The Same Deep Water As You (54/57)
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The Same Deep Water As You
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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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The bouncer looks welcoming. It's the huge one, and he says, "Have a pleasant evening, Kamenashi-sama," waving him through to the second door.
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Date: 2012-03-15 01:44 pm (UTC)Kame and Jin are so adorable in their interactions that I want to squish them both into a big hug.
I love Jin's: "My house. My bed, my rules. My rules say you're not allowed to worry. So let me do what I want." It was perfectly understandable that Kame can't say no to this line. Jin's right, his rules are awesome! *winks at Kame*
And Jin saying "I love you" to Kame was just...*melts back into a puddle of goo*
Poor Kame though. I felt really bad for him when he went to that audition. The guys there were so mean! I'm glad Hamaguchi put them in her shit list!
"My parents would like to meet you."
"You... what- they. Me?" LOL! Really articulate Jin! I guess he did not expect it to happen so soon. With the divorce and coming out thing. I mean, they're still adjusting to their relationship as boyfriends and not client/escort. So, this meeting would be very interesting indeed. I'm anticipating awkwardness overload here. Hehe..
Takuya...Kame's confidant..hmm..it's actually nice that Kame gets to voice out what he feels with Jin's job. It must be really getting harder for him to keep it all bottled up inside.
Btw, I was right! Jin did not sign up with Tanaka. It was too much a gamble for him, but what will happen to his love for music? Will this be included in the next chapters? ;)
Thanks for the long chapter! You guys made my Thursday.*hugs*
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Date: 2012-03-17 07:13 pm (UTC)We do feel a bit guilty for putting Kame through the wringer with that audition, but, yeah, people wouldn't be all nice to him, and sometimes they'd really let him feel it. D:
No, Jin totally did not expect parents any time soon, not after the divorce and Kame's parents being fond of Midori and all that.
... but what do you mean, akwardness? Jin will find this a total BREEZE. *G*
Btw, I was right! Jin did not sign up with Tanaka. It was too much a gamble for him
Yup. And... we're not telling. :p Stay tuuuuned.
But thank you for this great comment, it was a joy to read!
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Date: 2012-03-15 03:22 pm (UTC)Kame is so cute picking Jin up and buying him stuff for the house like he promised! And the shrinking apartment is genius! <333 But, oh Kame... it's so hard to see how he can't stop thinking about Jin's job while at the same time trying to be the perfect boyfriend ;___; And he's even aware of it. "Thinking he did quite well there." And yet he's still trying so hard...
"Kame lets himself drop on the bed and stretches out in, he's been told, an alluring pose." LOL! I laughed so hard at this... I see what you're doing there Kame >.> you troll...
And then having to deal with those jerks at the audition... Poor guy, life really isn't so perfect for him these days ;___; But at least there's Hamaguchi's shit list. I have great faith in her yakuza ways *____* WHY isn't she getting more votes on that poll, huh? >.> Go vote for her, go!
So will we get to see the meeting the parents scene? God I hope we will! That has so much potential for both angst and hilarity!! p(*^^*)q
Also: KIMUTAKU. That talk really surprised me. I really wasn't expecting that at all! But I'm so glad it happened... I wonder if it's helped Kame some. I certainly hope so! Those were... good answers. I also wonder if Jin will freak out when he hears Kame was at the club when he wasn't there >.> Will he? I'm selfishly wishing he will. And omg this line:
"A long story that doesn't have an ending yet."
This line, idek. I love you guys ;___;
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Date: 2012-03-17 07:13 pm (UTC)Given how often we show them at a table talking, WE ARE THE WRITERS FOR YOU. :p But, um. Thank you. It's kind of weird to think, actually, that if we hadn't run into all our final final REALLY FINAL editing issues, this would have been the last chapter...
You totes picked up on what Kame is doing. We think on the one hand it's not too much to ask that he has to deal with shit for a bit and not put it all on Jin, but yeah, we feel for him too. He's not in an easy position.
Well, where is your Vote For Hamaguchi campaign, Lulu? She's feeling let down. (We hear her tapping her fingers on her desk.)
