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Week 5 1/2: Wednesday
He walks a Lord Flapjack album's worth west. Past the park of freckled foreigners, past a closing mall, all the way through residential until it gets livelier again and there are things in the shop windows.
It's a sunny afternoon, not too hot today, a fresh breeze from the sea. He checks out the displays as he strides past. He hasn't bought new clothes in forever – no money and he didn't see the point – but suddenly he's thinking a couple new shirts for the summer would be cool.
He flinches when Nakai grins back at him, unwelcome and smarmy like in one of his car commercials.
Exactly like the car commercial, actually; Jin realizes it's the lifesize cut-out from the commercial. Right next to a large poster of Kimura in his latest film, and right. Jin looks at the shop sign. ONLY ONE.
Jin never tried to get the inside info on why they left JE to go independent, or what it cost them, but it did cost them their name. It's been... six years? Seven? Anyway, they're doing just fine. Jin sees them in commercials, charts, everywhere except the Johnny's house channel.
He glances past Nakai into the shop. It looks spacious and empty compared to a JE shop; seems to be designed that way. Wide aisles, chairs. A coffee bar. There are women with kids in there, chatting. And the sign mentions other shops in Shibuya and Osaka. This is headquarters, out of the way of the crowds. The offices are upstairs.
Offices. Less than ten minutes' drive from Jin's apartment.
Jin stares at Kimura, who stares back at him from under some futuristic space uniform cap. His pose looks utterly familiar because Kame copied it when they were teenagers and Jin got it up close and next to him for over ten years.
*~*~*
The kids smile like the sun's coming up the moment they see him waiting outside the gate, Sara breaking into a gallop that makes her skirt throw waves.
"What are you doing here, dad?" She beams up at him and he takes it as an invitation to sweep her up on his shoulders.
"Taking you home. I have the day off and wanted to see you."
He called Meisa first, of course, even for just this. Even though the delay of a phone call seemed too much in his claustrophobic apartment. And of course it was fine, it's always fine when he's not owing her months' worth of money, and he walked his restlessness off on the way here.
"Are you taking the bus with us, dad?" Akira has arrived at a more leisurely pace; no overexcited running in front of the classmates.
"If you like," Jin replies. "But if we walk, we'll come past the new taiyaki place. I'd fancy one with peanut butter filling. What do you think?"
They walk, at the pace of Sara's short legs. Akira shuffles along close to the buildings, trying to stay in the shade.
"Are you hot?" Jin finds it pleasant, but he's not the one in a school uniform.
Akira gives him a pained look. "It is hot."
"It's summer!" Sara skips happily, and Jin smiles. Someone in the family got his genes, all right.
"Anticipating your trip to Okinawa?" he says to Akira, and laughs when Akira groans.
"You're an adult, you're not supposed to make fun of a child," Akira complains.
"But I look forward to it all day," Jin grins back, though he stops them at the next vending machine and gets cold drinks for everybody. It takes him a moment to realize the guy holding a Pepsi at him from the machine's glossy surface is Ueda.
Right, yeah. He knew that. Ueda was all over Tokyo when that campaign started. Dark hair, green eyes. He looks older, and almost as cold as Kame. But extravagant; slick in black and studs and the latest chunky leather shoes.
Kame and his suits. Not a single girl's bag or bizarrely fashionable coat in all their meetings. Is that growing up, or a little sad?
"Are we doing something on Saturday?" Akira asks.
"Doing?" Jin's not following.
"Anything special, like, complicated?"
Jin was thinking of nothing more complicated than a trip across to Odaiba. He's glad he gets the day with them, with Akira off on his school trip on Sunday. "I don't think so," he says, "but if you want me to complicate your life, I'll see what I can do."
But Akira is biting his lip, so something's up.
"Spit it out," Jin says. "What do you want?"
Akira squirms. "If we're not doing anything special, would it be okay if Minjun-kun comes along?"
"Minjun-kun?"
Akira flushes. "Park-kun. It's his name. Only he's not doing anything on Saturday and he asked if I had time."
"Sure he can come along, if his mom says it's okay. I thought maybe we'd go to Odaiba. But we can also stay closer to home."
"Can I bring Yumi along then?" Sara is jumping up and down, tugging at his hand. "Yuuumiiii!"
"Yes, you can bring Yumi, if her mom will let her come."
Akira rolls his eyes. Jin nudges him. "You can protect Park-kun from her."
Yumi is a year older than Sara and has what Meisa calls a forceful personality. Jin doesn't mind Sara hanging out with her because it'll teach his princess valuable life skills, such as standing your ground against a formidable opponent.
"Yeah," Akira says darkly.
"How's the thing with your homeroom teacher going?" Jin remembers.
"Huh," Akira says.
Like that, then.
