawberry hanging on the nearby vine in the middle of the large strawberry bushes outside.
"You may." Kento answers. "Keep in mind how many we will need for the recipe. So it's up to you on how many Momma gets in her cheesecake. Jellybean, I trust you to regulate your younger siblings."
Jellybean nods and turns to Noodle. "We got only one chance to make this right. So just one for now, and that's it."
"One." Noodle agrees, looking both ways as soon as Jellybean's back is turned, stuffing her pockets.
—-
Some time later, Kento tends to the chickens while your barnyard pig named Fig is eating her lunch and watching her afternoon show: the shenanigans unfolding in the pasture between Bee and Jellybean when Noodle approaches, clumsily unstealthily behind her.
"Noodle." Kento says without turning around from the chickens. "Back up, please. Fig is occupied. You can play with her when she's done."
The words fall on deaf ears. Fig continues devouring her food without interruption, seemingly unperturbed by the slow moving invasion into her personal space away in her peripheral vision.
"Noodle. I won't ask again."
poke
OINK!
Bonk, SPLAT!
"Daaaaaaaddy!!!"
Kento turns around to find a nonchalant Fig who goes back to munching, and a very sad Noodle covered in mud from being knocked over.
"Are you alright, my love?" Kento asks calmly, looking her over, giving her a hug of support in this particularly hard moment.
"Yes. I think you will survive this one."
He looks at Fig. "You're not exempt from taking responsibility for your part in this, Fig."
Ignoring him, Fig's comeback is gobbling her food with even more gusto than before.
"Sows. Am I right?" Kento jokes lightheartedly which earns a giggle from Noodle.
"Now, we've learned a hard lesson. Leave Fig to her food and respect each other's personal space."
He looks at Fig. "And we don't resolve conflicts by headbutting people."
The skies impatiently growl as the afternoon light turns grey again, causing everyone to head inside.
----
On the other side of the clear windows that begin to rumble again with the sprinkle of raindrops, the chefs of the Nanamis' kitchen lock in for the most arduous task of the day.
Kento ties his custom Snoopy apron, the one you gifted for his 34th birthday with the title: "Papamin" emblazoned across the front in true head chef fashion.
"Gardening team, how well did we make out with today's harvest?"
"Noodle's got it! Show Daddy, Noodle."
Noodle immediately goes silent, a cloud of shame hanging over her head.
"Noodle?"
Noodle places the empty basket on the countertop and the kitchen goes silent.
"I...pardon?" Kento's jaw drops silently in shock while the rest of the kitchen turns on Noodle.
"Noodle!"
"You blew it!"
Noodle's lip trembles as tears pool and trickle down her face.
"That's quite enough." Kento snaps. "Jellybean, Bee? I thought I asked you to keep an eye on things."
"We did b-but..."
"Alright. Okay, yes, fine. This is fine. Everyone." Kento gets their attention.
"We will not panic. We'll make a plain chocolate cheesecake, that's all."
"But I don't like chocolate cheesecake!"
"Well, first, this treat is for your mother. And for second..." Kento states his words more crossly at their sulking expressions.
"...We will need to improvise since the strawberries...did not go as planned." Kento nods as he starts dusting the counter in flour, building the base for the pie crust.
"Now hurry, we don't have much time."
-----
Sunset begins to make its descent between the stalwart puffs of grey, swirls of lavender and orange blur the horizon as the evening prepares to wrap its arms around it.
The door to your bedroom creaks softly, Kento and three sets of curious eyes peek through the doorway before it closes again.
"Momma's asleep." Kento hushes the girls with their disappointed reactions.
"Shh...shh, I know, I know. On the bright side, I hear the bedtime fairy will make an appearance to anyone who's in their pajamas before 8."
Kento smiles to himself as the girls gasp and make haste without another word.
---
The TV hums with the familiar sound of the girls' favorite Disney DVD. Normally, movies were out of the question within a three hour window of bedtime, but with number of the little despairs of the day being incredibly higher than usual, Kento figured that moderate effort this time would need to suffice.
And if Robinhood and crew could entertain and simmer down the seemingly endless supply of energy your girls seemed to possess, then he was fine with not choosing that battle.
Kento strokes Noodle and Bee's hair, who of course had engaged in battle royale over who got to sit on their Daddy's lap before a tearful treaty was reached and reluctantly agreed upon.
Kento does his best not to count the hours by the disappearing daylight of your anniversary and listen for the signal of the evening thunder (because of course, his novel was clear on the other side of the couch, rendering him stuck), absentmindedly paying attention to the film he damn near had memorized by now.
🎶"Oo DE LALLy GoLLy whAt A DaY." 🎶
Action scene, kiss, same old same old, but wait...
Kento's train of thought is pulled to the back door that still hasn't seen Jellybean emerge from the storm from her usual duty to lock down the animals for the evening.
"Daddy! Where're you going??"
"There's no need to worry, loves. I'm going to get your sister." Kento reassures a concerned Bee who's holding Noodle who looks distraught at the sight of Kento in his boots and coat.
"I'll be right back."
----
The grass sloshes with the sound of mud and the rain that clung to the earth in excessive abandon at all times.
"Jellybean!"
Kento realizes she's not anywhere to be found near the stables, the fence to the pasture is left wide open and a pit of dread settles in his stomach.
"Jellybean!" He strides quickly towards the opening, feeling underneath his coat for his dull knife that largely sat retired on the wooden shelf in the kitchen, but always stayed at the ready.
"Daddy!" Jellybean yells, running towards him.
"Jellybean!"
The pit in Kento's stomach loosens, but comes right back at Jellybean's visible upsetness, as she's hyperventilating between broken sobs.
"You scared me, what's wrong, where have you been?"
"I'm sorry, Daddy!! I'm sorry!!" Jellybean is inconsolable, her tears indistinguishable from the raindrops pouring from the divot in the hood of her polka dot rain jacket.
"Fig was way too fast!"
"What?"
The words "fast "and "Fig" rarely ever showed up within the same sentence.
"Fig ran away!"
"Fig??"
Kento looks at the barn, then the pasture, the open fence, and then the road, all of which were conveniently bare of all evidence or traces as to where the she could have ran off to.
"How on Earth did she escape?"
"I don't know!" Jellybean sobs. "I don't know! I swear I only turned my back for a minute then she was gone!!"
"Alright, alright. Calm down, Jellybean. It's alright. Stay here and look after your sisters. Look at me, Jellybean. Listen. If Fig comes back, you immediately close the gate and call me, don't try and wrangle her yourself, understood?"
"Yes, Daddy."
"I'll be back " Kento slides into the drivers seat of his vintage Buick, not looking both ways before he tears down the muddy road after the rogue sow.
-----
The countryside is now in the heart of the downpour.
Raindrops flood the windshield in neverending streaks. Kento's leaned forward, hands gripping the steering wheel, dialed in to anything that might resemble the runaway pig. The search has been well underway for nearly a half hour with no sign of the Houdini swine.
"That damn pig." Kento mutters, becoming more irritated with every passing mile, unsure if he should be furious or impressed with how much distance Fig was able to cover in such a short time, unless of course she didn't have any eyes on her for much longer than Jellybean let on initially.
That's when he finally sees it.
A distant figure, a suspiciously very Fig-shaped blob hobbling along the side of the muddy road, seemingly set on her destination when no passing cars offered to give her a ride.
"HEY!" Kento hollers as he rolls down the window.
Fig takes one look at the approaching headlights and proceeds to bolt at high speed.
"Shit."
Kento floors the gas pedal in hot pursuit, taking care not to veer off the road or hit his traveling target on accident.
Fig zooms until she reaches a dead end in the road. She slams on her brakes, but it's too late, sliding into the neighbor's fence.
SPLAT!
The free blueberries sign is now covered in a muddy Fig-shaped outline like a crime scene while Kento wrestles her into the car and the neighbors watch and laugh from the windows.
----
"Did you honestly think that was a wise idea?" Kento asks Fig during the drive back as she rides with her rump facing him, looking out the window.
Angry silence.
"When you were planning this, was there any part of you that thought to yourself how foolish all of this was?"
Fig is fuming right now.
"Have you nothing to say for yourself, Fig Newton Nanami?"
Fig barks in frustration as they pull into the driveway.
"That stunt of yours just landed you an oats only dinner. No baby carrots tonight."