Heee, glad Kimutaku surprised you. We really enjoyed writing that and... yeah. We're glad if that went over well. :DDD
You want MORE angst from them? .... okay, we should not be surprised you're a perv. :p
♥
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Date: 2012-03-17 07:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-20 08:03 am (UTC)[and what's with the cryptic security code thingy under here b4 it'll post? it looked like someone raided the unofficial welsh rugby anthem - sauce-pan fach.. ?! and yes, they did thrash the french rather last week - whatever..i did not cry..]
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Date: 2012-03-21 10:09 pm (UTC)Dunno about the security code, it should only show up for anons. Maybe some new weird LJ thing. :/
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Date: 2012-03-22 07:44 am (UTC)Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.~Voltaire. warbles "allons enfants de la Pa--tri--e.."
[and long may your icon stay true after yesterday's budget news...ggnnhhh]
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Date: 2012-03-23 05:01 pm (UTC)We're working on that. Wish us luck...
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Date: 2012-03-22 08:26 am (UTC):p
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Date: 2012-03-22 08:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-22 09:14 am (UTC)ok no we're total slutches*tickles*
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Date: 2012-03-22 09:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-15 03:32 pm (UTC)tinyinfant (:D) apartment was sweet and fluffy but with Jin being tired. Again. Will these two ever find a common ground? All This tiptoeing around the subject of Jin's Job and walking on egg shells must be exhausting.I was touched by Jin’s efforts to accommodate Kame with his favorite wine and food. At least there was "I love you". Did Jin say it before? I can't remember <3, but I kind of feel that Kame's holding himself back here as he does lately about everything else. Jin is trying, but in the wrong way and Kame, he just needs to learn to communicate better. They both do.
That audition/humiliation was brilliantly written. I felt bad for him yet proud that Kame was so stoic. I hope will get to see him land a leading role again and show one finger to the haters.. The 'Meeting the Parents' should be interesting, though I'm sure they would love Jin! How could they not? I wonder what'll go wrong there. ;)
I had a moment of horror about his club visit. I thought he got fed up with all the umm..unsatisfactory sex with Jin and stopped by to seek comfort with Ueda, or someone.. Sorry Kame, for doubting you.
He really does need a friend and it pains me that he needs to pay for a talk (assuming he did pay when they took a room), like he used to for sex, now when he has a boyfriend. A boyfriend he can't even talk too :(
Thanks for this a have a great weekend!
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Date: 2012-03-17 07:14 pm (UTC)[Jin told Kame he loves him before, only it was off-screen. He's been keeping it bottled up long enough that it wouldn't take much to have him say it, only the authors like to be discreet about these things.]
That audition/humiliation was brilliantly written.
Thank you. :DDD
Hmmm, how could the parents not love Kame's waiter boyfriend with whom Kame cheated on Midori? Hmmmmm. *evil authors* *not saying*
I thought he got fed up with all the umm..unsatisfactory sex with Jin and stopped by to seek comfort with Ueda, or someone.. Sorry Kame, for doubting you.
Kame graciously accepts your apologies (he's in a forgiving mood towards others these days) while the authors cackle a little with evil glee. Not that we wanted to make people WORRY but it was a fun side product. But we can reassure you that at this point, Kame is well and truly over the idea of sex for money.
We agree he needs more friends, though. :-( It's kind of his own fault, for not cultivating real friends (or marrying them), but, yeah. It's a bit sad.
Hope you have a great weekend, too, and thank you for this wonderful feedback!
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Date: 2012-03-15 03:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-17 07:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-15 04:28 pm (UTC)But he's not completely bereft. At least he has Kame. Even when things get awkward sometimes still, Jin seems happier around him.
And poor Kame and his career :( Stupid arrogant *insert really long string of insulting adjectives as well as a suggestion to do something that isn't technically physically possible, considering how the human body is designed*
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Date: 2012-03-17 07:14 pm (UTC)He is definitely a lot happier around Kame. He figures he got very lucky!
