The Same Deep Water As You (Epilogue)

[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.
Notes 2: This is it, folks. Which, um, you probably know seeing as it's called Epilogue. We don't really know how we're going to feel about not having anything to post on Thursdays, so we're running away to Japan in two days to distract ourselves. *g* But thank you all so much for reading, it's been quite a ride for us! Thanks also to those who betaed for us at various points of the endeavour, and to those who so generously surprised us with all that amazing art! Thank you to everyone who made us feel loved. ♥

We'll make a discussion post next week where we'll be happy to answer lurking questions about the verse and what these guys might get up to.

We hope you enjoy these last few scenes in the Deep Water verse, and now we're going to slink off and feel weird that we're well and truly done, after a year and two months of posting. *g*

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Comments

[maeda-marika.livejournal.com]

It's over.

ｳﾜｧｧ━━━━━｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡━━━━━ﾝ!!!!

But I'm glad everything turned out okay for Jin and Kame. I liked the way it ended. It felt like everything was resolved and realistic and resolved realistically (if that makes sense). I think it's great that Kame is finally at peace with everything, that he's not lying anymore, not even to himself. And it's awesome that Jin could go to the awards thing with Kame, even though he almost slipped up and told that he's living with Kame.

Wow, I just... can't believe it's over.

So, sequel? Tegoshi gets out, too? （笑）

Great job, both of you! I really enjoyed reading this.

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

It is over, yeah. It's been... so long... But thank you very much for your comments on this thing! :D We're glad you found it and liked it this much.

Yes, to everything you said about the awards thing. And Tegoshi will get out, but... later. *g* He's actually enjoying himself there. I think eventually he'll get bored and fed up too, but he's not so... touched by the whoring as Jin is.

PS: is that a party emoticon? #n00b #dumbJo

[freeandluvin-it.livejournal.com]

Thank you for making my Thursdays more special! Bravo, excellent work! <3333

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, and thank you! ♥

[krystal-32206.livejournal.com]

...and they lived happily ever after..Yay!!
I have mixed feelings about this though..I feel kind of sad that it's over but on the other hand, I'm happy that Jin and Kame get to have their happy ending. :)
The way you inserted Kame's memories of his wedding and the time he realized he was falling in love with Jin was nice, too. It made the story complete.
Anyways, a huge THANK YOU for sharing this fic..I'll never get tired of rereading the whole thing..again.. :)
Thank you so much!

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

I feel kind of sad that it's over but on the other hand, I'm happy that Jin and Kame get to have their happy ending.

I know what you mean. *g* I really like the verse and the fun we had writing it, but fi they're doing to have a happy ending, they have to have an ending. And they should really get a happy ending, and have no more PLOT AND DRAMA that can happen to them. No plot is good! For them.

I hope you'll enjoy it on re-read -- I admit I'm looking forward to sitting down with the whole thing myself when we're not up to our elbows in editing and stuff.

Thank you so much for your comments and support, that was really awesome!

[sablenoir4.livejournal.com]

so here we have it.. ahh.. and it's done. and neatly wrapped, like a parcel ready for sending. closure [horrible word] never felt so good.

loved the way you start off with the milestone of kame's new life "You okay?" Kame turns his head, smiles at Jin. He's got nothing to hide. "Absolutely okay." and end with the same the truth never felt so good: maestras weaving their words..

And among the mundane comfort of little things, kame's convinced, decisive, and it's time.. his verdict on that other him, the actor playing his biggest act: he did it all quite well is sad, but not. he's done with that. and jin's giggly nerves [nice samurai brain wiggle], and spaced head [future dogs] sneak in, but Kame's confident and is pulling him thru. [even if he doesn't know the thot of glass elevators and payment..doesn't see sakurai sho..]

so jin is kool, and with Morioki [nice], and has a wild burst of pride *beams stupidly at screen, 'of course you do', pats jin for his intelligence*, and even then, differentiates between candid and [..] stupid.. you go jin. [there is always more to this man than he lets us see]..

and sho, and see?, see?, odd encounters, and they so win this. and i so love this phrase: Kame is holding on to his glass a little tightly but his eyes are clear and he's not afraid to look at Jin. Soon they can go home.

