9 1/2 Weeks - 19 - (Week 5 1/2: Thursday)
Jan. 24th, 2013 02:00 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
haikuesque.livejournal.com posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
haikusocietyHeader & Posting Info | Story index.
Week 5 1/2: Thursday
He's never been keen on tidying up. Most of his life he got out of it, his mom coming round to his apartment when he was alone, and then there was Meisa who was great at organizing the non-disclosure cleaning ladies, and it's really only been since... later, that he's had to do anything himself. Just as well the apartment is small.
But it's one of those things. He lets it slide, he knows it's a bad week, and then it's another bad week. He's done that. Weeks when old bento boxes on all surfaces and layers of dust on the clothes in the corners didn't matter because he didn't have to get dressed and he didn't have to move to go anywhere.
But this is a good week, this has been a good month, and he's vacuuming the tatami, earbuds in and LaLOLA on. No huge job, easy under the table where he's stashed most of the small junk that normally lies around. With the chair folded away and his guitar hung up on the coat rack, that's all the space clear.
So people can't stand good little Kazuya-kun. Inconceivable.
More hardass than Johnny, but he wouldn't have kicked Jin to the curb, he says.
No, Jin's not going to think about that.
LaLOLA gets to the end of her rap and he turns the vacuum off, gets the bowl and the cloth and starts to wipe. That's the step he skips most often, but he's got time today. No kids, no shift, no Kame.
He wants to know what happened. What is happening.
He doesn't like that, it's better if he's not even curious, about any of them. It's got nothing to do with him, and all his friends...
Yeah, he thinks, all those friends. All those friends he talks to these days. Like it still matters what he does or knows or says, to whom. No-one to protect now except his family and he can't even do that.
His laundry's finished running, and he hangs it up in the neat way he's learned, the only way that works when there's not much space.
Dishes, sink, toilet. He wipes the front of his two kitchen cabinets and then he wipes on top of them, discovering a whole new world where crap gathers. Do girls get taught this stuff?
His knee is twitching when he sits down with the last of his beers, his hands dry from cleaning foam. He hates thinking of Pi out of the blue.
He's used to not having anyone to call, to talk about shit. Most days he doesn't have shit to talk about, and even Kame and his quotas and his sharks... if he could call Pi, now, he wouldn't waste time on any of that.
It's like some pulse behind his eyes, suddenly. He even turns on his tab, goes into the e-mails from yesterfuck and glitterdays, scrolling down and down the screen.
Pi still sent him his first two addresses and cell numbers in the States. The first message is short and confused, in almost formal Japanese that makes Jin bite his lip and blink the sting away. The second's just a group mailing.
Jin's got five-year-old numbers, and he was trying to do the right thing, and it sucks.
So, no calling people. No asking what the hell is going on. Just a quiet Thursday, and Jin drinks his beer and stares at a wall.
Week 5 1/2: Thursday
He's never been keen on tidying up. Most of his life he got out of it, his mom coming round to his apartment when he was alone, and then there was Meisa who was great at organizing the non-disclosure cleaning ladies, and it's really only been since... later, that he's had to do anything himself. Just as well the apartment is small.
But it's one of those things. He lets it slide, he knows it's a bad week, and then it's another bad week. He's done that. Weeks when old bento boxes on all surfaces and layers of dust on the clothes in the corners didn't matter because he didn't have to get dressed and he didn't have to move to go anywhere.
But this is a good week, this has been a good month, and he's vacuuming the tatami, earbuds in and LaLOLA on. No huge job, easy under the table where he's stashed most of the small junk that normally lies around. With the chair folded away and his guitar hung up on the coat rack, that's all the space clear.
So people can't stand good little Kazuya-kun. Inconceivable.
More hardass than Johnny, but he wouldn't have kicked Jin to the curb, he says.
No, Jin's not going to think about that.
LaLOLA gets to the end of her rap and he turns the vacuum off, gets the bowl and the cloth and starts to wipe. That's the step he skips most often, but he's got time today. No kids, no shift, no Kame.
He wants to know what happened. What is happening.
He doesn't like that, it's better if he's not even curious, about any of them. It's got nothing to do with him, and all his friends...
Yeah, he thinks, all those friends. All those friends he talks to these days. Like it still matters what he does or knows or says, to whom. No-one to protect now except his family and he can't even do that.
His laundry's finished running, and he hangs it up in the neat way he's learned, the only way that works when there's not much space.
Dishes, sink, toilet. He wipes the front of his two kitchen cabinets and then he wipes on top of them, discovering a whole new world where crap gathers. Do girls get taught this stuff?
His knee is twitching when he sits down with the last of his beers, his hands dry from cleaning foam. He hates thinking of Pi out of the blue.
He's used to not having anyone to call, to talk about shit. Most days he doesn't have shit to talk about, and even Kame and his quotas and his sharks... if he could call Pi, now, he wouldn't waste time on any of that.
