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The Same Deep Water As You
by [livejournal.com profile] solo____ & [livejournal.com profile] 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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"It's just," Danny says, "Junno told me he was talking to Jiro, and he heard from Jun that Jaejoong saw your… your boyfriend here earlier."

 

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Date: 2012-03-22 10:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aya-3003.livejournal.com
Finally Image
Waiting for the call to Tanaka

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Date: 2012-03-22 11:05 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ladyc2
Jin QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wasn't expecting that so fast (but I suppose the story is going to be over soon *sob* so i probably should have seen it coming). Good for him. I hope whatever he decides to do now (go to the mechanic school or take up the job with Tanaka) he'll let Kame help him. And was that a new script for a new show/movie Kame was reading??? *crosses fingers for both of them*

So glad Jin didn't jump to the wrong conclusions about Kame's visit to the club even if everyone else there did.

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Date: 2012-03-22 11:35 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Oh God, he did it, oh God!!!

I hadn't time to read the previous chapter till now, so I read them in a row, and now I'm a little incoherent (almost feel like Kame right there in the end - only on Kame's behalf - if it even makes sense). Maybe I'll write more when the coherency is back...

But Jin... oh God I love Jin the way you write him! What I'm saying is - Kame's my ichiban, and I adore all these (more often then not unnecessary) gears running inside his poor overburdened head, but I sort of always been "well, he's cute but whatever" towards Jin and then you write him like this - and it's "Oh God!"

See - the incoherency? But well, yeah...

It's not working. This isn't working. Layers on layers of not working ...
And. He. Just. Does it.

Hope I have time to come here when I'm back to my sensible self to write something that makes... uh, well, more sense?

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Date: 2012-03-22 11:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leen1707.livejournal.com
Oops, see how out of it I am that I haven't even seen I'm not logged in?

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Date: 2012-03-22 12:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsuki-nanjo.livejournal.com
OOOOOOOOHHH!! HE quit!! OHHH!!
I don´t have enough time I´m in a break but this is soooooooooooooooooooooooo goooood!! Seriously they are so good for each other!! Love the chapter. Thanks ;)

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Date: 2012-03-22 02:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krystal-32206.livejournal.com
JIN QUIT HIS JOB!!!
AND SO OUT OF THE BLUE!!!
I wasn't really expecting this development.
But I am SO glad Jin finally quit his job. A bit too soon and definitely not the way he planned it, but Kame's mental state seemed to like it. *we all know psycho!Kame's just lurking around*XD
I feel that quitting also made Jin feel less guilty and stressed out.
Now all he needs to do is look for another job. Easier said than done.
Hmm? What would Jin be doing next?

Anyways, I'm still waiting for the meet-the-parents chapter.:)
Thanks for this!:)

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Date: 2012-03-22 04:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ayalonet.livejournal.com
Finally! Jin, finally! I was waiting for this moment since chapter two.. and here we are!

It will be all right. They will be all right. Jin will join the band, work part time in the night club with Tomo, part time at the car shop, will pay the rent for his tiny apartment on time and Kame won't kill himself to become a ghost (.. yeah). I'm sure the new guy over at the club will be disappointed but who cares?! Same goes for creepy Ootomo. "Fucking romantics." In your face! xD

Oh, my Akame heart is rejoicing right now! :) I'm proud of Jin for the decision he made and happy for them :) I hope the next chapter (can't believe it's the one before last!!) will be loooong, and compensate both Kame and us for the all the suffering these two have been put through.. <3

Jin is boring, Jin is vanilla, Jin is done Jin is just beginning! Yay for fresh starts! :D


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Date: 2012-03-22 04:51 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh where to start....*throws heart-shaped confetti*

First, OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG *does happy dance* for the blind me JUST NOW noticing the now 57 chapters.....As I've written before 7 and 5 are my favoriteeeeeeeeeeee numbers :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I hope this still doesn't exclude the epilogue right? As in 57 chapters plus one more? *cat from Shrek eyes* right? right? right??? :)