and more hamster, and oh this paragraph. am squishing around in a mountain of fluffy..

and the french bit of me so-o approves of the wine. good man, jin. good man.

and kame's high, but always anchored tra la la leeeeee and it's now and finally, and today is perfect and tomorrow.. just.. more squeebles..

and yeah, that last phrase kills it perfectly. so puts it to bed. so, gosh. am tearing up. seriously. chest heaving, and snivelling. thank you, wonderful people, you. for thinking this up, researching, exploring, writing, re-writing, so-o generously [not to mention all the commenting. lesser ladies would have given up, and had a cup of tea, or tickled the cat..].

and for the plethora of amazing characters you made here, and i daren't mention even one or this will not end..

and this, this is the bit that dawned on me about half way thru. that you, authors, were taking care of us readers. even in the difficult bits. and that, for me, just makes this whole enterprise very unique. and i can't tell you how important that was to me, given the subject matter so close to my heart. *tears streaming at this point. gah.. but i know am not the only one invested here*

and i guess i'll leave the (nearly) last word to your lovely, lovely, intelligent humour. that is dry, and hilarious and saves us from so much.. from Tanaka's druid-distilled whisky to ch 45's smexy fluff "See?" he points out. "I've got one too. Still a little one, so we have to make it grow." Kame ends up laughing helplessly, shaking more than he's doing anything constructive. and beyond to comedic lines i don't have time to go digging around for.. but give it a month. or two. and one evening, i'll treat myself to re-reading this.. and enjoy them all over again.

HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME IN JAPAN, AND THANK YOU.

XD & <3's

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

:DDDDD

Glad you like our little milestone... thing. That was supposed to work like that. And... thank you for this wonderful, generous comment. I'm kind of stumped for words -- and I think The Other One is probably no better -- and... I'm really glad you liked the story so much and got invested and stuck with it, even when it got dark. And I hope you enjoy the re-read -- I'm going to put it on my eReader before swanning off for Japan too. :D

and the french bit of me so-o approves of the wine. good man, jin. good man.

PRIORITIES. I personally think they are still insane with their kinds of wines, but at least it's something like WINE not Blurays. Ha.

Thank you so much for all this squee and support and the thoughtful comments on the serious stuff. ♥ ♥ ♥ Really, thank you.

[nimlothemeli.livejournal.com]

I think it's only proper for me to leave a comment on the completion of this amazing story^^. I'm utterly impressed at the work that has been put into it and there's nothing to dislike in it! You've managed to keep me interested all the way through - my Thursdays will never be the same now that I don't have this story to wait for anymore. It really put that golden edge to my week.

I love the way Kame's and Jin's relation evolves so organically, how Jin saves Kame in a way and how Kame saves Jin. I don't know what to praise more, the skillfully portraied characters or the pacing or the story in itself... so let's just leave it at the fact that I'm kinda sure I'll never read anything longer, better or more engaging when it comes to AU Akame. This is that one story I'll talk about for months and try to convince everybody to read, because the ones that hasn't been following this story have surely missed out on something fantastic.

Thanks for writing it, thanks for sharing it and just generally thanks! =^-^=

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for this awesome and blush-inducing comment. Happy you enjoyed our leisurely pace -- it's not for everybody *g* -- and that it was worth waiting for on Thursdays. :D Thank you for the praise and the lovely summary, and we hope you enjoy the re-read!

[pinkporca.livejournal.com]

This was one very well written fiction. I am sorry that I did not comment on each chapter. I am so glad I read this. Thank you for doing such a great job. Loved the ending, relaxed and realizing that life is not so bad. Certain things can be overcome.

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, and thank you for sticking with it over the chapters. We're glad the ending worked. :D Thank you!

[ladyc2]

Such a lovely sweet ending (poor Kame for getting snubbed for the best actor award though :( )

This was such an amazing fic and it kept me completely enraptured for the whole 57 chapters. Thank you for sharing this story with us and for all the clearly hard work you put into it.

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

Awww, he'll recover. He's too happy to sulk now. *g* Give it time and he'll be back kicking ass...