It's like some pulse behind his eyes, suddenly. He even turns on his tab, goes into the e-mails from yesterfuck and glitterdays, scrolling down and down the screen.
Pi still sent him his first two addresses and cell numbers in the States. The first message is short and confused, in almost formal Japanese that makes Jin bite his lip and blink the sting away. The second's just a group mailing.
Jin's got five-year-old numbers, and he was trying to do the right thing, and it sucks.
So, no calling people. No asking what the hell is going on. Just a quiet Thursday, and Jin drinks his beer and stares at a wall.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 01:19 pm (UTC)Jin's got five-year-old numbers, and he was trying to do the right thing, and it sucks.
So, no calling people. No asking what the hell is going on.
So, did this mean that when Jin got fired from the Jimusho, he wasn't allowed to contact the other Johnny's? Oh man! It's both isn't it? He also cut himself off from his friends when his life went downhill. Poor Jin..alone in a world of turtles and sharks. XD
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:01 pm (UTC)Indeed, but face it, a few weeks ago there weren't even turtlesharks. His life, it is improving! ^^
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 02:03 pm (UTC)I do like that he's cleaning. That he's had a good month and he's doing something productive, even if in the end he's staring at the wall. It doesn't seem like he's going crazy in his tiny apartment, at least not today, and I'm glad.
Oh, and I don't know why but I love the shark metaphor. Kame and his sharks, I love it.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 02:05 pm (UTC)Jin waited all day for him to come. He never showed.
If it is, I may kill you. Or myself.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 08:13 pm (UTC)Your icon is brilliant! XD ♥
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 10:21 pm (UTC)Thanks! I love me some bitch stare!Kame. :D
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-25 12:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:01 pm (UTC)Cleaning is good because, yes. We like that he cleans for the same reasons you do. :D
The sharks are very bitey! >_>
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 10:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 02:40 pm (UTC)So people can't stand good little Kazuya-kun. Inconceivable.
More hardass than Johnny, but he wouldn't have kicked Jin to the curb, he says.
No, Jin's not going to think about that.
DO THINK ABOUT
ITHIM GOD DAMMIT!!!! >:(XD
P.S. *Groan* Now I feel guilty for having the stuff around the house half done and thinking about skipping XD
*off to clean*
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:02 pm (UTC)...but he's thinking about him all the time *g*Hey, you probably have more of a life than Jin; cleaning becomes secondary!
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 03:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 03:29 pm (UTC)So, no calling people. No asking what the hell is going on. Just a quiet Thursday, and Jin drinks his beer and stares at a wall.-
this is a bit sad..jin losing his friends these past ten years..you already mentioned yamapi..how about his other friends, ryo and shirota, where are they right now?
at least jin's trying to do right thing..so maybe in the near future he can patch things up?
he's doing cleaning today..aside from he does need to this things himself, is he preparing for tomorrow?
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:02 pm (UTC)Preparing... hmm... if you asked him, he'd deny it. *g*
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 03:36 pm (UTC)He wipes the front of his two kitchen cabinets and then he wipes on top of them, discovering a whole new world where crap gathers. Do girls get taught this stuff?
AS A MATTER A FACT WE DO! I was anyway. XDD The image of Jin cleaning does kinda break my mind a bit haha but it's cute too! <33
The first message is short and confused, in almost formal Japanese that makes Jin bite his lip and blink the sting away.
AWWW NOOOO it makes my heart hurt knowing he tears up over thinking of Pi. ._. Why didn't he stay in contact with Pi, was it because he was too embarrassed to admit his situation? Because I don't think Pi would have cared, Pi seems like the type of friend who would always be there no matter what, he's spent plenty of time with him over this punishment for example. :) It makes me really sad....and what's Pi doing in the States? :O
I seriously am so interested to find out Jin's reaction about Kame's accident, if it does indeed happen! I guess there's nothing like a good car crash to figure out your real feelings for someone, eh? XDD Hope Kame isn't too banged up. <333
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:03 pm (UTC)The image of Jin cleaning does kinda break my mind a bit
Once upon a time, it broke his mind too. *g*
You'll find out about Pi, we promise!
Yeah, the accident. Sex in a hospital bed... (They can be moved into very helpful positions these days!)
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:28 pm (UTC)LOLOL!! X'D Omgoshhh. THAT JUST MADE MY DAY HAHAHA. I'll imagine them doing that until I get to read the next chappie tomorrow night. :DDD
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 04:36 pm (UTC)He wants to know what happened. What is happening.
He doesn't like that, it's better if he's not even curious, about any of them. It's got nothing to do with him, and all his friends...