And secondly....This chapter....Gosh I don't even know where to start.....After finishing reading it I just sat here like 20 minutes absolutely literally just smiling and trying to comprehend what just happened while pinching myself to make sure it's all real.....This might just be the happiest chapter out of all the 55 so far....Or maybe it's a tie between this one and the one where they officially became an item.... :D

Through the first half of the chapter as usual (well usual for the past few chapters) I was so feeling for Kame....Poor bb....As much as I try to understand Jin I was never able to get his being-back-out-on-the-streets worries 100%....I guess just cause I've never experienced that maybe...I dunno....Or rather I could never see why Tanaka's job didn't appear to him as THE perfect compromise the way it did to me....Cause to me that doesn't automatically equal to being homeless again like it seems to appear to Jin....I'm pretty sure the salary Tanaka would pay him would be enough to pay for his small apartment he has now and the money he saved up already could probably pay his mechanic DREAM JOB courses or w/e it is he wants to do....So I was so feeling sorry for Kame and so not getting how Jin could be so blind not to see the "layers on layers" of stuff not working out and how him taking Tanaka's offer would fix most of it....So after the initial half an hour just sitting there enjoying.....I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy and relieved like OMG....Seriously words can not express enough in this case......If it weren't so late (2 am) I would have screamed "FINALLY" out loud....LOL :D Thank you so much for writing it all out so perfectly too!!!! *bows* I loved the robotic Kame folding laundry too....The whole situation makes this seem realistic...Cause that's how it usually/often is in real life....Some small unintentional meaningless thing just makes one snap....I can't really word this right but I'm just saying I could totally 100% see the situation in this chapter happening....In RL....A small detail that just makes the puzzle all come together and all the things become clear as day....I'm sooooooo sooooooooooo glad that Jin finally snapped out of his w/e it was he was in and even more happy that I actually got to read about it and that it happened sometime BEFORE the epilogue...LOL....Didn't really expect JinJin to be so quick cosidering the rate he was going at LOL :D THANK YOU authors sooooooooo much!!!!!!! Chooooooooo ureshii desu! :))))))

And I'm now soooooooooo excited to actually be able to read at least a sneak peek of a tiny bit of how their normal and happy life together will go (in the remaining 2 chapters that is)....Still can't believe it's really ending....The thought just breaks my heart every time... :'( I'm one of those people who'd love to enjoy reading this fic for however long more just how Jin n Kame have breakfast, go shopping, go on their first vacation and w/e else...Get a hamster? lol Breaks my heart to know I'll never get to see (well read about) all these....Your fic is like a baby I been watching grow.....That I wanna see how he/she goes to school....Then university...Gets a first job.....First love...Married...ETC *gets carried away*

Alright sorry for my sappy self I'm just so in love and attached to this story....Forever THANK YOU both for it.....Totally looking forward to next week's Happy Thursday!!!! :)

~rokstary.

P.S.: I decided to now add my nickname at the end of each post after what you wrote last time....Hope this makes it easier for you both in case some other ANONs show up :)

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Date: 2012-03-22 05:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] akamaru07.livejournal.com
AHDFKASDHF whydidinotseethatcoming? XD but a very nice surprise! i was expecting he would quit eventually but not that soon. fucking romantics lol.

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Date: 2012-03-22 07:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] requiemstar.livejournal.com
ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! He quit!!! He actually quit with no security and so scared and EVERYTHING! Ooooh, I think I actually swooned for a moment there. Smelling salts! Bring the smelling salts! The whole scene about Monsieur Big Cock made me cackle like a mad woman and the Underpants of Terror... gawd I love your phrasing! Weird the things that turn out to be the final straw, no? You can hold it together over the biggest things and then suddenly it's like you stub your toe or fold underpants that are so different than what he normally wears and the whole house of cards just comes crashing down. I could just snuggle Jin to death in this chapter though; being so strong for Kame and SO epic but simultaneously so vulnerable and scared. Eeeeeeeh! *hugs Jin and you both ferociously*

You know, one of these days my comments will become coherant and then we'll all die of shock ;) LOVED it. Love AKame. Love you guys!!!

