ica_90

Title : Secret Tattoo
Author : ica_90
Pairing : Aimiya
Genre: Non AU, Friendship
Rating : PG-13
Summary : Everyone sensing that Aiba might been hiding something. Nino just decided to make the first step to find out.
Disclaimer : fiction. They are own by who they should be own. much better if i said they're belong to themselves.
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Nino always thought that it was gross how Aiba was always barging into their shower stall, with only a small towel wrapped around his private part or sometimes nothing at all, loud and gleeful as if it was nothing to be embarrassed about.

The other members thought the same, too, even Sho voiced it out a lot. But after years passed, it seemed to be a habit when no one was bothered about it anymore. Aiba would barge into a group member’s shower stall and everyone would take his shower accordingly with no whining whatsoever.

Until lately, Aiba suddenly stopped entering and interrupting them in the shower. It kind of bothered Nino more than he thought. In fact, it bothered him more than the time Aiba interrupted him showering last time.

This time, Aiba would wait, busying himself with other things as he did. No matter how rushed they were in, the tallest man of the group would wait until the other members finished with their showers before he takes his.
It happened throughout the concert tour. At first, Nino found it rather funny and weird when the other three member seems to throw a glance at each other every time it happened. But on the fifth day of their concert tour, when Aiba entered the shower alone, showering silently, Nino couldn’t help frowning in curiosity of his best friend sudden change.

Before Nino could think even more, Jun voiced out.

“I think he must be hiding something,” the concert master paused, scanning across the room at his bandmate’s reaction.

“I’m sure of it,” Nino agreed with Jun.

It did make a lot of sense. Aiba would shut himself away from others if he had something to keep from everyone’s knowledge. In fifteen years of being together as a group, maybe the man finally felt that he had to hide something from the other members.

When Aiba walked out from the shower stall, trying so hard to ignore the curious glances he received from the members, Nino was confident enough that whatever Jun was saying just now might be the truth behind the man’s behavior.

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On the last day of their tour, Nino had enough.

Well, Aiba had his right to keep a secret from them. But Nino was Nino. He was well-known for being a brat who will do anything he wanted. But still, he wasn’t really a busybody. It was just that he missed the members’ reactions like “You idiot! Wait outside!” by Sho, or “Disgusting!” by Jun, before everyone laughs out loud.

As much as the other members were curious about it, Nino just thought that maybe he should be the one to find out the truth behind Aiba Masaki’s sudden change.

It wasn’t that easy at first. Rather than waiting in the shower room for the others to finish with their showers, this time, Aiba waited for the members to leave the venue before taking his turn.

“You’re not going to take a bath?” Aiba asked once he noticed Nino was still inside the changing room. Nino shook his head, faking his answer.

“It’s late. I’m heading straight home and will take my bath there,”

Aiba nodded, smiling smugly a little.

“Okay, then. See you in a few days,” the man cheerfully waved his hand towards Nino, watching the gamer who was about to leave. When he was sure that Nino was far enough, he walked into the shower stall, start bathing while humming his solo earlier.

That was the moment when Nino sneakily went back into their changing room, took off his clothes-leaving only his boxer-before he walked slowly towards the shower stall, trying to not make any sound. Just when he felt that it was a right time, he pushed the door hard (surprisingly, Aiba didn’t locked the door) revealing the naked Aiba.

“What the hell are you doing!!” Aiba yelled, eyes widen with surprise but Nino just laughed. He closed the door behind them, locking the door, ignoring the whiny man in front him.

“Now it’s only the two of us, Aiba-chan. Tell me what you’ve been hiding from all of us,” Nino directly asked a question, his lips couldn’t help forming a victorious smile. His words managed to make Aiba startled a little as the man trying to wrap his lower body with a towel. The reaction confirmed Nino of something.

Aiba Masaki was indeed hiding something and Ninomiya Kazunari was determined to find out what it is.

“What?- I- seriously Nino, get out!” the taller man said, nervously laughing as he tried to push his friend out of the stall. But Nino, being a brat, stiffen himself upon the door, making it hard for Aiba to push him out . After many attempts of trying, Aiba gave up.