"Does Mom know there are still problems? Like... if the teacher decides to complain about you, will Mom know what's going on?"
Akira kicks a tiny stone Jin can't see off the pavement and slouches deeper into the shade. "We'll handle it, okay?" he says, and Jin's pretty sure he's not talking about his mother.
"Okay," he says. "Just try not to give her stuff to use against you." Better not to make it too easy when people are gunning for you.
And he'll have a quiet word with Meisa himself.
*~*~*
"Yeah," Meisa says, brushing her hair out of her face impatiently. "I don't know how the woman ever got a job as a teacher, but Akira insists that I should stay out of it."
Akira is inside, having 'an ice cold bath'. Sara is lurking somewhere beyond the genkan and Jin's sure she's listening in to every single word.
"What does Park-san say about it?"
Meisa shrugs. "What can she say? She doesn't have much recourse. That's what drives me crazy. If I said something, they'd have to take it seriously, but I can't because Akira won't let me, because he and Park-kun have this kind of... this... this thing." She scowls at Jin as if it's his fault. "Men."
Jin brings his hands up. "Hey, don't look at me. I'm one of the girls."
At least that makes her laugh. She's beautiful when she laughs.
"What about Park-san, would she like you to—"
"Good grief, no." Meisa wrinkles her nose. "Not on her behalf, anyway. When that would help." She rolls her eyes in the direction of the bathroom with the ice cold bath. "I think he'd understand that, if I said my friend Park-san asked me to. I'm just not allowed to be a good mommy and fight the battles he's picked."
At least they're the right battles. "I didn't think that could still get so ugly," Jin says. "Not in schools. Not… nowadays." Wasn't all that supposed to get better?
Meisa laughs again. She's closer to the school politics, and this is not a happy laugh. "I bet some Korean actor won a prize from her favorite when she was in high school and she's still bearing a grudge, or something like that. God, this pisses me off so much."
He's known people in the business who hated Koreans, for the music thing and the drama successes, and suddenly he's thinking of Kame, Kame and rumors about Koreans, rumors about bad business years. He caught Taguchi's experimental Korean look, watching from the sidelines, figuring this was about attracting the Hallyu demographic. The year before Jin got fired, Johnny launched an all-Korean group, but they ran such lukewarm numbers Jin's even forgotten their name.
Meisa is looking at him; Meisa still works in the business, and Jin hesitates because this is this and that is… something else. "Hey, you've done work at Asahi right? I mean after I got, after we… after 2018?"
Meisa's frown gets puzzled. "Yes. Not much. Why?"
"Nothing, I wondered about… Kamenashi, I was thinking of those rumors."
"Kamenashi?" The frown deepens, a shadowed line he wants to smooth away. "What's he got to do with this?"
"I just… the Korean thing reminded me. That I heard he had something to do with Music Station going under. I'd wondered if you'd heard about it."
"Oh, that. No, I don't know the whole story," Meisa says. "But I hear they think he's a right bastard."
Something flutters nervously in his stomach. Maybe because he's not sure he's meant to know this. "Yeah?"
"It's what I picked up over the years. I was third fiddle on some Asahi talk show, and apparently he played hardball over the quotas."
"But they're only exclusive on NuCC these days," Jin frowns. NuCool Channel, if ever there was a dumb name. But even the company had to compromise on the other networks if they still wanted their promotions.
"Yeah, I don't know." She narrows her eyes when she thinks. "I think he just got really pissed at them? I didn't pay attention because I had other things on my mind, but I've also heard guys at NHK say that Johnny was a pussycat in comparison."
Week 5 1/2: Wednesday
He walks a Lord Flapjack album's worth west. Past the park of freckled foreigners, past a closing mall, all the way through residential until it gets livelier again and there are things in the shop windows.
It's a sunny afternoon, not too hot today, a fresh breeze from the sea. He checks out the displays as he strides past. He hasn't bought new clothes in forever – no money and he didn't see the point – but suddenly he's thinking a couple new shirts for the summer would be cool.
He flinches when Nakai grins back at him, unwelcome and smarmy like in one of his car commercials.
Exactly like the car commercial, actually; Jin realizes it's the lifesize cut-out from the commercial. Right next to a large poster of Kimura in his latest film, and right. Jin looks at the shop sign. ONLY ONE.
Jin never tried to get the inside info on why they left JE to go independent, or what it cost them, but it did cost them their name. It's been... six years? Seven? Anyway, they're doing just fine. Jin sees them in commercials, charts, everywhere except the Johnny's house channel.
He glances past Nakai into the shop. It looks spacious and empty compared to a JE shop; seems to be designed that way. Wide aisles, chairs. A coffee bar. There are women with kids in there, chatting. And the sign mentions other shops in Shibuya and Osaka. This is headquarters, out of the way of the crowds. The offices are upstairs.
