9 1/2 Weeks - 13 - (Week 4 1/2: Thursday)
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Week 4 1/2: Thursday
The phone rings on Thursday at three in the afternoon. He doesn't start, or flinch. It could be anything, after all.
It's better than anything, it's work. "I am sorry to trouble you at short notice, Akanishi-san, one of our patrolmen has taken ill and is in the hospital. Could you take his shift tonight from six?"
Can Jin ever.
He gets sweaty cycling there, the faintest breeze on his skin, and the shift manager greets him with a breath of relief. They called Jin. Because he's proved himself at sitting in a box, but it feels good anyway, Jin's not going to poke at that.
The manager explains the job, not actually his little box but rounds on the overnight parking lot, and maybe it'll get dark and a bit creepy, but he'll deal.
He gets time to change into his uniform, freshly washed and so stiff, he feels naked inside it. Maybe he is, technically. The ride must have woken him up. He's taking the kids on Saturday and this will fuck up his sleep, but Jin slept for two in the last year, and he's decided he can sleep whenever.
He even gets keys, to let any drivers arriving at night into the break room, though there's also a second guy in a second box for that. Apparently it's important you don't leave night drivers stuck in the parking lot for whatever reason.
The job's not much harder than the little box, really. The walking is nice, especially once it's cooler. No radio, but he's humming to himself.
Things are looking up. Still a crap job, sure, and he'll still be looking for better. But it's a job and he's... he's feeling good.
And why not.
He counts all the trucks on his third round. On his fourth he starts to imagine where they've been. All over Japan, all along pretty coastal roads. Or just in one dull parking lot after the other and lots of traffic jams.
Once it's fully dark he puts his flashlight on. The guy from the second little box waves at him on one round and hands him a cup of coffee. It's nice, having a colleague, Jin thinks as he carries the delicious scent with him around the trucks.
And the night air on his skin feels good, too, the soft breeze blowing through his hair feels like fingers, like...
Oh, whatever. It feels good. And why not.
Week 4 1/2: Thursday
The phone rings on Thursday at three in the afternoon. He doesn't start, or flinch. It could be anything, after all.
It's better than anything, it's work. "I am sorry to trouble you at short notice, Akanishi-san, one of our patrolmen has taken ill and is in the hospital. Could you take his shift tonight from six?"
Can Jin ever.
He gets sweaty cycling there, the faintest breeze on his skin, and the shift manager greets him with a breath of relief. They called Jin. Because he's proved himself at sitting in a box, but it feels good anyway, Jin's not going to poke at that.
The manager explains the job, not actually his little box but rounds on the overnight parking lot, and maybe it'll get dark and a bit creepy, but he'll deal.
He gets time to change into his uniform, freshly washed and so stiff, he feels naked inside it. Maybe he is, technically. The ride must have woken him up. He's taking the kids on Saturday and this will fuck up his sleep, but Jin slept for two in the last year, and he's decided he can sleep whenever.
He even gets keys, to let any drivers arriving at night into the break room, though there's also a second guy in a second box for that. Apparently it's important you don't leave night drivers stuck in the parking lot for whatever reason.
The job's not much harder than the little box, really. The walking is nice, especially once it's cooler. No radio, but he's humming to himself.
Things are looking up. Still a crap job, sure, and he'll still be looking for better. But it's a job and he's... he's feeling good.
And why not.
He counts all the trucks on his third round. On his fourth he starts to imagine where they've been. All over Japan, all along pretty coastal roads. Or just in one dull parking lot after the other and lots of traffic jams.
Once it's fully dark he puts his flashlight on. The guy from the second little box waves at him on one round and hands him a cup of coffee. It's nice, having a colleague, Jin thinks as he carries the delicious scent with him around the trucks.
And the night air on his skin feels good, too, the soft breeze blowing through his hair feels like fingers, like...
Oh, whatever. It feels good. And why not.
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Date: 2013-01-17 10:23 pm (UTC)Oh, whatever. It feels good. And why not.