It must have been so difficult to choose voluntarily to cut himself off when Jin's one of the most sociable (as in he was always making plans with and talking abt his friends). He was once in the thick of everything that happened and now he doesn't know anything abt that world and its people and it's like he's not sure himself if he's got a right to know...
good little Kazuya-kun... I remember Kame on a show where they invited nice, gentle people who don't seem like they ever get mad and Kame said he was confused why he'd been invited because it's not a secret that he's one of the Johnny's that you shouldn't cross!
Pi and Jin...I cannot imagine a world where they do not stay in touch!
Tomorrow - I'm going to be refreshing my f-page every 10 mins. I think it's be interesting to see Jin's reaction throughout, from anticipating Kame's arrival to his actual arrival (or non-arrival) and post-encounter (or post-finding out via the news that Kame had been in crash).
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:04 pm (UTC)I remember Kame on a show where they invited nice, gentle people who don't seem like they ever get mad and Kame said he was confused why he'd been invited because it's not a secret that he's one of the Johnny's that you shouldn't cross!
REALLY??? We didn't know this. We can totally imagine it, but OMG we never heard of this. Do you have details? Which show????
Pi... well, you'll see!
We feel honoured and a little bit guilty about your dedication. :D
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-25 12:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 06:34 pm (UTC)And answering your comment from the previous chapter, yes I do indeed now live in Japan but I just moved here like 2 months ago so don't get too excited... :D I can barely speak Japanese and work keeps me so busy I STILL haven't even applied for KAT-TUN's FC ... :-/ *hangs head in shame* But yeah...I work until like 10-11 pm so I read your stunning creations pretty late (aka just before bed) usually... :)
This chapter seems to bring Jiny back to his lonely life again...So sad he misses Pi... :( Ever since his random trip to Maru's place I was secretly hoping he'd make it a habit to hang out with Maru just like he did with Kame...As in on a regular basis that is not as in the whole sell-your-body thiing... :/ Buuuut....I'm still waiting...lol
You know overall its funny but as I continue to read this fic I really am starting to feel sorry for Jin even in RL...Given that I didn't really feel too bad about his situation cause he more or less knew what he was getting into and all....But when you just describe these daily little moments here I start to feel bad... :( Here's to the hopes that this will only stay a fiction that originated from your two's genius brains! :) *cheers*
~rokstary.
P.S.: I wait for and dread tomorrow's update at the same time...Wait for because it's been so long since thye met so I REALLY miss Akame interaction by now....But dread since we all know by now that aparently nothing good's gonna happen tomorrow to them....Let alone nothing kinky.... *sigh* :-/
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:05 pm (UTC)Oh wow, Japan, so envious! Where are you? Are you teaching English? (Not that we want to be too nosy, we're just nosy!) QUICK GO AND APPLY to the FC because soon there will be a TOUR and you'll hate yourself forever!!!
Hm, Maru has a job and is kind of busy? But we're sure that the two of them will start hanging out again occasionally; just not all the time!
You know overall its funny but as I continue to read this fic I really am starting to feel sorry for Jin even in RL
WE FELT SO GUILTY. And okay, we felt sorry for him anyway, because while he may have chosen some things, he didn't choose others, and he loves kids and why isn't he allowed??? (This from a writing partnership of which one member loathes kids!!)
We count on this remaining fiction! TOTALLY.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 06:42 pm (UTC)"He wipes the front of his two kitchen cabinets and then he wipes on top of them, discovering a whole new world where crap gathers. Do girls get taught this stuff?"
made me really laugh. But then I love Jin's thought process throughout this fic. Today he wonders about the same things that we, the readers, wonder about, like what's going on behind the scenes at the agency, what role does Kame play?
Of course I LOVE that he thinks of Pi. So Pi is/was in the States? I want to learn more about him, too. You got me so curious - about everything.
And tomorrow is the ominous Friday. Will Kame show up? And if so, what will happen?????
Even though I didn't comment on the last few chapters, I'm as captivated as ever, just so you know. <3
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:06 pm (UTC)Yes, Pi is in the States. More as the story develops. :)
FRIIIDAAAAYYYYY. DUM-DUM-DOOOOOOM!!! (Vrrroom. Crash.)
Glad to hear you are still enjoying it!! :D
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 08:19 pm (UTC)Kame better show up tomorrow. Not that that... exactly makes Jin happy but... it makes READERS happy and then, you know, Jin will eventually fall in love with Kame anyway and THEN HE'LL BE HAPPY TOO. ALRIGHT? *pokes you*
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:06 pm (UTC)He does! We're working on it. >_> (In our own weird way.)
*pokes you*
OW!
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 08:47 pm (UTC)I HATE THOSE PLACES. Ugh. I'm so short they're sometimes hard to reach and they get so dirty! Aghhh.
But yes. He's cleaning up his place regularly now. Good. Very good.
The bit about Pi made me sad :(
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:14 pm (UTC)STEPLADDER! Hey, even Jin has to stand on something! (Even though we failed to document this detail!)