Fig huffs and walks into her stall with her head held high, knowing fully well she would be on Kento's good side by the morning.
And she'd do it all over again.
------
You rustle out of sleep from the crick in your neck and the feeling of Bubba being taken out of your arms.
"Kento...huh?"
"Didn't mean to wake you." He murmurs, smiling fondly at you.
"What's the meaning of all this? Why are you wet? Is that mud on your cheek?"
"I'm helping."
"I had it under control, dear."
"Mhm...I'm sure you and Bubba were very productive." Kento teases lightly, deciding not to point out the pile of laundry you both fell asleep on top of and stayed that way well past your usual naptime; the look he's giving you right now says it all for him.
"Alright, you win."
"You know, it's still the 7th for a few more hours." He murmurs leaning in.
"Go into the guest bedroom. I'll meet you there." He whispers, kissing your hair.
"Kento."
"Partnership, remember?" He smiles, reminding you of the diner, now your turn to chuckle at the friendly irony, the neverending game of putting one another first that neither of you would ever give up trying not to lose.
An eternal stalemate you're happy to never reign in.
-----
The low yellow light of the quiet guest room flickers with the lemon honeysuckle candle on the nightstand. The muted drumming of the rain dances on the roof, the countryside's eternal lullaby.
You had opened your book and then one chapter became two, then three, then...
You snap out of your reverie, realizing when the drizzling pauses that Kento is nowhere to be found.
You slip on your robe and venture out to find him.
-----
You can make out the faint glowing outline of the kids' bedroom door at the end of the hall, slipping inside.
The figure you're searching for is tucked in the middle of the bed in the dead center of the room, bottom bunk occupied by three little pairs of legs, your husband's in the middle.
"Ken?"
Kento's good eye opens sluggishly as his drowsy mind deeply recalls the softness of your voice from far away.
"Mrhhh...what time is it?" He inhales sharply, shivering as he stretches with Noodle's face buried in his neck, curled in a ball on his stomach.
You carefully take her into your arms, while Bee and Jellybean remain on either side trapping Kento in place.
Mid-stretch, Kento's calf seizes up, causing a charlie horse.
"Damn!"
You wince sympathetically as Kento bends back his toes, breathing through it to relieve the betraying dreadful cramp.
"Shitshitshitshit."
And then exhaling as it releases up.
"You okay, sweetheart?"
"Now I am." He looks up at you.
"It's 2 am."
Kento sighs and rubs his right eye before pulling at his eyepatch on the hollow of the left, and dragging it off over his head, tossing it to the side.
"I'm deeply sorry."
"Don't be sorry."
"They're asleep. I can possibly extract myself now. We still have time."
"Kento, please."
"I made you a promise. And I have every intention of enjoying my wife on our anniversary."
Kento moves and manages to free himself from the Bee and Jellybean trap and freezes as Noodle squirms for a moment when you lay her down, then sighs in relief when she doesn't wake up.
His gaze becomes sultry, offering a smile to you that's warm with a desire that's been suppressed by the unending demands of the day.
"Lead the way."
-----
The guest bedroom door gently bumps open with a trickle of thunder shaking the roof.
The gentle rush of lips on lips slips underneath a desperate breath or two. The bed creaks as
Kento allows the gravity of too much time apart to pull himself down on top of you.
"Slow...slow..."
"Right." Kento grunts, allowing a sigh to flow from his lips as the dip of your fingertips leave a chill on the area of exposed scarred skin on the toned muscle of his lean waist.
He's heavy lidded as he pulls his attention momentarily from the kiss to welcoming the brush of your hands from his scalp, to his back, feeling the fire churn low in his core as your lips linger longer on his, tongue prodding with only momentary hesitation as a last ditch effort for permission before glossing over your tongue.
The candles you lit on the windowsill gleam with wilted lavender, while the garden of raindrops flourishes with more blossoms like paintings on the clear glass.
Kento opens his eye, prolonging the silky caramel to the low light to drink in the soft, breathless sight below him, fingers caressing your cheeks, dusty pink blooming on his own as he takes in the map of you he had only been able to catalogue from a distance as of late, every labored breath and sigh he has memorized and aches to recite to the most sacred archive of memory for the ample time that he had foolishly allowed to pass between.
Until Bubba announces his extreme displeasure and hunger from next door like a car deserted in a McDonald's drive through.
"I'll get it."
"No please, let me."
"Kento, you were just in there. Besides he needs to eat."
This time, unlike usual, Kento doesn't argue, sinking back into the quilts, shirt half unbuttoned from your half-done shenanigans, expression more calm as his head hits the pillow.
"I suppose if you're certain." He says with a lilt of sleep before yawning deeply, more like trying to convince himself rather than assure you.
"Partnership."
"Mm."
You give him a stunning smile that he doesn't stay awake to see, closing the door behind you.
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The percussion of rain drums to barely a drizzle.
The thunder has succumbed to slumber behind the blankets of grey clouds in the uneventful hours of the deep night.
Once Bubba is settled, you come back into the guest room. The door creaks open.
There lies Kento, blissfully asleep. You smile to yourself, realizing the novelty of one of these little moments your husband quips as little despairs lead to the realization of how far you've come behind the long blazed trail of precious memories that led you to this one, all seared into the tapestry that began in this farmhouse.
Right now, anniversaries with Kento look a little different. But these chapters are small on the grand staircase to eternity.
So, you allow yourself to settle on the current page of what will become giggles downstairs in the morning, the serendipitous extra hours of rest that unfailing partnership afforded you, and the decreasing hum from rainclouds in the distance.
His scarred hand finds the shape of your body that even sleep can't obscure from the precious saga of familiarity inscribed by love he harbors closely in wordless apology that you've long forgiven.
Early morning intimacy suited you both much better anyway.
"Happy Anniversary, you wonderful, amazing man. I love you forever. Easier than rain."
So, you lay, and you listen to the soundtrack of your little slice of eternity, the rain, ushering you to sleep in dreams to a waltzless melody Kento Nanami is already listening to, until you join him in your blissful slow dance shortly thereafter.
You’d be lying to yourself if you said you hadn’t thought about the handsome, blond salaryman who used to frequent your bakery.
Lying even more if you said you didn’t wish to see him again.
But ever since the day he… did whatever it was to help your shoulder pain, you couldn’t stop thinking about him. Dreaming of him, even, since you could now sleep well at night.
Those pretty hazel eyes carrying the weight of the world on them. His clean pressed suits that seemed reflective of his personality. He was always so kind and well mannered, it didn’t seem fair that such a man like himself had no respite.
There was no way to know where he worked, plenty of salarymen came for their lunches or stopped by at the end of the day. The worst part was, you didn’t even know his name, you had no starting point to look for him. Your only hope was that he would come in again, then you could ask him if he was… seeing anyone? Or you could ask for his number?
You constantly pondered different ways of asking him out, working through your mundane days as your thoughts always drifted to him. It was strange, you hadn’t seen him and yet your mind constantly brought him up more often.
But as the seasons changed, the years passed, and your hope faded, along with your memory of the man. You could hardly remember what he sounded like, let alone looked like. The only distinct thing you could remember was blond hair and brown eyes, or were they hazel?
You were walking towards your train station, hoping to catch the next one home when you noticed a young boy with pink hair wearing a high school uniform for that odd religious school you’d heard about.
You were wondering about their strange dress code if they allowed the kids to have abnormal hair color when your eyes drifted to the man next to the boy.
He was wearing a beige suit, his blond hair styled perfectly as he pushed his green framed glasses up his nose, responding to whatever the boy had said to him as they descended the steps into the train station.
He was very handsome, you thought, as you wrapped your coat around yourself tighter. The two of them stopped next to you, and the scent of something so oddly familiar hit your nose.
Your brow furrowed as the three of you stepped onto the train, your feet moving you on autopilot as your mind struggled to remember. Your hand was absentmindedly grasping for a hold as the train began to move, your body slightly surged sideways as you almost stumbled into the man and high schooler.
“I’m so sorry!” You laughed lightly, focusing on securing your hold as you looked at the two of them and offered an apologetic smile.
“It’s okay, miss, the train started moving way faster than normal,” the boy offered you a genuine smile, a warmth spreading through your chest at the sight.