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Date: 2012-03-22 10:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nightinbird.livejournal.com
HE QUIT.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Somehow, this mirrors Kame's plunge into cold water with the divorce/telling his agent for me, with Jin realizing it's not working and having the courage to do something about it then and there, even though he can't be sure about the future. But then the thing is, no one can. And I'm like... 1000% confident he made the right decision.

I love how Jin was so unfazed by the Kame/Kimura thing, how much he trusts Kame. And I loved how he didn't let Kame keep folding the laundry like a robot, and the phone calls, how he just went through with it with Kame right there, and the hug in the end.

I CAN FEEL A HAPPY ENDING IN THE MAKING. Please don't stab them in the last two chapters. ;)

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Date: 2012-03-22 10:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sablenoir4.livejournal.com
ouf! SO-O-O GLAD......... ok, capslock a mistake, but i'll let it ride..

did i read somewhere u guys seriously thot about ending this with last weeks chapter? shudder. idek.. this, this was needed.

am noting, but not quoting much today -sorry, hands are battered & stiff with continuing heavyduty DIY and not happy to be typing- but i caught the quality smattering of nicely turned, incisive phrases, and JiN IS BORING. JIN IS VANILLA. JIN IS DONE [gah - capslock again, sorry]. this works. so well. vanilla is important for me, and i nave no idea why u use it here, or why it works, but it SO DOES!! ahhh, and in the end, the last line, that's just the way it is sometimes. i think in fact, this could be a phrase to describe my life. now & always. and it's just so-o-o amazing to have that reciprocal trust. that is just there. the bedrock. all shifts. all changes. except this. constant.

so yeah - FUCKING ROMANTICS - right on Ootomo. They rule.

on reflection, i'd graffiti this across your fic from beginning to end, just to give the finger to the cynics..

right. am off my soapbox, my hyde park corner days are gone. [i really did..]

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Date: 2012-03-22 10:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fond-of-pin.livejournal.com
Finally Jin came to his senses. I understood his reasons well, and was really proud of Kame that he put up with Jin's job. That was very brave of him.

I'm also glad that Jin never doubted Kame's reasons for going up to a room with Kimura. I was a bit worried about that and didn't want any more drama. Not that close to the end of the story anyway.

I think it's the first time I actually comment, though I always meant to. I discovered your story sometime in autumn last year, and read the first 20 or so chapters in a rush during one night. Then while I was waiting for your weekly updates (what will I do without them in two weeks?) I re-read the story slowly from the beginning, savouring every word. I've never been an Akame fan - I guess you can tell from my username - but I'm so glad that I gave this story a try.

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Date: 2012-03-22 10:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettyorianna.livejournal.com
Wow...

But Jin was right, with the layers and layers of not working. Though the whole thing was sudden but somehow I think it will work out. I hope.

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Date: 2012-03-23 04:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] souleater-angel.livejournal.com

Only the moment we've all been waiting a year FOREVER for.

Jin doesn't have his two year's savings or his car mechanic job or his security but he DOES IT ANYWAY simply because Kame can't handle it anymore and THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK. Don't worry, Jin. Kame's not going to abandon you. Stupid Naoki baggage. *pats him* Kame survived his earth-shifting collapse of everything stable, Jin can do it too, as long as they have each other.

Fucking romantics. You said it Ootomo ;) Why do I get the feeling that Ootomo's not really surprised....

Kame nearly having a breakdown over underwear is something so easy to picture, and Jin sees it and knows how to fix it and DOES IT.