Thank you so much for your comments, we really enjoyed reading them, and we're very happy you still liked it after 57 long, looong chapters. :DDDD

[berrysoup.livejournal.com]

i've read this from the first to the last and i'm surely going to miss this being updated, but all good things must come to an end. this story has been amazing for lack of a better word. i've never read anything like this, and i've read a lot. i've read great fics but this is surely one of the best. i can't really express how much i loved this, cause none of what i say will really do it justice. thank you for producing this and not stopping till the end. it's disappointing when great fics can't be finished. but seriously, this was amazing, purely amazing.

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

That's high praise indeed. :D Thank you very much for the kind words, and for reading and sticking with it. Comments like this one make us glow. *g* Thank you!

[requiemstar.livejournal.com]

*blissful sigh* I can't believe it's over. I didn't realise until you said that it's been over a year. I'm going to feel like something is missing in such a big way. this was such an immense fic and so well written and absorbing that not to catch up with what Jin and Kame are up to each thursday it'll be like I've fallen out with my best friend or something. Major, major congrats to you both.

But tell me that you've got something new lined up???! I am just restraining myself from flinging around on the floor like a three year old but only if you promise me faithfully that you have inspiration for something new and fabulous!

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

Isn't it weird that it's been OVER A YEAR? At the start, 54 (ha ha) chapters felt like we'd be posting FOREVER... and now it's over...

We always have something cooking -- we have more plans than time to write, mostly. Though I think it's fair to say that we'll never write anything over 450k words again, for our own sanity. And we kind of wanted to stay away from novel length for a bit and catch up with our shorter ideas, but... stuff might have been interfering with those plans. ;-)

Thank you very much for the kind words and support! Maybe you'll like the stuff we'll come up with now that we have a bit more time to do other stuff besides edit whorechapters. :D

[cnidaria-jin.livejournal.com]

i can't believe it's over, for the awesome chaps til now, thank you :)
I really enjoy reading this great fic, i'll miss this for sure ❤

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

We'll miss it too. Maybe not the last minute frantic editing, but.. yeah. It's been part of our lives for such a long time now.

Thank you so much! ♥

[baybeshyne.livejournal.com]

OMG...you guys are closing a chapter on the last year of my life with this ending!
it has been a rollercoaster for us at it has been for kame and jin.
and there is not much i can say but that it has been one unbelievably awesome ride!!
thank you solo and jo for one unforgettable story, and when i am itching to read one great akame fic...i will be coming to re-read this, definitely.
for kame and jin to finally get to have real over fake, and finding happiness in each other.
love you guys...and loved every word of this story...thank u again!!

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

LOL SISTER!!! We're closing a chapter on our lives since August 2008 here. Isn't it amazing how a piece of fiction can just... take over? :/

Yes, they found the real, and they'll be happy, and I'm happy you liked it so much and happy at the thought that you'll read it again. It'll be interesting if it feels different second time round, when you already know what's going to happen...

Thank you so much for commenting! ♥

[tinna116.livejournal.com]

Thank you <<<3

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

You're very welcome. Thank you for commenting. :)

[prettyorianna.livejournal.com]

U so evil. Y u so evil??

Ah, well, I knew it had to end eventually. I knew this would be it. But I've really enjoyed the ride :)

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

Not evil. Nicccccce authorssssssesssss. Gollum gollum. Preciousssesssss....

Yeah, it had to end. Give the boys some privacy. :p But thank you for commenting and telling us you liked it! :)

[candle-lies.livejournal.com]

Thank you very very much for this absolutely well- written fic. I'm sorry for never having posted a comment here even though I have been following it from the start. To be honest there was a point of time somewhere around the start to middle that I considered dropping this cos it felt a bit draggy for me, but I'm glad I stuck to it in the end. This has turned out to be one of the best fics I've ever read and there have been so many times when I have kept your page open so that I can read the chapters again and again and again. Although I'm sad to not have anymore Thursdays to look forward to, I feel satisfied with the ending of this story. I'll definitely come back and read this again someday!

Really, thank you very much for everything! :)

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

I'm sorry for never having posted a comment here even though I have been following it from the start.