“Yes, it really did,” you nodded at them, looking them over once more as your feet began to move away from them. You stopped the moment your eyes landed on the man in the beige suit, your eyes narrowing as your head cocked to the side slightly.
“Do you know Nanamin?” The boy asked, looking between the two of you with big eyes. You stared a second longer, nothing coming to the forefront of your mind despite the fact that your mind screamed this man was familiar.
“I’m sorry, I’m being so rude, I just thought I recognized you, that’s all,” you waved at the two of them before stepping away.
“We’ve met before,” the man’s voice was quiet, level, and a wave of recognition rushed through you.
“I-” you struggled to find words, the best you came up with were, “how are you?”
“I’m fine, thank you. Has your shoulder pain come back at all?” He asked, a note of genuine concern in his voice as he pushed his glasses into his hair, revealing those familiar hazel eyes.
“No, not at all!” You heard how enthusiastic you sounded, stopping yourself before you started prattling on about how well you’d been sleeping since then. You took a deep breath before continuing, “I’ve been sleeping great for a while now, I don’t know what you did, but I really can’t thank you enough.”
“It was nothing,” his voice was even, but the tinge of pink at the tips of his ears was entirely too noticeable.
Especially the high school looking between the two of you like he was watching a live performance. His eyes were filled with delight as he looked at the man, “Nanamin, introduce yourself to her!”
The flush of his ears only got worse as he laughed lightly, extending his hand to you, “My name is Kento Nanami, it’s nice to finally meet you.”
You smiled, taking his hand in yours, noticing it was calloused and warm, as you offered your name, “It’s so strange seeing you here, I take this route everyday, but I haven’t seen you for… what? Almost six years?”
“We’re just in the area gathering some paperwork for the school,” Nanami offered. “But, yes, it has been a long time.”
“Yeah, it has,” you offered a gentle smile. Understanding the conversation was coming to a quick end had your hopes slowly faded away. You finally stepped away from the two of them, waving softly “It really was great seeing you.”
“Can I-” Nanami’s words were abrupt, your eyes darting to him as the young boy turned around to hide his smile. “Can I get your number? If you’re not seeing anyone.”
“Oh!” You bit back a grin, nodding as you took his outstretched phone.
The name of the next station ringing out through the train car had Nanami quickly speaking again, “This is our stop, but I’ll call you tonight?”
“Of course,” you smiled at him and the young boy as they stepped off.
“Bye miss!” The boy waved wildly as the handsome man next to him held your eyes.
As the train began to move again, he offered you a small wave. And this time you knew for certain, you would see him again.
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SUMMARY: in the suffocating depths of a missing child’s case, two unraveling detectives cross a line with each other to escape an unspoken ache creeping within.
TAGS: affair (brink of divorce nanami cheating), mentions of missing and dead kids, sexual tension, slight derogatory language to addicts, heavy angst, heavy dialogue, slow burn, plot with smut, quickie-like sex, finge ring, unprotected p in v sex
WC: 6k (hefty, hefty, hefty)
It had been almost two weeks, and the kid still hadn't been found. No leads, no concrete evidence, no reliable witnesses, no nothing.
You were drowning in a sea of manila folders, notes, and crime scene photographs that were starting to blend into one blur. Every day began to look the same: burning questions from the kid's parents, unpromising witness statements, and staring at the only tangible piece of evidence.
A red toy car. Left in the weeds of a lake found right next to a crack house. The mother swore in a fit of tears that he always carried it in his jean pocket.
You were stressed to say the least, but you had the tiny, fucked-up convenience of carrying this dead weight with your partner, Kento Nanami, who you knew from all your years working together, was a ticking time bomb.
He had only about two days left before he lost his mind, barged into that crack house after hours and demanded answers with fists. But he'd leave with nothing—just bloody knuckles and a loss of dignity he swore by. And you would be left covering for him.
It was rare for him to lose his composure, but working through these last few cases, you wouldn't blame him.
The precinct wasn't helping, either. The smell of stale coffee burned your nostrils every morning. The banter from other detectives working slop cases you would've solved within hours made you resentful of your squad. And the mocking facade of the sun illuminating the murky photographs of linked missing kids on your desk just channeled gurgles in your stomach you couldn't ignore.
And for your partner, for as great of a detective he was, his heavy sighs and the rhythmic thud of his fist slamming against his desk every half hour or so across from you, just served as reminder for how you were nowhere near solving this thing.
And that just pissed you off.
"If you're gonna keep slamming your fist like some dumbass judge that forgot her gavel, do it somewhere else," you hissed, not taking your eyes off of the photograph.
"And if you think staring at those photographs until your retinas burn gets us anywhere, then you're just as callous as you are useless."
If he was a simply new partner, you would've already lunged across the desk at the harshness of his words, but you knew him long enough to know this was an anger that wasn't directed at you. It was the same anger that rose from years working late shifts in either of your cramped cars, scanning every boulevard, hoping something worthy of evidence would fall on your laps, or a crime scene would just play out in front of you. And then when none of it occurred, it was dealing with the suffocating proximity of another failed night, just for the rush of his adrenaline to slow down the second his eyes lingered on you for a second too long.
You grabbed all of your case files with one quick swipe and stuffed it into your leather bag with an aggressive force that tore the edge of a folder. "I'm gonna go because if I don't, I may end up knocking your head off your shoulders."
You gave him one good look, eyes glared. "And I'm frankly not in the mood for a new partner."
He didn't stop you. He just adjusted his glasses and tightened his jaw, his eyes tracking the movement of your mouth before he went back to typing on his keyboard. He muttered something about how the time was steadily ticking and being far behind.
You stormed out of the precinct, opting for your apartment that reeked of old takeout and cheap printer ink.
You had printouts pinned to your living room wall, strings of cheap yarn connecting a picture of the lake to the mugshots of local dealers around the city. Your eyes burned, and the constant swig of beer down your throat was failing to fill the actual thirst you needed quenched. It just increased the unsettling ache deep in your chest as the familiar stream glided down and rested in your stomach.
The ache was hollow, growing bigger and becoming more distracting each time you left the precinct. Even on supposed good days—visiting your parents, playing tag with your nephew and niece amongst the muddy soil, the ache would knock upside your chest, stopping you dead in your tracks. You would just stare at them, until the ache told you it was okay to move. To be.
The photograph of the red toy car near the lake was pinned smack-dab in the middle. You were staring at it so long, the red had started to bleed into the grass around it.
Then came the knock.
It wasn't frantic, but loud and bold enough to tell you that whoever it was knew exactly who they were looking for.
You dragged yourself from off the carpet and to the door. The detective in you forever leading your next step, you looked out the peephole, and your breath instantly caught in your throat.
Nanami.
You unlocked the door and pulled it open. Your head peeked outside, turning left and right down the breezeway before looking at him. He towered over you, like always. The smell of his woody cologne mixed with tobacco and the rain immediately filled the doorway.
Your eyes scanned him. On decent days, he managed to keep his hair pristine, but on days where the air tasted like grime, and the city was beating the hell out of you two, his strands, like now, casted a curtain over his forehead. There were dark shadowed rain drops on his shirt. His top two buttons were undone, revealing only a sliver of his chest above his loose tie.
He didn't look at you right away. His hazel eyes drifted right past your shoulder, taking in the chaotic mess of the case plastered all over your living room walls, the cheap yarn, and the stale takeout containers on your counter and spread across your floor, before finally landing back on your face.
Before you could open your lips to ask him why he was here, he beat you to it.
"She changed the locks," he admitted softly, jaw tightening as the finality of his words hung in the muggy air, carried by the wind. "I guess solving a case where a seven-year-old could either be dead or pleading for his life matters less than missing a marriage counseling session."
"C'mon Nanami," you sighed, leaning against the doorframe. You didn't know his wife much. You had only seen her at annual holiday parties held at the precinct. She was fairly nice, but you could tell by the lightness in her walk and the wide smile she championed, Nanami wasn't going home and telling her the details about the grim reality you two knew far too well. A grimness that tethered you and Nanami far too close. "She just—”
"Your eyes…" He interrupted, eyes narrowing slightly.
Your brows furrowed. "What about them?"
"They look like mine," he finished, stepping a fraction closer. His gaze dropped to the dark circles under your eyes, trailed down to your lips, and then rose to lock with yours again.
"Like shit?" A breathless huff escaped you.
"Exactly that."