The rest of the chapter is nice too. All the escorts being worried about Jin with his cheating boyfriend and Jin being totally cool and Kame getting worried that Jin might get the wrong ideas ;) So glad they were able to build that trust in their relationship.

AND now they can be honest with Kame's parents too right? "Jin's unfortuantely without a job at the moment..." Maybe not the best way to impress people but at least it's not another lie.

I can't wait to see how everyone reacts to this; Tomo and Yuuya and all the other escorts and Tanaka... and Kame XD. We need his POV asap. And we get two whole chapters of Jin not being a whore!

I was originally all :((( when I saw how relatively short the chapter was but Jin Quitting totally makes up for it. (SO glad I didn't read the other comments before I went to work today...)

Thanks for this! *goes back to re-read Jin's Epic Resignation*

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Date: 2012-03-23 05:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cnidaria-jin.livejournal.com
So Jin has stopped working. I can't wait for the next update, thank you ❤

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Date: 2012-03-23 10:05 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMGGGGGGGG!!!!!!! OMG! *rolling on my class floor*

THIS IS AWESOME! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!! OMG!! *crying on my class*

I LOVE YOU GUYS! I ADORE BOTH THE AUTHORS AND FIC SO MUCH!!

OMG! I JUST CAN'T.... I JUST SPEECHLESS
@+-#*!,';:@+-,!;'!!!! *bang my head on class desk*

AND THIS FIC WILL BE END SOON ;;A;; *crying again*

Okay I must stop reading this on class.

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Date: 2012-03-23 12:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maeda-marika.livejournal.com
I absolutely shrieked when Jin quit, and my roommates stared at me like I'd grown a second head. But this chapter was awesome. I think you guys portrayed Kame well, with his "it's-not-fine-but-I'm-pretending-it-is" attitude and then Jin... I don't know, it seemed like that whole crisis situation where one person is panicking and the other is calm, right? It was really well done.

And I am SO HAPPY he quit. I'm definitely curious to see what happens next. (But please tell me they won't break up...? That would be so terrible!)

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Date: 2012-03-23 02:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fragile-melodia.livejournal.com
Oh God.. finally! Yay!!! :)
I´m not in state to comment properly.. sorry. This is.. just.. well.. great :D agan sorry for the lack of words.
But u know... only two chapters left... that´s soooooo short! This fic (ehm.. readers..ehm) deserve at least another ten chapters with happy, fluffy, muschy and smuty akame :D (imagination goes wild...)
Make a side story of this.. pretty please? :D

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Date: 2012-03-23 04:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sakurascorpion.livejournal.com
YAYAAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA

LOVE THE ENDING SO MUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH <3 <3 <3 :D

I'm so glad that Jin is quitting and that Kazuya doesn't have to hold himself back so much anymore.

I loved the little details - the food, the beer, the showers, and especially the Laundry.

LOVE IT.

Awesomely written chapter. And I hope it works out for them :D

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Date: 2012-03-23 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/___clash/
I love how everyone thinks Jin's freaking out and Jin's just 'oh well, they know each other, it's normal they'd want to talk'.

And, and, Snapping-dentures-guy? Straightboy? Jin kills me with his nicknames xD #dying And then he starts downsizing to go home earlier! But... what happened to your newly found work-ethic, Jin? DDD:

"It reminds Jin of when Ootomo first stumbled across him in Shinjuku, and Jin didn't know if it was his mouth or the state of his clothes."
I'm still terribly curious about that! :O

"Just new enough nobody else had dibs, new enough he doesn't know about whore schedules, the luxury guys not wasting their time on Mondays."
I very randomly think that sentence is utterly amazing and will not explain why >.>

It's so cute how housewife-ish Kame has been acting lately. I must confess it makes me a bit sad to see him so insecure, but he's still really adorable *___* I wonder if he's aware of it at all, though. The housewifey act... #dynamics #neworder And then... oh, Kame. Poor little OCD Kame with his piles of clothing, that scene is so heartbreaking. He's not even breaking down but omg he looks so desperate ;___; Thank god Jin got moderately better at reading people over time...