Offices. Less than ten minutes' drive from Jin's apartment.
Jin stares at Kimura, who stares back at him from under some futuristic space uniform cap. His pose looks utterly familiar because Kame copied it when they were teenagers and Jin got it up close and next to him for over ten years.
*~*~*
The kids smile like the sun's coming up the moment they see him waiting outside the gate, Sara breaking into a gallop that makes her skirt throw waves.
"What are you doing here, dad?" She beams up at him and he takes it as an invitation to sweep her up on his shoulders.
"Taking you home. I have the day off and wanted to see you."
He called Meisa first, of course, even for just this. Even though the delay of a phone call seemed too much in his claustrophobic apartment. And of course it was fine, it's always fine when he's not owing her months' worth of money, and he walked his restlessness off on the way here.
"Are you taking the bus with us, dad?" Akira has arrived at a more leisurely pace; no overexcited running in front of the classmates.
"If you like," Jin replies. "But if we walk, we'll come past the new taiyaki place. I'd fancy one with peanut butter filling. What do you think?"
They walk, at the pace of Sara's short legs. Akira shuffles along close to the buildings, trying to stay in the shade.
"Are you hot?" Jin finds it pleasant, but he's not the one in a school uniform.
Akira gives him a pained look. "It is hot."
"It's summer!" Sara skips happily, and Jin smiles. Someone in the family got his genes, all right.
"Anticipating your trip to Okinawa?" he says to Akira, and laughs when Akira groans.
"You're an adult, you're not supposed to make fun of a child," Akira complains.
"But I look forward to it all day," Jin grins back, though he stops them at the next vending machine and gets cold drinks for everybody. It takes him a moment to realize the guy holding a Pepsi at him from the machine's glossy surface is Ueda.
Right, yeah. He knew that. Ueda was all over Tokyo when that campaign started. Dark hair, green eyes. He looks older, and almost as cold as Kame. But extravagant; slick in black and studs and the latest chunky leather shoes.
Kame and his suits. Not a single girl's bag or bizarrely fashionable coat in all their meetings. Is that growing up, or a little sad?
"Are we doing something on Saturday?" Akira asks.
"Doing?" Jin's not following.
"Anything special, like, complicated?"
Jin was thinking of nothing more complicated than a trip across to Odaiba. He's glad he gets the day with them, with Akira off on his school trip on Sunday. "I don't think so," he says, "but if you want me to complicate your life, I'll see what I can do."
But Akira is biting his lip, so something's up.
"Spit it out," Jin says. "What do you want?"
Akira squirms. "If we're not doing anything special, would it be okay if Minjun-kun comes along?"
"Minjun-kun?"
Akira flushes. "Park-kun. It's his name. Only he's not doing anything on Saturday and he asked if I had time."
"Sure he can come along, if his mom says it's okay. I thought maybe we'd go to Odaiba. But we can also stay closer to home."
"Can I bring Yumi along then?" Sara is jumping up and down, tugging at his hand. "Yuuumiiii!"
"Yes, you can bring Yumi, if her mom will let her come."
Akira rolls his eyes. Jin nudges him. "You can protect Park-kun from her."
Yumi is a year older than Sara and has what Meisa calls a forceful personality. Jin doesn't mind Sara hanging out with her because it'll teach his princess valuable life skills, such as standing your ground against a formidable opponent.
"Yeah," Akira says darkly.
"How's the thing with your homeroom teacher going?" Jin remembers.
"Huh," Akira says.
Like that, then.
"Does Mom know there are still problems? Like... if the teacher decides to complain about you, will Mom know what's going on?"
Akira kicks a tiny stone Jin can't see off the pavement and slouches deeper into the shade. "We'll handle it, okay?" he says, and Jin's pretty sure he's not talking about his mother.
"Okay," he says. "Just try not to give her stuff to use against you." Better not to make it too easy when people are gunning for you.
And he'll have a quiet word with Meisa himself.
*~*~*
"Yeah," Meisa says, brushing her hair out of her face impatiently. "I don't know how the woman ever got a job as a teacher, but Akira insists that I should stay out of it."
Akira is inside, having 'an ice cold bath'. Sara is lurking somewhere beyond the genkan and Jin's sure she's listening in to every single word.
"What does Park-san say about it?"
Meisa shrugs. "What can she say? She doesn't have much recourse. That's what drives me crazy. If I said something, they'd have to take it seriously, but I can't because Akira won't let me, because he and Park-kun have this kind of... this... this thing." She scowls at Jin as if it's his fault. "Men."
Jin brings his hands up. "Hey, don't look at me. I'm one of the girls."
At least that makes her laugh. She's beautiful when she laughs.