Eeeeeevil! ;)

Thank you so much for posting one now, though, it's great to know you've been out there, reading and it's also great to know that the ending worked for you. Sorry about the draggy bit in the middle, we felt it was needed. *g* If you read it again, feel free to drop us a note and tell us just where it feels draggy (really, I personally would be interested to know!) and also which bits you like. Authors eat that stuff up.

Thank you for commenting, and nice to meet you! :)

[souleater-angel.livejournal.com]

Pfft IT'S NOT OVER PEOPLE! For Jin and Kame, it's just beginning! It's just awesome fic Thursdays our conveniently chaptered window into their lives that is finally taking a breather. it kind of deserves it

Kame was allowed to get him the laptop as an early birthday present, to use here and in Jin's own apartment, though half the time Jin forgets it wherever he had it last, and then complains. Kame didn't dare suggest he could simply get him two.

I am so going to miss sentences like this!!!

"I'm going to fold these up," he says manfully. "Do you have anything?"
"That's from the dryer, isn't it? There's a few of mine in there." Kame is sure he sees the pink one. "But you don't have to do that, it can wait till Wednesday."

Cheshire Cat grinning at Akame's domestic life! It's so mundane and adorable and non-angsty and I could just read about it forever.

"Being cute doesn't count as honest labour."
That does not bode well for you, Jin. ^_^

I totally think it's awesome that Morioka was in this chapter. That really makes it feel like we've come full circle. ^^ And he seems to completely understand who Jin really is to Kame too. XD.

Four months ago Kame wouldn't have done this.

Souji evidently did not give Kame enough credit. His loss. Jin's gain.

THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH! Incompetent social interactions and ominous belts and terrifying flashbacks and mouth-fetishes and sadistice assholes and "Knees and elbows, please" and refunds and awkward conversations and insanity issues and paparats paranoia and lies and boyfriend baggage and...you know, that, and extreme awkwardness and peanut bars and apologies and blowjobs and Awkwardness and fat bank account numbers and dramas and over-sized dinners and cats and blu-rays and subways and soccer and hamsters and belly-button piercings and pasta and fuzzy messes of feelings and fears and friends and betrayal and courage and wives and money and "Would you be my boyfriend?" and warm socks and scandals and music and laundry and did i mention pasta and scary agents and big dogs and kisses and parents and lawyers and truth and love, and Now It's Different.

It's going to be so hard to let go of that.
This fic was with me for nearly two full semesters of college and three months in Japan, and made Thursday nights something to look forward to, and I must have composed novels with the comments this squeezed out of me, and I think I might show some withdrawal symptoms in future weeks. I don't think I've ever been so personally attached to a fic before. Can't imagine how weird it must be for the both of you now that it's finally over. and to think it all started with Akame perms...

So yeah, um, sequel? (Just kidding I'd honestly feel bad demanding that but would not be opposed to it either) :D

Thank you so much both of you! Completing this should really make you Akame fic legends of sorts. ;) Thank you so much again, and have a wonderful time in Japan!

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

Ha, yes, Morioka was important for the full circle. He was in chapter 1!!

Love, love your summary of this fic. Why don't you become our summary writer, since we're not very good at it really. OTOH, spoilers? Yeah, okay, you're sacked again. Sorry, bye. But it's great, this microcosm of the 'bits that stuck' and would you believe I can tell you where they come from, each and every single one? HA HA! I'm actually looking forward to when I start to forget and then I can read this story as fic and be surprised by it!

I must have composed novels with the comments this squeezed out of me

Your comments were absolutely awesome! No writer could ask for better. Seriously, this is what every writer hopes for, feedback like yours. Thank you so much! ♥♥♥

But no, no sequel. Not quite.

[fragile-melodia.livejournal.com]

Oh God.. it´s over. Omg.. Omg... NOOOOOOOOO! *wails*
First of all.. I want to thank you soooo much for this story!!! You made thursday the best day of my week for the whole year! Tbh at the beginning I get lost in some parts of this and wasn´t so much into it but when the story and characters developed I fell in love without notice. ;)
Like I said in one of my comments I was so hooked up that I thought about stalking your site right past midnight to see if there´s new chapter! Silly me, I know.
It´s great ending though I would like to have about another 5 chapters at least. *pokes writers.. tries puppy eyes*
It really inspired me - the graphics are solid facts. ;)
I m also sorry for not commenting on every chapter to let you know, how I felt about it or just show that there´s another crazy Akame fan who appreciate your hard work and love it to the core.
I swear that "Same deep water as you" is (and will be) one of my favorite akame fic for the rest of my life!! Even if there wouldn´t be akame in it I would still love it!!!
I can´t express how much I´m thankfull for this. But still - Thank you Solo and Jo for this masterpiece! I will cherish it and keep it in my heart.
Kira
btw - enjoy your stay in Japan! ;)

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

It's over. :/ (I'm wailing a little bit too...)

