The Same Deep Water As You (39/54)

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

The Same Deep Water As You
by solo____ & jo_lasalle
Pairing: Kamenashi Kazuya / Akanishi Jin
Rating: Explicit
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Alternate Universe fiction. None of this is true.
Warnings: If there are any warnings for this story, you will find them here.
Summary: Kame's got his reasons for seeing prostitutes. Jin's got his reasons for being one. Life is pretty screwed up.
Notes: Story notes, acknowledgements and frantically reiterated disclaimers are here.

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"Hey there," he says. It's okay, he tells himself, he's wearing the suit but he's coming from work, waiters have to be well-dressed, too.
 

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[nimlothemeli.livejournal.com]

I swear, these chapters are just getting better and better (sweeter and sweeter)<3

Poor Kame, I'm really feeling his problems, I hope that he somehow manages to find a way out of the complications he's creating for himself.

In the same time I'm crazy happy for Jin; that he's got Tomo now. I like their friendship, so deep even though they haven't known each other for that long. You wrote this part really good, it flows nicely.

Thanks for writing and updating!

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Yes, Kame has a HARD LIFE. Jin has a harder one but at least he's not the one trapped in his own head.

Tomo... well. He had to be Pi, right? So of course he's cool, because Pi is cool. *g* We're very happy this part worked.

Thank you for commenting!

[nimlothemeli.livejournal.com]

Pi as Jin's friend is love, it's a law of nature ;) (but I have to be honest with you, the first time you mentioned "Tomo" I didn't really connect that to Pi, I'm a failed fangirl, can't even keep up with their nicknames^^)

I'm really looking forward to the rest <3

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Well, we thought it would be a bit too easy if we called him Pi. *g* So it's our fault, really. :D

[ladyc2]

Ah, Kame's starting to freak out again. He just can't help himself with the crazy, overanylysing everything, can he?

And even if he doesn't know and can't ask and can't demand an answer

Maybe he really does need to ask. They both have to talk about it at some point. It's not like they haven't done uncomfortable and awkward before.

And Tomo found out - wow! I'm glad he didn't freak out about it and listened to Jin's explanation. And Jin being so honest (well except about Kame & Koki) and taking that chance on the friendship was so nice to see. He understanbly has trust issues, so I'm really glad that went well for him.

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Kame's been burned once already - he's become pretty paranoid as a result. And admittedly, coming from where they did, Kame's maybe entitled to some doubts?

He really should ask. But he'd feel like he's imposing on Jin, he's very aware of his (financial) power in this relationship, and he doesn't want to corner Jin, either. Just imagine the situation... 'do you really like me?' What's an escort supposed to say? 'No I just want your money'? He cannot demand any sort of honest answer from Jin in their positions.

Jin hates lying, and he really wants a friend. He's a woobie in some respects but he'll actually take more emotional risks to get what he wants than Kame will. This was one. And it worked out. :)

Thank you for commenting, we really liked reading your reactions.

[ladyc2]

I see what you're saying, but I worry...

Once Kame gets on the crazy train, he doesn't get off until he's gone one station too far - married to Midori, golden showers...what next?????

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

That is a reasonable concern. Guess we'll just have to hope for the best. At least Jin's a known quantity - for us if not for him?

[aya-3003.livejournal.com]

What's there positive to say except -> LOVE!
I admit, I am waiting patiently every Thursday in front of my pc waiting for an update. It must be love with your FF.

Anyway, my head doesn't stop about thinking how the story will end.
Kame's large expenses for starters?
They are nearly so far as to admit that they start to really like each other.
They are already thinking about the other half during their daily lives.
who am I to explain the story to you, sorry

I am impressed by Tomo. He's really a good friend. Jin's really lucky to have found him. ^.^

Something I wanted to say ages ago -> New Year's Eve is the only day trains are running through the whole night in Tokyo. The people have to be able to go to their shrines and go back home again. At least that's my interpretation why there are trains running. So annoying, Japan!

I will look forward to next week's chapter ^.^

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Love is always good. :)

Oh, don't worry about Kame's expenses, he can afford it. The authors decided he could. :p

Yes, Tomo was a great find for Jin - and Jin totally appreciates it too, that's why he doesn't want to lie to him. Tomo is the most normal, simply nice and straightforward person in his life.

Thank you for the info about New Year. Guess we'll have to tweak things a little once this thing is done. :) We do appreciate knowing, we like to get the details right! (Or at least have a chance to correct them. *g*)

[aya-3003.livejournal.com]

Too much love can come with problems. :D

I see, from now on I will just imagine him filthy rich.
Checked!

In this case, can I get a real Tomo? Your descriptions sounds too good to be true, but yeah that would be nice~

I hope it won't get too difficult. Good luck with that one~

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Filthy rich, totally!