"What about Park-san, would she like you to—"
"Good grief, no." Meisa wrinkles her nose. "Not on her behalf, anyway. When that would help." She rolls her eyes in the direction of the bathroom with the ice cold bath. "I think he'd understand that, if I said my friend Park-san asked me to. I'm just not allowed to be a good mommy and fight the battles he's picked."
At least they're the right battles. "I didn't think that could still get so ugly," Jin says. "Not in schools. Not… nowadays." Wasn't all that supposed to get better?
Meisa laughs again. She's closer to the school politics, and this is not a happy laugh. "I bet some Korean actor won a prize from her favorite when she was in high school and she's still bearing a grudge, or something like that. God, this pisses me off so much."
He's known people in the business who hated Koreans, for the music thing and the drama successes, and suddenly he's thinking of Kame, Kame and rumors about Koreans, rumors about bad business years. He caught Taguchi's experimental Korean look, watching from the sidelines, figuring this was about attracting the Hallyu demographic. The year before Jin got fired, Johnny launched an all-Korean group, but they ran such lukewarm numbers Jin's even forgotten their name.
Meisa is looking at him; Meisa still works in the business, and Jin hesitates because this is this and that is… something else. "Hey, you've done work at Asahi right? I mean after I got, after we… after 2018?"
Meisa's frown gets puzzled. "Yes. Not much. Why?"
"Nothing, I wondered about… Kamenashi, I was thinking of those rumors."
"Kamenashi?" The frown deepens, a shadowed line he wants to smooth away. "What's he got to do with this?"
"I just… the Korean thing reminded me. That I heard he had something to do with Music Station going under. I'd wondered if you'd heard about it."
"Oh, that. No, I don't know the whole story," Meisa says. "But I hear they think he's a right bastard."
Something flutters nervously in his stomach. Maybe because he's not sure he's meant to know this. "Yeah?"
"It's what I picked up over the years. I was third fiddle on some Asahi talk show, and apparently he played hardball over the quotas."
"But they're only exclusive on NuCC these days," Jin frowns. NuCool Channel, if ever there was a dumb name. But even the company had to compromise on the other networks if they still wanted their promotions.
"Yeah, I don't know." She narrows her eyes when she thinks. "I think he just got really pissed at them? I didn't pay attention because I had other things on my mind, but I've also heard guys at NHK say that Johnny was a pussycat in comparison."
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Date: 2013-01-23 11:52 am (UTC)SAD, DEFINITELY SAD :((
And Kame, what have you been doing... >_____>
Will there be a Thursday update too? Well, you're not gonna tell me XDD
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:47 pm (UTC)Yeah, we would tend to agree. :-|
Not telling! Not telling! :p
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Date: 2013-01-23 12:35 pm (UTC)/sing-songs nervously
i really like this. of how you update everyday, something like that.
you make me go online everyday to check XD
and so far... Jin is really amusing me. he is so complicated, i think.
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:47 pm (UTC)Thank you for commenting!
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Date: 2013-01-23 01:46 pm (UTC)guys at NHK say that Johnny was a pussycat in comparison.
Compared to Johnny, Kame must be a mountain lion now if he got a lot of people scared or angry at him. I bet it was all because of Jin. Everything that happened and changed Kame drastically must be because of Jin leaving KT and getting married. In short, Kame just needs to get laid! XD
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-23 01:49 pm (UTC)Meisa shrugs. "What can she say? She doesn't have much recourse. That's what drives me crazy. If I said something, they'd have to take it seriously, but I can't because Akira won't let me, because he and Park-kun have this kind of... this... this thing." She scowls at Jin as if it's his fault. "Men."
Jin brings his hands up. "Hey, don't look at me. I'm one of the girls."
Hahahaha, this was funny ~ :D I hope the teacher thing gets sorted out - it sounds unpleasant :(
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:48 pm (UTC)Hee, glad you liked!
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Date: 2013-01-23 02:30 pm (UTC)poor Akira-kun and Park-kun :( My youngest sister has a crappy teacher to, so that part really riles me up >( LOL XD
Love all the cute parts with the kids, so adorable >__<.
Can't wait for the next part ^_^♥♥♥♥♥♥
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:49 pm (UTC)Thank you! Stay tuned! :DDDD
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Date: 2013-01-23 02:31 pm (UTC)and kame shut Music station down (what happened there?)..wow, kame's got more power than i originally thought..
-Kame and his suits. Not a single girl's bag or bizarrely fashionable coat in all their meetings. Is that growing up, or a little sad?- its sad..how is kame's relationship with his family, by the way?will this be touched in the future updates?
akira not wanting meisa to fight his battles is cute..hope things work out for him..and sara does take after her father..
2 sleeps to go (barring car accidents, that is)..thanks for sharing!!