I'd love to know which parts you got lost in, actually, but it's okay if you don't want to say. Just, as a writer I'm curious. :)

We love your graphics, it made us so happy to get them and they are so pretty! And LOL about the site stalking. :D

I hope you read our other fic too, when we post some. Thank you for sticking with this one! ♥

[bellemelody.livejournal.com]

I'm leaving comment here, because AO3 doesn't let me to spam with glitter!


(http://www.glitter-graphics.com)


Epic fic is epic and I will miss my special-for-your-fic-day!!!!! This fic is wonderfulin many ways and for me it like a real novel, that have a lot of interesting heroes, amazing love story and the development of relationships, that starts in very interesting way and five so many positive emotions and fluffy feelings!!!! I love this fic and I have it now on my Ebook (thanks to AO3 )

All the little details and small talks, all the awkward moments and Akame interactions!!! The humore and the drama, that've been written so well! I enjoy every chanpter of this fic, that give a rollercoaster of emotions!!!!!!!
Congrats on finishing and thank you for warm and very touching ending! I love the domestic feelings, that Akame share here and the long way they made to each other!!!

I think that your fic and you both deserve more love!!!! The fic is sorealisting and like a romantic fairy-tail in the same time :) I love all the angst and all the fluff and all the hot porn too :DDDDDDD


(http://smayliki.ru/smilie-113626983.html)


And the wonderful hero of your fic, that make me laugh so hard!


(http://www.zingerbugimages.com)

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

Peri, you were so awesome and supportive through all these chapters, and now your glittery glitter is making me all nostalgic. *hugs* Thank you so much!

[sakurascorpion.livejournal.com]

Great ending. I Loved this epilogue. Hats off to a job amazingly done :)

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D *waves with hat*

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

OMG it's real. The end. I'm not sure I believe it still. I mean, who will make my Tuesdays amazing now? I feel like a widow... Oddly bereft even though this was the cutest ending I could have hoped for ;___;

Thank you guys so much for writing my favourite story in this fandom *___* And there are quite a few I like, really, but this one is just special for a lot of reasons. This one is alive, somehow. This Kame and Jin have come such a long way, faced so many obstacles together -- and, well, not together -- that I feel like I know them now ;___; And I'm sad to see them go... but at the same time so happy to see them go like this ;___;

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

*cough* Rereading, already >.> That bit about Kame falling in love trips me everytime too, you know? It's really beautiful *___*

[ttalktomesoftly.livejournal.com]

Oh, god. I have been busy with school and life lately so I've read the last chapters in a row last night and now I feel like I'm going to explode with happines saljdnasndpasd ♥
I can't believe it really ended. I can't. I'm going to miss them, and I'm going to miss waiting for Thursdays.
Thanks for this guys, it was great to get to read your fic. And even if I'm sad because it's over... Congratulations! I don't know how it feels to finish (posting) a fic this long but I'm sure it must feel fucking awesome. Now bathe in the glory and start writing another fic
See you in your next fic!

ps.- btw, the scene (in ch. 53 I think) when Kame and Midori talk in that room after the lawyers leave and then she hugs him broke my heart and I cried like a baby but it was so beautiful ;______;
And Jin meeting Kame's parents was ♥

[jo-lasalle.livejournal.com]

Hey, watch it with the exploding, it gets messy! *g*

Thank you so much for this comment. It's great you enjoyed the story so much. As for how it feels to post something this long... mostly still weird. *g* The fact that we're in Japan right now really has meant that it hasn't sunk in yet that two days from now is Thursday and there's no chapter to post... but yeah, it also feels kinda cool. Like when we finished writing, only more...final. So maybe a bit sadder too.