Thank you for commenting. :)
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Date: 2012-03-16 05:19 am (UTC)I just want to quote back to you Kame and Jin's entire interaction with each other. It's just so cute and adorable and did I mention cute if a little tense at some points and I love them. Seeing them both so happy makes me so happy too.
And Jin told Kame he loved him. ^_^ I really think Kame needed to hear that from him.
I am just a rainbow of emotions when I read this fic. I mean, like here:
It's the sound of someone landing on Hamaguchi's shit list. Kame finds it oddly satisfying. MWAHAHA I got this smug expression on my face and am all TAKE THAT BITCH
And then you give me this:
"That was fucking fast," he snarls over his stomach dropping.
"Hello, Kazuya," his mother says.
And I am just LOLOLing all over the place and the cat's giving me weird looks again XD. ONLY THIS FIC I TELL YOU.
This day couldn't get any weirder. I don't even know why I found this line so funny. :D
You take care and get home safely now, dear."
He's driving and you just asked him to bring his boyfriend over to meet his parents, woman. Do you know your son at all? Cuz Kame never freaks out while driving and needs to pull over or anything... That said I am glad Kame did actually manage to get home in one piece. XD
JIN'S GOING TO MEET THE PARENTS!! *totally excited* THAT WON'T BE AWKWARD AT ALL. eherm.... I hope they like Jin. How could they not like Jin.
Ahh you tried so hard to make it look like they were really making it work. #notbuyingit Poor poor Kame-chan. They just have to find a way through this. I agree with Takuya's suggestion that Jin have Kame help him pay for a start into a new career, that way Kame will be able to help him and Jin will still have all his much needed security. Honestly, I don't know how you are going to provide Jin with the much security that he demands in only three more chapters. Impress me. ;)
AND I am totally stoked about the new chapter addition. *welcomes with open arms* Which one is it? Is this like a completely new chapter or did others just get added on to so much that another split was needed? Either way it made me bounce a little. #ishappy
Loved this one!
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Date: 2012-03-17 07:14 pm (UTC)Your cat thinks 'My human is making those weird noises again, must be Thursday'. *g*
Heee, yes, Kame's mother is clearly not well enough informed about her son's habit of having in-car freak-outs. Somebody should tell her.
How could the parents not like Jin? The suddenly appearing gay waiter-boyfriend with whom Kame cheated on his very nice wife of two years whom they liked very much indeed? Really, we have no idea.
They're both trying very hard to make it work. BUT IT SUCKS. :(
It's a completely new part of a chapter, and rearrangements of other things, with little additions here and there. :)
Loved your comment! ♥
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Date: 2012-03-16 05:35 am (UTC)their relationship is fairly new...and they both want to make it work without restrictions on one another.
jin still has to keep in mind his past experiences while going forward with kame as his boyfriend.
poor kame...of course he doesnt feel at ease with jin's work but he cant make it stop either cuz its jin's decision.
im glad he got some advice from takuya... =)
cant wait to see how their visit to the parentals make out...thanks for the update! see ya next week!
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Date: 2012-03-17 07:15 pm (UTC)Yes, Kame tries very hard not to limit what Jin can do. It's difficult for him, but he realizes that Jin needs to be comfortable with his situation. What Takuya told him probably helped... a little.
Thank you for commenting - yes, see you next week.
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Date: 2012-03-18 09:21 am (UTC)Yes, Kame tries very hard not to limit what Jin can do. It's difficult for him, but he realizes that Jin needs to be comfortable with his situation. What Takuya told him probably helped... a little.
Thank you for commenting - yes, see you next week.
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Date: 2012-03-19 04:59 am (UTC)I just wanted to say that I really like this fic and I look forward every week to a new chapter. I love how you've kept the characters in character through the whole thing, even through everything they go through. The way you write the characters and their inner struggles is really interesting, and I like the different interactions the characters have. All in all, it's a really good fic and I can't wait for the next chapter to come out this week!