“Tell me,” Nino blinked his eyes seductively, making Aiba to roll his eyes, but never managed to hide his nervousness.

“I’m not hiding anything,” the taller man finally said, showering with his towel on, his back facing Nino. He heard Nino chuckled after a while.

“I guess you can lie to everyone else but me, Aiba-chan. I know you more than you know.”

“What? I-“

“When you refuse to meet anyone’s eyes, and you biting your lips like what you’ve been doing right now, all those gestures told us that you’ve been hiding a secret. Now spill or do you like me to harass you until I finally know?”

Aiba sighed. Slowly, he turned facing the gamer, sighing in defeat.

“It’s embarrassing,”

“Huh? What is?”

“Promise you won’t tell anyone about it? Not to Oh-chan, Sho-kun, or Jun-kun. They’ll have a different idea if they know about this,”

It was Nino’s turn to frown in confusion. Hesitantly, he nodded.

Taking one deep breath, Aiba straighten up .

“Ihaveatattooonmywaist,” he exhaled.

“What?”

It wasn’t that Nino didn’t hear what his bandmate was saying. It was just unbelievable to hear all those word from his bandmate’s mouth.

The only sound heard inside the bathroom stall was the sound of the water flowing out from the spout. The two members were in their confused and nervous state, the atmosphere between them awkward as neither of them said anything.

Until Nino broke the silent with one question out of his curiosity.

“Um… what kind of a tattoo?”

“Of us,” Aiba replied. “I mean-umm- it’s not that big though. And it isn’t really visible. I mean it’s so small that I don’t think anyone will no-“

“Let me see it,”

“What? No-“

“I wanna see it.”

“It’s embarrassing,”

“I don’t care,” Nino said. “Now that I know, I wanna see it,”

Aiba sighed in surrender. Slowly, he turned around, pulling his towel a little just to expose his waist, showing Nino his secret tattoo.

It was almost nothing there. The tattoo was small, unnoticeable unless mentioned. But when Nino took a closer look at it, he blushed.

“Soubusen buddies” was what written there, carved beautifully with art and Nino didn’t know where he should hide his reddened face as he saw it. Pushing Aiba aside, he started scrubbing himself, letting the water splash his face, trying so hard to make his blushing stop.

“What do you think about it, Nino?” Aiba asked all of sudden.

“It’s lame,” Nino replied, refusing to met his eyes with Aiba who was pouting hearing him. He wondered if he was still blushing when he asked another question. “Why the phrase though?”

“Because that was the only word I could think of. I don’t know. I walked in front of the tattoo parlor the other day and was thinking of giving it a try. But then, I don’t know what I should do. When the shopkeeper asked me, I said it absentmindedly, and then-there it is.”

Nino raised an eyebrow in amusement.

“Aiba-chan. you’re not thinking of the word, just to be exact isn’t it?”

Aiba fell silent.

Awkward.

“Yeah… I guess, I’m thinking of you,” Aiba said, blushing. Nino couldn’t help chuckling.

“Tell me where the parlor is, then. I hate hurting myself, that’s what you should always remember. But let’s make an identical one, shall we?”

Aiba’s eyes widen.

“Are you sure?”

“Why not? We shared our first kiss last time, why can’t we share the same art this time?”

Aiba hyped towards him , hugging him as Nino struggling so hard to break free.

“Yatta! I’ll take you to the shop later. And we should barge in into other member’s shower together next time right. We can show them the tattoo as well,” Aiba said, his voice raising a pitch higher in excitement, hyped up, and blabbering excitedly.

Nino snickered. That was not what he meant, though. but seeing how Aiba was singing happily as he continued his shower, for once, Nino thought, why not?

But at the same time, he wondered how special they were to each other. Was it just by the “Soubusen Buddies” term? Or could they be more than that?

He pushed away his thought when Aiba splashed the water towards him, laughing his usual hyena like laugh. Nino rolled his eyes, at the same time all the curiosity he had earlier faded off.

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