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:51 pm (UTC)Kame's relationship with his family is okay but rare. He's busy and a fairly secretive person - and he also doesn't want them in the firing line, which doesn't help. But he didn't have a falling out with any of them.
Yes, be watchful of the SUVs... >_>
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Date: 2013-01-23 02:38 pm (UTC)I am, like, totally happy you mentioned Ueda. What's with the green eyes, though? Is he playing a monster too or some shit? Idk that'd be funny, and weird, which would make it funnier.
I am soooo curious about this whole Kame ordeal! WHAT is going on? Is he fighting Johnny's battles? Why? Because Johnny's too tired to, too sick, too almost dead?
Also, I am still in love with the kids. The part where you mentioned Sara got Jin's genes, awww! It was just so cute. I love Sara, she seems so adorable and happy and 'I love Daddy'!. :3 And Akira trying to be cool in front of his friends, oh you! You're adorable, too! I'm wondering if it's okay for Jin to spend the day with four kids, though. I mean, that's a little much, for just one adult to handle. Even if he'd do it gladly, I'm sure.
Oh, and how did Nakai get a job outside JE? I don't really know him but he doesn't seem like the type who'd still be famous once he left Johnny's. Kimura, however, yep. That baby's just yum-yum. But Ueda is still the yummiest. :DDDDD
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Date: 2013-01-23 02:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-23 08:51 pm (UTC)SMAP left as a group, not just individual guys! That's why they're called something else now.
Ueda is making a fashion statement. (Which may well be, 'I am a creepy motherfucker', and it's working. *g*)
Sara IRL would be a handful, but probably so charming you'd just sigh and just let have her way. Glad you liked Jin's school walk!
Thank you for this cool comment!
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Date: 2013-01-24 11:19 am (UTC)Oooh, ONLY ONE is their new group name? I didn't catch that at all >< So SMAP left entirely... I wonder whether it was because they wanted to, or because they were sort of forced to like Nakamaru. Julie could be behind that...
Ahaha, Ueda is a lovely creepy motherfucker! You can't hate on him, even though his eyes are freaky!
Actually in real life I'd probably have no idea how to treat Sara (or Akira, for that matter), because when it comes to kids I'm like what the fuck do I do. So I guess one of the main reasons I love Jin's kids so much is because they're a) fictional, and b) Jin's kids. And here I was thinking I wasn't biased. *sighs*
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Date: 2013-01-23 03:02 pm (UTC)And the blowjobs.... wow. And Jin offering. Just wow. I also totally didn't see that coming. I mean, isn't he getting a little to caught up in the act to be, as he says, "not gay"? *ç*
"I've also heard guys at NHK say that Johnny was a pussycat in comparison." --> Kame ROCKS. I swear my heart beats strongly for your depiction of the guy. Maybe I have a thing for conceited bastards? Oh, well. Jin will agree with me, later on. The difference is, he gets the cow... I don't *cries*
I'm sorry for the totally random message... I'll have to admit, this is another of your fics I have saved on my pc so I can keep reading and re-reading and re-reading it.... XP
Also, I'm awfully curious about Kame's world domination plans and SMAP going independent... but most of all, I want badly to know how Jin managed to step on Julie's feet... it feels so real. I hope that is not what's really happening -.- I miss him these days :(
... aaand, I'll stop bothering you know. Looking REALLY forward to Friday, girls. ;)
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:54 pm (UTC)Oh God, when I read that line I swear I cursed.
HAHAHAHA! Now think how Jin must have felt. >_>
Maybe I have a thing for conceited bastards?
LOL, maybe? Or misunderstood fluffybunnies with claws. *g*
Hmm, we figure Jin didn't need to step on anyone's particular feet, just do his waltz across everybody's feet the way he's been doing? :-|
No need to apologize and you're not bothering us either! It's interesting to read what stuck out in your mind after reading those chapters! Thank you very much for the comment! ♥♥♥
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Date: 2013-01-23 03:28 pm (UTC)I feel like an addict now getting my akame dose from you daily this week... :D But a very THANKFUL and APPRECIATIVE addict. :P
And first off, OMG @ your answer to my comment in the previous chapter....CAR CRASH???!!!! D: Up until reading that, the scenario I expected was Kame just having schedule troubles or work problems that would have prevented him from seeing Jin this week...Cause if there's one thing I've learned in life it's that the more you wait, expect and anticipate something the slimmer the chance it will actually happen....But when you don't expect something AT ALL, that's when stuff goes down....Like Jin's first blow job in this fic, for instance... :D That's why my gut feeling was that since you gave us that hint so long in advance it was sure to end up being screwed up...But I didn't think into something as bad like car crashes...I was more for peaceful schedule troubles... :( Gosh I hope it's nothing serious and none of them get injured or w/e....In fact I hope it's just a car crash between two trucks at Jin's job that he just watched from his little box at the side...Nothing more... PRETTY PLEASE? :( *sigh* poor bb's
But this chapter was nice in that it was rather informative....And yeah Johnny's everywhere....It's the feeling I had back in the day when I first visited Japan....I didn't know who Arashi were back then but I disliked them all the same just cause they were LITERALLY everywhere! :D Also, somehow the more you shed the light on the past of various people in this fic the more I think how are you going to fit all this into just 9.5 weeks? Well granted you will eventually explain to us in detail what really happened and how every1's doing now and etc....At least the guys from KAT-TUN....And then there's also the whole Akame drama to unravel...So much to do in so little time...Hmm....Gambare author-sans! :)
And THANK YOU once again for making my late-late night an even more enjoyable one! *bows*
~rokstary.