And about chapter 53... :DDDDDDD

Thank you!

[ayalonet.livejournal.com]

THE END.

This is really over.. I will miss this fic so much! my weekly dose of facinating, complicated and very lovable story.
I once asked where's the Akame in this Akame fic, and you have delivered a glorious Akame in a very, very well written fiction.
Your Jin's and Kame's characters were round and perfect in their imperfections, every twist and turn on this bumpy, breathtaking ride was worth it and had me totally emotionally invested in them.

I want to thank you for your efforts of writing and waiting until this is finished in order to post. This is trully appriciayted by me, and by others I'm sure :) It was a real treat knowing a new chapter will be there the next Thursday.

I hope you'll come back to this universe sometime in the future and let us know what's going on with them. It would feel like revisiting old and dear friends ^_^

Again, thank you so much! ♥♥♥

(P.s - sorry for the late reply :()

[ayalonet.livejournal.com]

** fascinating ** appreciated.. m(_ _)m ..

[kazuyachan.livejournal.com]

Hey there I completed reading the story
in 1 week time
such a romantic story
and long and I love u guys
thank u arigato for sharing
the story is very meaningful and deep
I love it
thank you arigato !!!! Hug

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Wow, a week! Now we know how long it takes, we've been wondering. ;-)

Thank you for letting us know you read & enjoyed, it's appreciated!

[b_akakame.livejournal.com]

Whoops, I knew there was something I still had to do, haha.

I am still a little speechles. Again.

Truth be told, I didn't know what to expect of the epilogue. Somehow I don't like these "25 years or whatever later" kind of epilogues. So this was perfect. Again. ;__;
Why are you so awesome? And how did you manage to never really disappoint me here? (Not that I wanted to be disappointed xDD)

I just love how everything is kind of settled finally. It makes this epilogue feel rather like this is the beginning of the actual story and everything that happened before was just something like the super super long prologue. (That reminds me of that piece of awesomeness I call my all-time favourite book. That also rather gives the impression that the story actually is beginning with the last chapter but everything that happening before just has to happen so the story can begin. And it's about gays as well.)

Jin and Kame are just so awesome together. When everything became almost simple, when everything is so natural and not full of lies and pretending anymore. When they're finally were they belong and happy. It's been such a long journey. Thursdays suck even more when you know, you won't check for the lastest update and ponder about whether you should read it on Thursday or maybe wait a little so it won't be so long until the next update. It's been a great time, though. And I always enjoyed reading this story. As much as I will enjoy re-reading this over and over again. xD

It's sweet that this ended with Kame taking Jin with him. With them being together in public for the first time. But that reporter girl... is she really that oblivious? If I had been there, I wouldn't have been able to stop laughing. Ehem...
The meeting with Sho was pretty unexpected. Now I wonder if he really doesn't know that Jin quit. o.O I think they're not pretty loud about things like this at the club? But still.. it's not since yesterday, so... xD But must have been pretty weird for all three of them. *coughs*

Kame fell in love over peanut bars and hamsters and boring soccer, when he didn't even know. He falls in love again over a hundred little things, over e-mails about dinner and weird sauces in his fridge and Jin coming home high and happy from lives, the heartbreak of Jin missing his brothers, his key to Jin's apartment, sixty volumes of One Piece Jin buys with his second salary, and Jin's hideous thick socks when he concedes the time has come to put the aircon on.
This is so... it's like... that... argh... what have you done to my brain? ;___;
Nah, but I really love this passage the most in the epilogue actually. That just sums it up perfectly!

Wow, this feels really like an era coming to an end and it feels strange to know this is like the last comment for this fic except maybe for one or two replies to former comments, but well...xD. But I guess it's definitely not like this is your last work. ;) At least I hope it won't be. Q___Q Otherwise I'd be sad!

Okay, I'll better stop here because I don't know more to say. QQ At least there's two more posts concerning this fic.. weeeh~ Although I still have to make up my mind on which of the thousand things I'm curious about could be ficlet material and which just goes to the discussion posts. But that's for later. *g*

So yeah... thanks for this, really! I enjoyed reading this fic, as well as commenting on this and receiving such lovely answers to my comments from you. This will be the piece of awesomness I call my all-time favourite fanfiction now. :)
♥

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Somehow I don't like these "25 years or whatever later" kind of epilogues.