And, and...
"Layers on layers of not working and they can't go on like this, Kame with his jaw locked and his eyes all dead, it's not worth it." ;____; <3333
I love how Jin pulls Kame out of the bathroom and then just... does it. OMG. Jin, finally. FINALLY. It took you long to make up your mind and in the end... And omg, Ootomo was hilarious, 'yeah yeah whatever, I knew this was coming!' And the undergarments of doom ;__; And what will Jin do now, what? And omg that last hug. See what I mean, see? #Kamethe50swife #godhesadorable #idek #thatusedtobeJin #godtheyreboth #justamazing #sdajkfkd

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Date: 2012-03-23 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] b_akakame.livejournal.com
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Date: 2012-03-24 05:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] b_akakame.livejournal.com
So finally my brain has recovered from positive late night whore-epic shocks. *g*

Jin is an awesome boyfriend! I so love it how everyone is going "OMG JIN!!! Your boyfriend was so stupid to present himself in the lounge before he went upstairs with a whore for everybody to seeeeeeee!!!!!!" And Jin is all like "Okay? Whatever" *shrugs* I did fear that all of this would lead to a big big drama. But Jin luckily Jin is smart sometimes. :D Let's everyone go *drama drama* while he's like *happy happy* because Mr Turtle decided to talk to a whore.
It is cute however how the others worry about him! Makes me wish a little that he was better friends with a few of them even outside the club. But then again Jin probably always felt better to have everything club related as far aways from himself as possible in his free time.
Jin's nicknames for his clients are awesome btw! Hehe.

But I am a bit curious about a bit more details on Jin's and Ootomo's first encounter. O__o I wondered about that a lot in the earlier chapters. But to be honest I frogot that I wondered about that. XDDD There was just suddenly so much other stuff going on here.

Funny how Jin suddenly figures out that fuck and run works best in this job. Too bad it's.. too late. xD" But it's sweet how he comes home and goes all "Do we have any of those tortellini you froze?". Because it's "do we" already. 8D #happyoverthesekindoftinylittledetails
Kame is back to the overcaring housewife. 8D But I like it when he is! It's cute. :) And I guess Jin does appreciate being spoiled a little. ;) Who wouldn't? XD Nice that Kame's having so much fun at work and ooooh new script there? New work, huh huh huh? >D I'd be sooo happy for him!! ;O;

But to imagine Kame standing there feeling numb while doing the laundry was so heartbreaking. T_T I was so sad when I read that! Jin really is an awesome boyfriend here who finally finally finally heard all of Kame's silent screams for the whole whore thing to stop. OMG! I still can't believe it that Jin really did the right thing here. That he finally decided to put an end to all of this madness and worrying (And he calls him Kazuya, yay! <- look, how you can make me happy with these little things! lol)
But these two are really one of a kind! Making essential and important decisions that could ruin their whole future on the phone on impulse with their boyfriend standing next to them. #thisissocrazyitsactuallycute

I'm relieved, though! OMG Jin quit his job. For real! He really did and he won't back out now. Can't wait for the other whore's reactions. And for Tanaka's!

And yeeeeah, time for visiting Kame's parents and at least no lie concerning his job. ALTHOUGH that also worries me a little because what if Kame's parents take this the wrong way and go all "Oh.. so you've been a waiter but now that you have a rich boyfriend you quit that job and search for an apprenticeship without having enough money to survive for long and without a proper education?". D: I hope they are not like that! >.< I can't really imagine, because they've been so sweet so far. But I guess since they only want the best for Kame, something like that could make even them suspicious. D: I'll have to wait and see, though? XDD

Woah, I really wonder what still is to come here! So excited but still so sad this will end soon. T__T"

Btw. I love how you have never failed to surprise me so far! ♥
I would have never expected Jin quitting like this!

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