A light chuckle passed between you, the brief amusement fading as soon as it came. Drips of rain from the leaky gutter above you filled the silence. Your eyes watched as a droplet landed on Nanami's jaw, tracing a path down his neck and to his exposed chest, resting at his collarbone.
You felt a droplet land on your bare legs. You didn't bother trying to pull down the hem of your long-sleeve button-down, even though it only fell to your thighs, just covering the boy shorts underneath.
It wasn't like he had never seen you dressed down before. Only God knew how many nights you two had spent together in cramped cars in the late hours of the night. The countless nights taking your hair tie out for your hair, freeing your coils to fall at your shoulders, or removing your button-down, only to reveal a tight tank top that failed to hide the color of your nipples. You were past modesty.
"Come inside," you broke the silence, moving back and allowing him to step into your apartment.
"Chinese, okay?" he asked, pulling his phone out to dial. His eyes drifted past you, locked onto the printouts scattered across your wall. "Seems we have a long night ahead of us."
You closed the door behind him, shutting out the impending storm. And when the food finally arrived, and you clinked your Hennessy bottles together over the files, working the case was back on.
"Now we know Watkins' alibi doesn't add up past midnight," you muttered hours later, the end of the pen sitting tightly between your teeth. Your fingers traced along the rough fibers of your carpet. Documents were scattered all over the floor; your eyes traced over each one.
You pressed your finger on the snapped shot of a car on the highway. "He claimed he was across town, but a traffic cam caught his rusted sedan heading toward the lake road around one that morning." Your eyes trailed to Nanami's face. His face was scrunched, focusing closely on the shot presented to him.
You turned your attention to the next opened document, releasing the pen from your lips. The pen hit the file with a sharp snap. "And look at his old juvenile sheet from ten years ago. His first arrest was for a break-in on Reese Farmer's street."
Nanami leaned in closer, his shoulder brushing up against your arm as he propped himself up using his elbow as a rest on the carpet. There was a pregnant pause as he continued examining, the gears in his head moving as fast as his eyes moved between the two files. "Do you think these cases tie?"
"They could…" You trailed off, examining the documents scattered across your floor. "The crime scenes are at the same lake…but the escalation doesn't add up." You shook your head, tucking your bottom lip between your teeth.
"We found Farmer's body in the lake, and this one…" your finger pointed to the photograph of the red toy car plastered on your wall. "For Matthews, we just have some car he played with."
You lowered your finger, letting it hit the carpet in defeat. An exhale left your nose. Your mind flashed between multiple pictures at once. Some from the Farmer case, photographs of the missing children on your desk, your niece and nephew, and the current case pleading you to solve it. "Paint the picture for me because as far as I know, the junkie who killed Farmer is already doing a life stint."
"Exactly. A junkie. A pawn. A pawn just used for a bigger game." Nanami looked up at you. His eyes trailed past you, examining the yarn pinned to your wall. "Think about the timeline. Farmer's case went cold the second Jennings' signed his name next to the confession. There were no details about how or why he killed that kid."
He pinched the bridge of his nose, eyes closing as his jaw tightened. "And then—we—some protectors we are—closed the book." He met your gaze again, an amused huff escaping him. "The bosses got their headlines, and everyone stopped looking at the lake."
You digest his words, only responding with a huff. You weren't naive to think this was happening purely for no reason. But you didn't want to believe it. That something cruel could plant itself into the soil of the city, and manifest into—
"Shit," He muttered under his breath. "This city is just turning into a meat grinder we can't stop." He shook his head, scouring at the documents beneath him.
"But this kid—Matthews…and Farmer…" You could tell the thought was losing him as his lips kept opening and closing. He groaned loudly, pinching the bridge of his nose again.
"It's not just Watkins…he's probably just a damn clean-up crew to an entire puzzle."
A sudden coldness trailed down your arms.
"A fucking puzzle—great. Always a puzzle," you scoffed, letting your back hit the ground. Your hands covered your face, but all you could see was red.
"Do you need to step away?" Nanami asked. Your palms were still buried over your face. "It doesn't help you sit in this shit all day."
You moved your hands from your face. That familiar impulse of lunging at him from his words rushed your mind. But it faded as soon as your hands rested against the plastic of another file near you, the snap of you finger hitting it echoed in in your ear. Maybe you did sit in this shit all day.
"What's better?" You asked lowly, more rhetorical than anything. "Pretending it doesn't exist when I go home? Sleeping on it?"
You turned your head and reached for the Hennessy bottle beside you. "Or do I wait for it to hit me out of nowhere and barge into a crack house in the middle of the night? Claim it was for the greater good to the Lieutenant?"
You didn't hear an answer. You weren't expecting one.
You lifted the bottle, tilting it to pour the contents over your resting head and down your throat, but you felt a tug pulling it back down.
Your eyes snapped from the bottle to Nanami. His jaw had finally slackened. He held a sympathetic gaze towards you, hand firm around the bottle.
"Sit up," he murmured. "You'll choke."
"I would rather do that right now."
He snatched the glass from your grip, setting the bottle down on his opposite side. You groaned as he reached under your arm, pulling your reluctant body back to reality.
"I wouldn't." There was a slight tug of a smile on one side of his mouth, quickly gone as it came.
You sank back down beside him on the floor, your arm brushing against the fabric of his button-down. You wrapped your arms around your legs, securing your thighs close to your chest.
Although hours had passed, the sound of rain hitting the windows echoed throughout the space. Two weeks, and here you lay, still trapped in a sea of manila folders and photographs. Here, anchored by your partner.
"Do you ever get the feeling this is it?" you asked into the dark, chin resting against your knees. Your eyes were fixed on the image of the red car pinned to the wall.
"This?" You could feel the weight of his gaze pressing into the one side of your face. "I'm not following."
"Y'know…this," you muttered, a shiver trickling at how soft you sounded. "We close one file, the city replaces it with two more dead ends. We work it, We spend months pretending our badges make a difference, ignoring that the world isn't this shitty, and then we start again on Monday. Again and again."
"It's what we signed up for, isn't it?"
"Yeah, but…" You let your knees drop slightly, turning your head to face him. His gaze was already locked on yours. You tapped a finger against your chest.
"I didn't sign up for the ache…this cave in my chest that just sits there whether we solve a case or not." You swallowed the sob that wanted desperately to break your voice. "I can't fucking stand it, Nanami. I can't run from it."
His eyes narrowed slightly at the admission, tracking the way your teeth clenched together. His gaze drifted down to the forensic report sitting beneath your bare foot. He leaned in, close enough for you to smell the woodiness of his cologne around his neck, and gently slid it from under your foot, tossing it away from you.
"None of us can," he said softly, resting his hand atop your knee.
An empty container of lo mein tumbled off the edge of the coffee table, spilling a stray plastic fork onto the floor. Neither of you moved to pick it up.
"So you feel it too?" you asked, your voice barely a rasp.
His thumb stopped rubbing against your knee. He didn't pull away, but his palm covered the bone. His grip tightened, just enough to not hurt you.
You lifted your head to the photograph of the toy car pinned to your wall. It was already pressing into you.
"I feel it when I look at my niece and nephew," you whispered in a rush."I played tag with them the other night, and it was like…I didn't even see them as kids anymore. I just saw future victims." Your eyes trailed to your feet, wiggling the toes between the rough fibers of the carpet.
"I see them as the victims we fail before we even get the dispatch. I look at Farmer, Matthews—and all they are—are victims of a world they didn't even ask to be in."
You winced, realizing you're just rambling now.
A sudden, violent crack of thunder rattled the cheap glass of your apartment window, followed by a quick flicker of the lights.
Nanami didn't move away from the noise or the flicker. His eyes remained focused on you, gaze dropping to your mouth.
"I felt it with my wife," he admitted softly. His thumb rubbed across your knee again, the digit massaging the bone underneath your skin. "A lot different from how you're feeling it, but…I felt it."
His eyes drifted upwards to your still ceiling fan.
"I felt it when she would touch my hand, and all I could think about was how the crime scene was still on my fingers, and I would infect her with it if I didn't pull away. I felt it when I would come home to a clean house, and all I could feel like was the one mess she couldn't just sweep away."
He shrugged.
"She said to me one night…" He trailed off, a dry laughter vibrating in his chest. "She said I let you know me far more than I let her. She claimed I let you inside."