P.S.: Up until reading your answer I was just peacufully reading and calmly waiting for Friday....Cause even if the sex don't happen I wouldn't mind....But now....The car crash thought will stay with me all thoughout tomorrow's day at work I guess.... :-/
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:55 pm (UTC)LOL, now we're picturing ourselves handing out the dope on the street corner in responsible daily little doses. *g* Won't always be like that, though! Just, this week Jin's life struck us as... interesting.
But I didn't think into something as bad like car crashes...I was more for peaceful schedule troubles...
Well, you will have to read to find out... /S-authors
As for how we're going to fit everything into 9.5 weeks... a) you'll have to see *g*, but b) don't expect a neat bow on everything! Some things just are a certain way in 2023.
Thank you for the comment, and we hope the various developments won't only horrify you! ;-)
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Date: 2013-01-23 03:41 pm (UTC)This update has left me with lots of things to think about (well mostly Kame) <3 I love it!
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:55 pm (UTC)Thank you, glad you liked! :D
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Date: 2013-01-23 11:31 pm (UTC)Kame, Kame, Kame Kame Kameee-lee-oooon
yatta. first evidence of a kame-kameleon obsess other than mine. i feel vindicated - muahahaha.
a piece of sn4 random - there once was a belgian BD [comic?] called Bill et Boule. Bill is a cocker spaniel [aka jin]. Boule is his little boy owner [aka, whoever you wish]. And Carloline .. sweet Caroline is the turtle. who loves Bill. [see, not so random?]*
p.s do NOT ask me what am doing here. promise to comment after the akame post as per usual. #disciplined.
edit: i cannot spell turtle. visual of this* just posted to gg2 <:
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Date: 2013-01-23 03:46 pm (UTC)Kame and his suits. Not a single girl's bag or bizarrely fashionable coat in all their meetings. Is that growing up, or a little sad?
SAD SAD SAD because the bags and all made him special. :'D Now he's such another asshole celebrity, it seems. ^^;; Can't believe Music Station is gone, WAT. Wonder what he had to do with it....I'm kinda getting the feeling JE is like, a totally different company than here than what it is now. :O So much has changed, I guess it makes more sense why Kame and others changed a lot too. UUUGGGGH there's so much I wanna know, but I know it'll still be some time since Kame has a car to get hit by tomorrow and needs to recover, and Jin needs to figure out his feelings and all. XDD
Jin brings his hands up. "Hey, don't look at me. I'm one of the girls."
LMAO JIN THIS IS THE BEST THING YOU'VE SAID THIS ENTIRE FIC AHAHAHA!!! X'D #crying
Moment of silence for happy 5nin KAT-TUN and when Kame was still fluffycake-y. :')
And I hope Akira's issues with his stupid teacher will work out, somehow, he's a great kid! <333
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Date: 2013-01-23 08:57 pm (UTC)LOL! Remind us never to get on your bad side, Lexy. *g* Yes, Kame has ditched the Kamelicious fashion statements. For reasons.
Yes, Johnny's has changed. And sometimes the people changed it and sometimes they changed with it. And yeah, you'll just have to wait for the hospital bedside confessions like everyone else. :p
Glad you enjoyed Jin's self-assessment. *g*
That is an adorable gif! Thank youuu!
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Date: 2013-01-23 09:21 pm (UTC)LOL oh don't worry, you're in the clear! XD Kame is....I mean, I don't HATE him, really I don't. XD He IS an asshole sometimes of course but I know there has to be reasons for it and I will patiently wait to see what those are. :3 Actually, from what I've glanced at from the other comments, I seem to be the only one kinda on his side. Maybe it's cause he's my ichiban idk. But as EVIL as you can make him, I always still end up liking him/feeling sorry for him. XDD
No problem!! :DDD
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Date: 2013-01-23 06:05 pm (UTC)I love that Jin is getting more and more curious about what's been going on with his former workmate...s. Though to go as far as to ask his wife, I hope she won't get suspicious... but I guess no one could guess that.