You'd have to fight Jo for the real Tomo. Vuitton handbags at forty paces, no survivors. ;)

[requiemstar.livejournal.com]

I worry that you must get bored with me just leaving comments like "Gahhhhhhh! I love this fic SO MUCH!" but the trouble is I get so over-excited when I see an update and the fic itself so totally takes me there that coherance abandons me! But I love this. If you had a sincerity meter attached to your LJ it's be flashing at 100% right now.
(also, massive flailing at Jin telling Tomo about his real job but saying that Kame wasn't a client. Squeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! He's fallingin love with him!! GAHHHHH!!!!)
And... seriously, have you guys thought of trying to be published? No bullshit, you are book-standard good.

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

What author ever gets bored with 'GahhhhLOVE' comments? Seriously! We could read those all week!

Jin... uh, yeah you could say he's falling in love with Kame. In fact, he's pretty far on his way down already, he's just been very quiet about it.

We're not really sure there's a market for our porn the kinds of things we like to write, but thank you very much for the suggestion, that's a lovely compliment!

[http://users.livejournal.com/___clash/]

Back with comment, now that I've stopped frothing at the mouth from all the awesome ¬¬

This chapter has everything I've been waiting for and, for some reason, it took me by surprise. My first thought was 'But I wasn't expecting this so soon!' and then I looked at the chapter number and everything made sense :| So soon, indeed. Anyway! Not only is Kame finally, finally addressing his feelings - well, perhaps not addressing them, hi there river in Egypt, but he's getting there - but Jin... Hey, now I know I was on to something back when I said your Jin was brave. That took guts. I'm so proud of him ;___;

There's Kame in the shower, thinking of Jin (and I think he's done that before, but I could be mistaken and that was nothing like this anyway) and then you start the next paragraph with "He should maybe not do that" and there I go, looking like a weirdo in the bus. How do you even come up with these lines? *____*

As for Midori, I'm glad Kame's not worrying that much now, but the way he dismissed that... I just keep thinking she's bound start noticing things at some point. She might already be, and with Kame being much less careful now. That's not going to be pretty. Loved reading about Kame's meeting (Hamaguchi fan! :Dv ) and how the drama characters lead to him thinking about Jin and all that stuff he did before he realised Jin was a person.

And Jin's part of the chapter... I don't even know what to say about that. It made me so happy Jin was able to take that huge step that is telling Tomo even when Tomo gave him an easy way out, and that Tomo reacted the way he did, and that Jin has now someone to talk to about stuff like that. A friend. Seriously, you guys made my day with that ;___;

"Where he gets paid to have a nice evening." #tearyeyed #cuddlyJin #Jinwantscuddles #flail <3

Also loved the structure of Jin's part. Quite the emotional roller-coaster, from happy and relieved to oh-shit-wait-what?! to okay, calm waters; that was intense.

And your Jin is so... Jin. "I didn't mean to lie, just… well, okay, I meant to lie about it. Sorry." Fact. *___*

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Yeah, ha ha, soon. Ha ha ha.

Kame is still happily sailing down that river as far as many things are concerned. But he thinks about Jin so much these days that his brain goes all sorts of funny directions, good ones and bad ones.

You're a Hamaguchi fan? That's... surprising. Not that we dislike her, just, well. Kame is kind of intimidated by her, and she doesn't even appear that often. *g* You'll see a bit more of her though.

#Jintotallywantscuddles #butifhegetsthemhellworry #thattheclientisntgettinghisex

Thank you for what you said about the structure, that reassured us that what we were trying to do worked out. Ciggies are good for masking yucky flavours with their own yucky flavour, or so we believe.

Hee, Jin. Yeah. *g*

[ttalktomesoftly.livejournal.com]

Oh Kame ♥ All those thoughts and the guilt. Relax man, relax.

And Yamapi is so aoifbpanbfpiad, god. I want to hug him. I thought Jin was going to stick with the host club thing, but he surprised me.

I can't wait for the next chapter :)

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Kame can't really relax, ever. It comes from living in a closet and having his career depend on it. :/

We're happy you like our Yamapi. Jin had to make a leap there but it was necessary.

Thank you for commenting!

[ttalktomesoftly.livejournal.com]

I know, it must be nerve wracking to live paranoid. Poor guy :/

Your Yamapi is love. Seriously.

[tinna116.livejournal.com]

thank u <3

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :-)

[natsukashi-yume.livejournal.com]

adsjaljfhaldal the opening of this chapter. omg. Kame in the shower. /braindeadalready

Thoughts of Jin increasingly invading his placid, domestic life. :D and D: But kissing down his ribs, mmm.

Ugh, I do so like how Kame and Midori interact when he's not being an asshole and thinking about someone else or being careful. He's charming and she's sweet and though they're a little careful and passionless, they're good for each other.

letting an excited shop assistant with excited fluttery hands fuss over him.