Your heart thumped roughly as the storm outside raged on, washing over the roof in a deafening roar.
"And what'd you say?"
He shook his head, eyes still locked on the fan. Your gaze was pressed into the sharp line of his profile, heart hammering enough against your chest so hard that it felt like it could yank an answer out of his mouth. But Nanami remained still, no sense of urgency to tell you.
"I opened the fridge, and I grabbed a beer," he said, admission leaving him in an exhausted breath.
"That's it?"
He turned to you, his hazel eyes steady and unwavering at your question ghosted in shock.
"I was never a good liar."
"That's why I always do the talking in the Lieutenant's office," you murmered, a faint smile pulling at your lips, but your heart didn't exactly beat to the humor.
"Right," he huffed, bowing his head down. A stray strand of his fell forward.
"I vowed a long time ago to never lie to her. I honestly think our marriage ended right there. Right there in that kitchen."
"Do you really think it's over?"
"My marriage?" he asked.
You nodded, your chin shifting against your knees.
He reached for the beer next to him and took a swig, savoring the taste of it by sucking his bottom lip into his mouth.
"I know I plan to be a detective for a very long time."
The finality of his words hung in the cramped chaos of your space. He had chosen the job. He had chosen it over his peace of mind, his marriage, the unspoken ache buried in his chest, and all of it caused you to swallow down the painful ball that crept in your throat.
"So tell me, do you feel the ache right now?" He asked, setting the bottle down.
Your eyes flicked to where he set it near his foot. Reaching out, your fingers brushed his as you snatched it, taking a sharp, burning gulp straight from the mouth of the bottle.
Nanami let out a breath, amused. "That's my–"
"Why'd you come here?" You cut him off, slamming the glass down, though you weren't upset. "You could've gone anywhere. You have friends—family. But you came to my doorstep. Why?"
He looked at you, and the distance between you suddenly felt nonexistent. You hadn't even realized his hand had long drifted past your knee, resting right under your thigh.
"I don't feel it when I'm with you," he confessed in a whisper. "Not so much, rather."
The confession from his lips had only brushed your nose. But it felt like it had cupped your face. You realized there, amongst the shared chaos, through the suffocating proximity, he had chosen not only the job, but you.
You didn't break the gaze. You couldn't.
"Kento," you called, unsure if it was a plea, a question, or an answer.
He didn't answer with words, but his hand lifted to your face, gently cupping your cheek the familiar way his words had already. His thumb brushed over your collarbone, right under the dark circles that mirrored his own. His eyes narrowed, irises moving steadily to study your face.
Your eyes closed, completely surrendering to his touch.
You could feel him inch closer to your face, the scent of tobacco and his cologne brushing your nose, sending a shiver down your spine.
"Tell me to stop," he whispered. "You say it, and I will."
The warmth from his palms contrasted the chill within your body. You wanted him closer.
You opened your eyes, shifting from his lips and back to his gaze. His hands were eager, but his gaze remained scrunched, patiently waiting for your call to move.
You said nothing.
His lips crashed into yours with an urgency you've seen before. It was the same touch of urgency you recognized when he dragged your body down instinctively beside him to hover over you during shootouts; the familiar touch when he tugged at your waist, motioning for you to stay close when walking into the unknowns of the city.
His hand wasted no time sliding to the back of your neck, his fingers intertwining with the many, delicate tangles of your coils to tilt your head back and pull you closer into the kiss.
A ragged gasp escaped your throat, instantly swallowed by your partner. He kissed you with a hunger that couldn't be filled, no matter how hard he tried. Your hands trailed to the sharp cuts of his jaw, drinking the gritty taste of the Hennessy lingering on his tongue. Heavy groans filled the room, almost wiping out the sound of raindrops steadily pounding on the windowpane.
The feel of his large, calloused hands set firm beside your waist, instantly lifting and pulling you onto his lap. You could no longer see the wall, the scattered chaos, the lo mein.
Your legs instinctively wrapped around him. You slid your arms around the back of his neck, your fingernails tracing up his undercut into his messy strands. Both of your lips refused to separate, swallowing every heavy breath and grunt forced out of each other.
He pulled away slightly, noses still touching. Your mouth formed a brief pout at the loss of his lips. Your hands fell to each side of his broad shoulders, grip firm and still.
"You okay?" You asked, only mere inches away from his face. His eyes fell to your mouth, trailed past your nose, the dark circles under your eyes, and locked onto your gaze.
He leaned back slightly and removed his glasses, setting them down beside him. His naked, hazel eyes were set on yours again. You briefly studied the short glint in his pupils, finality of the many choices made tonight hidden within them. He cupped your face, the sheer coldness of the wedding band on his finger, ever so noticeable against your cheek.
A shudder ran through his lips. Another choice made, another line crossed, and you swallowd it, drinking in the tremor of his mouth as he pulled you back. He kissed you deeply again, not missing the hunger from before.
He separated and dove straight for your neck, a desperate moan pulling out of you as his lips made contact with your skin. He sucked vehemently against your throat, nails digging into your waist to keep you in place. Your fingers blindly made way to the top buttons of his fabric, loosening each one drastically as his mouth pecked across your jawline.
His hands gripped your hips harshly, pulling you flush against him. Through the thin fabric of your underwear, you felt the rigid heat of him poking up against his trousers.
You let out a sharp cry at just the sheer thought of his size. You thought it about once before when you noticed he had that unbridled walk at the precinct where his bulge just sat mindlessly between his legs, dictating how each step landed, awkward, stiff, or normal. He always carried it with a confidence he was unaware of.
His fingers trailed up your waist, brushing past your breast and hurriedly undid your button-down to the very last thread. He pulled the sleeves down, taking off the shirt with one swift motion. Your body shivered at the newfound coldness until his tongue lapped against your skin once more, bringing you right back to warmth.
He leaned back, the sight of your breast causing a hitch in his throat. Your nipples perked, aching under his drooling stare. You could feel the weight of his dick twitch underneath your shorts.
You lifted slightly off of him, hands trailing to the waist band of your fabric. You tried pulling it down fast, but the cotton caught against the curve of your ass. His hands reached for your underwear, just covering your fingers he as helped you push them over, down your thighs and off your feet.
"Come here," he ordered, voice low and raspy. It was the first words he had said in a while, confirmation that what was unfolding needed to continue.
You didn't hesitate, scooting closer. Your knees hung on each side of his legs, resting on the carpet. Your belly pressed flat against his chest, as the heat of his mouth was near your breast.
His hands trailed to your inner thigh, one palm lay firm against your leg to secure you, and the other teased at your folds, tracing right along the slit.
"Tell me to stop," he muttered again, his lips brushing against your nipple.
"Please don't," you gasped, looking below at his hair, fingers intertwining with his blonde strands.
At your word, he pushed a mere finger inside of your coveted walls. Your breath hitched at the feel, muscles instantly tightening around him. Your fingers tugged at his hair, pulling him closer as his mouth closed over your nipple, licking the sensitive tip with a slow stroke of his tongue. You twitched viscerally at his work, a helpless sound escaping your lips.
He pushed a second finger inside, stretching you further. His other hand pushed your thigh away, keeping you completely open for him.
"God, look how I have you," he murmured, his fingers moving at a slow pace inside of you, curling right at the spot that drew your head back in pure ecstasy. He continued hitting the part of your insides that had you squirming until your forehead fell to his shoulders, your exhausted pants hot against his ear. "All pretty and wet for me," he muttered.
"Just hold on to me," he whispered, still focused on stretching you out.
Your nails dug into the side of his shoulders as your teeth carved into the side of his neck. A groan escaped his lips at the sharpness of your bite, but his fingers remained relentlessly pressed against the spongy part of your insides.
"I-I feel so close," you cried out in his ear, tears brimming your lashes.
He picked up his pace, curling his fingers at the exact spot he figured out made your knees buckle. You screamed out, hands clinging at his neck as the climax washed over you. He continued slipping in and out of you until the tremors in your legs subsided.
You lay there leaned against his shoulders, coils fallen over your head and the weight of his chest the only thing holding you. You couldn't think even if you tried.
Your eyes shot to the sound of a clk, watching as he unfastened his belt beneath you, sliding it off from around him.
You sat back, your ass pressed against his legs as you sat in front of him. You were breathing heavily, flutters still in your stomach from your climax. Your eyes trailed to his face.