But glad you approve of his cleanlier lifestyle. *g*
The Pi thing is sad...
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 09:23 pm (UTC)So people can't stand good little Kazuya-kun. Inconceivable.
Well, it’s not like he still is good little Kazuya-kun. .___.
He wants to know what happened. What is happening.
He doesn't like that, it's better if he's not even curious, about any of them.
And he managed to avoid that quite well until Kame came and made Jin think about all of this again. Making Jin curious again. But maybe that’s just what Jin needed only he didn’t know.
Pi again. So it seems Jin broke contact? Still it’s so sad. But I wonder if Pi is the States, is he out of JE, too? With Julie not being much a fan of Johnny’s ambitions to go overseas. Or did Kame already have enough power to send Pi over and let him become famous there? And will Jin ever call Pi? Or write a mail at least?
But in general I wonder if all of that cleaning was just another attempt of Jin to get distracted and not think of tomorrow too much. :3
Wooah #excited
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-25 10:29 am (UTC)Glad you approve of Jin cleaning! People who never clean need all the encouragement they can get. >_> But you're also seeing straight through him, so. *g*
Well, it’s not like he still is good little Kazuya-kun.
No. :-) But sometimes he likes to pretend. That's a useful skill, that.
More on Pi soon, we promise. It is very sad. We felt very bad about that. T______T
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-24 10:00 pm (UTC)Hahahaha, yeah, they teach us that especially, because they know we are going to skip the top of the cabinets if we can :P
"He hates thinking of Pi out of the blue."
"It's like some pulse behind his eyes, suddenly. He even turns on his tab, goes into the e-mails from yesterfuck and glitterdays, scrolling down and down the screen.
Pi still sent him his first two addresses and cell numbers in the States. The first message is short and confused, in almost formal Japanese that makes Jin bite his lip and blink the sting away. The second's just a group mailing.
Jin's got five-year-old numbers, and he was trying to do the right thing, and it sucks.
So, no calling people. No asking what the hell is going on. Just a quiet Thursday, and Jin drinks his beer and stares at a wall."
You hear that? That's the sound of my heart breaking ;__________;
I need some Pin in Jin's shitty life :c And more NakaNishi too if it's not too much trouble :P
Awesome as always guys, AND TOMORROW IS FRIDAY, FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. I may be a little insane.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-25 10:29 am (UTC)Of course we would!
We are sorry about your heart. T______T Only not really because we are mean and if Jin suffered, why shouldn't you? >_>
Today is Friday. Huh, why is everyone so conscious of the fact that it's Friday? *puzzled*
:p
Thank you for the comment!
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-25 11:17 am (UTC)Maybe because it's the end of the week. I don't know.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-25 10:11 am (UTC)It seems that Kame is as lonely as Jin. So after all this years being at different parts of the social life they come to the same conclusion.
No one likes Kame and Jn is wondering why, because even if Kame is bitchy and snarky and all negative with his remarks, Jin can bear him, not even bare, but mostly he is ok with Kame.
I feel so sad for poor little Kame, no one loves him, but this is Friday so he will get some love I guess >_>
Thank you for this update and I'm waiting patiently for a next part :)
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-28 08:17 pm (UTC)Yes, totally. They're both lonely, only one of them has lots of money and enemies and the other has… nothing really. :/
even if Kame is bitchy and snarky and all negative with his remarks, Jin can bear him
Jin knows how to deal with it. Loooong experience. :D
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-26 10:41 pm (UTC)The emotional luggage he's pulling around... poor baby. ;___; So glad at least Kame is giving him less sad things to mull over, without the self-blaming and self-questioning that comes with the rest of Jin's life.
*sniffs* I'd been hoping for you to bring up the lack of Pi, but now I'm wondering if that was a bit hasty. I'm afraid of that phone call Jin will make...
(no subject)
Date: 2013-01-28 08:18 pm (UTC)Yeah, Jin's self-confidence has taken quite a hit. We guess that happens when your life really goes down the drain, and you know that you have partly yourself to blame. And he doesn't want to whitewash it and pretend it was all just other people's fault.
*sniffs* I'd been hoping for you to bring up the lack of Pi, but now I'm wondering if that was a bit hasty. I'm afraid of that phone call Jin will make...
You really don't trust us, do you? :p
(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-10 11:02 am (UTC)Do girls get taught this stuff?
Always ignored it. Jin, I feel with you. Completely.
He wants to know what happened. What is happening.
YES, YES, YES
Still very much curious and it was a relief that Jin finally got curious as well = more info for us as well :D
This week was just very evil and very S for the waiting. #impatientJelly
(no subject)
Date: 2013-02-11 10:11 am (UTC)Poor little Jelly. But Kame has a busy life and will make everybody suffer. #notourfault