LOL, that is good, we don't like them either. 25 years WTF. That would just be weird. :)

But it's great to hear that the epilogue we did produce gave a sense of 'stuff starting' because that's kind of want we wanted, a sense of 'here they are now and now they can start actually, you know, having a life together and not just crisis after crisis after crisis'. :)

Reporter girl... hard to say, Jin can't really tell. We figure she is probably just being clever and figuring that this approach is more likely to get her a little bit of Kamenashi time than some in-your-face 'Hey, so is this your GAY BOYFRIEND??' It doesn't hurt to be known as sympathetic, and even if he won't speak to her about the marriage, she's got a better chance to get him talking about other stuff than the people he won't even go near. And face it, she's been introduced to Jin now and Jin to her, so you can bet that if Jin is ever lost among reporters, he'll think 'oh, this one wasn't so bad' and talk to her, too. :)

As for Sho, we thought he isn't at the club all that often and maybe missed the time when it was all over the place - and it's not like he would have specifically missed Jin and asked about him. But you're right, we could have played it differently and he could have heard about it. Only this was more fun. :p

Nah, but I really love this passage the most in the epilogue actually. That just sums it up perfectly!

Thank you. ♥♥♥ It's actually one of our favourites, too.

Although I still have to make up my mind on which of the thousand things I'm curious about could be ficlet material and which just goes to the discussion posts.

We are full of suspense! Really. Don't keep us waiting too long... >_>

And thank you, for all your lovely comments!

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Hi, just want to say how much I loved it =) The characters were beautifully depicted, and the story had a really nice rythm, I easily read it in a few days :) There is just one thing I noticed: as you read on, you go from having Kame and Jin getting to know each other and feeling more intimate with each other while being totally unaware of their feelings, to being suddenly conscious of their love for each other... also, I didn't expect in the chaos of the scandal for Kame to ask Jin to be his boyfriend from now on, when I think probably he would have been scared as hell to not have his feelings accepted and reciprocated. I don't know if I'm making any sense, I'm sorry but English is not my first language ^^'' But I would have liked more for that part to be better elaborated... anyway, I really, really enjoyed it a lot, I fell into the story so easily It's going to be sad tonight not having any more chapters to read. It would be awesome to have a sequel, also. But no pressure here, k? ;P Thank you very much for this amazing piece, I loved it to death. And I loved them so much =) I'm going to miss them, but thank you =) Hugs.
Francesca

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Hi! Thank you for letting us know you enjoyed it, we really appreciate it. Sequel, huh? Not asking much... ;) There will be a few short stories set in the universe to come, once we get around to writing them; we hope you'll like those. :)

As for the questions you raise... yeah, you have a point, that it was really quite a risk for Kame to ask Jin right then in the middle of all that stuff going on. But that was kind of the point, he'd just made up his mind to shake up his entire life anyway, stop being a coward, stop hiding, stop never going for what he really wants... so in that mood, he just went for it. To us, it fitted in with that, we could see why he'd do that, since Jin was the catalyst for it all anyway. Still... yes, risky, and potentially scary, if he'd taken time to let himself be scared by anything except his own capacity for craziness.

The other thing... hm, maybe we didn't write as well as we'd hoped to then, because the way we had it in mind, Jin was conscious of his love for Kame much, much earlier than the other way round; he was just trying not to be stupid about it because he didn't think anything could come from that, given their positions, and he tried not to think about it much. Kame is the one who remained oblivious for the longest time and for him, yes, it was pretty sudden. (OMG oh shit, I'm in love, arrrrgh! ;)

Poor guys, mean writers. :-)

Thank you for leaving us such a thoughtful comment; we're glad you enjoyed the story so much, despite the above issues!