He looked undone, cheeks red as heavy breaths escaped his lips. His shirt was unbuttoned, showing off the sharp lines of his heaving chest and stomach.
You were used to your partner composed. Every move he made was with a calculated finesse that counteracted your fierce edge—that's what made you great partners. But the way his fingers unzipped his pants with a shakiness that you could tell was upsetting him by the look on his face, it was new to you.
You crawled closer to him, resting your hands over his trembling fingers. Your eyes never left him, pulling down the metal with an ease that steadied him. He pressed his lips to yours, taking a deep breath into your mouth. You slipped your fingers at his waistband, pulling both of his trousers and briefs down. His veiny, dick sprang free, brushing up against your stomach.
"I need you on me," he whispered against you. "Fuck, I need you now."
You took a look at his eyes again. They were hooded with a desperate need. Dark circles were still under them, and yet with all of the want within them, they still looked like yours.
You lifted yourself, your hands on his shoulders to support you. His hands stayed firm at your waist.
A subtle shudder fell from his lips as you sat, slowly taking all of him at once. You winced at the burning stretch, hands trailing around his neck to anchor you.
"Christ," he groaned once your thighs met his hips.
The sensation hit you all at once. His girth stretched your walls with an addictive burn that filled your stomach with a heat.
Neither of you moved. Sweaty foreheads pressed together, your hot breaths hit each other in synchronized bursts. He cupped your face, settling a quick peck amongst your lips. You could feel his dick twitch inside of your walls.
You moved first, shifting your hips in a slow, torturous grind. You bit your lip, suppressing the loud cry that already threatened to fall. He rolled his head back, his nails digging into your waist as your hips continued rotating against him.
"Just like that," he moaned lowly, diving for your neck. "Don't fucking stop," he whispered against your throat, sending a shiver down your spine.
Each grind had your eyes watering. The sheer pressure of his dick inside of you made your walls flutter around him. You let out a loud moan, your clit rubbing against his pelvis just right. You dropped your head to his shoulders, keeping your grind slow and rhythmic.
"God, you're so tight," he uttered. His hips inched upwards. The tip of his dick was pressed at the familiarized spot, causing a short cry to fall from your lips. He fully wrapped his arms around you, fabric from his sleeves scratching your bare back. He began to slowly bounce you up and down on him.
Your cheek was pressed into the side of his profile. Your sweat and your tears, maybe his, squished in between your faces. You couldn't hold any of it in any longer, the suppressed moans, groans, and cries, all left you at once each time he guided you down, your drool landing on his shoulder.
"I know, let it out," he groaned, maintaining his punishing pace.
Your walls tightened around him, feeling an intense flutter in your stomach. One bigger than before.
"K-ken-, fuck, I'm gonna c—," you cried out, hugging him tighter against you. He picked up his pace. He gave way from a slow, precise bounce to a desperate spring. His hands trailed to each side of your waist, nails digging bruisingly as he brought you down with more force.
"Just a little more," he murmured into your coils, nails digging into your sides. His hips inched further up, the blunt force of him bottoming you out and grazing your cervix shattered the control he had left. There was no more rhythm.
Heavy groans flooded out of his mouth along with words you couldn't quite understand. All you could comprehend was "Shit," after his thrusts became sloppier.
Your muscles seized violently around him as a breathless sob finally broke past your teeth. After a few more thrusts, you felt him go completely rigid beneath you.
He buried his face into your coils. You could feel his heavy breaths against your ear, his chest heaving against yours as he spent himself inside you.
For a long time, neither of you moved.
The room slowly filled up with the sound of water outside. Papers were scattered, lo mein and bottles flipped over, and the room was colder than before. The heavy rain had long subsided, leaving you two with the remaining sounds of drips that fell from the gutter outside.
His arms fell to his sides, finally releasing you from his tight hold. You lifted your hips, letting him slip out of your wet core. You moved back, ass hitting the carpet again as you found your underwear beside him. You tugged it on, hands shaking slightly.
Beside you, Nanami was already moving, pulling himself back into his briefs and trousers. The sharp clasp of his belt clicking echoed through the room. His movements were hurried, fumbling with the bottom buttons of his shirt.
You reached for your button-down, stretching it over your arms. You wanted to warm up, but you still felt cold. The scent of Chinese food hung inappropriately thick in the air. Your eyes darted to a file near your feet, fingertips etching to just pick it up.
"I should go," Nanami whispered. The words low, but loud enough to hit your chest.
Your eyes shifted to him, glaring at him as a rash heat radiated in your chest. He didn't meet your gaze, eyes locked on the carpet.
"You're gonna just leave?"
He lifted his head, eyebrows furrowed across from you. "What do you want from me right now?" His voice cracked, crease forming between his eyebrows. "A conversation? Aftercare? Another case review?"
The harshness of his words hit your chest forcefully. You rose from off the floor.
"I don't need a damn thing from you," you hissed in a low growl, eyes widening at the full tremble in your legs still. "You're just gonna leave as soon as you got what you came here for, huh? Fuck you, Kento."
"Hey, I didn't—" He stammered, pinching the bridge of his nose. He rose from the floor. You both stood in the middle of a mess, files scattered at your feet.
He zipped up his trousers. "I didn't come here for that," he said, eyes shut as he audibly swallowed. "Believe me."
He let out a sigh, eyes tracing the scattered chaos between you two. You could see the gears in his mind turning as he shook his head.
"But I brought my problems to your door. I gave in, and I fucked my partner—"
"Me too!" You barked, the words ripping out of your throat as you repeatedly pointed to your chest. "Don't talk as if I wasn't there. This was my doing as much as it was yours."
"I know, I'm sorry," he spoke softly, lifting his hands in a surrender. "I'm sorry."
A tear slipped down your face.
You bit your inside lip to stop the next sob from breaking, your shoulders trembling under the heavy cotton of your shirt. His gaze tracked the path of the tear down your cheek.
He closed the small distance between you by a single fraction of a step, avoiding the document near his foot.
"If I leave tonight, you're gonna feel it right?" He asked, his voice in a low register.
"Feel what?"
"That feeling you were talking about earlier. That ache, right here?" He patted his chest, right near his heart.
Your eyes shifted to his hand on his shirt. You trailed up to his face, meeting the same hazel eyes that mirrored yours.
"Will you?"
a/n: big shoutout if you made it to the end. first long fic complete and i’m so happy. thank you so much <3
Pairing: Nanami Kento x Fem! Reader
WC: 4K
CW: All content warnings are listed on the masterlist. Read at your own discretion.
Synopsis: Nanami Kento finally arrives in paradise, at long last. He meets you, but things are not what they seem. This work is heavily inspired by the Black Mirror episode, San Junipero.
MDNI - 18+
| Masterlist | Chapter 2 |
Chapter 1
There's a warm sea breeze that he welcomes. The ocean breathes salt across his golden hair.
"At last..."
He never thought it could happen after everything that had happened. Flashes of the fight and the fire still linger on his mind, but he shakes it off. Televisions are on display behind the glass, where he stops to see his reflection.
His hair is longer, but his bangs don't cover his eyes; an optimal choice. "I'm not sure why I went with this haircut." He feels relaxed in the white pants and a Hawaiian-style shirt. People are running past him, laughing. He turns to see where they're going, following their footsteps.
Nanami Kento was never one to go with the crowd, but there's no harm in doing that tonight, right?
The sign above the building says Rebound. The music is not of his time, but he's familiar with the period. In the background, West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys is playing. People are dancing, hollering in the middle of the dance floor. He walks around, unsure of how to interact with anyone here. He goes around and finds an arcade. There's Pac Man, Asteroids, and even Mortal Kombat. He's not sure where he is, but this could be fun.
"This can be fun, right?" He finds a quarter and inserts it into the Pac-Man machine. He hears the jingle and puts all his focus on this mundane game. The first level is a breeze, but the next few become too challenging. He loses, but is met with an excitable man with brown hair. "Pretty fun, right?!" He reminds him of someone, but it can't be him. "Do you want to play a round of Mortal Kombat?"
"Maybe not right now." There's a hint of doubt in Nanami's voice.
"Come on, it'll be fun." The brown-haired man selects Liu Kang as his character. "I'll play solo, and then you can see if you'll want to try," Nanami observes the gameplay, just curious to see if this game will be okay. However, seeing the fire attacks flash something. He shuffles away quickly; he's not in danger, but the memory is still there.