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Date: 2012-03-22 08:29 am (UTC)We're happy you're enjoying it and also happy that you decided to let us know! We hope you continue to enjoy it... not long to go now! But still quite a few interactions to come up.
Thank you for commenting, we really appreciate it! :)
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Date: 2012-03-20 07:57 am (UTC)loved it!
how come Kame can have the brain sauce to think of a word like altruistic during sex??!! once he's got the words together. stamina much! that he even tries is sexy - gnnhhh. [humour in sex=the best..lols]
the sound of someone landing on H's shit list ha - nice. i like this lady.
Kame's mum being progressive - the thot intruded, yup, the things we do for our kids.. hehe.
and the inevitable snag build - jin complicated, layered - too many & not nice. but nicely put (forgive butchering). and boo for Kame's
serene, understanding, blank. hmm. he's trying. but..complicated. meanwhile touch speaks for them and maybe my fav bit, Kame's feet getting cozy with jin'snot so cold right then?srsly, this goes with above humour comment. this level of loving, lazy, comfy. yes!"Would it affect how you— if you're always… with other people, would it not… with him, wouldn't it change the feeling? Make it… like that? Just more of that?" ladies, your research is showing..
He's been holding on to that for weeks. But he takes a breath, lets it go deep down, and just for a moment feels less alone, less cooped up in his own head with this. It helps to have said it, just once, out loud, without having to dance around it all the time. yeay for kakuya. Kame got it out..
cheers!
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Date: 2012-03-22 08:30 am (UTC)Hamaguchi is a great woman to have on your side!
'snag build' - that should be a technical term (is it one?) Yes, definitely complicated. Touch works because it goes straight... somewhere, it bypasses the brain and the brain is where all the complications happen.
Takuya is valuable. Kame needed to get that said.
Thanks for this lovely comment. :)
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Date: 2012-03-22 10:38 am (UTC)Loved the date in Jin's apartment. And I fully approve of Jin's rules.
And the audition was mean - Poor Kame. Hopefully he'll get some real auditions soon.
I wasn't expecting Kame to go back to the club and seeing Takuya. I'm glad he talked about it with someone though - he needed to vent a little. Hopefully it helped.
Looking forward to Jin meeting Kame's parents (won't be awkward at all i'm sure LOL!!)
Off to read the next chapter
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Date: 2012-03-23 07:40 pm (UTC)Kame... if you'd asked him a few weeks ago, he'd have said he'd never go back to that club. But he needed input from somebody with Jin's sort of background and perspective. So there he was. And Takuya is, in a weird way, a mentor too.
Jin and Kame's parents. Ha ha. Wait for it. :)
Thank you as usual for your comment, we love it.
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Date: 2012-03-23 03:53 pm (UTC)Aaaaaanyway~
Kame sleeping at Jin's place is soo cute! Although now I really start to wonder whether some paparazzi will catch them together first. In those little moments when they're not that cautious and sit in the same car for example. T__T Although Jin seems to take care of it quite well. Or he just has found a liking in playing secret agent.