Kame seems to have been quite a businessman the past years ? I can't wait to find out about everything he's done and the things that happened to him. On a personal level.
You two come up with the best worst brand/band names lol
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Date: 2013-01-23 07:40 pm (UTC)Me too--
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Date: 2013-01-23 09:01 pm (UTC)LOLOLOLOL! Awesome. *g*
but I guess no one could guess that.
"The next morning, Meisa woke up with a sudden feeling that Jin was giving blowjobs for rent money." ... no, probably not. >_>
Thank you kindly, though we have to refer back to SMAP themselves for the Only One. :D
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Date: 2013-01-23 09:06 pm (UTC)Meisa trying to be a good mum - to do as your child wants or to do as your child needs...She's so cool and totally understands the boys' code. I hope she's just as understanding when a giant ice cream duck shows up at her door in a week or so...
Also love Jin's reasoning abt the crappy teacher and her crush losing to Koreans. And Jin sneakily trying to get more info on Kame from Meisa - What Kame rumours??? I wish I could just plug that into google and find out but there's nothing abt Koreans in those...
Johnny is a pussycat compared to Kame? Whoa, what has he been doing? And more importantly, how have the sharks been keeping up with him? And what does Johnny-san think of all this?
I promise to never make the mistake of not checking for updates for several days in a row ever again! Jin is getting so organised and involved! And Friday is marked and highlighted on my calendar now! But what's this about a car crash? I just scanned over 100 comments or so for the past 3 updates to try and find out (this is the only fic when I dutifully read all the comments in case you give us any extra tidbits!).
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Date: 2013-01-23 09:17 pm (UTC)Aww, you wouldn't find the Kame rumours anyway because they're on sekrit locked Japanese blogs and stuff. *g*
I hope she's just as understanding when a giant ice cream duck shows up at her door in a week or so...
LOL! Don't worry, Jin would not spring that on her, he called ahead. He's very invested in not getting his head bitten off by Meisa! :D
I promise to never make the mistake of not checking for updates for several days in a row ever again! Jin is getting so organised and involved!
And sporty. *g* We cannot say that it'll be daily updates till the end!! But yes, they might be when you don't necessarily expect.
this is the only fic when I dutifully read all the comments in case you give us any extra tidbits!
Heee, that is awesome! The car crash is, we're just cautioning people that Kame might never make it to Jin's apartment on Friday. YOU JUST CAN'T KNOW. :p
Thank you for your cool comments! ♥
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Date: 2013-01-24 08:56 pm (UTC)Offices. Less than ten minutes' drive from Jin's apartment.
Coincidence or not? :P
It’s so cute how Jin surprises his kids and how happy they are, too. Great to see things are so relaxed right now.
Kame and his suits. Not a single girl's bag or bizarrely fashionable coat in all their meetings. Is that growing up, or a little sad?
SAD!
Well okay, that depends a bit on the reasons for that. But I guess that just changed when Kame changed and his ambitions to outdo Julie became stronger. When he decided to become a serious business man that you won’t take that seriously if he arrives to meetings with fancy rings and glittery bags. You don’t come across as cold when having that either.
But Kame without his accessory is just like something of him is missing. :/ Or someone is missing.
Now I wonder how important that little information actually is.
Jin doesn't mind Sara hanging out with her because it'll teach his princess valuable life skills, such as standing your ground against a formidable opponent.
In other words: talking back to someone that is like – let’s say – Kame. *g*
The thing about Park-kun sucks though. I was already wondering whether all had to do with him being Korean the first time you mentioned him and the school trouble. Also I can totally understand Meisa and the dilemma she’s in here. :/
So after the distractions and all, Kame is pretty present in Jin’s thoughts again. Which is nice. *g* I was really surprised that he’d actually ask Meisa about Kame. But well, since she’s the only one still in that business he talks to. Or can talk to, it does make sense. And Jin can be nosy, too.
"I think he just got really pissed at them? I didn't pay attention because I had other things on my mind, but I've also heard guys at NHK say that Johnny was a pussycat in comparison."
This is what I kind of suspected. The business is hard and I think it won’t be easier in a few years. And it’s just different when you start from zero, trying something new, making a name and then you’re a lucky bastard with huge power in the end. When you’ve been that clever business man who was able to set the rules from the start. You just have to be tougher and show them that you are not just the shiny idol with bling-bling-pants and feather boas wrapped around your body. On top of that there’s more pressure because you carry on what your former boss has begun and then there’s an opponent like Julie…
Things aren’t easy at all for Kame.