"Wait...oh, I see. I'll see you around."
He goes to the bar and grabs a Coke. He's not sure why he went with this particular drink. Maybe he could've gone with something stronger. Everyone is having fun, or so it appears.
"I said to leave me alone. It was just one time."
"Come on, you said we could do this again."
"In your dreams!"
"Funny you say that, but it feels like a dream."
You look around, trying to find an exit, and you notice him looking at you. Nanami makes eye contact with you; it's too late, you're zooming straight towards him, taking a seat next to him.
"Just follow my lead, do you understand?"
Without a moment to respond, he nods. You wrap your arm around Nanami's arm, tugging him towards you as you.
"Oh, he's got a bit of muscle," Thinking this to yourself, he would be aghast, probably if he heard that.
"Who is this guy?!"
"This is my friend! I can't believe he's here tonight!" You continue to tug on his arm, looking towards him with a smile that can disarm any conflict. He's not sure what's going on, but he'll try to help someone in distress if he can.
"Hi." Nanami waves with a free hand.
"You know, he's running out of time. I haven't seen them in so long, and I just want to spend every second with him now that I've found him." You rest your head on his shoulder, hoping the other person gets the message.
"See you around, I guess." There's a scoff before the person walks away.
Nanami welcomes the touch, but there's hesitation. Does he move? Or should he just sit there?
You lift your head and loosen your hold on his arm. "PHEW. You're a lifesaver, I really appreciate it." You continue to give him that smile that you gave him at first glance; he feels heat on his face, while he reciprocates with a shy smile.
"What's your name?" You lean towards Nanami, with no care for his personal space.
"I'm Nanami. Nanami Kento." He extends his hand out.
You tell him your name, shaking his hand.
"What brings you here?"
"I'm...not sure. I'm beginning to feel out of place here."
"I think everyone does when they come here for the first time."
"It's not yours?"
"Not at all! I think this is my...third time coming here!"
"To Rebound?"
"Well, no. I've been to La Cuevita, which is where I met that guy who wouldn't leave me alone."
"What's La Cuevita?"
"If you don't know what that place is, it's better that you don't bother looking for it."
"Oh...okay."
"You're a guy of few words, aren't you?"
"I've been told. I'm sorry."
"Don't be. I like that. It means that you're someone who will say what you mean. Or maybe, you show others that you care for them through your actions!"
You read him like a book. You're easy to talk to, but he can't just come up with some boring or random topic to waste your time. Maybe you hate having your time wasted, as he observed earlier.
"Ahh! That's my song, you have to dance with me!"
The Cure's, The Forest plays.
"I'm not much of a dancer."
"You don't have to be! You can just watch what I do."
"Oh, I don't know!"
"Come, just try it out!" You tug on his hand to follow you. He holds on to it, afraid to let go. He looks around at the people on the dance floor. You choose to stay in the centre, now opting to hold both his hands to dance.
"Just move your hips, just like that!"
Nanami's moves are stiff, but he wants to try. You find him quite handsome; his haircut is something you haven't seen since...well, that doesn't matter. His eyes are soft when he's gazing at you; you let go of his hands, wrapping your arms around his waist as you dance. His arms are suspended, not sure where to place them.
"If I place them on her hips, it's too close to there, but if maybe...I place one on the small of her back."
Not a moment too soon, and you place his hand on the small of your back for him.
"It's not that hard, right?" You say softly, as the song's bass lines help you stay in motion.
"This is safe, there's nothing to worry about." He keeps these thoughts to himself, but the crowd stares at both of you.
"Is there something wrong with us?"
"No, just ignore them."
"Is this a dream?"
"I can assure you that it's not, and I'm right here."
He struggles to breathe. He can feel the sweat pooling in the back of his head. He takes your arms off him and walks away. You follow right behind him, confused about what just occurred.
Nanami stands outside underneath a canopy; it's started to rain. The water splashes on some puddles that have formed on the sidewalk.
"There you are. Are you okay?" Your tone is no longer excitable, but softer.
He nods, unable to articulate what just happened in there.
"I get it. It can be a lot. I'm sorry for forcing you to do something."
"It's not that..."
He can't put his finger on it. This feels new, but he's experienced these situations before.
"Are you living here or are you a tourist?" You ask, making an effort to break the tension.
"I'm...a tourist. Not sure if I want to live here."
"Why?"
"It's paradise, but I'm not sure if I'm meant to have that forever."
"Why not?"
"Well, why are you a tourist?"
"I...it's a long story. You don't have time."
"I have time."
"It's almost midnight."
"Oh? Is your carriage going to turn into a pumpkin again?"
You laugh out loud. He feels pride surging through him.
"Has anyone told you that you're funny?"
"I've heard it from time to time." His body relaxes.
"Do you want to have fun?" You move closer to him, trying to close the distance between the two of you.
He startles; he should be getting comfortable. You just told him that it's almost midnight. Your fingers slowly walk up to rest on his chest. His face feels hot again; his ears are burning.
"Has anyone ever told you that you're too tall?" Your voice sultry.
"I...I guess."
His knees buckle as you stand on your tippy-toes, pouting your lips, batting your eyelashes. He quickly grabs your shoulders, putting distance between you, but unfortunately, also pushing you into the pouring rain.
"Oh my, I'm so sorry."
"No. It's fine. I get it. I'm sorry again. I'll see you around."
You walk away into the dark street, in the pouring rain. It becomes difficult to see where you're going. Soon, he can't see where you went.
The rain trickles. He slams his hand against the brick wall behind him.
"Damn it."
It's a beautiful night, and the weather has remained the same; paradise, right? He stands in front of a mirror, trying to figure out his outfit for tonight.
"Hmm, will this haircut be just right for tonight?" He's opted for a 7:3 part: tapered and an undercut to boot. He slicks his hair back one final time, but he acknowledges that this is a fidget. He focuses on the wardrobe. The cheetah-printed tie stares at him. At one point, it was a symbol of resistance, but what's there to resist right now? There is no danger here, just strangers in a beach town. There was a time he pined to finally be able to relax and dip his toes in the ocean, but now...well, he could go to the beach, but he has a mission; he needs to find you again.
He goes back and forth wondering if a linen shirt and a pair of khakis are the ultimate statement of relaxation. "Maybe I should go for the shorts?" Time is of the essence, playing with his hair one more time before heading out. "Ah, right, can't forget these!" He puts on a pair of glasses for the occasion. "I'll stand out more for these."
Nanami quickly rushes to Rebound, hoping to find you there once more. He wants, no...he needs to apologize to you. You're just looking for fun, right? There's no harm in two grown adults wanting to experience fun together. There's a quiet ache in his heart when he tries to reminisce about the last time he felt he had an inkling of enjoyment. He feels a tinge of pain on his left side, but he tries to shake it off.
The laughter of people going towards Rebound snaps him out of the daze, hurrying along to see if tonight you'll be there. He takes a deep breath as he enters the doors. The music is quite different from the last time he was here.
"It's a beautiful night, oh-oh-oh, I just wanna be here beside you..."
The song feels apt, and then he sees you by the bar: alone. You're wearing a short dress with silver sequins. The straps are too thin and barely do justice to cover you up. You see him as you take a drag out of your cigarette. You pretend to be aloof and uninterested in the man that you see. His physique has changed since the last time you saw him.
His hair has changed; he appears taller. Though that's not what stands out to you: it's the change in his physique. Muscles in areas that weren't there last time. He starts to walk towards you. You turn around and turn off your cigarette on an ashtray at the bar. You signal the bartender as you need liquid courage.
"What are you having tonight?" Nanami cuts in.
"Vodka tonic." You say it so dryly that he wonders if this is a mistake. No, he must persist.
The bartender nods, looking towards Nanami to see if he wants anything.
"Jack and Coke."
"Coming right up."
You tap your fingers, wishing your drink would come out faster.
"Listen, about last week..." His voice is trying to remain soft, but the loud music makes it difficult to do that.
"No, it's okay. You don't have to say anything." You're not sure what he's trying to explain. He rejected you; it's fine. You've been rejected before.
"I insist we talk about it."
"But there's nothing to talk about."