Kame, you perv, as if you weren't already getting enough. :P

It's there, while he's facing a mirror blazing red with a ridiculously priced shirt, that it comes back from somewhere deep down, under the smiles and the dreams, under stolen moments that couldn't get any better or closer, and he sees Jin going blank and dead beneath his anger, Jin's shoulders pressed low into the bed, Jin wet—

Wow, this moment, this transition was amazing. And the tension and the swirling and the doubts crashing around until finally there's this relief...

It takes him all the way back to his car to remember that Jin's a crappy liar. That Jin turned down all the money from a golden shower. That Jin brought him a hamster.

And then this just tingled all the way down to the bones: Tomorrow he's seeing Kame again, where he doesn't even want to switch off; where it gives him a funny buzz to know Kame likes what he sees.

WOW, BOMBSHELL

Jin telling Tomo... ;_____;

All the feelings... ugh, the whole scene was so well handled with the awkward and the understanding balancing each other out. And the relief was palpable.

I like how in this chapter both Kame and Jin realized the "closer is dangerous" thing but essentially both didn't give a fuck. My heart. ♥ Ouch.

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Kame is a horny guy and showers are a better place for it than most. We're glad you... appreciated it. *g*

Though we have to point out that we didn't think he derived particular pleasure from the shop assistant's efforts… but since we are the authors and hence dead, you may just be right after all! ;)

We're happy the transition - and the Return of the Angst - worked. And also that the Tomo thing worked, that was pretty important to us.

Yes, they're both realizing it… no, neither of them really gives a fuck. Though at least they acknowledge that they *should* be giving fucks, they aren't just some starstruck idiots. …aren't they? aren't they?

[souleater-angel.livejournal.com]

They're both so insecure, doubting that the other one isn't experiencing the feelings they appear to be. Which is understandable of course, given the circumstances, but it's still so very sad.

I love how Kame is attracted to a HAPPY Jin now... XD. He didn't even need to picture anything sexual; it wasn't Jin's body, it was Jin himself. And he wants to be genuinely attractive for Jin as well.
And I love all the little reminders of Jin's adorableness with the shower settings and the soccer tie, and getting frightened by a drama Kame hasn't even filmed yet. So cute.

Kame's still having problems with the past :/ Poor guy. Jin has totally forgiven him too, hasn't even given it a thought in months now it seems, but Kame hasn't forgiven himself yet. He suffers from so much guilt, it must be just eating him away... Poor turtle.

And poor Jin! I'm glad Pi is a good friend, doesn't completely right him off, and seems genuinely concerned about him and wants to help him out of his crappy situation. It will probably be a bit awkward between them for a while, but I'm glad they seem to get through it. Thank goodness for beer.

But it's NOT just sex and it's NOT just about getting out and it's NOT just about the money. Not anymore. But it IS dangerous, but that danger is irrelevant at this point. I'm pretty sure Jin-kun is beyond help by now.

Thank you for continuing to make my Thursdays something to look forward to.

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they've each got reason to assume that the feelings aren't mutual. And Kame is *totally* attracted by 'happy Jin' - well, with that smile, who can resist?

Happy you like all the little Jin weirdnesses. And Pi! Pi will have a few things to think about, but he'll adjust. He's Pi, after all. And Jin's his friend.

Hmmm, with most clients it *is* just sex and just about getting out and just about the money… And what's dangerous is when it isn't.

Always happy to make your Thursdays better. :) Thank you for looking forward to it.

[brindhakrishnan.livejournal.com]

The highlight of this chapter must be how Pi has found out about Jin's real job. One less person Jin has to lie to well kind of since Pi doesn't know about Kame being Jin's client. But he took it okay and seems to understand Jin better now. I really like how he says "Shitty jobs, all shitty in different ways," cause its really true with Jin. People need to do anything to stay off living the streets. And this means Pi is going to help Jin more with finding a place so he can move out. What is going to happen when Jin is no longer Kame's "whore" and Kame is no longer Jin's client??? But reading the first part of the chapter, it seems like Kame is too hook on Jin and I doubt he'll last long without seeing him. And I am still abit worried for Kame and Midori. Will Midori ever find out that Kame visits a host club and what will she do?? Hmmm, the story is getting more interesting...
I am terribly late again in reading and commenting this time but it was the first thing I read when I got the time. :) Thanks for sharing this and looking forward to the next chapter!~~~

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Pi understands a lot about how one has to work crap jobs to survive. Not that he'd ever have contemplated a job like Jin's himself, but it's a different situation, different background, and Jin only got into it because of Naoki, too… we don't think he'd have just out of the blue thought 'hey, I'll be a whore now'.

Pi will definitely do everything he can to help Jin get out of that job more quickly. What would happen then is… yeah, good question. And the Midori question remains a good one. We'll just have to see, won't we. ;p

Late comments are also ♥. And as you see, we are also very late replying!

Hope you like tomorrow's chapter!