I love how this fic is like a jigsaw puzzle. Some parts just fit easily after some short observation and considering, but some parts are like doing a jigsaw puzzle of a sky. At first all of the parts a blue and you don’t quite know how to arrange them. You get the frame all right but you have to check the details and look for odd shapes of all of those blue pieces to see how and where they fit together until you will eventually (!!!!) see how everything fits and then it finally all clears up. I like that a lot. ♥
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Date: 2013-01-25 10:29 am (UTC)Coincidence or not?
HMMMMMMM!
Now I wonder how important that little information actually is.
It's not a spoiler to say it's not OMG WILL DECIDE THE PLOT relevant. But you've actually picked up on all that's relevant about it. And you also noticed he's changed his perfume... *g*
In other words: talking back to someone that is like – let’s say – Kame. *g*
HOW DID YOU GUESS. :p
Funny -- but good -- you guessed at the Korean thing. It is a tough spot for Meisa!
The jigsaw thing is just... *____* and :DDDD and you got yourself some very pleased authors. We hope (!!) it will fit at the end and you don't end up with leftover pieces and holes in the clouds. *G*
Thank you for your term paper, it is delightful! :DD
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Date: 2013-01-25 10:01 am (UTC)So Jin was so far away from the industry when his wife knew what was there. Who knows in what state Johnny left the company and who knows what efforts Kame putted to save everything >_> I'm in powerful jerk Kame camp XD XD
Love this part!!! Thank you:)
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Date: 2013-01-28 08:15 pm (UTC)Whaaaaaaat?? >_> Even more than Akame??
Well, in that case, you will like this story. :) This is the ultimate BAMF Kame story. *g*
He is just born to have power in his hands, being all bossy around, not just with Jin, but the world domination part is absolutely wonderful for Kame! I'm voting for Kame!! We need a good dictator to rule our world if he will have some dark secrets that will just add some charm to his appearance!!!
Maybe he could even sort Russia out! Kame against the mafia! :)
Thank you for your comment,and for your faith in Kame!Dictator. *g*
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Date: 2013-01-26 10:29 pm (UTC)Lol I love how as you reveal one bit of info, the next riddle appears. For someone who thought he sucked at investigating, Jin is actually a pretty good detective, ;) Srsly, all these entertainment/Johnny's conspiracy thingd, and the little and bigger issues you touch, with Park-kun and Korean discrimination, divorce (and Japanese divorce law, I guess), Meisa still being on diet drinks, neighborhood associations, unemployment, bullying teachers, losing touch with old friends and trying to rekindle it, being a parent, going without sexual/romantic contact for a long while, drugs, parents-in-law, ducks... it all comes together with the greatly written Akame and makes for a strong, thoughtful story.
His pose looks utterly familiar because Kame copied it when they were teenagers and Jin got it up close and next to him for over ten years.
Now that you say it... you do have a point there. o.O
Not a single girl's bag or bizarrely fashionable coat in all their meetings.
Maybe he wears them at home, with the curtains pulled shut and the lights off. >.> Sad, that it is. And Jin is so hooked.
The thing about Kame being a badass business person is ADFSAFD. *__* It is so seeable, and believable. Sharks beware!
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Date: 2013-01-28 08:16 pm (UTC)Really great to hear that that works. Unlike in SDW, where we explained a lot about the world, we're here trying to build the picture in just glimpses, leaving the readers to fit the pieces together. Sounds like you're good at it!
His pose looks utterly familiar because Kame copied it when they were teenagers and Jin got it up close and next to him for over ten years.
Now that you say it... you do have a point there. o.O
HEEEE! We also think we do!
Not a single girl's bag or bizarrely fashionable coat in all their meetings.
Maybe he wears them at home, with the curtains pulled shut and the lights off.
Maybe. >_> Maybe it'll turn into a kink of sorts…
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Date: 2013-02-10 11:00 am (UTC)or what it cost them, but it did cost them their name.
Like they aren't allowed to be called SMAP anymore or how the industry sees them?
Even though the delay of a phone call seemed too much in his claustrophobic apartment.
There's a tendency in this week for claustrophobia, next week is not as bad as far as I remember.
I just love how Kame pops up in Jins head here and there.
Ok, when's the school trip to Okinawa? It seems to be a short one. ^^;
"Just try not to give her stuff to use against you." Better not to make it too easy when people are gunning for you.
Yes, this are very useful and important survival skills.
Johnny was a pussycat in comparison
This just makes Kame hotter. o.o
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Date: 2013-02-11 10:10 am (UTC)Some do, some don't. We figured the music scene might have some newcomers ten years down the line.
Like they aren't allowed to be called SMAP anymore or how the industry sees them?
They can't call themselves SMAP anymore. Name is trademarked by JE. #duh
Johnny was a pussycat in comparison
This just makes Kame hotter. o.o
Glad you think so. :D