"Vodka Tonic. Jack and Coke." The bartender walks to the other end of the bar, but you wonder if he's trying to avoid getting involved in any drama. Probably not the first time this has happened.
You take your drink and move towards the dance floor. Around the World by Daft Punk plays. Your dress makes you look like a disco ball as the club lights reflect on it. The way you move your body has him unable to look away from you. Men come up to you to try to dance with you, but you nod and tell them you're not interested, continuing to dance to the music.
Nanami sips on his Jack and Coke, fire surging through his body. Why won't you hear him out? You groove to the bass, without a care in the world. Nanami Kento wasn't going to steal your fun tonight. It's only 9 pm; there are only 3 hours until midnight.
You walk away from the dance floor, making your way to the bathroom. You set your empty glass on the counter. Staring into the mirror, you tousle your hair, concealing whatever nerves this man is creating for you. You're not sure why this man is so persistent, but there's no harm in hearing him out. The door opens from behind you, and you see him walk in, locking the door behind you.
"What are you doing? This is the women's bathroom."
"I said I want to talk to you."
"You have a way of showing it. Let me leave."
"I...want to have fun."
"Okay, there are hundreds of people to have fun with out there."
"No...I want to have fun with you." He takes a deep breath. "I don't know when the last time was that I felt happy in the company of another person. So please...just show me what I need to do."
There's no distance between your bodies. You can't stop staring at his arms, or turning your attention to the unbuttoned button on his shirt, exposing his collarbone. You've been with both men and women before, but this feels different. He's someone who is seeking to make that connection with you.
Without saying anything else, you pull on his shirt, signalling him to come closer to you. Your eyes slowly close, hoping that Nanami can take a hint. He takes your hands, cupping your face as he presses his lips on yours. Your stomach is full of butterflies, the kiss blooming into something more. You wrap your arms around his neck, as his hands shift to find your waist. He can't resist trailing his hands to find your ass, pulling on the dress to caress your ass.
You pull away from the kiss, giggling. "Most people take me out to dinner before they do that..."
"I'm not most men." He kisses you again as his hand grips your ass, caressing it as he grows hungrier for more. His tongue pushes its way into your mouth, fiddling with the flimsy fabric of the thong you opted to wear this evening. Your hands run through his neatly combed hair, disheveling it as you ache to have this man to yourself.
"You know...my place isn't that far away from here."
"Oh?" He pulls away from the kiss, but can't resist touching you.
"I think my bed would be more comfortable...what do you say?"
He nods, opening the door. He grabs your hand to pull you out of the bathroom. It's 10:03 pm.
Making way to your convertible, both of you can stop kissing each other. You stop right outside the doors; he slams into you the second time against a wall, and a third time against your car, where he slides his knee between your legs. You have no shame in doing this publicly, but Nanami deserves a special touch.
You race on the road, trying to hurry as the clock has been ticking. You make it to a beach house next to the ocean. You lead the way into your home, Nanami in pursuit. As he goes inside, he observes the concert posters decorating the wall. A wall of vinyl records on the opposite wall. Photos of various people alongside you. He recognizes the uniform you're wearing in one of the photos. Before he could say anything, you take his hand, guiding him to your bedroom.
"Where were we?" You remove the straps from your shoulders and let the dress pool beneath your feet. You step out of the dress, taking your shoes off. You're nearly bare, Nanami opting to sit on the edge of the bed. He pulls you towards him, forcing you to sit on his lap. His fingers caress your back, taking note of how soft you feel against him. He peppers you with kisses across your collarbone, lingering on your pulse point. You grind against him, his erection growing.
"Mmm, Nanami..."
You kiss his cheeks, moving to find his ears, biting on his earlobe. Another groan comes out as he squeezes your ass, bringing you closer to him. You caress his body, outlining his muscles with your hands, surveying all his perfections; not a single scratch or scar on his body: the perfect canvas.
The tension builds, but there's no respite just yet. He picks you up with such ease, setting you gently on the bed, his body caging you in. His hands are gentle, exploring the curves of your body, slowly removing the final garment of clothing from your body; a real goddess right in front of his eyes. He cannot take his time with you tonight, but he wants to savour this moment. Open-mouthed kisses seeking every part of your body, going from North to South. He kneels before you to taste the nectar from between your legs.
His tongue takes one long stripe, zeroing in on your clit.
"Wait...fuck. Hold on..."
The words fall on deaf ears; if time is of the essence, he needs to relish your sweetness before this night is over. He laps slowly, but he finds his momentum as you whine and wriggle away from him. His arms hook around your legs to keep you from running away from him.
"Shit...please...." Your right hand tugs on his hair, pulling on it, begging him to go further. He goes from licking to sucking, the sounds becoming filthier as you get closer to the edge. Your back arches away from the bed as you cry out his name; he's not your first, but this is different. His arms continue to hold you, refusing to let you get away. He kisses your inner thighs, standing up to tower over you.
He removes his bottoms, unveiling his stiff cock. You admire him; the muscles on his body present before you. You bite your lip as you admire the V-line that forces you to take note of the size of the muscle that is eager to make itself at home inside of you.
"My eyes are up here..."
You release a laugh as he moves towards you, taking your legs so he can rest them on his shoulders. The tip of his cock teases you, slowly pushing itself in, but pulling back out. You feel that you're becoming wetter in anticipation of feeling all of him deep inside of you.
"Mmm, stop that."
"I'll reward you soon, just wait..." His voice is low and husky.
You feel heat on your face as he finally bullies himself inside of you. The sting is there, but it fades as Nanami fully bottoms out. He kisses your calf as he thrusts, maintaining eye contact with you. He wants to feel you closer to him, pushing your legs further back as he closes the distance between you too. He's able to finally kiss you, letting you taste yourself in the process. You're intoxicated by him, needing to feel him closer to you. You don't let go of him as the kiss persists; he finds himself coming closer to the verge, but he needs this to last just a little longer.
He pulls out, quickly placing you on top of him. You don't hesitate as you guide the tip of his cock back inside of you, rocking back and forth to feel him. He bends his knees, allowing you to feel him much deeper than previously. You rest your hands on his chest, digging your nails into him as you grind faster.
"There she is...show me how much you want me..."
The words give you the courage to go faster, to take everything he's giving you. You lean in as the kisses become sloppier, his arms wrapping around your waist, but he's no longer interested in making you work for this, as he slams his cock inside of you. His pace quickens, euphoria washing over both of you, his warm seed filling you up as he tilts you to the side to deepen the passion between the two of you. You don't want this night to end, but it will soon.
"Are you okay?" His voice is soft, caring.
"Mhmmm." You nuzzle onto his neck, lightly kissing it.
He places a kiss on your forehead as he slowly pulls out. You sigh, craving to have him once more. You move closer to him, but he moves quickly to rest his head on your breasts. His kisses are gentle as he lies there quietly. Your fingers run through his hair once more, seeking to hold him for as long as you can.
"That was...truly..."
"Yes?" Curiosity is piqued.
"Amazing..."
His lips graze your breast once more. He wants to find the right words to say, but this moment is perfect; fleeting.
The tension has snapped, but both of you hang on by a thread. You try to avoid looking at the clock next to the bed that you're sharing with him.
"When was the last time you were with someone?" He asks quietly.
You're not taken aback, but you figured there would be a moment to talk about this.
"A few years ago. I was going to get married."
"What happened?
You take a deep breath, trying not to remember the pain that you've left behind. "He...died."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
You giggle, clearing the air momentarily.
"It's okay. When was the last time you were with someone?"
"I can't remember...I just remember that she was a baker."
"She sounds sweet."
"She was."
"Nanami?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you believe in second chances?"
The silence is deafening, but you want to know what Nanami Kento believes in. He thinks methodically, trying to find the words to articulate how he feels right now. He desires to find home somewhere, with someone. He's not sure if he's found that yet, but he wants to believe that it's possible.
Life has been a series of different events and opportunities for Nanami Kento. The one true thing he wonders if he’s ever found happiness. Is this the second chance that he’s been looking for? “I’m hopeful that a second chance will present itself soon.”
He yawns suddenly, wondering where all the exhaustion came from. His eyes become heavy as sleep takes over. You didn't hear a word he said because you were already in deep slumber before he finished his last sentence.
"How long has he been in suspended animation?"
"About 30 years. The program has done wonders to his brain activity. Wonder what's going on in there."