Title: painting walls
Rating: G
Fandom: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Relationship: Minami Natsuno/Miura Keitaro. BJ->Minami Natsuno implied.
Wordcount: 488
Short summary: Keitaro and Natsuno are going to paint the walls for BJ’s future bedroom.
“So what color should we use?”
Keitaro looks over the three choices of wall paint set in front of him once more. Cream white, ash gray, and sky blue are the choices left over from Nenji and Tomi’s last painting project and the choices all seem fine to Keitaro. He really just cares about getting the painting done so that they can move in the furniture and then finally get BJ into a full-sized human body so he can live with them.
“I’ll leave the decision up to you, Natsuno.”
“Then how about blue? He’ll like that color, right?”
“I’m sure he’ll like anything you pick out.”
Keitaro says that with confidence. Not only because Natsuno is a closer to BJ than he is, but maybe because, being also a Keitaro in the past, they share a lot in common including how they feel…
“Oh, come on. He’s your friend too.”
Keitaro coughs. Natsuno isn’t wrong, but… “He’s more like…”
Someone else who loves you from the bottom of their heart.
“Natchan!” Yuki’s loud greeting interrupts their conversation with unexpectedly good timing. Keitaro exhales in relief as he watches Yuki nudge Natsuno in the arm. “How’s the painting going?”
“Great! We’re just about to start on BJ’s room.”
“I see.” Yuki’s right hand goes to her chin in her characteristic thinking pose. “So he’s really going to live with you two.”
Natsuno laughs. “Of course!”
“You’re not worried about it being a problem?”
“Why would it be?”
Keitaro manages to hold back a choking sound as Natsuno looks at Yuki in confusion.
“You know.” Yuki sighs. “When you and Keitaro want to…”
Yuki makes some motions with her hands that neither Keitaro nor Natsuno understand but based on other context, Keitaro has a feeling it’s supposed to represent some activity of romantic couples in privacy. So he cuts in quickly.
“It’ll be fine.”
“Yeah!” Natsuno seems cheered up by Keitaro’s confidence. “He’s like our family.”
Yuki smiles. “Okay. Sounds like you have it all figured out.” But then she gives Keitaro a light pat on the shoulder. “Best of luck Keitaro,” she adds before walking away.
Keitaro blushes. Why did Yuki have to do that?
Natsuno seems confused by all this. “Why is she wishing you luck?”
“I don’t know.” He says that, shaking his head, even though he has a good guess. It’s a guess he rather not spend time thinking about right now. “Anyway, let’s get back to painting.”
He grabs his paint roller and dips it into the sky blue paint can. Yes, he wants to get his focus back on painting, not on other things that can be done in a bedroom…
“Yeah! The sooner we finish, the sooner BJ can move in!”
Exactly. Even if things might get a little…complicated…with BJ here, Keitaro wishes for BJ to join them soon too. It’ll make Natsuno happy, and a happy Natsuno is…all he really needs.