AWWWWWWWWWWWW :'D
Yay, though for extra shifts, he really seems so happy. <333
And idk just going through my Tumblr and
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Date: 2013-01-18 11:17 pm (UTC)Extra shifts are very happymaking. More cash. More feeling useful! Less boredom! :)
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Date: 2013-01-17 10:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-18 11:17 pm (UTC)Hmm... you might be sensing right. *g*
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Date: 2013-01-17 10:45 pm (UTC)Can't wait for their next meeting!!
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Date: 2013-01-18 11:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-18 11:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-18 12:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-18 11:18 pm (UTC)What, what did we do? All we did was give Jin a nice evening. With good weather even! It could have RAAAAINED! :)
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Date: 2013-01-18 11:23 pm (UTC)still counts as teasing though :P(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-18 01:23 am (UTC)he's really feeling good in this chapter, isn't he?a nice change for him since he's been feeling crappy most of the time..
thanks for the update!!!
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Date: 2013-01-18 11:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-18 04:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-18 11:18 pm (UTC)Why did we add that? In order to portray his frame of mind accurately. :p
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Date: 2013-01-18 04:48 am (UTC)And the night air on his skin feels good, too, the soft breeze blowing through his hair feels like fingers, like...
Oh, whatever. It feels good. And why not.
And oh look...look look, there, in Jin's brain. Yep, that's right, there he is. *waves* Hi Kame!!!!
XD
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Date: 2013-01-18 11:18 pm (UTC):D
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Date: 2013-01-18 09:14 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-18 11:18 pm (UTC)Haaahaha, the jellyfish have made it to LJ.
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Date: 2013-01-18 02:40 pm (UTC)Really good for him. Maybe he won't feel too much of a douche when he faces Kame again..
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Date: 2013-01-18 11:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-18 02:50 pm (UTC)YES BABY ;www; This makes me happy.
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And the night air on his skin feels good, too, the soft breeze blowing through his hair feels like fingers, like...
Oh, whatever.
EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE >DD ♥♥♥
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Date: 2013-01-18 11:19 pm (UTC)#shamelesslies
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Date: 2013-01-20 12:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-20 07:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-20 08:49 am (UTC)And the night air on his skin feels good, too, the soft breeze blowing through his hair feels like fingers, like...
Oh, whatever. It feels good. And why not.
Awwwwww. <333
Jin’s thinking about a certain someone again. :3
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Date: 2013-01-21 09:40 pm (UTC)MEISA. IT'S MEISA. :p
:DDD
Thank you so much for this comment bomb. And wow, now you're caught up! Well, sort of. :p Don't let Twitter spoil you for the horrible horrible car crash that will befall Kame next week!
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Date: 2013-01-22 05:43 pm (UTC)Oh... well... if that is the case I don't know if I can find myself in the position of wanting to continue to read this fan fic.
:P
You're very welcome, that was much fun actually! *g*
And wow, now you're caught up! Well, sort of. :p
No, for real now! :P
Don't let Twitter spoil you for the horrible horrible car crash that will befall Kame next week!
I will be careful, thank you for the warning!
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Date: 2013-01-24 01:50 pm (UTC)Can Jin feel good sometimes? Even if the reality and the job is crappy and he knows it and this is not what he was dreaming for, but WHY NOT?!?!?
New job is a new step, but I'm not really sure were this step will lead in his new career <_< So he enjoyed THAT FINGERs?! That's good to know, not like I doubted it XD Thank you for update and I must warn you for a following spam!!! ♥
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Date: 2013-01-25 09:40 pm (UTC)He's so sweet. Really, the peaceful atmosphere, how he appreciates the small things. Maybe anyone would get humble after what he's been through, but from the way he resents having to bow and pretend to people who don't give a shit and look down at him, I guess this is really just genuine gratitude. Just, thinking about it, the way you write Jin, for mostly everyone he meets he seems so hobo-like, irrespondsible, when really, he's quite the catch. I like that. I hope Kame gets himself a net.
Oh, whatever. It feels good. And why not.
Loved this the first time around. Even more now. So tiny, yet such a shift.
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Date: 2013-01-27 10:48 am (UTC)I hope Kame gets himself a net.
Awwww. :D Or ropes, or ties...
So tiny, yet such a shift.
*____*
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Date: 2013-01-29 10:58 pm (UTC)You twoooo. xD