However Kame and Jin are so sweet together here. I love it how Kame is mocking Jin's apartment. Mwah, they're so awesome together. So sweet and natural and happy. And I would go all 'kyaaa' and flail over how cute they actually are and enjoy that they are finally together. They seem to deal. But somehow that is the problem. They only seem to and to me it doesn't feel like they really are. :/ Even though everything is supposed to be perfect between them it still feels like there's still a huge shadow over their relationship. A shadow that totally is not supposed to be there. T__T The thing with Jin's job is just so... invading in everything. You feel that they want to deal with that but you also feel that it does stand between them no matter how hard they try. But hell, that's just normal, I know. But still it's driving me crazy reading all of this and going from "OMG they are so cute! It's so harmonious! Aaaaaaw!" to "Oh god, no!!! No no no no! Not the thing with the job again. Kame stop thinking about it! Shut your mouth already! Jin now silence him! Grah, Jin take Kame's moneeeeey and stop that fucking job, so I can go all 'kyaaa' again!" within seconds. xD (Whoops, long and strange sentence). And I guess they're not very fond of this kind of emotional rollercoasters either? XD
But hey, Jin tries really hard. Establishing his own rules to satisfy Kame. Trying not to let his job invade their relationship too much and such. And I can understand him that he wants to be independent. That he doesn't want to make the same mistake again and let a guy kind of rule over his life just to find out in the end that it doesn't work out and that he's again left with nothing (although I think that Kame wouldn't leave Jin with nothing should they figure out they're just not meant to be). But isn't Jin in a position where he should understand how Kame really feels about the whole whore-thing? D: Because Jin wasn't really happy with Naoki fucking others to afford presents and such. So he should know how hard this is for Kame. Mwah, it's so hard if you understand Jin's behaviour to some point but on the other hand you don't really. uU
I am glad that Kame finally decided to talk to someone, though! But I would have rather thought it would be Tatsuya instead of Takuya. xD Although maybe Takuya does seem a bit more adeqaute for this kind of conversation. However Kame needed to open up a bit and it's cute how Takuya cheers him up and gives advices. I hope this helps Kame to deal better with everything. Maybe to talk things through with Jin again, try to find way out of this misery. Some way to make it easier for both of them.
But even though Kame talking to someone who understands him was neccessary... I feel alarmed because he's at the club again! I guess he didn't tell Jin beforehand that he plans to go there. And people saw him there and he knows the whores are gossiping about everything that's happening in the club and I'm sure Jin will get to hear that Kame was there. In a room with Takuya. I hope this won't lead to lots of misunderstandings and fights and OMG. D: Waaaaaaah. T___T
Audition people are assholes, Kame deserves better. Hamaguchi's awesome again and I hope Kame will be successful with awesome dramas or movies again soon. T__T
And I love his mother! She's so sweet, really! I'm glad she's there for him and still supports him. His father as well. I so hope there will be a looong scene about when Kame and Jin can come over to visit. Q___Q I want Jin to get along with Kame's parents and them realizing why Kame chose Jin over Midori in the end. I want Jin to be part of that loving family. Q___Q
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Date: 2012-03-27 04:38 pm (UTC)Jin totally understands how Kame feels, it's just that he doesn't know what else to do. He isn't whoring for his own personal fun, either. He just doesn't see a safe alternative. It sucks.
Takuya is better than Tatsuya because, while Kame likes Tatsuya a lot, Takuya is somebody he's always kind of looked up to. He's also older than Kame, and he's been around the whore scene for a long time... and he's also way, way senior to Jin, so it doesn't feel so much like asking a colleague of Jin's and invading Jin's privacy too much. If that makes sense.
Yeah, the whores gossip. A lot. Kame didn't think that one through very well. *cough*
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Date: 2012-03-29 09:09 am (UTC)If that makes sense.
It didn't make at first until I realized you didn't write "Takuya is better than Takuya" and it was just my still sleepy brain that made me read that.
But yeah, it does make sense and is perfectly comprehensible.
Yeah, the whores gossip. A lot. Kame didn't think that one through very well. *cough*
But maybe he would have gotten it worse, had he been all ninja turtle like. If he'd made a biiiig secret out of this and someone found out somehow, Jin would have maybe got the impression Kame was hiding something from him?
Well, in the end the gossip luckily didn't matter anyway. :D *pats Kame*
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Date: 2012-03-23 06:45 pm (UTC)I never commented on this story because I never actually read a chapter, because I discovered it recently and I would have a lot to catch up but right now I don't have a lot of free time. However I often browse through the updates and the situations and hints about the story really caught my interest! And I see it's the last chapters, so I really need to start reading it! Anyway I just wanted to let you know that just a few sentences here and there were enough to make me curious. So I'll come back and comment properly when I'm done reading. Thank you for sharing this story with us :D
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Date: 2012-03-23 07:40 pm (UTC)Welcome to this weird and wonderful world. We hope you have fun once you get around to catching up, and we also hope you don't remember too much of all the hints you saw because
spoiler spoiler spoiler...Drop us a note occasionally about what you're thinking. We look forward to hearing from you. :Dv