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Finally finished this and I'm upset about it, because I have nothing to read before bed anymore! D: (Well, I do, but it won't be nearly as awesome. :3)

I cannot truly express how much I fucking love this fanfic, or NOVEL rather, because it's too great to be grouped with other fanfictions. I know it must have taken AGES and so much effort to write this, but I'm telling you, it was TOTALLY worth it. This has definitely earned it's top spot on my "favorite fan fictions" lists for sure. I have to admit when I first started reading it, I was kinda bored and I hated Kame for being such a sadist and a liar/fake, and I felt so bad for Jin and I had NO IDEA how the story would continue and how the hell they would end up together. And then by Chapter 35 I was all fangirly and rooting for them so hard and I wanted to punch them both in the face for not realizing that they loved each other. X'D They're such idiots but I guess that's why they fit well together lol! My favorite characters were Jin (of course, he's so much stronger than he realizes, I cheered out loud when he finally quit! Loved him to teeny tiny pieces), Yuuya, Tomo and Kame's Mom (she reminds me a lot of my own actually, being so understanding and forgiving). And Yamatami was it? The older guy client that was always nice to Jin? I suck at remembering Japanese names. X'D

Not that Kame wasn't an excellent character, but I can't quite forgive him for going psycho on Jin all those times, especially after the newspaper article about Kame came out (that scene had my heart racing because I thought he was doing it on purpose to scare Jin away and I was like "NO NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING STOP IT YOU'RE GOING TO RUIN EVERYTHING NOOOO *cries*"). He was REALLY scary....and I guess I have to give you kudos for that, because of all people, happy smiling Kame is someone I can't ever imagine being scary or sadistic but somehow you managed to pull it off with how you wrote him with his "dark eyes" ;D. Even though Jin somehow found a way to forgive him, obviously, I cannot, because there is never a good enough excuse to treat someone like that, especially someone as innocent as Jin. And then of course the whole pretending-to-love-Midori to cover his own ass thing wasn't cool at all either. ^^;; Though I'm glad he finally got his shit together toward the end. <3 I was sooo proud of him when he told everyone the truth, one of my favorite scenes.

I also have never reacted so emotionally to a fic. I laughed a lot, I gasped, I squealed, I was tense during the Psycho!Kame scenes, I teared up. Best reading experience I've ever had ever! Also of course need to mention all the fantastic non-psycho sex scenes and how long they were, but managed not to be boring! I love how you wrote down every single thought they had, how every touch felt, it was so intimate and beautiful and unique. Since most sex scenes I read are like "They made out for like five minutes and then took off each other's clothes and then someone said "get the lube." If I ever need a porn fix, definitely going back to this fic! XD

And this is getting really long, so, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WRITING THIS. YOU GUYS ARE GODDESSES. Can't wait until Red K is done! Until then, I'll go read your other fics! :3

Also, this is actually the first Akame fic I've read. So I am now happily a rabid Akame fangirl. I hope you're happy. ;)

[haikuesque.livejournal.com]

Hello! It's great to hear from you! :-) (Jo remembers your cool Jin concert report and waves!) Sorry about the lack of reading material now that you have managed to read your way through this monster. We're really glad you like it so much, though. (Even though you don't like poor Kame. KAAAAAAAAMEEEEEE. AWWWWWWW. *g* Actually, we have to confess, we were really worried initially that people might just take against him and never ever like him again. So we did our best to make him likeable, apart from the bits where he, uh, ties people up and cheats on his wife and things. Um. But obviously that works better on some readers than on others. :-)

We are really happy though that we managed to make him scary! We actually think he could be scary, when he wants to (we think he could be pretty much anything when he wants to), but yeah, we're also aware that he's a tiny skinny smiley guy and Jo could probably push him over and sit on him (Solo is too short). :p

And it's great that it still had an impact when he finally stands up and stops weaseling around, even if you don't quite forgive him for his earlier bullshit.

Your emotional reactions -- that just makes us very pleased as authors (and kinda bouncy, to tell you the truth). We love it as readers when a story can really suck us in (NPI!) and so we're very happy when we manage that as writers. :DDD

Glad you enjoyed the non-psycho porn; we aim to please! ;-) And we are very, very proud of ourselves now for having created an Akame convert. Welcome to the craziness!

We hope you enjoy the other stories. Thank you for this awesome, awesome comment! ♥ You've made two people very happy this morning.

(And we're scribbling away at RedK this weekend, ganbarimasing. This was a nice boost! ^^;;)